2024 Student Academic Award Ceremony

On Friday, May 18, 2024, GWSPH hosted the annual Student Academic Award Ceremony recognizing Excellence in Undergraduate Education Achievement, the Distinguished Scholar for the Milken Institute School of Public Health, the Dean’s Award, Departmental Awards as well as awards for the MPH/MHA@GW Programs, DrPH program and the first cohort of Public Health Scholars. 

Excellence in Undergraduate Education Achievement Awardees

• Payton Lynch: Chair’s Award for Exercise and Nutrition Sciences
• Abby Kennedy and Grace Pedersen: Outstanding Senior Seminar Award in the BS in Public Health
• Adam Dawer: BSPH Community Leader Award
• Caylee Chan: The Distinguished Scholar for the Milken Institute School of Public Health for Academic Year 23/24 

Dean's Awardee

• Radha Vakkalagadda

Departmental Awardees

• Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
  • Chair’s Award: Edward Nusinovich
  • Outstanding CE: Lara Brachman-Goldstein 
     
• Department of Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Chair’s Award: Cindy Weinman
  • Outstanding CE: Erin Phillips
     
• Department of Epidemiology 
  • Chair’s Award (Tie): Siena Senn
  • Outstanding CE: Blair Altman
     
• Department of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences
  • Chair’s Award: Leah Behrends
  • Outstanding CE: Rebecca "Becky" Copper 
     
• Department of Global Health
  • Chair’s Award (Tie): Apporva Sista
  • Outstanding CE (Tie): Jenny Balasa
     
• Department of Health Policy and Management
  • Chair’s Award: Annalane Miller
  • Outstanding CE: Jajuan Wright
  • Additional HPM Awards
    • Leon I. Gintzig Scholarship Award for Academic Excellence (MHA): Jillian Noack
    • Robert G. Shouldice Award for Excellence in Ambulatory Care Management (MHA): Andrew Degges
       
• Department of Prevention and Community Health
  • Chair’s Award: Sydney Durrah
  • Outstanding CE: Dr. Mari Iturbe-Ortiz
     
• MPH Programs and MPH@GW
  • Director’s Award: Maria Gracia Rodriguez Teves
  • Outstanding CE: Nora Singh
     
• DrPH Programs:
  • Director’s Award: Laura Santacrose
     
• Public Health Scholars
  • Griffin Barriss, Global Health Policy
  • Carolyn Brown-Kaiser, MCH
  • Dayna de Montagnac, EHSP
  • Cara Dufresne, MCH
  • Kathryn (Katie) Ghougasian, HP
  • Rikiyah Mixson, COPC
  • Angel Oteghile, HP
  • Laura Perez, HP
  • Claire Summa, EHSP