Innovative Teaching Awards
ATMCH launched the Innovative Teaching Awards (ITAs) in 2012, seeking & rewarding teams that would produce innovative & creative MCH educational offerings. Each year, when funds are available, ATMCH distributes among members a Request for Proposal. Only ATMCH members are eligible for ITA funding. Check out previously funded ITAs below. Join ATMCH free of charge to receive notices of upcoming opportunities.
ATMCH Innovative Teaching Awards Request for Proposals Now Open for 2024-2025. Please access the RFP proposal guidelines for this year. ATMCH seeks teams that will produce innovative and creative MCH educational offerings. The deadline for proposal submission is 8:00 am CT Monday, November 18, 2024. We know this is a busy time of year, but don’t let that keep you from participating by submitting a proposal. This is an excellent way to gain support for your innovative ideas and partner with ATMCH in growing and supporting excellence in teaching MCH across multiple academic settings!
2023-2024
2022-2023
2021-2022
2019-2020
2018-2019
2017-2018
- “Training the Next Generation of MCH Professionals in Eating Disorders Prevention: Expanding Educational Opportunities via Online Case-Method Teaching” – S. Bryn Austin, Holly Gooding, Megan Kipp & Lori Garg (Boston Children’s Hospital) & Chris Dede (Harvard University)
- “Optimum Infant Feeding Internship for Physicians & Advanced Practice Nurses” – Ellen Chetwynd, April Fogleman & Nicola Singletary (North Carolina State University) & Rebecca Costello, Ami Goldstein, Amy Sanchez, Catherine Sullivan & Siobhan Wulff (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
- “Aligning an MCH Disability Leadership Curriculum with Universal Design for Learning” – Emily Graybill, Molly Tucker, Elizabeth Labbe-Webb, Rachel Esch, Kurt Vogel, Mark Crenshaw & Daniel Crimmins (Georgia LEND-Georgia State University)
- “A Collaborative Teaching Strategy for Building Relationships in MCH” – Ellen Schafer, Martha Coulter, Abraham Salinas-Miranda & Roneé Wilson (University of South Florida)
- “Examining Changes in Prevention Guidelines in MCH: Development of an Innovative Teaching Activity” – Erika Thompson, Cheryl Vamos & Ellen Daley (University of South Florida)
2016-2017
- “Including People with Disabilities: Public Health Workforce Competencies Curriculum” – Shannon Haworth (Association of University Centers on Disabilities)
- “Integrating a Newly Developed Mobile Application in MCH Education” – Renee Turchi, Raymond Lum, Joel Rodriguez, Stephanie Sutcliffe & Renee Davis (Drexel University)
- “Breastfeeding 101: A Public Health Approach” – Diana Cassar-Uhl (University of Maryland, College Park)
- “Developing an Applied Health Literacy Activity for MCH” – Cheryl Vamos, Erika Thompson & Ellen Daley (University of South Florida)
2015
- “Expanding Access to Applied Methods for Health Transformation Implementation in MCH” – Marcia Roth & Rebecca Greenleaf (University of North Carolina Chapel Hill)
- “Use of Interdisciplinary Case Study Conferences in the Training of the MCH Workforce to Meet the Public Health Needs of Adolescents” – Tina Simpson, Krista Casazza & Jasmine Pagan (University of Alabama at Birmingham)
- “Understanding Obesity Stigma as a Stressor Across the Life Course” – Sharon DeJoy (West Chester University of Pennsylvania)
2013
- “Putting MCH Science into Service: Building a Course in MCH Implementation Science” – Carolyn Halpern (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
2012