Awards were presented at a ceremony at The Hope Club on April 25, 2024. Congratulations to all the winners.
2024 Dean’s Awards
Awards for Faculty Excellence
Dean's Award for Excellence in Mentoring
- Cara M. Murphy PhD, Assistant Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences
- Jon A. Steingrimsson PhD, Assistant Professor of Biostatistics
Dean's Award for Excellence in Classroom Teaching
- William C. Goedel PhD, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology
- David G. Zelaya PhD, Assistant Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Dean's Award for Excellence in Research Collaboration
- Jill Harrison PhD Associate Professor of the Practice of Health Services, Policy and Practice
- Eric B. Loucks PhD Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Associate Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences, and Associate Professor of Medicine
Dean's Award for Excellence in Community Engagement
- Ellen M. McCreedy PhD Assistant Professor of Health Services, Policy and Practice
- Alison Tovar PhD Associate Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Dean's Community Partner Award
- Greater Greener Gloster Project
Awards for Staff Excellence
Dean's Award for Excellence in Leadership
- Vanessa Silva, project director, Center for Health Promotion and Health Equity
Dean's Award for Excellence in Innovation
- Carline Fleig, clinical laboratory research manager and Christine A. Moulding, project manager, Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies
2024 Public Health Research Day Award Recipients
Top Graduate & Postgraduate Posters
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Rehan Aslam ’24 MPH, addictions concentration
"Identifying the Presence of Harm Reduction Supplies at Bars in Providence, Rhode, Island" -
Emily Elenio ’24 MPH, interdisciplinary concentration
"Investigating the Cultural Competence of SNAP in Rhode Island and Connecticut Adults" -
Corban Jackson ’24 MPH, health services research concentration
"The Association Between the Need for and Access to Mental Health Services and the Income Level of a Child’s Household Among School-age Children in the United States Between Combined Years 2018-2019 and 2020-2021" -
Adea Rich ’24, MPH, interdisciplinary concentration
"Associations of plasma p-tau181 with hippocampal subfield integrity and cognition in older adults" -
Anqi Zheng ’24 Sc.M., biostatistics
"Examining Race and Sex Disparities in Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children: A Differential Item Functioning Analysis with Item Response Theory (IRT)" -
Robert Zielinski 3rd year, Ph.D. biostatistics
"Longitudinal Principal Manifold Estimation" -
Amber Hall Postdoctoral Research Associate, epidemiology
"Associations of a Prenatal Serum Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substance Mixture with the Cord Serum Metabolome in the HOME Study"
Top Undergraduate Posters
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Meehir Dixit ’24
"Evaluation of Subsequent Insurance Enrollment Among Medicare Advantage Beneficiaries Who Experience a Contract Termination from 2016-2019" -
Devon Newman ’25
"Exploring Statistical Methodologies for a Thematic Analysis of a Novel Cognitive Behavioral Therapy-based Adaptive Intervention for Teens: iDOVE2 LiveText" -
Jasper Yeh ’24
"Key informant perspectives on opioid use disorder treatment for adolescents and young adults"