Director of Emergency, Disaster Management and Special Services in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Dr Nicole Dawkins-Wright, has been named the President’s Award recipient. The honour was bestowed at the recently held Medical Association of Jamaica (MAJ) 60th Anniversary Charity Banquet and Awards Ceremony.

This distinguished award represents one of the highest recognitions conferred by the Medical Association of Jamaica and celebrates Dawkins-Wright’s outstanding leadership, unwavering commitment to public health, and exceptional contribution to the advancement of healthcare in Jamaica.

"Her exceptional work is a living testament to her core professional mission: forging a resilient health system equipped to handle an ever-evolving array of threats. She boldly lived out this mission in her daily service, describing herself as 'a committed healthcare specialist and current public-health practitioner driven to contribute to nation-building through the direction of programmed activities that increase the resiliency of the health system in order to optimise healthcare delivery for health protection and medical treatment in emergency and disaster situations,” the MAJ said.