Joan H. Tisch Community Health Prize

The Joan H. Tisch Community Health Prize is a $10,000 award to be presented each year to an individual and a nonprofit organization in the New York metropolitan area for outstanding accomplishment in the field of urban public health.

The Union Settlement Association and Dr. Melony Samuels of Bed-Stuy Campaign Against Hunger were the recipients of the inaugural Joan H. Tisch Community Health Prize. For more information, please click here. 

Announcement:  The Hunter College Foundation is seeking nominations for the second annual Joan H. Tisch Community Health Prize. This award was created to recognize one individual and one nonprofit organization in the New York metropolitan area for outstanding accomplishment in the field of urban public health. The nominee’s work should be focused on improving urban public health in areas such as: reducing health disparities; obesity/diabetes/nutrition; chronic disease prevention and management; environmental health; HIV/AIDS; health problems associated with poverty; healthy aging; mental health; substance abuse and addiction; public health policy and advocacy; and access, financing, and quality of care.  For more information, please click here.