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Outstanding Poster Presentation Awards

Poster presentations are an important and valued part of the CSTE Annual Conference. CSTE recognizes poster presenters with awards for one of several categories aligning with our Program & Policy Committee structure.

Nomination Guidelines

Only accepted poster presentations at the CSTE Annual Conference are eligible. Nominations are made by members of the Planning Committee, comprised of steering committee leaders and selected members of subcommittees related to the content of posters. Nominations are then scored and winners are chosen by a review committee. Only one poster per presenter may be considered. Criteria for selection include:
  • Scientific content, including originality, study design, and analysis
  • Public health impact
  • Exemplifies the effective and innovative application of epidemiologic methods in an investigation or study

Review

The nomination and finalists selection period is from January through March each year before the conference. A review committee of CSTE members and staff use a scoring sheet and select winners. Of those abstracts that met the criteria, up to five finalists in each area may be chosen by the review committee. Finalists are announced May 1, and their posters are shown at the Annual Conference. The review committee scores finalists during the conference using a score sheet based on the aforementioned criteria.

Previous Winners

2025

  • Chronic Disease/Maternal & Child Health: Jhaqueline Valle Palominos
  • Injury, Substance Use and Mental Health: Kayla Russell
  • Environmental Health/Occupational Health: Rachel N. Long
  • Infectious Disease: Jeremy Kuo
  • Health Equity and Tribal Epidemiology: Madelynn Giola
  • Health Security, Policy and Law: Rachel J. Berkowitz
  • Surveillance/Informatics: Ross Combs
  • Workforce Department: Michael J. Paul

2024

  • Chronic Disease/Maternal & Child Health: Zhen-Qiang Ma
  • Injury, Substance Use and Mental Health: Earl Hord
  • Environmental Health/Occupational Health: Nathan McCray
  • Infectious Disease: Jie He
  • Health Equity and Tribal Epidemiology: Erick López
  • Health Security, Policy and Law: Shannon Gearhart
  • Surveillance/Informatics: Sarah Solarz
  • Workforce Department: Evangelia Theodorou

2023

  • Chronic Disease/Maternal & Child Health: Meg Diedrick
  • Substance Use and Mental Health: Fan Xiong
  • Environmental Health/Occupational Health: Jason W. Marion
  • Infectious Disease: Massimo Pacilli
  • Special Topics: Andrew Patrick Stevens
  • Surveillance/Informatics: Seth Rothbard
  • Workforce Department: BreAna Pipkins

2022

  • Chronic Disease/Maternal & Child Health/Oral Health: Abhilasha Saxena
  • Cross Cutting/Substance Use: Shahnaj B. Safi
  • Environmental Health/Occupational Health/Injury: Noemi B. Hall
  • Infectious Disease: Stephanie Lunn
  • Surveillance/Informatics: Sabrina Johnston

2021

  • Chronic Disease/MCH/Oral Health: Josh M. Feldmiller
  • Cross Cutting: Rene Najera
  • Environmental Health/Occupational Health/Injury: Lee Friedman
  • Infectious Disease: Meghan T. Murray
  • Surveillance/Informatics: Adrienne Leigh Sherman

2020

Event Cancelled

2019

  • Chronic Disease/MCH/Oral Health: Caitlin Pizzonia & Elise Barnes (tie)
  • Cross Cutting: Justine Gunderson
  • Environmental Health/Occupational Health/Injury: Elizabeth Heitz & Muhling Chong (tie)
  • Infectious Disease: Preeti Ravindhram
  • Surveillance/Informatics: Fay Stephens

2018

  • Chronic Disease/MCH/Oral Health: Jerusha E. Barton
  • Cross Cutting: Sarah Nechuta
  • Environmental Health/Occupational Health/Injury: Jiyoung Byun
  • Infectious Disease: Roberta Sturm and Lisha Constantine-Renna (tie)
  • Surveillance/Informatics: Jenny Robertson

2017

  • Chronic Disease/MCH/Oral Health: Mi H. Lee
  • Cross Cutting: Ruchi Pancholy
  • Environmental Health/Occupational Health/Injury: Luke Baertlein
  • Infectious Disease: Amanda Feldpausch
  • Surveillance/Informatics: Amanda Santander

2016

  • Chronic Disease/MCH/Oral Health: Eva Wong
  • Cross Cutting: Emily Putzer
  • Environmental Health/Occupational Health/Injury: Seema Nayak
  • Infectious Disease: Wendy Chung
  • Surveillance/Informatics: Amanda Zabala

2015

  • Chronic Disease/MCH/Oral Health: Kathy Phipps
  • Cross Cutting/Substance Use: Amirah Abdullah
  • Occupational Health: Naomi Anderson
  • Infectious Disease: Wendy Chung
  • Surveillance/Informatics: Susan Mottice

2014

  • Chronic Disease/MCH/Oral Health: James Peacock
  • Cross Cutting: Rachel Gicquelais
  • Environmental Health/Occupational Health/Injury: Rebecca Jackson
  • Infectious Disease: Ashley Fowlkes
  • Surveillance/Informatics: Hannah Jary
  • Student: Katrina Stumbras

2013

  • Chronic Disease/MCH/Oral Health: Kevin Alex Kovach
  • Cross Cutting: Alison Nelsoh
  • Environmental Health/Occupational Health/Injury: Sara Rattigan
  • Infectious Disease: Brynn E. Berger
  • Surveillance/Informatics: Jian-Hua Chen
  • Student: Lauren E. Finn

2012

  • Chronic Disease/Maternal and Child Health/Oral Health: Lindsey Jones
  • Cross Cutting: Katy Gonzales
  • Environmental Health/Occupational Health/Injury: Lauren Joe
  • Infectious Disease: Alison Hughes
  • Surveillance and Informatics: Angela Merges

2011

  • Chronic Disease/Maternal and Child Health/Oral Health: Andria Apostolou
  • Cross Cutting: Rebecca Coughlin
  • Environmental Health/Occupational Health/Injury: Bonnie Hatcher
  • Infectious Disease: Jessica Cunningham
  • Surveillance and Informatics: Jason Jacobs

For more information, please contact the CSTE national office at 770-458-3811.
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