Celebrating Our Community at the RSPH Annual Awards Ceremony
By Shelby Crosier
Students, faculty, staff, and guests gathered in the Margaret H. Rollins room on April 29 to recognize outstanding members of the Rollins community at the RSPH Annual Awards Ceremony. Now in its second year, the ceremony celebrates outstanding work, achievements, and impact as the academic year draws to a close.
In her opening remarks, Dean M. Daniele Fallin, PhD, spoke to the excellence of not only those being recognized with awards, but all students, faculty, and staff at Rollins. She also acknowledged the resilience of the Rollins community as it navigates a challenging time, voicing support for students’ right to open expression.
Some members of our Rollins community, and their guests, participated in peaceful and non-disruptive acts of dissent including a protest. Their free expression was welcomed by Dean Fallin and supported at the event.
All 2024 RSPH Award winners are listed below.
Faculty Awards
Thomas Sellers Jr. Award
Ben Lopman
Early Career Research Excellence Award
Shivani Patel
Anke Hüls
Senior Research Excellence Award
Limin Peng
Faculty Practice Award
Linelle Blais
Sarah Blake
Departmental Teaching Awards
Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Jeff Switchenko
Department of Behavioral, Social, and Health Education Sciences
Whitney Rice
Department of Epidemiology
Jeb Jones
Kristin Wall
Department of Health Policy and Management
Michal Horný
Gangarosa Department of Environmental Health
Noah Scovronick
Hubert Department of Global Health
Bob Bednarczyk
Executive MPH Program
Vijaya Kancherla
Rollins Student Government Association Faculty of the Year
Azhar Nizam
Staff Awards
P. Dean Surbey Staff Award of Distinction
Flavia Traven
Pia Valeriano
Jerry Reid
Award for Excellence in Research or Practice
Metrecia Terrell
Staff Excellence Award in Leadership
Lucja T. Bundy
Rising Star Award
Fay Willis
Innovation Award
Brian Graaf
Rollins Student Government Association Staff of the Year
Jennifer Ducksworth
Student Awards
Eugene J. Gangarosa, M.D. Student Award for Excellence in International Health
Mahnoor Fatima
James W. Alley, M.D. Student Award for Outstanding Community Service
Cameron Goetgeluck
Isabella Martin
Emory Woman’s Club Scholarship
Oummu Barrie
Katelyn Kelsey
Livingston Awards
Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Thomas Hsiao
Department of Behavioral, Social, and Health Education Sciences
Caroline Barry
Department of Epidemiology
Susan (Buckenmaier) Hoffman
Department of Health Policy and Management
Elyse Xinyue Zhang
Gangarosa Department of Environmental Health
Natalie Olsen
Nutrition and Health Sciences
Lan Tran
Global Elimination of Maternal Mortality from Abortion Award
Alina Luke
DEI Awards
Faculty DEI Leadership Award
Benjamin Risk
Staff DEI Leadership Award
Tiffaney Renfro
Student DEI Leadership Award
Erika Canda
