ASTDA Awards
ASTDA awards recognize individuals who epitomize the Association’s mission. Awardees are honored for significant contributions toward the prevention, control and ultimate eradication of sexually transmitted infections. Individuals may be recognized for significant scholarship in medical, epidemiologic, laboratory, or behavioral research; for the development of high-impact programs in partnership with key communities; for exemplary teaching or mentorship of developing leaders; or for other distinctive services to the field.
There may be three (3) awards presented annually:
- The ASTDA Distinguished Career Award is presented to a person with a long and extraordinary career in the field of sexually transmitted diseases.
- The ASTDA Achievement Award is presented to a person at mid-career to acknowledge an outstanding body of work in sexually transmitted diseases or to an individual for a single major achievement in the field.
- The ASTDA Young Investigator Award is presented to a person engaged in outstanding work in the field of sexually transmitted diseases who is no more than seven years from completion of training.
Congratulations to our 2021 Award Winners
“Most of my career was spent in local STI public health practice. Inspired by the insights and the passion of my colleagues, I developed my own passions for medical care in the STI clinics I worked in, and for STI workforce development through my work in the STD Prevention Training Centers. I worked to support STI prevention nationally through my involvement with the American STD Association (ASTDA), and internationally through the International Union Against STI (IUSTI) and my work for the STD journal. My work as a trainer and researcher in Southern Africa was a special highlight in recent years, as was my participation in the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine in developing the recently released report: “Sexually Transmitted Infections: Adopting a Sexual Health Paradigm” that charts the course for the control and prevention of STIs in the U.S. and, for me personally, a path forward in my continued involvement with the field. My deepest thanks to ASTDA for giving me this honor.”
—Cornelis (Kees) Rietmeijer, PhD, MD, MSPH
—Cornelis (Kees) Rietmeijer, PhD, MD, MSPH
Bill Miller, MD, PhD, MPH is Senior Associate Dean for Research and Professor of Epidemiology in the College of Public Health at The Ohio State University. He is Editor-in-Chief for Sexually Transmitted Diseases. Working globally and domestically, he has focused on many STI-related areas such as partner services, spatial epidemiology, sexual and social networks, STI surveillance, and access to services. He has sought to improve STI research methods and study design, while also encouraging the next generation of STI researchers.
Anna Cope, PhD, MPH, is an epidemiologist in the Division of STD Prevention at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. She is a part of the Field Epidemiology Unit and is assigned to the North Carolina Division of Public Health in Raleigh, NC. Anna’s work involves using readily available local surveillance data to measure the effectiveness of STD-related interventions, with a specific emphasis on syphilis partner notification services. She also has an interest improving the identification and measurement of severe outcomes from STDs.
| Year | Distinguished Career Award (formerly Thomas Parran Award) | Achievement Award | Young Investigator Award | Best STD Paper by a Young Investigator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Cornelis “Kees” Rietmeijer, PhD, MD, MSPH | Bill Miller, MD, PhD, MPH | Anna Cope, PhD, MPH | Jennifer Sanderson Slutsker |
| 2020 | Gail Bolan, MD | Gina Ogilvie, MD, MSc, FCFP, DrPH | Claire Bristow, PhD, MPH, MSc | |
| 2019 | Charlotte Gaydos, DrPH, MPH | Patricia Kissinger, PhD, MPH | Yonatan Grad, MD, PhD | Jeb Jones |
| 2018 | Max Chernesky, PhD | Stephanie Taylor, MD | Alexis Roth, PhD | Emily Learner |
| 2017 | Jo-Anne Dillon, PHD | Lisa Manhart, PHD | Christine Khosropour, PHD | |
| 2016 | Anne Marie Rompalo, MD, ScM | Joan M. Chow, MPH, DrPH | Lindley A. Barbee, MD, MPH | |
| 2015 | Anna Wald, MD, MPH | Jeanne Marrazzo, MD, MPH | Robert Kircaldy, MD, MPH | |
| 2014 | Franklyn Judson, MD | Christina Marra, MD | Christina Muzny, MD | |
| 2013 | Jonathan Zenilman, MD | Jane Schwebke, MD | Jesse Clark, MD | |
| 2012 | David Martin, MD | Kim Workowski, MD | Ina Park, MD, MS | |
| 2011 | Thomas C. Quinn, MD, MSc | Connie Celum, MD, MPH | Rebecca M. Brotman, PhD, MPH | |
| 2010 | H. Hunter Handsfield, MD | Harrell Chesson, PhD | Jared Baeten, MD, PhD | |
| 2009 | Sharon Hillier, PhD | J. Dennis Fortenberry, MD, MS | Khalil G. Ghanem, MD | |
| 2008 | Edward W. Hook, MD | Charlotte Gaydos, DrPH | Rachel L. Winer, PhD | |
| 2007 | Sheila A. Lukehart, PhD | Lauri Markowitz, MD | Jami Leichliter, PhD | |
| 2006 | Sevgi Aral, PhD | David Martin, MD | Laura Bachmann, MD, MPH | |
| 2005 | Myron (Mike) S. Cohen, MD | Geoff Garnett, PhD | William Michael Geisler, MD, MPH | |
| 2004 | Robert C. Brunham, MD | Anna Wald, MD, MPH | Matthew Golden, MD, MPH | |
| 2003 | Willard Cates Jr., MD | Laura Koutsky, PhD | Caroline Cameron, PhD | |
| 2002 | Richard Rothenberg, MD, MPH | David DuPuy Celentano, ScD, MHS | Jeffrey D. Klausner, MD | |
| 2001 | Harald zur Hausen, MD | Penelope J. Hitchcock, DVM | ||
| 2000 | Walter E. Stamm, MD | Edward W. Hook III, MD | Arturo Centurion-Lara, MD | |
| 1999 | Robert B. Jones, MD, PhD | Thomas C. Quinn, MD | ||
| 1998 | Peter Piot, MD, PhD | Sevgi 0. Aral, PhD | ||
| 1997 | Lawrence Corey, MD | Judith N. Wasserheit, MD | ||
| 1996 | William M. McCormack, MD | Sharon L. Hillier, PhD | ||
| 1995 | David Taylor-Robinson, MD | Walter E. Stamm, MD | ||
| 1994 | William W. Darrow, PhD | Attila Lorincz, PhD | ||
| 1993 | Lars Westrom, MD | |||
| 1992 | P. Frederick Sparling, MD | |||
| 1991 | Allan R. Ronald, MD | Sheila A. Lukehart, PhD | ||
| 1990 | Julius Schachter, PhD | Willard Cates, Jr.,MD/Jack Kirby/Jack Spencer | ||
| 1989 | Paul J. Wiesner, MD | Frank Plummer, MD | ||
| 1988 | John C. Hume, MD | |||
| 1987 | J.David Oriel, MD | Richard S. Stephens, PhD | ||
| 1986 | ||||
| 1985 | James N. Miller, PhD | Eric Sandstrom, MD | ||
| 1984 | E.Russell Alexander. MD | Lawrence Corey, MD | ||
| 1983 | King K. Holmes, MD, PhD | Steven Margolis, PhD | ||
| 1982 | R. Duncan Catterall, MD | Daniel C. William, MD | ||
| 1981 | James W. Curran, MD | |||
| 1980 | Harry Pariser, MD | Franklyn N. Judson, MD | ||
| 1979 | Claude Nicol, CBE, FRCP | William M. McCormack, MD | ||
| 1978 | Thomas B. Turner, MD | |||
| 1977 | Nicholas J. Fiumara, MD | |||
| 1976 | Angelo F. “Jack” Marino | Thomas J. Fitzgerald, PhD | ||
| 1975 | Rudolph H. Kampmeier, MD | Paul J. Wiesner, MD | ||
| 1974 | Herman Beerman, MD | Thomas M. Buchanan, MD | ||
| 1973 | Genevieve Stout | |||
| 1972 | William J. Brown, MD | Joseph Forish |