Nearly 100 alumni, students, faculty, staff, and friends of the school tuned out for the Colorado School of Public Health annual alumni awards last week.
The night was a celebration honoring key students, faculty, Dean’s honorees, Delta Omega inductees, and distinguished alumni.
For the fifth year in a row, the alumni awards’ celebrated public health work and advances in global health, child and maternal health, and rural health, to name a few.
Dr. Susan Niermeyer, MD, MPH, a pioneer in global maternal health, who received the alumni achievement award, spoke about her experience going back to school as an adult, mid-career, and as a physician. She was part of the Colorado School of Public Health’s inaugural class. As a doctor who specialized in neonatal health, she realized she and other individual practitioners needed to “address factors up the perinatal causal chain, including broader social and structural factors, to prevent problems,” hence her decision to go back to school
The public health lens helped her broaden her understanding of, and impact on global maternal health.
“I hope we can realize a new meaning for global health. We are all in this together – and we need to learn from one another how best to achieve health and wellbeing for our populations,” she said.
Other recipients spoke of the collaboration and willingness to work together they experienced as students, then alumni, of the school.
View photos from the event here or on Flickr.
Dean’s Special Recognition
Dean’s Recognition Award for Faculty Excellence
Cerise Hunt, PhD, MSW | Colorado School of Public Health, Community & Behavioral Health & Office of Leadership Excellence
Dean’s Recognition Award for Advancing Public Health Sciences
Dean’s Recognition Award for Leadership & Service
Dean’s Recognition Award for Philanthropy in Public Health
Student Awards
Outstanding Contribution by a Student
Dorah Labette | University of Colorado Anschutz
Dania Furuya | Colorado State University
Hannah Wilson | University of Northern Colorado
Student Excellence in Public Health Practice
Shenazar Esmundo
Syd Staggs Advocacy
Karla Guerra Santos
Alumni awards
Alumni Achievement
Susan Niermeyer, MD, MPH ’09
Alumni Rising Star in Public Health Practice
Sunghyun Chung, MPH ’22
Alumni Service
Christa Timmerman, MPH ’17
University of Colorado Anschutz
Chancellor's Teaching Recognition Awards
Alex Kaizer, PhD | Biostatistics & Informatics
President's Excellence in Teaching Award
Richard Lindrooth, PhD, MA | Health Systems, Management & Policy
Chancellor's Outstanding Staff & Supervisor Award
Katherine Brumfield, MA | Central Administration, Office of Academic & Student Affairs
Faculty Retirees
Elizabeth Gilbert, EdD | Professor, Community & Behavioral Health
Christopher Melby, DrPH, MPH, MA | Professor, Epidemiology
Mary Morrow, MS | Sr. Research Scientist, Biostatistics & Informatics
Promotions
Antonio Porras Perez | Associate Professor with Tenure, Biostatistics & Informatics
Alison Bauer, PhD, BS, ATSF | Award of Tenure, Environmental & Occupational Health
Natalie Schwatka, PhD, MS| Associate Professor with Tenure, Environmental & Occupational Health
Joan O'Connell, PhD | Professor, Community & Behavioral Health, Centers for American Indian & Alaska Native Health
Naomi Perlman, MPH, BS | Senior Professional Research Assistant Level 2, Centers for Health, Work, & Environment
Monica Fitzgerald, MPH| Senior Professional Research Assistant Level 3, Centers for American Indian & Alaska Native Health
Claudia Kramer | Professional Research Assistant Level 2, Centers for American Indian & Alaska Native Health
Madison Goering, MSW, MPH | Senior Professional Research Assistant Level 2, Centers for Health, Work, & Environment
Elinor Hegarty, MA | Senior Professional Research Assistant Level 2, Community & Behavioral Health
Eleanor Cotton, MS | Senior Instructor, Biostatistics & Informatics
Chelsea Wesner, DrPH, MPH, MSW | Assistant Research Professor, Biostatistics & Informatics
Erin Wright-Kelly, DrPH, MA | Assistant Professor, C/T, Community & Behavioral Health, Injury & Violence Prevention Center
Kristina Kaparich Hightshoe, MSPH | Senior Research Scientist, Epidemiology
Charlotte Farewell, PhD, MPH| Research Associate Professor, Community & Behavioral Health
Jini Puma, PhD| Professor, Clinical Teaching Track, Community & Behavioral Health
Liliana Tenney, DrPH, MPH | Associate Professor, Clinical Teaching Track, Environmental & Occupational Health
Elizabeth Juarez-Colunga, PhD | Tenured Professor, Biostatistics & Informatics
Zachary Giano, PhD, MA | Assistant Professor, Clinical Teaching Track, Biostatistics & Informatics, Center for Innovative Design & Analysis
Adane Wogu, PhD | Assistant Professor, Clinical Teaching Track, Biostatistics & Informatics, Center for Innovative Design & Analysis
Diana Abbott, PhD | Assistant Professor, Clinical Teaching Track, Biostatistics & Informatics, Center for Innovative Design & Analysis