John M. Murphy, MD Leadership Award

The John M. Murphy, MD Leadership Award recognizes an outstanding member of the global health community who demonstrates innovative, initiative-driven leadership that meaningfully advances global health education, partnerships, clinical care, or systems development.

The global health community encompasses both domestic members of the Nuvance Health and Northwell Health networks and colleagues from our international partner sites, reflecting the collaborative, bidirectional nature of our work. This award honors individuals whose leadership extends beyond their formal role, creating lasting impact within the Global Health Program and contributing to broader institutional and international collaborations.
 

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Eligibility Criteria​

Applicants or nominees must:​

• Be members of the Global Health Program community, including those based within Nuvance Health and Northwell Health as well as colleagues from the program’s international partner sites*, who actively collaborate with and contribute to our shared global health mission.​

• Be actively involved in global health education, clinical service, research, or partnership development.​

• Demonstrate leadership with impact beyond a single activity or short-term initiative.​

* Armenia, Botswana, the Dominican Republic, India, the Philippines, Thailand, Uganda, Vietnam, and Zimbabwe

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Selection Criteria​

Applicants or nominees will be evaluated based on the following criteria:

1. Leadership & Initiative

• Leads projects, programs, or partnerships within the individual’s home country or institution and/or across international partner sites through horizontal collaboration.​

• Demonstrates proactive, self-directed leadership, including decision-making responsibility and accountability for outcomes.​

• Identifies clearly defined needs or gaps and initiates, leads, or significantly advances actions to address them, with demonstrable outcomes or progress.​

2. Innovation

• Introduces new ideas, models, or approaches in global health.​

• Improves existing systems, curricula, partnerships, or workflows through novel or adaptive approaches.​

• Demonstrates creativity in addressing resource-variable or complex settings.​

3. Sustainability and Responsible Global Health Practice

• Demonstrates leadership aligned with the program’s values through a commitment to sustainable, ethically grounded initiatives that produce lasting impact within institutions, communities, or global health partnerships.​​​

 

Nomination process​

• Nominations may be submitted by colleagues, supervisors, trainees, or​

• international partner site representatives​

• Self-nominations are permitted​

• Nominators and nominees must be related to the Global Health Program community, including those affiliated with Nuvance Health / Northwell Health.

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Required Nomination Materials

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1. Nomination Form

   • Brief summary (250–300 words) describing the rationale for the nomination or self-nomination.

2. Leadership Statement 

   • Maximum 750–1,000 words

   • Describes:

     • Leadership role and initiatives

     • Innovation or improvements introduced

     • Evidence of sustainability and long-term impact

     • Relevance to the Global Health Program

3. Curriculum Vitae (CV)

   • 2–4 pages in PDF format

4. Two Letters of Support

   • From a colleague, supervisor, trainee, or partner site representative

   • Should address leadership, innovation, and impact

   • If the nominee is nominated by someone else, the letter of support must be written by a different individual from the nominator

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Submission Process

• All materials must be submitted electronically via the designated nomination portal (Jotform)

• Incomplete or late submissions will not be considered

• The submission deadline will be announced in the official call for nominations

Notification & Recognition

• The selected recipient will be notified in advance of the conference

• The award will be presented during the Global Health Conference 2026

• The recipient may be invited to share brief reflections on their leadership journey

 

Review & Selection

• Eligible nominations are reviewed by the Global Health Conference Awards Committee

• Applications are scored using a standardized rubric aligned with:

  1. Leadership & Initiative

  2. Innovation

  3. Sustainability and Responsible Global Health Practice

• Reviewers score independently and disclose conflicts of interest

• Final selection is made through committee deliberation based on aggregate scores and qualitative discussion