Aesculapius Award
for Excellence in Health Communication
Honorees since 1998 (in alphabetical order)
*indicates Annual Award Winner
Winners in italics are for radio or television PSA; others are for WWW site
Organization
Producer
Agency for Healthcare Research and
Karen Carp and Harriett V. Bennett, AHRQ Public
Quality
Affairs
American Academy of Neurology
American Academy of Neurology
American Academy of Orthopaedic
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
Surgeons
American Association for Clinical
American Association for Clinical Chemistry
Chemistry
American Dietetic Association
American Dietetic Association
American Digestive Health Foundation American Digestive Health Foundation
American Institute for Cancer Research American Institute for Cancer Research
American Institute for Cancer Research American Institute for Cancer Research
American Social Health Association
American Social Health Association
American Society for Reproductive
American Society for Reproductive Medicine
Medicine
American Speech-Language-Hearing
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Association
American Speech-Language-Hearing
American Speech-Language-Hearing-Association
Association
American Speech-Language-Hearing
August, Lang & Husak, Inc.
Association
American Thyroid Association
American Thyroid Association
Anxiety Disorders Association of America Anxiety Disorders Association of America (ADAA)
Association of Reproductive Health
Princeton University Office of Population
Professionals
Research and Association of Reproductive
Health Professionals
Autism Speaks
Autism Speaks Social Marketing Team
Autism Speaks
Autism Speaks
Better Hearing Institute
Better Hearing Institute
Bonneville Communications
Bonneville Communications
Booz Allen Hamilton
MHS OCIO Communications
Dedicated to improving the quality and productivity of America’s health care
5800 Madaket Road, Suite 200  Bethesda, MD 20816-3201  301-320-0971  301-320-0978 (fax)
[email protected] (email)  www.hii.org (world wide web)
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2008
2004
2011
2007
2003
1999
2002
2003
1999*
2006
2003*
2004
2004*
2004*
2008
2006*
2011
2012
2011
2001*
2001
2002*
2003*
2010
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Organization
Bristol Regional Medical Center
Cable Positive
CaringBridge
CMHS Knowledge Exchange Network
Consumer Health Interactive
Cooney/Waters Group
Cooney/Waters Group
Cooney/Waters Group
COPD Foundation
Producer
Wellmont Health System
Thomas Henning
CaringBridge
Knowledge Exchange Network
Consumer Health Interactive
Cooney/Waters Group
American Lung Association
American Lung Association in collaboration with
Sanafi Pasteur
COPD Foundation
Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America, Inc.
Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America Netamorphasis
CSAP's Marketing Support Team
Center for Substance Abuse Prevention
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
DeafMD Foundation
Diagnostic Accreditation Program
Educational Video in Spanish
EmpowHER
Epilepsy Foundation
ESI, Inc.
Excellus Blue Cross Blue Shield
Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network
Foundation for Biomedical Research
GMMB
Hager Sharp
Hager Sharp, Inc
Harlem Health Promotion Center
ICF International
ICF International
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Casey Davis
Chad Lee
Educational Video in Spanish , Inc.
EmpowHER
Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide
Office of HIV/AIDS Policy, U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services
Patricia A. Bumba M.D, FACP, Leader, Excellus
BlueCross Blue Shield
Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network
Foundation for Biomedical Research
GMMB
National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP)
Hager Sharp, Inc.
Dr. Alwyn Cohall, Director - Harlem Health
Promotion Center
National Institute on Alcoholism and Alcohol
Abuse
U.S. Department of Defense, TRICARE
Dedicated to improving the quality and productivity of America’s health care
5800 Madaket Road, Suite 200  Bethesda, MD 20816-3201  301-320-0971  301-320-0978 (fax)
[email protected] (email)  www.hii.org (world wide web)
EntryYr
2012
2008
2011
1999
2002
2006
2007*
2011
2012
2013
1998*
1999
1999
2001
2001*
2004
2012
2007
1999
2010
2002*
2009
2008
2007
2006
2002
2012*
1999
2001
2008
2010*
2010
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Organization
Producer
Management Activity
Mike McLaughlin of Tree Design
EntryYr
2013
2008
2008
LifeScan, Inc.
Medical Education Institute
Medical Education Institute
Interstitial Cystitis Association
IPRO
National Institute on Drug Abuse, National
Institute of Health
IRS & The Health Coverage Tax Credit (HCTC)
Program
Alzheimer's Disease Education and Referral
Center Website - Johnson, Bassin & Shaw, Inc
Dave Detmers and Jeff Christensen
Home Dialysis Central
Medical Education Institute
Medseek, Inc.
Merck & Co., Inc.
National Cancer Institute
National Cancer Institute
Dr. and Mrs. Alan Greene
Merck & Co., Inc.
Cancer Patient Education Network
National Cancer Institute
International Institute for the
Advancement of Medicine
Interstitial Cystitis Association
IPRO
IQ Solutions, Inc.
IRS & The Health Coverage Tax Credit
(HCTC) Program
Johnson, Bassin & Shaw, Inc
2008
2010
2003
2000*
2007
2010
2011
2013
2005*
2006
2000
1999
2002
2004
1999
2001
National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable
National Council of La Raza's Institute for National Latino Diabetes Initiative
Hispanics
National Dairy Council
National Dairy Council and American Dietetics
1999
Foundation
National Diabetes Education Program
National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP)
2013
(NDEP)
National Headache Foundation
National Headache Foundation
2002
National Health Information Center
Office of Disease Prevention & Health Promotion 2005
National Institute of Diabetes and
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and 2008
Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) of the National
2013
Institute of Health (NIH)
National Institute on Aging
Vilsack Productions
1999*
National Institute on Aging
Karen Pocinki and Nhora Barrera Murphy
2002
National Kidney Disease Education
National Kidney Disease Education Program
2012
Program
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5800 Madaket Road, Suite 200  Bethesda, MD 20816-3201  301-320-0971  301-320-0978 (fax)
[email protected] (email)  www.hii.org (world wide web)
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Organization
National Newborn Screening and
Genetic Resource Center
National Stroke Association
North American Menopause Society
Producer
National Newborn Screening and Genetic
Resource Center
Diane Mulligan-Fairfield
North American Menopause Society
Nutrition & Physical Activity, CDC
Office of Disease Prevention and Health
Promotion, U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services
Office of Research on Women’s Health
at the National Institutes of Health
ORC Macro, Social and Health Services
Division
Nutrition & Physical Activity, CDC
Office of Disease Prevention and Health
Promotion, U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services
Office of Research on Women’s Health at the
2013
National Institutes of Health
ORC Macro on behalf of the U.S. Departments of 2004
Health and Human Services, Education, and
Justice
ORC Macro, Social and Health Services Division 2005
ORC Macro, Social & Health Services
Division
ORC Macro, Social & Health Services
Division
Perinatal Foundation
PlowShare Group
Premier Community Health
PREVLINE - Website for the National
Clearinghouse
Prospect Associates
PsychCentral.com
Radiological Society of North America
Radiological Society of North America
Robert Marston & Associates, Inc.
Rodale, Inc.
Rodale, Inc
Rubin Postaer and Associates
ORC Macro on behalf of the Substance Abuse
and Mental Health Services Administration's
Center for Substance Abuse Prevention
Perinatal Foundation
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Office on Women’s Health
Premier Community Health
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration
Prospect Associates
Dr. John M. Grohol
Radiological Society of North America (RSNA)
Radiological Society of North America (RSNA)
and American College of Radiology (ACR)
LifeScan
Anne Simpkinson & Kathryn Pitt-Townsend
Anne Simpkinson
Rubin Postaer and Assoc. for the Suicide
Prevention Center
Dedicated to improving the quality and productivity of America’s health care
5800 Madaket Road, Suite 200  Bethesda, MD 20816-3201  301-320-0971  301-320-0978 (fax)
[email protected] (email)  www.hii.org (world wide web)
EntryYr
2008
2009
2002
1998
1999
2000
2002
2005
2007*
2002*
2009
2005
2007
2011
2007
2001
1998*
2011
2008
2010
2011
2002
2002
2003*
2001
4
Organization
Social & Health Services/ORC Macro
Social and Health Services
Social and Health Services
Social and Health Services
Society for Women's Health Research
Society for Women's Health Research
Society of Obstetricians &
Gynaecologists of Canada
Soldiers Radio and Television
Substance Abuse & Mental Health
Services Administration
Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration, Center for
Mental Health Services
Substance Abuse & Mental Health
Services Administration
Support for People with Oral and Head
and Neck Cancer (SPOHNC)
Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer
Foundation
Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke's
Episcopal Hospital
Producer
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and
Alcoholism
Social & Health Services, Ltd.
Center for Substance Abuse Prevention
U.S. Public Health Services’ Office of the Surgeon
General
Society for Women's Health Research
Society for Women's Health Research
Society of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists of
Canada
Soldiers Radio and Television
SAMAHSA's Center for Substance Abuse
Prevention
SAMHSA's National Mental Health Information
Center
EntryYr
2002
SAMHSA's National Alcohol and Drug Addition
Recovery Month 2005
Support for People with Oral and Head and Neck
Cancer
Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation and
WaveBase9
Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke's Episcopal
Hospital
2005
TRICARE
Trigeminal Neuralgia Association, Inc
TRICARE / ICF MACRO
Trigeminal Neuralgia Association
U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services’ Office of Disease Prevention
and Health Promotion
U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services’ Office of Disease Prevention
and Health Promotion
U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services' Office on Women's Health
U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services’ Office on Women's Health
healthfinder.gov Team
1998
2000
2000*
2003
2004
2006
2000
2004
2006
2004
2002
2003
1998
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2000
2008*
2001
US HHS Office of Disease Prevention and Health 2008
Promotion
National Women's Health Information Center
(NWHIC)
US DHHS Office on Women's Health
Dedicated to improving the quality and productivity of America’s health care
5800 Madaket Road, Suite 200  Bethesda, MD 20816-3201  301-320-0971  301-320-0978 (fax)
[email protected] (email)  www.hii.org (world wide web)
2001
2008
5
Organization
U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services' Office on Women's Health
U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services' Office on Women's Health
United Cerebral Palsy
United Network for Organ Sharing
United Ostomy Association
WebMD
Producer
Ad Council and U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services' Office on Women's Health
Ad Council and U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services' Office on Women's Health
United Cerebral Palsy
Sarah Pennington Pierce, Communications
Department
United Ostomy Association
WebMD
EntryYr
2011
2011*
2000
2001
2003
2000
In some years, there was no Annual Award Winner for radio or television PSA and/or WWW site.
Dedicated to improving the quality and productivity of America’s health care
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