Past Alumni Awardees

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Gibb: 2019 Distinguished Alumni Award for Practice

Now president of Gibb Epidemiology Consulting, Herman Gibb (EOH ’74) has more than 35 years of experience in health risk assessment and has provided expert consultation to a variety of international and national clients. He chairs the World Health Organization (WHO) Foodborne Epidemiology Reference Group Chemical Task Force and was a member of the Science Advisory Committee of the U.S. Transuranium and Uranium Registries and Presidential Advisor...

Kip: 2019 Distinguished Alumni Award for Research

Kevin Kip (EPI ’98) is a Distinguished Health Professor at the University of South Florida College of Public Health as well as an epidemiologist with 18 years of research experience on federally funded and industry-sponsored studies. He is a methodologist with expertise in a wide range of health disciplines, including interventional cardiology, endocrinology, oncology, gastroenterology, ophthalmology, obstetrics and gynecology, complementary and...

Songer: 2019 Distinguished Alumni Award for Teaching and Dissemination

Thomas Songer (EPI ’86, ’90) is an assistant professor and the director of doctoral programs in the Department of Epidemiology at Pitt Public Health. Consistently one of the most highly rated teachers in the school, he is the primary instructor for graduate courses in injury epidemiology and injury prevention and control as well as the undergraduate Introduction to Research and Introduction to Epidemiology classes. Since 2007, Songer has been th...

Sokol: 2019 Margaret F. Gloninger Service Award

Jamie Sokol (BCHS ’07) currently serves as an administrator for workforce development and training at the Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD). In this role she is responsible for ensuring quality internships and other experiential learning opportunities for Pitt Public Health students, including through the Pittsburgh Summer Institute, a 12-week structured program that matches students to ACHD projects. Her volunteer contributions have gon...

Barbour: 2019 Early Career Excellence Award

Kamil Barbour (BIOST ’11, EPI ’10) is an epidemiologist with the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion for the CDC, currently serving as team lead of the State Chronic Disease Epidemiology Assignee Program. In this hand-selected role, he supervises four senior-level epidemiologists and leads a prolific research program focused on critical applied epidemiological needs.

Nagy: 2019 Early Career Excellence Award

Annie Nagy (IDM ’10) is the maternal and child health program administrator at the Allegheny County Health Department where she uses current public health science and evidence-based practices to manage the weC.A.R.E. and Healthy Families Allegheny programs. Nagy analyzes health information to assist in program implementation and establishes community relationships to promote and support the MCH Program’s strategic plan.

Hernandez: 2019 Delta Omega Inductee

Hernandez: 2019 Delta Omega Inductee

Inmaculada Hernandez (HPM ’16) is assistant professor in the Pitt School of Pharmacy. She earned her PharmD degree and a master's in health economics in Spain and completed her PhD at Pitt Public Health in three years. She has earned multiple academic awards as she continues her career in the healt... (04/22/2019)

King: 2019 Delta Omega Inductee

King: 2019 Delta Omega Inductee

Wendy King (EPI ’04) is associate professor of epidemiology at Pitt Public Health. Her work is focused on the design, coordination, and analysis of multicenter cohort studies and randomized clinical trials. She is currently the principal investigator of the data coordinating center for three prospe... (04/22/2019)

Rosano: 2019 Delta Omega Inductee

Rosano: 2019 Delta Omega Inductee

Caterina Rosano (EPI ’03) is a physician-scientist and neuroepidemiologist at the forefront internationally of investigating the mechanisms underlying physical and cognitive independence in older adults. Her publication record includes more than 100 peer-reviewed research papers that trace a logica... (04/22/2019)

Felter: 2018 Delta Omega Inductee

Felter: 2018 Delta Omega Inductee

ELIZABETH FELTER (BCHS ’09) joined the faculty as assistant professor in 2010. She has been a Certified Health Education Specialist since 2001 and leads the department’s health communication/health risk communication curriculum. Her teaching portfolio has expanded to include development of infograph... (02/23/2018)

Chalhoub: 2018 Delta Omega Inductee

Chalhoub: 2018 Delta Omega Inductee

DIDIER CHALHOUB (MMPH ’12, EPI ’15) is a postdoctoral research fellow at the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute on Aging Interdisciplinary Studies Aging Section. His areas of research include aging, osteoporosis, and sarcopenia, concentrating on osteoporosis and body composition with... (02/23/2018)

Buchanich: 2018 Delta Omega Inductee

Buchanich: 2018 Delta Omega Inductee

While completing her MPH and PhD degrees, JEANINE BUCHANICH (EPI ’98, ’07) worked full time for the Department of Biostatistics at Pitt Public Health and was appointed research assistant professor and deputy director of the Center for Occupational Biostatistics and Epidemiology in 2008. She has serv... (02/23/2018)

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Awardees 1983-present

Year	Distinguished Alumni Awards	Gloninger Service Award and Early Career Excellence Award	Multimedia
2018	Ruth Modzelewski (HUGEN '96) Jill Norris (EPI '88, '90) Frederick Murphy (BCHS '77)	Bernadine Peter (EPI '88) Christina Farmartino (IDM '13) Michael Talkowski (HUGEN '08)	Program Photos
2017	Eric Hulsey (BCHS, DrPH '08) Michael Walsh (HPM '04) Mary Ganguli (EPI '81) Tammy Haley (MMPH '13)	Annette Fetchko (HSA '84) Laura B. Gieraltowski (EPI '09)	Program Photos
2016	Mehran S. Massoudi (MPH, PhD ’93) Susan A. Slaugenhaupt (MS, PhD ’91) Janice Scully Dorman (MSHyg, PhD ’83)	Michael Blackwood (MPH ’80) Rashida R. Dorsey (PhD ’06)	Press Release Program
2015	Patricia Maryland (DrPH ’82) Nancy Obuchowski (PhD ’91) Yvette Conley (PhD ’99)	Nancy W. Glynn (PhD ’94) Megan Kavanaugh (DrPH ’08)	Program Photos Press release
2014	Joyce Chang (PhD ’98) Karen Cruickshanks (PhD ’87) James Clise (MPH ’63) Susan Ott (MPH ’76)	Mary Herbert (MPH ’05)	Photos
2013	William Holman (MHA ’79) Coleen Boyle (PhD ’81) Anita Caufield (MHA '84)	Mary Patricia Nowalk (PhD ’93)	Program Photos
2012	Joel Weissfeld (MPH ’82) Edward W. Gregg (PhD ’96) James B. Pieffer (MHA ’86)	John J. Zanardelli (MPH ’79)	Program Photos
2010	Madalon O'Rawe Amenta (MPH ’68, DrPH ’78) Clareann Bunker (PhD ’84) Richard Lugg (MPH ’66)	Patsy Hesen Haslam (MPH ’69)
2009	Kenneth Miller (MS ’70) David Reed (MS ’61) Jeanne Zborowski (PhD ’00)	No award recipients
2008	Gerald M. Barron (MPH ’71) James C. Helmkamp (PhD ’83) Paul M. Winkler (MPH ’81)	Constance S. McCormick (MPH ’85) Shirley McIlvried (MPH ’83)
2007	Agnes Bouldin (DrPH ’88) Anthony Lubiniecki (ScD ’72) Dietrich Stephan (PhD ’96)	Laura Rosato (PhD ’90) Charles Vargo (MHA ’84)
2006	Robert Geddis (MSHyg ’73) Marlene Lugg (MPH '66, DrPH ’81) Thomas White (MSHyg ’72)	Diego Chaves-Gnecco (MMPH ’00)
2005	Joseph Costantino (MPH ’74, DrPH ’76) Constance Husman (MSHyg ’74), Gerald Katz (MSHyg ’63)	Marc Hiller (MPH ’74, DrPH ’78) Samuel Koilpillai (MSHyg ’76)
2004	Jane Cauley (MPH ’80, DrPH ’83) Allen Brodsky (ScD ’66) David Savitz (PhD ’82)	Marlene Lugg (MPH ’66, DrPH ’81)
2003	Galen E. Cole (MPH ’87) James M. Klingensmith (MPH ’77, ScD ’87) Patricia W. Potrzebowski (PhD ’74)	Kimberlee Evert (MPH ’88)
2002	Judith Badner (MSHyg ’85, PhD ’88) Glenn Schneider (MPH ’91)	Gerald C. Colvin (MA ’86, DrPH ’93) Joan M. Mavrinac (MPH ’88)
2001	Brian Jacob (MHA ’86) Diane Peterson (MPH ’74) Beth Elaine Quill (MPH ’82)
2000	Victor J. Catullo (MPH ’98) William T. Godshall (MPH ’85) Michael C. Waters (MS ’67)	Lynn Marie Weber (MPH '97)
1999	GSPH 50th Anniversary 50 at 50 Awards given
1998	Marie C. Baker (MSHyg ’84) Tood Schryer (MHA ’92) Carol Synkewecz (MPH ’75)	Scott Becker (MPH ’80) James Collins (MUN ’87) Anne R. Medsger (MSHyg ’81) Russell Rycheck (MPH ’59, DrPH ’65)
1997	Mark A. Vojtecky (MPH ’86)	John A. Armstrong (ScDHyg ’67) Maurice A. Shapiro (MEng ’49 - UC Berkeley) Robert B. Yee (MS ’52[FAS], PhD ’57 [FAS])
1996	George Board (DrPH ’83) Harold E. Kennah (MS ’85) Daniel J. Schaid (MS '81, PhD ’86) Joyce E. White (DrPH ’93)	William F. Gauss (MPH ’83)
1995	Lucile L. Adams-Campbell (PhD ’83) Ronette R. Briefel (MPH ’76, DrPH ’82) Lawrence W. Keller (MSHyg ’71) Michael R. Peterson (DrPH ’85)	Mary K. Conner (PhD ’78) Joanne F. McVay (MPH ’75, DrPH ’84)
1994	Jan R. Jennings (MPH ’76) Mohamed Sabet Mahdy (MPH ’60, ScDHyg ’63) Grace E. Ware (MPH ’73)	Kenneth L. Garver (PhD ’75)
1993	Janine Jagger (MPH ’74) Akira Koizumi (MS ’66) L. Jon Schurmeier (MSHyg ’70)	Theresa A. Chalich (MPH ’89) Karen S. Peterson (MPH ’70)
1992	C. Michael Blackwood (MPH ’80) John M. Lachin III (ScDHyg ’72) Carol K. Redmond (ScDHyg ’66)
1991	Joanne Marie Andiorio (DrPH ’84) David Gur (ScDHyg ’77)
1989	Mark H. Barnett (MPH ’61) Mary Ann Scialabba (MSHyg ’63)
1986	Mostafa A. El Batawi (MPH ’57, ScDHyg ’59) Sydney J. Cutler (ScDHyg ’61)
1983	Lois G. Michaels (MSHyg ’63)