PRESS RELEASE: Immigrant health champion Chanelle Diaz wins 2026 Bernard Lown Award for Social Responsibility
Chanelle Diaz, MD, MPH, to receive the 2026 Bernard Lown Award for Social Responsibility and $25,000 prize. More
What these outstanding doctors did in 2025: A follow-up on our BLASR winners
With healthcare costs reaching a crisis level and trust in medicine eroding rapidly, it's more critical than ever that clinicians fearlessly advocate for the public good. Here's what the exceptional Bernard Lown Award winning physicians accomplished last year. More
PRESS RELEASE: Yale physician Reshma Ramachandran wins 2025 Bernard Lown Award for Social Responsibility
Reshma Ramachandran, MD, MPP, MHS, to receive the 2025 Bernard Lown Award for Social Responsibility and $25,000 prize. More
PRESS RELEASE: Colorado physician Lilia Cervantes wins national award for social responsibility
Lilia Cervantes, MD, to receive Bernard Lown Award for Social Responsibility and $25,000 prize More
Don’t “Stay In Your Lane”: Why Clinicians Should Be Activists For Social Change
The medical community is facing challenges that have pushed clinicians outside their usual lane. Here's why that's a good thing. More
“How could I not be inspired by the resiliency of the individuals I serve?”: Dr. Altaf Saadi accepts the 2023 Bernard Lown Award
VIDEO: Hear from the 2023 Bernard Lown Award winner Dr. Altaf Saadi on how she fights collective indifference and takes on some of the most important humanitarian challenges. More
PRESS RELEASE: Boston neurologist earns national award for health justice leadership
Altaf Saadi, MD, MSc to receive Bernard Lown Award for Social Responsibility and $25,000 prize More
Bernard Lown Award nominations are open!
Nominations for the annual Bernard Lown Award for Social Responsibility are now open! More
“As the guardians of health, we can’t look away”: Mona Hanna-Attisha accepts the Bernard Lown Award
On the 101st birthday of Dr. Lown, hear from Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha on what we need from clinicians to ensure that more kids can celebrate more birthdays. More
Pediatrician who uncovered Flint water crisis wins national award for social responsibility in medicine
Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, the Michigan-based pediatrician who exposed the Flint water crisis, has been named the winner of the inaugural Bernard Lown Award for Social Responsibility. More