Nominate a Colleague by July 25!
The National Association of Chronic Disease Directors (NACDD) proudly announces the nomination period for the 2025 Impact Awards is now open. NACDD’s annual Impact Awards recognize exceptional public health practitioners, state, tribal, and territorial health departments, and partners. Awardees are nominated and selected by peers to acknowledge exceptional achievements and progress in their field of public health.
Honoring our Members through these awards allows us to spotlight the vital, often unseen work behind chronic disease prevention.
Award categories include Community Impact, Mentor Award, Rising Star, Lifetime Achievement, and more. (View the award categories below). Nominations are due by Friday, July 25, 2025, by 11:59 p.m. ET. Application forms are available online.
Awardees must be an NACDD Member and may nominate themselves or be nominated by a peer or colleague. More information on NACDD Membership is available at chronicdisease.org/page/membership-overview.
Recipients will be announced in September.
List of Awards and Criteria
Health for All Award
(Individual or Team)
Presented to an individual or team whose work has expanded access to preventive health services and chronic disease programs for populations that have historically experienced challenges in engaging with public health systems. This award celebrates practical approaches that promote broader participation and improved health for individuals across varied communities and settings.
Chronic Disease Innovator Award
Awarded to a state, tribal, or territorial Chronic Disease Unit that demonstrates an innovative approach to reducing the burden of chronic disease prevention and control.
Community Impact Award
(Individual or Team)
NACDD offers this award for an individual and/or a Chronic Disease Unit team that has made a significant impact or achieved significant influence in a community related to chronic disease prevention and control.
Rising Star Award
Awarded to an individual staff member in a state, tribal, or territorial Chronic Disease Unit who is not a director and who has demonstrated exceptional leadership and innovation.
Mentor Award
Awarded to an outstanding chronic disease prevention and control professional who has guided, supported, and promoted the training and career development of other chronic disease prevention and control practitioners working in a state, tribal, or territorial health department. Nominees should have a sustained record of mentoring and nominators must be mentees of the nominee or colleagues who have personal knowledge of the nominee’s mentoring efforts.
ProVention Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award
Awarded to a current or former Chronic Disease Director of a state, tribal, or territorial health department whose career has contributed to reducing the burden of chronic disease in the United States.
Joseph W. Cullen Excellence Award
Awarded to an individual or organization outside the traditional public health field who has made outstanding contributions in the field of chronic disease.
Awards Qualifications
Eligible nominees must be NACDD Members listed in our Member roster (with the exception of the Joseph W. Cullen Award). To be an NACDD Member, you must be a public health professional working in chronic disease prevention and control. More information on NACDD Membership is available at chronicdisease.org/page/membership-overview.
Learn More:
Read the awards information sheet
Learn about NACDD Membership
