Awards and Honors

“In (Lisa Collier Cool’s) bulging trophy case, you’ll find a National Magazine Award, a Henry R. Luce Award, and two National Health Information Awards…”
The Writer, “Top-Tier Freelancers.”

Lisa’s 20 Awards

  • National Magazine Award for Personal Service, “The Preventable Cancer” (Good Housekeeping)
  • National Health Information Award, “A Silent Killer” (Ladies Home Journal)
  • National Health Information Award, “What Even Young Women Need to Know About Bone Health” (Ladies Home Journal)
  • Henry R. Luce Award, “The Racial Health Divide” (BabyTalk)
  • National Health Information Award, “Ashlynn’s First Kiss” (Parents)
  • American Liver Foundation Award for Excellence in Reporting on Hepatitis C (articles in Penthouse, American Health for Women, and Ladies Home Journal)
  • American Society of Plastic Surgeons Media Circle of Excellence, “Plastic Surgery, Inc.” (Ladies Home Journal)
  • International Osteoporosis Foundation Osteoporosis Journalism Award, “A Killer Disease Doctors Miss“ (Reader’s Digest)
  • June Roth Memorial Medical Journalism Award, “Saving the Smallest Patients” (Good Housekeeping)
  • National Digestive Health Foundation Award, “The Preventable Cancer” (Good Housekeeping)
  • American Society of Journalists and Authors Outstanding Article Award (ASJA), “Rescuing Rosalie” (Ladies Home Journal)
  • June Roth Memorial Medical Journalism Award, “Could You Be Forced to Have a C-Section?” (BabyTalk)
  • American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Journalistic Achievement Award, “Plastic Surgery, Inc.” (Ladies Home Journal)
  • American Society of Journalists and Authors Outstanding Article Award: Reporting on a Significant Topic, “Could You Get Hooked on This Pill?” (SELF Magazine)
  • Donald Robinson Award for Investigative Journalism, “Welcome to Their Nightmare” (Penthouse)
  • June Roth Memorial Medical Journalism Award, “Mangled Care” (Penthouse) 
  • ASJA Outstanding Article Award: Reporting on a Significant Topic, “Mangled Care” (Penthouse)
  • June Roth Memorial Medical Journalism Award, “Saving Sophie” (SELF Magazine)
  • American Society of Journalism and Authors Extraordinary Service Award
  • American Society of Journalists and Authors Charitable Trust, Outstanding Service to the Writers Emergency Assistance Fund