Announcing the 2024 SPHHS Scholarship Award Winners
Students were recognized for outstanding achievements in the classroom, in research, and through service to community.
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The School of Public Health and Health Sciences honored a group of over 50 undergraduate and graduate students during its annual Awards Celebration held on May 4, 2024 in the Marriott Center. Award recipients were recognized for outstanding achievements in the classroom, in research, and through service to the community.
As part of the celebration, the Delta Omega Honor Society Rho Chapter at UMass Amherst inducted its 2024 cohort of new members into its ranks. The honorary society for the study of public health, Delta Omega encourages excellence in student scholarship and research, recognizes academic achievement, and provides members with leadership development, publication, and networking opportunities. Members are nominated and inducted in faculty, alumni, graduate student and undergraduate student categories.
Additionally, the school recognized its 2024 SPHHS Research Day prize winners and the Dean’s Student Advisory Board members during the event.
The 2024 SPHHS scholarship recipients and Delta Omega inductees are:
School of Public Health and Health Sciences
Robert Clinton Memorial Scholarship
Gloria Walker-Hoover, Public Health Sciences
William A. Darity Sr. Graduate Scholarship
Autumn Reynolds, Health Promotion and Policy
Global Health Impact Endowment
Kate Kyeremateng, Biostatistics and Epidemiology
Kozma-Littleton Family Fund Scholarship
Monica Silva, Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences
Shirli Fabbri Weiss Internship Fund
Hengie Isidore, Public Health Sciences
Mia Michelle Tittmann, Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences
Yasmine Tighiouart, Public Health Sciences
The Yablonski Fellowship Fund
Abigail Zelvis, Health Promotion and Policy
Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology
David Hosmer Outstanding First-Year Student Awards
Shane Fitzgerald (MS, Biostatistics)
Rebekah Kristal (MS, Biostatistics)
Kate Kyeremateng (MS, Epidemiology)
Jenna Marando (4+1, Epidemiology)
Rachel Taylor (MPH, Epidemiology)
Luke Wilsen (4+1, Biostatistics)
Rian You (MS, Biostatistics)
Departmental Outstanding Second-Year Student Awards
Godness Biney (MS, Epidemiology)
Ben Goldberg (MS, Biostatistics)
Rebecca Hunt (MS, Epidemiology)
Diane J. Mundt Memorial Scholarship
Sabiha Nasrin (PhD, Epidemiology)
Department of Environmental Health Sciences
Elaine Briggs Internship Fund
Olatunbosun Arowolo
Patricia Henegan
Elise Pierce
Corinne A. Johnson Memorial Scholarship
Austin Bartlett
Michelle Boralessa
Carissa Lange
Lindsey Russo
The Stewart Fellowship
Barbara Mottey
Kaniz Rabeya
Department of Health Promotion and Policy
Outstanding Master’s Student Award
Marina Tonial (Community Health Education)
Sahana Sule (Health Policy and Management)
Louis Graham Award
Jessamyn Smyth (PhD, Community Health Education)
Paula Stamps Award
Samantha Kloft (PhD, Health Policy and Management)
Department of Kinesiology
American Kinesiology Association Undergraduate Scholar Award
Kaitlyn Kleeman
American Kinesiology Association Masters Scholar Award
Elliott Bruce
American Kinesiology Association Doctoral Scholar Award
Skylar Holmes
American Kinesiology Association Graduate Student Writing Award
Brent Momb
Priscilla M. Clarkson Graduate Scholarship in Kinesiology
Shivangi Bajpai
Ross Brancati
Ann-Marie Sylvia
Patty Freedson Undergraduate Health and Wellness Scholarship
Ashley Fang
Mark Justin Legarda
Timothy Moynahan Award
Trey Peterson
Frank Rife Undergraduate Scholarship in Kinesiology
Shyla Senn
The Rouzier Family Pre-Health Professional Scholarship
Marykate Callinan
Paulina Encarnacion
John R. Schroeder Scholarship Fund
Trevor Maslowski
Eric Sinacori Memorial Scholarship
Sophia Woods
Esther Wallace Scholarship
Julia Hinckley
Department of Nutrition
Virginia A. Beal Undergraduate Scholarship
Jenna Linehan
Therese Patry
Christiana Sheldon
Virginia A. Beal Graduate Scholarship*
Yuanyuan Deng
Vi Vien Khoo
Judy Kim
*An additional award was provided to an anonymous recipient.
Helen S. Mitchell Undergraduate Scholarship
Caroline Moran
Helen S. Mitchell Graduate Scholarship
Mengling Cao
Rong Fan
Peter L. Pellett Scholarship
Mengqi Duan
Yingxue Guan
Department of Speech, Language, & Hearing Sciences
Henry B. Peirce Service Award
Rachel Klock
Virginia Walker
Miriam P. Romo Award
Mitchell Paige
Harry and Charlena Seymour Scholarship for Diversity
Gloria Joung
Monica Silva
Kimberly Ann Soucy Scholarship
Declan Kelly
Gilbert C. Tolhurst Senior Scientist Award
Allison Janineh
Delta Omega Honor Society Rho Chapter Inductees
Alumni Inductees
Jennifer Carroll, Biostatistics and Epidemiology
Teah Snyder, Biostatistics and Epidemiology
Leo Wilton, Public Health Practice program
Haotian Wu, Environmental Health Sciences
Faculty Inductees
Andrew Lover, Biostatistics and Epidemiology
Lawrence C. Pellegrini, Health Promotion and Policy
Alexander Suvorov, Environmental Health Sciences
Graduate Student Inductees
Ivon Matus Martinez, Public Health Practice program
Bing Miu, Biostatistics and Epidemiology
Joshua Mogus, Environmental Health Sciences
Natalie Strokes, MPH Worcester program
Undergraduate Student Inductees
Anna Arbo, Public Health Sciences
Zachary Clark, Public Health Sciences
Abigail Grimm, Public Health Sciences
Rebecca Jakson, Public Health Sciences
Jenna Marando, Public Health Sciences
Jessica Stephen, Public Health Sciences