Rider Receives Public Service Award from AMA

Dr. Lisa Rider

NIH’s Dr. Lisa Rider will receive the 2026 American Medical Association (AMA) Award for Outstanding Government Service on Feb. 24. The honor is in the category Member of the Executive Branch in career public service. 

Rider is a senior clinician, specializing in pediatric rheumatology, who heads the environmental autoimmunity group at NIH’s National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS). Her group conducts clinical, translational and basic investigations in adult and pediatric autoimmune diseases, using multidisciplinary approaches to understand the roles of genetic and environmental risk factors for these diseases.

This prestigious award recognizes Rider’s outstanding efforts in advancing public health.