Celebrating the ICUH 2026 Poster Award Winners

The International Society for Urban Health (ISUH) is delighted to recognize the four outstanding poster award winners from the 22nd International Conference on Urban Health (ICUH 2026), held in Mexico City, October 12–16, 2026.

These awards celebrate innovation in urban health, community-led and participatory research, the translation of scientific evidence into policy and practice, and the contributions of emerging scholars.

Outstanding Innovation in Urban Health

Poster 104 — WHO GETS TO IMAGINE A HEALTHY CITY? INDIAN WOMEN REIMAGINING URBAN HEALTH THROUGH ART

Authors: Nisha Sharma, Ipsita Dwivedi, Sneha Palit, Manisha Dutta, Ashwin Deshmukh

Best Community-Led or Participatory Research

Poster 146 — Somos lo que nos sostiene (“We Are What Sustains Us”): A Co-Created Art Exhibit as a Community Knowledge Conduit for Informal Settlement Development in Ciudad Bolívar, Bogotá, Colombia

Authors: Katie Wu, Nicolás Solórzano, Gretchen Daily, Abby King, Khalid Osman, Olga Lucía Sarmiento

Excellence in Translating Science to Policy and Practice

Poster 343 — An intra-urban comparison of homicide rates in a Brazilian city: mapping inequities

Authors: Pablo Cardozo Roccon, Amanda Cristina de Souza Andrade, Vania Evangelista, Adalberto Lopes, Waleska Caiaffa

Emerging Scholar Poster Award

Poster 197 — Urban Health Beyond Metropolitan Centers: Perceived Neighborhood Environments Among Adolescents in Brazil

Authors: Daiane Castro, Rosana Aquino, Leila Denise Amorim

Congratulations to our award recipients and their co-authors!

We celebrate their contributions to advancing urban health research and practice, and thank all ICUH 2026 participants for sharing their work, insights, and experiences toward a healthier, more equitable urban future.