Lifestyle Medicine Awards

Help Us Celebrate Excellence in Lifestyle Medicine!

Every year at our Lifestyle Medicine Conference, we shine a spotlight on the passionate individuals and organizations driving real change in health and healthcare through lifestyle medicine.

Whether you're nominating a colleague, a champion in your community, or yourself, ACLM welcomes your submissions across a variety of award categories, from trailblazers and lifetime achievers to rising stars and health equity advocates.

🗓️ Nominations open May 1 and close May 31, 2025!

Ready to nominate someone who’s making a difference?
Don’t wait—submit your nomination today!

Nominations Currently Closed

Annual Awards

Lifetime Achievement Award

This award recognizes an individual's accomplishments and vast body of work over a significant span of time that have advanced the study of lifestyle medicine. It is the highest honor bestowed.

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Trailblazer Award

This award recognizes an individual who is currently providing leadership in the field of lifestyle medicine, helping strengthen the foundation laid by others, while advancing it through innovation.

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President's Award

This award recognizes an individual who shows exceptional dedication to ACLM. The sitting ACLM President bestows this award upon the recipient.

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Dr. Dexter Shurney HEAL Award

This award recognizes exceptional contributions to advancing health equity through lifestyle medicine and addressing chronic disease disparities. Renamed in 2025 in honor of Dr. Dexter Shurney.

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Special Recognition Awards

These awards were created to recognize the outstanding work that contributes to advancing the field of lifestyle medicine related to specific categories.

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Pegg Awards

This award was created to empower students and faculty members to create and sustain Lifestyle Medicine Interest Groups (LMIGs) and integrate lifestyle medicine into an educational curriculum.

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Triennial Awards

Dr. Ancel Keys Epidemiology Award

This award is given every three years to a globally recognized epidemiologist who has made a major contribution to our understanding of the cause, treatment, and cure of cardiovascular disease.

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