Dean's Day 2013 consisted of six poster sessions April 1-3, with selected participants giving oral presentations of their work during the awards ceremony on April 15. All students that submitted abstracts gave a poster presentation during one of the six sessions. Presentations were scored by faculty judges to determine the winners.
Departmental Awards
BCHS Department Award, doctoral category:
Jason Flatt, PhD student
BCHS Department Award, master's category:
Chelsea Pallatino, MPH student
BIOST Department Award, master’s category:
Phil Greer, MS student
BIOST Department Award, doctoral category:
Zhen Zeng, PhD student
EOH Keleti Award for excellence in environmental health:
Travis Bui, PhD student
EPIDEM Department Award, doctoral category:
Qu Tian, PhD student
EPIDEM Department Award, master’s category:
Tenley Brownright, MPH student
HPM Department Awards, master's category:
Second place: tie between Michelle Bassman, MHA student and Joseph Agyei, Jennifer Jozefiak, and Laura Griffin (group project), MHA students
First place: Logan Almasy, MHA student
HPM Department Awards, doctoral category:
Second place: Ana Progovac, PhD student
First place: tie between Carroline Lobo, PhD student, and Manik Razdan, PhD student
HUGEN Department Awards, doctoral category:
Second place: Samantha Rosenthal, PhD student
First place: Sandeep Khatri, PhD student
HUGEN Department Awards, master's category:
Aishwarya Arjunan, MPH/MS student
IDM Department Awards, master's category:
tie between Elsmarie Hormechea, MPH student and Emily Webster, MPH student
IDM Department Awards, doctoral category:
Yanille Scott, PhD student
School-wide Awards
Dean's Day third place, master's: Aishwarya Arjunan, HUGEN
Dean's Day second place, master's: Christian Rosas Salazar, MMPH
Dean's Day first place, master's: Freda Koomson, HPM
Dean's Day third place, doctoral: tie between Shilpi Oberoi, EOH and Ana Progovac, HPM
Dean's Day first place, doctoral: tie between Robert Coulter, BCHS and Jill Diesel, EPIDEM
Delta Omega Poster Award for the best poster, as judged by the Omicron chapter of Delta Omega, with the opportunity to compete nationally for a chance to present the poster at the APHA annual meeting goes to Abhishek Vishnu, EPIDEM
Rosenkranz Award for the project judged to be the most significant contribution to the public health field to Jason Flatt, PhD student in BCHS
The Catherine Cartier Ulrich Memorial Award for Service to the Underserved:
master’s category: Lannea Adamson, MPH student in BCHS
doctoral category: Lynne Marshall, PhD student in EPIDEM
The Center for Public Health Practice Award for Translation and Application of Research to Public Health Policy and Practice:
tie between Olivia Houck, MPH student in IDM and Samantha Malone, DrPH student in EOH
Health Disparities Poster Competition is a University-wide award
master’s category: Aishwarya Arjunan, MPH/MS student in Hugen
doctoral category: Johanna Steenrod, PhD student in HPM
Click here for a list of previous Dean's Day winners.
4/17/2013