Newsmakers

Barnett wins leadership award

APHA member Claire Barnett, MBA, in March received the 2017 William K. Reilly Environmental Leadership Award at a ceremony hosted by the Center for Environmental Policy in American University’s School of Public Affairs. Barnett is the founder and executive director of the Healthy Schools Network, a program to improve children’s environmental health.

Smith wins outstanding educator award

APHA member Macie Smith, PhD, LSW, C-ASWCM, in March was named the 2017 recipient of the South Carolina Area Health Education Consortium’s Outstanding Educator Award. Smith serves as the program development and training manager for the Office for the Study of Aging at the University of South Carolina’s Arnold School of Public Health.

McClure named Drexel associate director of diversity

APHA member Leslie Ain McClure, PhD, MS, in March was named the first associate director of diversity for the Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute at Drexel University. McClure also serves as a professor and chair of the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at Drexel’s Dornsife School of Public Health.

Siegrist named chief nursing officer

Kathryn “Kate” Siegrist, MSN, in March joined the Nurse-Family Partnership as the chief nursing officer. She previously served as the director of health services at the Missoula City-County Health Department in Montana.

Lynch appointed Perelman biochemistry and biophysics department chair

Kristen Lynch, PhD, in March was appointed the chair of the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Lynch is a professor of biochemistry and biophysics. Her laboratory specializes in alternative gene splicing.

Wang receives $1.5M NIH award

Feng Wang, PhD, in March received a $1.5 million award from the National Institutes of Health to develop mathematical models to improve computer-assisted drug design. He serves as an associate professor of physical chemistry in the University of Arkansas’ J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences.

Milner wins children’s health research award

Joshua Milner, MD, in March received the Gale and Ira Drukier Prize in Children’s Health Research from Weill Cornell Medicine. Milner serves as chief of the Genetics and Pathogenesis of Allergy Section in the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

Ribisl wins Cullen Memorial Award

Kurt Ribisl, PhD, in March received the American Society of Preventive Oncology’s 2017 Joseph W. Cullen Memorial Award at the society’s annual meeting. Ribisl serves as a professor of health behavior at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill’s Gillings School of Global Public Health.

Alford wins ACP award

Daniel Alford, MD, MPH, FACP, in March received the American College of Physicians Award for Distinguished Contributions to Behavioral Medicine at the organization’s annual scientific conference. Alford serves as the director of the Clinical Addiction Research and Education Unit and the medical director of the Office-Based Addiction Treatment Program at Boston Medical Center, as well as professor of medicine and assistant dean of continuing medical education at the Boston University School of Medicine.

Carter wins NSF grant

Ashley Carter, PhD, MS, in March received a five-year, $500,000 grant from the National Science Foundation through the Faculty Early Career Development Program to support her research on DNA folding. She serves as an assistant professor of physics at Amherst University.

Cook named cancer foundation chair

Gena Cook in March was named chair of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network Foundation board of directors. Cook, the co-founder and CEO of patient relationship management platform Navigating Cancer, was elected to the board in 2010.

Himmelfarb named to nurse researcher hall of fame

Cheryl Dennison Himmelfarb, PhD, RN, ANP, FAAN, FAHA, FPCNA, in April was selected for induction to the Sigma Theta Tau International Researcher Hall of Fame. A nursing professor at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, Himmelfarb’s research deals with social and cultural determinants of cardiovascular risk.

Bentley wins global health award

Margaret “Peggy” Bentley, PhD, in April was named the Triangle Global Health Consortium’s 2017 Triangle Global Health Champion. Bentley serves as the associate dean for global health and Carla Smith Chamberlee Distinguished Professor of Global Nutrition at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill’s Gillings School of Global Public Health.

Mueller named interim dean

Keith Mueller, PhD, MA, in April began his term as the interim dean of the University of Iowa’s College of Public Health. Mueller also serves as the Gerhard Hartman Professor and head of the Department of Health Management and Policy in the College of Public Health.

Medoff-Cooper wins nursing research award

Barbara Medoff-Cooper, PhD, RN, FAAN, in April received the 2017 Eastern Nursing Research Society’s Distinguished Contributions to Nursing Research Award at its annual conference. Medoff-Cooper serves as a professor of nursing in the Department of Family and Community Health at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing and the Ruth M. Colket endowed chair in pediatric nursing at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

Lewin-Zwerdling named vice president of food council

Alexandra Lewin-Zwerdling, PhD, in April was named vice president of the International Food Information Council and International Food Information Council Foundation. She previously served as senior advisor for the AARP Foundation’s hunger impact team.

Schauer named Wisconsin laboratory director

James Schauer, PhD, in April was named director of the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene. Schauer serves as the director of the Water Science and Engineering Laboratory at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.

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This article was corrected post-publication.