Nominations are Now Being Accepted for the 2025 Award
Check out the 2024 award ceremony in the video below.
Nominations are now being accepted for the 2025 award!
The award will be presented at The RISE Summit on Social Determinants of Health.
This form must be filled out completely with necessary documentation in order for the nominee to be considered for the 2025 RISE Health Care Hero Award. Nominations must be submitted by December 31, 2024 at 11:59PM EST. The award finalists will be notified by January 31, 2025 and the recipient will be presented at The RISE Summit on Social Determinants of Health 2025.
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Dr. Kimberlee Wyche Etheridge, Primary Care Provider and Assistant Professor at Meharry Medical College, and Sr. VP Health Equity and Diversity Initiatives at ASTHO, is the 2024 RISE Health Care Hero Award recipient. Dr. Etheridge’s nomination highlighted just how extensive her work to support underserved populations has been over the years: a fatherhood program as a maternal health initiative to address the absence of fathers in the most at-risk households; state-policy work to positively impact health equity; the establishment of a health equity training certificate and lectures across the country; community health events connecting medical students with the community members who may one day be their patients; the establishment of the GIRLS powered by STEAM (Science/Technology/Engineering/Arts/Math) program to introduce and keep girls of color interested in math, science, and art in middle school and high school; and the Teens to Queens program, a workshop for girls and their maternal figures to learn to communicate, dream, and understand their health.
Rick Whitted, CEO of U.S. Hunger, is the 2023 RISE Health Care Hero Award recipient. Whitted was chosen for his leadership and innovation in addressing food insecurity while also tackling the systemic causes of hunger and dramatically improving health and wellbeing. “Rick Whitted is redefining how our industry approaches the interconnectedness between hunger and health. Rick recognized that food is just the beginning. He has committed to listening, documenting, and preserving the real-life stories of those affected by food insecurity. These collected voices provide the insight to address root causes and drive lasting change,” said the nomination.