Cumming Award

The Cumming Award is named in honor of former Surgeon General Dr. Hugh S. Cumming, USPHS. It is presented for outstanding contributions in public health engineering and science. The plaque was first awarded in 2000.

Eligibility

OPDIV organizations of the U.S. Public Health Service.

Nomination Criteria

Most outstanding contribution in public health engineering and science.

Please contact your chain of command for information about the Uniformed Service Awards nomination process. SAME provides a formal ceremony for recipients.

Past Cumming Award Recipients

2023 Commissioned Corps Headquarters Readiness & Deployment Branch Data Team
2022 CDC COVID-19 Ventilation Team, USPHS (Contact: CAPT Stephen B. Martin Jr., Ph.D., P.E.)
2021 Centers for Disease Control & Prevention COVID-19 Ventilation Team
2020 Navajo Nation COVID-19 Water Missions Team
2019 California Area Indian Health Service – Sanitation Facilities Construction Emergency Response & Recovery Team
2018 Phoenix Area Indian Health Service, Division of Sanitation Facilities Construction
2017 Commissioned Corps Engineer Hurricane Responders
2015 National Park Service Public Health Policy Writing Subcommittees
2014 Data Collection Team-Housing Inventory Data System, Sanitation Facilities Construction Program, Indian Health Service
2012 Barrow and Nome, Alaska Replacement Hospitals Unique Tribal/Federal Partnerships Indian Health Service
2011 National Park Service Office of Public Health Field Services Branch
2010 Sanitation Facilities Construction Program
2009 HydroCoil Embolization System Working Group
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
2008 National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Engineering and Physical Hazards Branch
2007 Engineer Officers in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparation and Response
2006 USPHS Officers on EPA Assignments Serving in the U.S. Pacific Territories
2005 Rural Utility Cooperative Demonstration Project, Alaska National Tribal Health Consortium
2004 Readiness and Response Group – Engineers and Environmental Health Officers, Office of Force Readiness and Deployment
2003 Office of Public Health National Park Service
2002 Indian Health Service Sanitation Facilities, Construction Program Headquarters, Rockville, MD
2001 The World Trade Center and Anthrax Response Team, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services
2000 The Dover Township Water Distribution System Modeling Team, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, in collaboration with the Georgia Institute of Technology Civil Engineering Department and the US Environmental Protection Agency