 |
 |
|
||
|
||||
 |
||||
Art honoring pandemic classes
Tim Lash (epidemiology) wanted to honor what he thought would be the only class to ever graduate during a global pandemic, so he commissioned a student art contest. But when it became clear COVID-19 was going to impact the 2020-21 class as well, he revised his plan with the help of Jodie Guest (epidemiology). The pair selected an outstanding submission by Grace Fletcher 20MPH from the original competition and used that image as the centerpiece of a 5 ½ ‘ x 5 ½ ‘ piece of plexiglass art. Signatures of all the epidemiology students from the classes of 2019-20 and 2020-21 float around the image forming a matte, and a quote from Dr. Anthony Fauci’s Emory commencement address adorns the bottom. The artwork is hung just inside the department’s main entrance, and Blake’s original painting hangs framed in Lash’s office. |
||||
 |
||||
|
Roger Rochat (global health) received the Society of Family Planning Lifetime Achievement Award. This award is for individuals who have spent their careers advancing the science of abortion and contraception, and have supported others in achieving their own success. Michael Kutner (biostatistics and bioinformatics) received the 2021 American Statistical Association Karl E. Peace Award for Outstanding Statistical Contributions for the Betterment of Society. The award recognizes statisticians who have made substantial contributions to the statistical profession and to society in general. Kathryn Yount (global health) was recently recognized as an influential researcher in the field of women’s empowerment research in a report published by Women’s Studies International Forum. The report’s authors reviewed articles published in 427 peer-reviewed journals by 1,845 authors over a 20-year period (1999-2019). Their findings placed Yount as No.1 in the field when sorted by published articles and fourth when sorted by total citations related to the field of women’s empowerment. Carlos del Rio (global health)is a 2021 Bill Foege Global Health Award winner, along with Anthony Fauci and frontline health care workers. The award is given annually by MAP International recognize people and organizations whose contributions to the progress of global health measure substantially. Congratulations to the 2021 Livingston Scholars Award winners: Ying Cui (biostatistics and bioinformatics), Phenesse Dunlap (behavioral, social, and health education sciences), April Ballard (environmental health), Rebecca Nash (epidemiology), Paula Nesbeth (global health), and Xin Hu (health policy and management). | ||||
 |
||||
| FALL 2021 Off to a strong start
One positive thing to come out of the pandemic is that interest in public health has never been higher. As a result, we received our highest number of applications ever for the 2021-22 academic year—more than 4,000—and welcomed our largest incoming class—681 master-level students and 45 PhD students. Also, despite limitations imposed by pandemic, we had our largest number of grant submissions ever—more than 600 proposals in 2021. Sponsored research in FY 2021 totaled $127 million. And we just finished our 27th consecutive year with a balanced budget. The R. Randall Rollins building is scheduled to open Aug. 2022, within budget and with no major delays. Arriola assumes position as dean of Laney
Kimberly Jacob Arriola has assumed her new post as dean of the Laney Graduate School and has joined the Office of the Provost leadership team as vice provost for graduate affairs. Arriola came to Rollins as a student in 1998 and joined the Department of Behavioral, Social, and Health Education Sciences as a senior faculty associate while still earning her MPH. In 2010, by then an associate professor, Arriola began a six-year term as director of graduate studies for BSHES. In 2015, she was promoted to full professor and, a year later, associate dean for academic affairs. In 2018, she was named Charles Howard Candler Professor and executive associate dean for academic affairs. Delia Lang is now serving as interim executive associate dean for academic affairs and Carmen Marsit is handling promotion and tenure. Read more here. Lancet launches WASH commission
The Lancet has launched the Lancet Commission on Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene and named Matthew Freeman (environmental health and epidemiology) as one of 20 commissioners. “Many who work in this sector feel that this is an inflection point and that the interventions currently being delivered are both insufficient to improve access sustainably and equitably and are insufficient to improve health and wellbeing,” says Freeman. “Because of that, the commission was formed to set a course for where sector needs to go.” The commission will release a report with its recommendations in 2022. Several other Rollins researchers will contribute, including Thomas Clasen, Bethany Caruso, and Sheela Sinharoy (all environmental health and global health). Christine Moe, Wastewater-Based COVID-19 Surveillance, Ceres Nanosciences, $3.2 million, April 16, 2021 – April 15, 2022 Kevin Ward, Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program, NIH National Cancer Institute, $3 million, continuation Carlos del Rio, Center for AIDS Research, NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, $2.5 million, continuation Carlos del Rio, Center for AIDS Research, NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, $1.4 million, supplement Joellen Schildkraut, Ovarian Cancer Survival in African-American Women, NIH National Cancer Institute, $1.3 million, continuation Robert Breiman, Scientific Advisory Process for Optimal Research on Typhoid Disease Burden, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, $1.2 million, May 4, 2021 – April 14, 2023 Kelli Komro, Community Randomized Trial in the Cherokee Nation: CONNECT and CMCA for Preventing, NIH National Institute on Drug Abuse, $1.1 million, continuation Aaron Siegler, Making it Last: A Randomized, Controlled Trial of a Home Care System to Promote Persistence in PrEP Care, NIH National Institute of Mental Health, $1.1 million, continuation Melissa Alperin, Region IV Public Health Training Center, Health Resources and Services Administration, $1 million, continuation Patrick Sullivan, Theoretically Based Mobile App to Increase PrEP Uptake Among MSM, NIH National Institute on Drug Abuse, $870,000, continuation Rollins faculty have received many other grants for research and training between May 1, 2021 – September 1, 2021. View the complete list. Faculty Promotions
New Faculty
Post Doctoral Fellows
Staff Promotions
New Staff
|
