NIHCM Awards
NIHCM Awards
The NIHCM Awards recognize the tremendous contributions of researchers and journalists who brought to light new evidence that advances the health system and the health of Americans.
“I feel like the NIHCM journalism awards are among the most respected awards in journalism. They are certainly the most respected awards in health journalism.”
Julie Rovner
KFF Health News
awards given every year for the following categories
our ceremonies through the years
The NIHCM Awards, May 22, 2024, The Renwick, Washington, D.C.
NIHCM 2024 Awards at the Renwick
2024 Research Award winner David Card, Avik Roy, and winner David Chan
2024 Trade Award winner Charles Piller
2024 Data-Driven Storytelling Award winners from The Washington Post
2024 Investigative and General Reporting Honorable Mention winner Nichole Manna, winners Bob Herman and Casey Ross, and Avik Roy
2024 Television and Audio Award winners from ABC News Impact x Nightline
NIHCM Awards Dinner, May 23, 2023, The Reach at the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts, Washington, DC
Nancy Chockley, NIHCM Founding President & CEO, NIHCM team members - Caitlin Ellis, Sheree Crute, Kathryn Santoro
Yuki Noguchi, NPR, 2023 DMA Award Winner, Giselle Grayson, NPR, Jon Hamilton, NPR, A'Lelia Bundles, journalist, Callie Crossley, WGBH (TVR Award Judge)
Sabriya Rice, KFF Health News (NIHCM DMA Award Judge), Elizabeth Rosenthal, KFF Health News, Terry Byrne, KFF Health News, 2023
Nancy Chockley, 2023 TVR Award Winners Tonya Lewis Lee and Paula Eiselt
Avik Roy (NIHCM Advisory Board Member), Zack Cooper (NIHCM Research Grantee), Laurence Baker (Research Award Judge), Zirui Song, 2023
David Cutler, 2023 Research Award Winner
2023 DMA Award Winners Juweek Adolphe, Noam Levey, (Nancy Chockley), Yuki Noguchi, Aneri Pattani, Megan Kalata, (Carmel Wroth, NPR)
2023 Trade & General Circulation Judge panel
Nancy Chockley, 2023 Trade Winners, Charles Pillar and Meagan Weiland, Science Magazine
2023 General Circulation Winners Chad Terhune and Robin Respaut, Reuters, Nancy Chockley
NIHCM Awards Dinner, May 25, 2022, Kogod Courtyard, Smithsonian Natural Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC
NIHCM Awards Judges Michael Millenson and Clifton Leaf, 2022 dinner
Jason Ukman and Rachel Cohrs, STAT News, 2022 Awards Dinner
2022 Research Award Winners - Jacob Goldin, Janet McCubbin, Ithai Z. Lurie
Kathryn Santoro, 2022 General Circulation Award Winner Matthew Herper, STAT, Nancy Chockley, Nicholas Florko, STAT
NIHCM Awards Dinner, 2019. Organization of American States
Stuart Craig, Zack Cooper (Research Award Winners, 2019) and Julie Schoenman (NIHCM Foundation)
Shubham Singhal, Paul Mango and Dakasha Winton, Organization of American States, 2019
The Columbus Dispatch Team, 2019 Print Journalism Award Winners
Martin Hackmann, Research Award Winner, 2016
Guests at The Renwick, 2016
Don Berwick (NIHCM Advisory Board), Tsung-Mei Cheng Reinhardt (Research Award Judge), W. David Helms (NIHCM Board) and Governor Mike Leavitt (NIHCM Advisory Board), The Renwick, 2018
Nancy Chockley and Margot Sanger-Katz (2016 Finalist)
Bob Kocher (NIHCM Advisory Board), Nancy Chockley and Calvin Anderson, The Renwick, 2016
Julie Rovner (Television and Radio Journalism Award Judge), Nico Lewine and Adrianna McIntyre, The Renwick, 2016
The U.S. Institute of Peace, 2015
Stone Phillips (Television and Radio Journalism Award Judge), Steve Cheng, Nancy Chockley, The U.S. Institute of Peace, 2015
Healthcare Triage, Digital Media Award Winner, 2015
National Museum of Women in the Arts, 2014
Dave Phillips (2014 Honorable Mention), Kathryn Santoro, Jenni Bergal and Fred Schulte (Print Journalism Award Judge), 2014
Alan Murray (Digital Media Judge), 2014
our Judges
A special thank you to our independent judges
Investigative and General Reporting/
Trade Journalism Award
- Andrew Dreyfus, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
- Matthew Herper, STAT News
- Robert Langreth, Bloomberg News
- Clifton Leaf, Columbia Journalism School
- Antonio Regalado, MIT Technology Review
- Fred Schulte, KFF Health News
Local Media Award
- Tony Leys, KFF Health News
- Susan Livio, The Star Ledger and NJ.com
- Anna Wilde Mathews, The Wall Street Journal
- Mark Miller, Arnold Ventures
- Caitlin Owens, Axios
- Christopher Weaver, The Wall Street Journal
Television and Audio Journalism Award
- Bertha Coombs, CNBC
- Callie Crossley, GBH
- Susan Dentzer, America's Physician Groups
- Dan Gorenstein, TradeOffs
- A.J. Lagoe, KARE 11
- Stone Phillips
- Julie Rovner, KFF Health News
Data-Driven Storytelling Award
- Juweek Adolphe, Gourmet Data
- Chris Conover, Duke University (Retired)
- Brad Fluegel, University of Pennsylvania
- Jayme Fraser, USA Today
- Yoohyun Jung, The Boston Globe
- Derek Willis, University of Maryland
Research Award
- Ge Bai, Johns Hopkins University
- Laurence Baker, Stanford University
- May Tsung-Mai Cheng, Princeton University
- Martin Gaynor, Carnegie Mellon University
- Paul Ginsburg, University of Southern California
- Vicky Gregg, Guidon Partners
- Joseph Newhouse, Harvard University
- Mark Pauly, University of Pennsylvania
- Kosali Simon, University of Indiana Bloomington
- Christopher Whaley, Brown University