BCPH’s 40 Under 40 Public Health Catalyst Awards honor emerging and established thought leaders under age 40 addressing public health challenges through the lenses of social justice and equity. This year, we’re uplifting five (5) cohorts of 40 Under 40 honorees from five (5) geographic regions.
We held the first two pitch sessions for Africa and North America earlier this month. If you didn’t have a chance to participate, don’t worry! We’re holding make up sessions as follows:
North American Countries: March 28, 2026 | 1:00/13:00 PM EST
Register: https://tinyurl.com/40NA2026
African Countries: April 4, 2026 | 1:00/13:00 PM EST
Register: https://tinyurl.com/40AFRICA2026
To be considered, applicants first sign up and participate in their region’s Zoom pitch session.
Pitches should be 2-3 minutes in length and explain their path to public health, their work and impact, and key accomplishments and qualifications.
All who participate in the live Zoom webinar pitch will be considered finalists for the 40 Under 40 Awards. Those who present the best pitches will be invited to submit a full 40 Under 40 Public Health Catalyst application.
March 28, 2026, 1:00/13:00 PM EST
Geographic Region: North American Countries
Zoom URL Registration: https://tinyurl.com/40NA2026
April 4, 2026, 1:00/13:00 PM EST
Geographic Region: African Countries
Zoom URL Registration: https://tinyurl.com/40AFRICA2026
April 25, 2026, 1:00/13:00 PM EST
Geographic Region: Europe
Zoom URL Registration: https://tinyurl.com/40Under40-Europe
June 13, 2026, 1:00/13:00 PM EST
Geographic Region: Asia & AustralAsia
Zoom URL – Asia/AustralAsia Pitch:
https://tinyurl.com/40Under40-Asia-AustralAsia
July 11, 2026, 1:00/13:00 PM EST
Geographic Region: Central & South America
Zoom URL – Central/South American Pitch:
https://tinyurl.com/40Under40-Central-SouthAmerica
Note: You must attend your region’s pitch date. (You cannot opt to attend a different region’s pitch date.)
Stage 2: Applicants who satisfactorily complete Stage 1 will be invited to submit an application.
The BCPH Research Scholars Program provides aspiring public health leaders an opportunity to produce scholarly research. Participants are matched with a mentor who helps them shape their research interests. Over a 12 week period, each mentor-researcher team produces at least one (1) publication, one (1) poster, and a live webinar.
We are currently accepting applications from potential faculty. For more information, email [email protected] or apply at https://tinyurl.com/RSPFaculty.
Applications for the Fall 2026 Research Scholars will open this summer.
Watch our recent informational webinar for more details.
The Boston Congress of Public Health congratulates the 2025 recipients of the 40 Under 40 Public Health Catalyst Awards!
We invite you to learn more about the winners. Together, they represent the next generation of leaders, entrepreneurs, researchers, scientists, activists, intellectual provocateurs, authors, and directors who inspire and catalyze us all to a more just and equitable world.
Our award winners are invited to serve as faculty and produce webinars with BCPH. Several have given webinars already, which you can watch on the BCPH Studio YouTube channel.
The Boston Congress of Public Health (BCPH) proudly announces the World Delegates Program, a global initiative expanding public health leadership and outreach globally. Delegates will represent their states, nations, and regions, uniting under the BCPH mission of advancing health equity, social justice, and global collaboration. Together, they will help establish a global communication and leadership network that:
Learn more by watching the BCPH World Delegates Informational Webinar Session that was held on November 12, 2025.
BCPH will be recruiting delegates worldwide to represent the organization in their institutions and communities. We are especially interested in delegates from the following regions:
What Do Delegates Do?
Delegates selected for the inaugural 2026-2027 cohort will:
How Will Delegates Be Selected?
BCPH is searching for delegates who are:
What Benefits Do Delegates Receive?
Delegates receive:
BCPH congratulates Dr. Nadine Spring, Founder & CEO of Springwell360 on receiving the first-ever BCPH Public Health Grant. She will be using the funds to support the development of a Health Equity Course Series.
Learn about our grants today. Deadlines are on a rolling basis.
The Boston Congress of Public Health congratulates the recipients of the 2025 Health Innovators to Watch Awards. These awards honor individuals who have developed and championed research, programs, inventions, entrepreneurial ventures, social engagement, and more through the lenses of justice and equity to improve health and well-being worldwide.
Honorees exemplify diverse backgrounds, including public health founders and co-founders, inventors, national and international leaders, directors, researchers, academicians, and curriculum developers.
Please click the button to learn more about each of this year’s BCPH Health Innovator Award recipients!
Dr. Rob Carpenter invites BCPH constituents to order all an autographed collection of his three latest books!
Read these volumes’ amazing reviews on Goodreads:
To order all of Dr. Rob’s works, click here or the button below.
New awards honoring:
New grants supporting:
Recruit individuals from diverse backgrounds for research surveys and studies.
Be profiled in our forthcoming monthly showcase e-newsletter and social media.
Access special have access to exclusive training content on BCPH Academy.
Members can join the Speakers Bureau Directory, which provides access to speaking opportunities.
Elite Members receive “first dibs” to be faculty, webinar guests, and more!
Members may receive discounted/free access to events and non-expedite BCPHR submissions.
On August 8, 2024, HPHR/BCPHR released its inaugural supplement, Community-Centered Approaches to Eliminating HIV, PrEP/PEP, and COVID-19 Vaccine Stigma and Discrimination, produced by George Washington University with support from Gilead Sciences. The supplement and all associated articles are available Open-Access on BCPHR.org. You can watch the webinar by clicking the image above or the button below.
The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare what structural racism looks like in healthcare settings, workplace practices, and living conditions that disproportionately expose Black and brown communities to unfair health outcomes. Racial scholars have urged policymakers to rightfully shift their units of analysis from personal decision-making to the structural inequities that racially and ethnically minoritized communities face. The syndemic interaction between the COVID pandemic with the ongoing HIV pandemic makes visible the role that disparate access to healthcare and the other social determinants of health has on one’s exposure. As such, Gilead Sciences Incorporated funded a national training effort called “Two in One” to equally promote HIV/PrEP screening alongside COVID-19 vaccine screenings in the same primary care setting. The Two in One Model includes primary research, evidence-informed PCP training, and policy recommendations on the screening guidelines.
Our goal for publishing with HPHR Journal is to share a collection of scholarly papers that debunk theories that maintain people as problems as opposed to the conditions they live in as this aligns with the journal’s mission to investigate biological, psychosocial, and environmental determinants of health. While this supplement focuses specifically on HIV and COVID-19 prevention, its theoretical frameworks, methods, research, and policy implications have transferability to a range of other disparate patient outcomes. These papers illustrate how prioritizing the values and realities of the most marginalized groups is a community-centered approach useful for eliminating discrimination and stigma. Read the supplement here.
Have you seen the Boston Congress of Public Health (BCPH.org)’s new line of t-shirts, stickers, hats, and other gear on TeePublic? Our affordable designs honoring health, human rights, and pride let you wear your heart on your sleeve. Take advantage of our store’s site-wide sale going on now!
Proceeds support BCPH programs for new and emerging health leaders, which include webinars, a training academy, and Thought Fellowship.
Congratulations to the 2024 Cohort of the Thought Leadership for Public Health Fellowship:
They will be participating in a series of trainings in anticipation of building a communications platform addressing public health through the lens of equity and justice. Learn more about them here.
Translates public health information for diverse audiences through the production and publication of blogs, vlogs, podcasts, TV series, and academic
journals,
including HPHR Journal.
Developing intersectional social justice technical assistance and trainings, such as webinars, certificate programs, and Fellowships, to support underrepresented voices and populations in public health.
