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2026 Evidence to Impact Awards – Shortlisted applications announced

29th April, 2026

Thank you for participating in the Elsevier Foundation-Lancet Evidence to Impact Awards !

The first stage of the submission process closed earlier in February. During the past weeks, our pool of experts worked to review the applications submitted.

We’re proud to announce the shortlisted applications selected for the next phase of the Awards:

  • Alexandra Potts, Samala Umoyo
  • Allora Atiyeh, Identification of Facilitators and Barriers for Implementation of a Virtual Pediatric Nursing Micro-credential Program in Eswatini, Africa
  • Anna Ugalde, The ECORRA Trial (Equitable Cancer Outcomes across Rural and Remote Australia): An transdisciplinary co-designed program to implement and evaluate best practice cancer care across rural and remote health services nationally
  • Cortland Linder, Implementing on-site hospital solar power and evaluating the impact on surgical care in a tertiary hospital in Nigeria
  • Cristina Fernandez, A scalable community-led mentoring model to reduce adolescent maternal and perinatal mortality in Sierra Leone (2YoungLives): translating trial evidence into national health impact through meaningful collaboration and participatory research.
  • Isaac Olufadewa, BraveHeart: Community Mental Health for Displaced Youth
  • James O’Donovan on behalf of Community Health Impact Coalition, Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Community Healthcare: A Coalition Approach to Building the Evidence, Governance, and Implementation Architecture for Ethical AI in Community Health Systems.
  • Lijing L. Yan 阎丽静, SINEMA: A 7-Year Effectiveness-Implementation Study of a System-Integrated, Technology-Enabled Model for Sustainable Stroke Care and Mortality Reduction within China’s Rural Primary Healthcare System
  • M Tasdik Hasan, Designing with Deaf Communities, Delivering at Scale: Implementing Inclusive Digital Mental Health in Bangladesh
  • Saurabh Mehta, AnemiaPhone: Partnership to enable a test and treat approach and support the implementation of rapid iron-deficiency and iron-deficiency anemia testing at the point of need in India’s health systems
  • Tim Baker, Implementing Essential Emergency and Critical Care in Tanzania
  • Vidyani Suryadevara, Multidomain lifestyle Interventions with reduce dementia risk in urban and rural areas of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh: From FINGER to WorldWide FINGERS in India.