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Faculty Awards & Achievements
Melissa Perry, ScD, Chair of the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, has been elected to the position of Secretary of the American College of Epidemiology, the professional organization dedicated to continued education and advocacy for epidemiologists in their efforts to promote good science and the public health. Read more ...
Jean Gutierrez, PhD, RD, was recently awarded a pilot grant from the Clinical and Translational Science Institute at Children's National Medical Center (CNMC) to study whether young African Americans at high genetic risk for Chronic Kidney Disease show early signs of impaired kidney function or inflammation. Dr. Gutierrez will also use this grant to see if recent physical activity patterns modify kidney-related biomarkers. This
study is being conducted in collaboration with Eric Hoffman, PhD, Chair of the Center for Genetic Medicine Research at CNMC, and Dominic Raj, MD, Director of the Division of Renal Disease and Hypertension at GW.
Dr. Chinua Akukwe, SPHHS Professorial Lecturer in Global Health, Appointed Member of the New Global Advisory Group on Funding Priorities for UNITAID Read More
Professor George Gray is the new President-Elect of the Society for Risk Analysis, a multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary, scholarly, international society for those interested in risk analysis. Dr. Gray heads the Center for Risk Science and Public Health here in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, and has been an active member of SRA for many years.
Assistant Professor Jay Graham has received a George Washington University/ Smithsonian Institution Opportunity Fund Research Grant to study the environmental and public health impacts of intensive poultry operations on watersheds. Dr. Graham and his Smithsonian colleagues will be monitoring antimicrobial-resistant pathogenic E. coli and nutrients discharged in the Chesapeake Bay watershed.
Professorial Lecturer Herman Gibb has been named the 2011 Practitioner of the Year by the Society for Risk Analysis. The Society for Risk Analysis is a multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary, scholarly, international society for those interested in risk analysis.
Professorial Lecturer Ruth Etzel was initiated into the Collegium Ramazzini and received the silver Ramazzini medal in Carpi, Italy. The Collegium Ramazzini is an independent, international academy of 180 experts in the fields of occupational and environmental health.
Fall 2011
Larry Hamm, Ph.D., FAACVPR, professor of Exercise Science and director of the Exercise Physiology Program in the Department of Exercise Science at the GW School of Public Health and Health Services, was awarded the 2011 Distinguished Service Award from the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation (AACVPR). Presented during AACVPR’s 26th annual meeting held in September, the award honors the contributions Dr. Hamm has made through his ideas, commitment, and leadership that have significantly benefited AACVPR. Read more
Robert Graham, M.D., research professor in the department of Health Policy at the GW School of Public Health and Health Services, and the national program director of the Aligning Forces for Quality (AF4Q) program, received the John G. Walsh Award from the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP). Read more
Karen McDonnell, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Prevention and Community Health, received the 2011 Loretta P. Lacey Award by the Association of Teachers of Maternal and Child Health (ATMCH) on October 30. The award recognizes leadership in maternal and child health education, research, policy development and advocacy. Read more
Amita Vyas, Ph.D., assistant professor and director of the Maternal and Child Health Program in the Department of Prevention and Community Health, and Blaine Parrish, Ph.D., assistant professor and interim director of the Community-Oriented Primary Care Program, director of the Graduate Certificate Program in Community-Based Program Management in the Department of Prevention and Community Health, and assistant professor and vice-chair for Administration in the Department of Health Policy, were awarded the Delta Omega Innovative Curriculum Award by the Delta Omega Honorary Society in Public Health for their Introduction to Social Entrepreneurship in Public Health curriculum. This is the first time that GW School of Public Health and Health Services has received this prestigious award. Read more
Amanda J. Visek, Ph.D., C.C.-A.A.S.P., N.C.C., assistant professor in the Department of Exercise Science in the GW School of Public Health and Health Services, was awarded a $383,552 three-year research grant from the National Institute of Nursing Research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The title of her grant is “Physical Activity: Using Concept Mapping to Sustain Participation in Youth Sport.” The grant is cost-shared across the NIH, the GW Office of the VP for Research, the School of Public Health and Health Services, and the Department of Exercise Science. Read more
Summer 2011
Dr. Bianca K. Frogner, assistant professor, Department of Health Services Management and Leadership, co-authored a chapter titled “Health Systems in Industrialized Countries” in The Oxford Handbook of Health Economics and a chapter titled “Comparative Health Systems”in Jonas and Kovner's Health Care Delivery in the United States, 10th Edition.
Dr. Lynn Goldman, SPHHS dean, co-authored a review of findings on children's greater sensitivity to toxic substances and recommendations for improving US chemicals policy in the May 2011 issue of Health Affairs. Read the abstract here.
Dr. Kathy Hunting, professor in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, and Brenda Gleason, Community Health professorial lecturer, edited the textbook Essential Case Studies in Public Health: Putting Public Health into Practice, a collection of 21 teaching and learning cases published by Jones and Bartlett Learning.
Dr. Rebecca Parkin, professorial lecturer, has been appointed as a member of the NIH National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity for a term through 2014.
Dr. Melissa Perry, chair, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, co-authored the study "Serum Concentrations of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) in Relation to in Vitro Fertilization (IVF) Outcomes," published in the July 2011 issue of Environmental Health Perspectives. Read the article here.
Dr. Melissa Perry, chair, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, was inducted into the Alpha Chapter of the Delta Omega Honorary Society in Public Health as an alumni member, May 17. The Alpha Chapter, at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, was founded in 1924 and was Delta Omega's first chapter. Her alumni membership signifies that her work in public health serves as a model for future graduates.
Dr. E. Anne Peterson, senior research professor, Department of Global Health recently presented the following:
- “Global Health: Small World, Giant Challenges, Application to Medical Practice in Puerto Rico” at the First Convention of Medical Faculty, HIMA-San Pablo, San Juan, Puerto Rico, May 12-15, 2011
- “Government work as a Calling” at the Consultation on Ending Global Child Hunger, Dallas, Texas, May 25, 2011
- “Health Role of Military in Fragile States,” US Institute of Peace, Washington DC, June 10, 2011.
- “Working in Government,” Christian Connections in International Health Annual Conference, Maryland, June 10, 2010
Richard Skolnik, lecturer in Global Health, was the speaker at the May 2011 graduation ceremony of the George Mason University School of Health and Human Services. Skolnik serves on the school's Advisory Board and spoke about the unfinished agenda in global health and the place of Mason's graduates in helping to address it.
Richard Skolnik, lecturer in Global Health; Julie Noblick, Global Health M.P.H. graduate; and Peter Hotez, M.D., Ph.D., former chair of SMHS’ Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Tropical Medicine, contributed the article Linking Global HIV/AIDS Treatments with National Programs for the Control and Elimination of the Neglected Tropical Diseases to the July 2011 edition of PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases.
Richard Skolnik had the second edition of his textbook Global Health 101 published by Jones and Bartlett Learning, August 10. The book is also linked with an extensive website for students and faculty.
Excellence in Teaching
SPHHS faculty are recognized for their outstanding teaching style, commitment to our students and to public health.