The 29th Annual NIHCM Awards


The high-impact stories and research produced by the 2023 NIHCM Journalism and Research Award winners delves into the growing national crisis in maternal mortality, exposes a game-changing distortion of Alzheimer’s research, uncovers the effects of rising health care costs on consumers, explores new challenges to child health, and reveals pioneering evidence on the value of health care spending.

 

"Congratulations to the winners of the 29th Annual NIHCM Awards. The extraordinary work we have the pleasure of honoring this year breaks new ground in health care research and captures powerful stories, while highlighting the need for increased health equity and greater attention to the needs of health care consumers."

Nancy Chockley

Founding President and CEO, NIHCM Foundation

2023 Digital Media Award

Noam N. Levey

Noam N. Levey

Aneri Pattani

Aneri Pattani

Yuki Noguchi

Yuki Noguchi

Anna Werner

Anna Werner

Bram Sable-Smith

Bram Sable-Smith

Juweek Adolphe

Juweek Adolphe

Megan Kalata

Megan Kalata

NIHCM 2023 Data-Driven Storytelling Award Winner

Diagnosis: Debt



Noam N. Levey, Aneri Pattani, Yuki Noguchi, Anna Werner, Bram Sable-Smith, Juweek Adolphe, and Megan Kalata

Prize: $20,000

“Diagnosis: Debt documented the scope and severity of the medical debt crisis in America as no one has before, unmasking a vast industry that preys on patients and an opaque world of medical billing and collections.”

— Elisabeth Rosenthal, Senior Contributing Editor, KFF Health News

 

2023 Television and Radio Journalism Award

Paula Eiselt

Tonya Lewis Lee

NIHCM 2023 Television and Audio Journalism Award Winner

Aftershock



Paula Eiselt and Tonya Lewis Lee

Prize: $20,000

“The U.S. is the most dangerous country in the industrialized world in which to give birth and Black women die at three times the rate of white women. Our documentary Aftershock explores this preventable crisis through the lived experiences of families, pregnant women and change makers on the ground, culminating in a blueprint for improved birthing outcomes through human-centered reproductive health care. Thank you to NIHCM for this impactful recognition.”

— Paula Eiselt and Tonya Lewis Lee

 

2023 Trade Journalism Award

Charles Piller

Charles Piller

Meagan Weiland

Meagan Weiland

NIHCM 2023 Trade Journalism Award Winner

Blots on a field?



Charles Piller and Meagan Weiland

Prize: $15,000

“This investigation exposed evidence that studies at the heart of the dominant amyloid hypothesis of Alzheimer’s disease were based on doctored images, potentially skewing years of costly research. The enormous global response to the story led to debate and soul searching about how to improve research that could touch the lives of millions of patients and caregivers.”

— Charles Piller

 

2023 General Circulation Journalism Award

Robin Respaut

Robin Respaut

Chad Terhune

Chad Terhune

Michelle Conlin

Michelle Conlin

Jennifer Rigby

Jennifer Rigby

NIHCM 2023 Investigative and General Reporting Award Winner

Youth in Transition


Reuters

Robin Respaut, Chad Terhune, Michelle Conlin, and Jennifer Rigby

Prize: $20,000

“Our project began with a first-of-its-kind data analysis that established that the number of children seeking gender affirming care has surged in recent years. We then cut through the political vitriol about this emerging field of medicine to provide a careful, nuanced assessment of it, the science underpinning it, and the benefits and risks patients and their families must weigh when making treatment decisions.”

— Reporting team

 

2023 Research Award

David Cutler

David M. Cutler

Kaushik Ghosh

Kaushik Ghosh

Kassandra Messer

Kassandra Messer

Trivellore Raghunathan

Trivellore Raghunathan

Allison B. Rosen

Allison B. Rosen

Susan T. Stewart

Susan T. Stewart

NIHCM 2023 Research Award Winner

A Satellite Account for Health in the United States



David M. Cutler, Kaushik Ghosh, Kassandra Messer, Trivellore Raghunathan, Allison B. Rosen, Susan T. Stewart

Prize: $20,000

“Measuring health care productivity has been a national goal for decades. It has been a rewarding challenge to develop methods of systematically measuring the costs and benefits of medical care, combining information from multiple sources to yield a richer understanding of the health sector and inform the development of sounder policies.”

— David M. Cutler

 

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NIHCM also provides $1 million in grants each year to support the work of journalists and researchers. We invite you to learn more.


The winning entries were selected from more than 400 entries by our panels of independent judges. As is the case every year, we received many remarkable entries. Learn more about the finalists' impressive work.


our Judges

A special thank you to our judges listed below.

2023 Digital Media Award


  • Julia Belluz
  • Aaron Carroll
  • Christopher J. Conover
  • Michael Millenson
  • Sabriya Rice
  • Meredith White

2023 Television and Radio Journalism Award


  • Callie Crossley
  • Susan Dentzer
  • Gisele Grayson
  • Stone Phillips
  • Alice Irene Pifer
  • Julie Rovner
  • Susan Wagner

2023 Trade Journalism Award


  • Eliza Barclay
  • John Carreyrou
  • John Fauber
  • Clifton Leaf
  • Fred Schulte
  • William Wan

2023 General Circulation Journalism Award


  • Eliza Barclay
  • John Carreyrou
  • John Fauber
  • Clifton Leaf
  • Fred Schulte
  • William Wan

2023 Research Award


  • Laurence C. Baker
  • Tsung-Mei Cheng
  • Paul B. Ginsburg
  • Sherry Glied
  • Vicky Gregg
  • Joseph P. Newhouse
  • Mark Pauly
  • Gail R. Wilensky