On October 13 at the Chicago Cultural Center, Health and Medicine Policy Research Group (Health & Medicine) welcomed over 350 guests to our Awards Gala honoring the accomplishments of activists and professionals making important strides towards health equity and social justice. Congratulations to our 2017 HMPRG Awards honorees, and many thanks to all who attended!

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2017 HMPRG Award Winners

Health Awards: Margaret M. Nykaza, D.Min., Harmony, Hope & Healing and
Suzanne Carlberg-Racich, PhD, MSPH, DePaul University and Chicago Recovery Alliance

Medicine Award: Evelyn Figueroa, MD, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine
Policy Award: Chicago ADAPT
Dr. Steve Whitman Research Award: Wrenetha Julion, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN, Rush University College of Nursing
Group Award: Metropolitan Tenants Organization
Emerging Leader Award: Lauren Ángeles, Alivio Medical Center
Lifetime Achievement Award—Worker Health, Safety, and Justice: Leslie Nickels, MEd, PhD (Click here to view Dr. Nickel’s CV)

Thank you to our sponsors!

Leader
The Crown Family

Visionaries
Emily, Elizabeth, and Lon Berkeley
Claudia Fegan, MD
Joseph & Bessie Feinberg Foundation
Institute for Public Health and Medicine
Rush University Medical Center
Adele Simmons

Innovators
Access Community Health Network
Debora de Hoyos and Walter Carlson
NowPow
Population Health and Aging, Rush University Medical Center
Rush University Medical Center College of Nursing

Advocates
Advocate Children’s Hospital, Aetna Better Health of Illinois, Alivio Medical Center, David Ansell MD and Paula Grabler, Bookgroup 1986, Chicago Recovery Alliance, Chicago Federation of Labor, Jack Doppelt and Margie Schaps, Erie Family Health Center, Arthur Hoffman & Paula Weinbaum, George P. Surgeon and Sara Lindholm, PCC Community Wellness Center, Bob Remer, Leatrice Berman Sandler and Stephen Sandler, SEIU Healthcare Illinois, Thresholds, Albert Prieto and Joseph Zanoni

Friends
American College of Nurse Midwives IL Affiliate, Joyce Bartz and Marty Gartzman, Harriet Bernbaum, , William Chamberlin MD and Kathleen Campbell, Veronica Clarke, Terry Conway and Judy Neafsey, Mary Driscoll, Joe Feinglass PhD, Joy Getzenberg, Aida Giachello, PhD, Geralynn Kahn, MD and Robert Ginsburg, Grateful Friend of Dr. Leslie Nickels, Hill and Cheryl Hammock, Jack Kaplan and Dr. Marian Macsai, Donna Kenski and Joe McCormack, Patrick Lenihan, PhD and Erica Salem, Mary Rita Luecke and Michael Gelder, Georganne Marsh and Stephen Heller, Mahnaz and Mark Mazak, McAlpine Consulting for Growth, LLC, Laura and Barry Miller, Linda Rae Murray, MD, MPH, Eleanor Nicholson, Hon. Toni Preckwinkle, Gayle Riedmann CNM, Illinois Affiliate of the American College of Nurse Midwives, Lisa Oppenheim and Steven Rothschild, Rachel Rubin, MD, MPH, Dr. Elizabeth Salisbury-Afshar, Bettylu and Paul Saltzman, Mardge Cohen and Gordy Schiff, Lezli and Robert Schiff, John Jay Shannon, MD, Hon. Debra Shore, Wendy Siegel and Brenda Bannor, Millennia Consulting, L.L.C., Melissa Simon and Xinqi Dong, Dr. Clark Stanford, Kai Tao, Charles and Yvette Thurman, Dave Tomke, Carmen Velasquez, Bernice Weissbourd, Arnie Widen MD and Judy Widen, Sheldon Zenner and Ellen Morgan