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Audrey Gaskins (epidemiology) has been awarded the 2021 Society for Pediatric and Perinatal Epidemiologic Research Rising Star Award. This award recognizes early to mid-career investigators whose achievements and potential set them on a trajectory to become research leaders in the field of reproductive, perinatal and pediatric epidemiology. Five Rollins researchers joined the FY2020 Millipub Club, which recognizes faculty who have authored a manuscript that has been cited more than 1000 times. Rollins winners are: Dana Barr (environmental health), Cynthia Whitney (global health), Alvaro Alonso (epidemiology), Kyle Steenland (environmental health), and Mohammed Ali (global health). The One Percent Club recognizes faculty who have scored in the 1st percentile or a 10 for an NIH award or as a top-scoring proposal from other agencies. These Rollins faculty joined the One Percent Club in FY 2020: Benjamin Risk (biostatistics and bioinformatics), Alvaro Alonso (epidemiology), Juan Leon (global health), and Ying Guo (biostatistics and bioinformatics). | ||||
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| SPRING 2021
Coming back together for commencement
We were able to come together to celebrate the Class of 2021 with a modified in-person Commencement ceremony on May 14 at the Georgia World Congress Center. While we had to adjust some aspects of the ceremony to comply with health and safety protocols—wearing masks and social distancing—the event featured many familiar elements: the bagpipes, wearing of academic regalia, presidential conferral of degrees, and individual recognition of the graduates. This class earned their degrees during the public health crisis of the century, a distinction they will never forget. This year we awarded 648 MPH and MSPH degrees, including 30 dual degrees—which is about 60 percent of the dual degrees awarded at Emory this year. In addition, 33 students earned PhDs in the Laney graduate school. The following awards were conferred at our 2021 commencement:
E. Lisa Chung 21MPH received the Marion Luther Brittain Award for graduate students, making her the first public health recipient of the award. The honor recognizes “significant, meritorious and devoted service to Emory University with no expectations of recognition or reward.” As the pandemic unfolded, Lisa got involved with multiple response efforts, from performing tests and delivering vaccines to mapping out prevention plans. She’ll continue her studies as a Rollins PhD student this fall.
Nellie Garlow 21MPH received the Heart of Emory Award. This award of “highest honor” recognizes students who “truly represent the best of what Emory has been and will be.” During her time at Rollins, Nellie was involved with the COVID-19 Outbreak and Response Team, the Rollins Election Day Initiative, and more. Allison Hoover 21MPH received the James W. Alley Award for service to disadvantaged populations. The Eugene J. Gangarosa Award for creative solutions in global health was presented to Paul Elish 21MPH. K.M. Venkat Narayan (global health and epidemiology) was given the Thomas F. Sellers, Jr. Award for exemplifying the ideals of public health and serving as a role model to colleagues. Taylor Burey 21MPH received the Emory Woman’s Club Scholarship. Briana Woods-Jaeger (behavioral, social, and health education sciences) received the Provost’s Distinguished Teaching Award for Excellence in Graduate and Professional Education.
The Rollins Student Government Association named Lauren Christiansen-Lindquist (epidemiology) Faculty of the Year and Joanne Williams (student engagement) as Staff Member of the Year. The Charles C. Shepard Award for best RSPH thesis was presented to Jamie VanTassell 21MPH. The award is given to the graduating master's student who is deemed by the faculty to have prepared the most scholarly research paper. The following faculty were honored with Department Awards for Teaching Excellence: Robin E. McGee (MPH program—behavioral, social, and health education sciences), Melvin Livingston (PhD program—behavioral, social, and health education sciences), Benjamin Risk (biostatistics and bioinformatics), Lauren McCullough (epidemiology), Daniel Rutz (executive MPH), Richard Saltman (health policy and management), Joanne McGriff (global health), and Michael Caudle (environmental health). Carmen Marsit, HERCULES 5 Year Competitive Renewal, NIH National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, $1.5 million, continuation Reynaldo Martorell, FFI Core funding BMGF, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, $800,000, April 7, 2021 – March 18, 2022 Matthew Magee, Immunometabolic Impact of Stress Hyperglycemia on Tuberculosis Treatment Outcomes, NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, $753,000, March 4, 2021 – February 28, 2026 Robert Breiman, SARS-CoV2 Vaccines Information Equity and Demand Creation Project, Center for Global Health Innovation, $751,000, February 1, 2021 – September 29, 2021 Yan Sun, Multi-omic Predictors of Renal Function among HIV-infected Individuals, NIH National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, $709,000, Continuation Suprateek Kundu, Statistical Modeling of Alzheimer's Disease Progression Integrating Brain Imaging, NIH National Institute on Aging, $695,000, March 1, 2021 – February 28, 2026 Jessica Sales, An implementation science study of violence screening practices among Ryan White-funded sites in the Southeastern United States, NIH National Institute of Mental Health, $684,000, Continuation Shakira Suglia, Stress, Epigenetics and Aging, NIH National Institute on Aging, $669,000, Continuation Viola Vaccarino, Multidisciplinary Research Training to Reduce Inequalities in Cardiovascular Health, NIH National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, $652,000, Renewal Colleen McBride, Testing a Low-cost Population and Theory-based Outreach Intervention, NIH National Cancer Institute, $631,000, Continuation Rollins faculty have received many other grants for research and training between February 1, 2021 – May 1, 2021. View the complete list. New Faculty
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