Linda Koh Honored with Catherine Cowell Award at 2025 APHA Annual Meeting

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Assistant Professor Linda Koh, a distinguished leader in public health nutrition, received the prestigious Catherine Cowell Award at the 2025 American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting and Expo in Washington, D.C. earlier this month on Sunday, November 2. Presented by the Food and Nutrition Section of APHA, the Catherine Cowell Award "recognizes excellence and achievement in administration, planning, mentoring, and team building in public health nutrition, including meeting the special needs of urban populations and young children," according to the APHA website.

"I am deeply honored to receive the American Public Health Association Catherine Cowell Award for the work that my team and I are doing in public health nutrition for children—locally, nationally, and globally. According to the USDA, in 2023, 7.2 million children lived in food-insecure households. By collaborating with community partners and school districts, our team works to improve access to healthy, nutritious, and delicious food, while also working towards sustainable food systems to improve human and planetary health."

—Linda Koh, Assistant Professor

According to the APHA website, the award honors individuals who have:

• "Demonstrated consistent and extraordinary mentoring and professional support for public health nutrition (e.g., development of training and development programs, mentoring systems, recruitment and support programs, and advocacy for the nutrition profession)
• Have a strong track record and/or experience in planning and administering programs at the local level, especially those serving urban communities. Must have raised the quality of nutrition services and care for these populations through scholarly pursuits, research, education, and/or practice.
• Demonstrated excellence and/or leadership in enhancing and advocating nutrition care and/or services (including culturally competent and linguistically appropriate care and interventions) to vulnerable groups."

Linda Koh receives the American Public Health Association Catherine Cowell Award in Washington, D.C. on November 2, 2025.