Public health heroes honored at APHA 2019

From top: APHA President Pam Aaltonen presents the APHA Presidential Citation to Judith Monroe; APHA Executive Director Georges Benjamin with Sedgwick Memorial Medal for Distinguished Service in Public Health winner Douglas Scutchfield; Umair Shah, executive director of Harris County Public Health in Houston, Texas, speaks after receiving the Milton and Ruth Roemer Prize for Creative Local Public Health Work; Student Assembly Chair Allison Casola presents the Lyndon Haviland Public Health Mentoring Award to Joyce Gaufin; Awards Committee Chair Gail Bellamy with Help Us Help Them recipient Turning Points for Children; and APHA Affiliates and Sections being acknowledged for some notable anniversaries. Read about all the 2019 APHA award winners. (Photos by Jim Ezell, courtesy EZ Event Photograhy)