Student Awards

The Arnold School of Public Health proudly recognizes exemplary student achievement at both the master's and doctoral level. Awards are presented each year during the Spring Hooding ceremony to graduating students who have demonstrated laudable performance within and beyond their academic departments. School-wide recognition for the most outstanding doctoral graduate is bestowed through the Doctoral Achievement Award, while the most outstanding master's-level graduate is honored with the Jeffrey Keith Mattison Award. These school-wide honors are complemented by an array of elite honors for master's and doctoral graduates across each of the six departments.

Jeffrey Keith Mattison
Outstanding Student Achievement Award

2008 - Sarah A. Huggins - Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior

This award is presented each year to the Master's level graduating student who best exemplifies the special characteristics of Jeffrey Keith Mattison, an Epidemiology and Biostatistics student who passed away in the Fall of 1987, only weeks into his graduate program of study. During his brief time with the School of Public Health, Jeffrey impressed everyone with his easy acceptance of the many challenges facing him and his ability to initiate new ideas. To remember his life, his initiative, and his motivation for work in public health, the Student Public Health Association created the Jeffrey Keith Mattison Outstanding Student Achievement Award. This award, open to all students in all SPH departments, will recognize the graduating Master's degree student who, in a combination of service, leadership, and/or personal example, exemplifies many of the qualities that made Jeffrey special. The student's interest and dedication to public health through service activities, as well as the personal characteristics that would contribute to having an impact in public health, are important aspects of this award. This award is presented at the School of Public Health Hooding Ceremony.

Past recipients:
2008	Sarah A. Huggins, Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior
2007	Jelani C. Kerr, Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior
2006	Joel A. Nelson, Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior
2005	Holly C. Gilmore, Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior
2004	Marya L. Shegog, Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior
2003	Delesha L. Miller, Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior
2002	Samuel P. Walker, Environmental Health Sciences
2001	Andrea N. Kerr, Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior
2000	Daheia J. Barr, Epidemiology and Biostatistics
1999	Andrew W. Pope, Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior
1998	Crystal M. McNeil, Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior
1997	Virginie Daguise, Epidemiology and Biostatistics
1996	Romel S. Lacson, Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior
1995	Julie A. Mobley, Epidemiology and Biostatistics
1994	Krista L. Heybruck, Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior
1993	Laura A. Valleni, Epidemiology and Biostatistics
1992	Steve P. Bailey, Exercise Science
1991	Renee I. Boothroyd, Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior
1990	Leroy Frazier Jr., Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior
1989	Patricia A. Price, Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Arnold School of Public Health Doctoral Achievement Award

This award is presented each year to an outstanding doctoral student in the School. The criteria for the award include:

2008 - Roberto Leon Felipe Lobelo - Exercise Science

• Academic achievement as indicated by the nominee's grades and grade point average. To be nominated, a student must have maintained a 3.7 average
• Demonstrated professional promise in creating meaningful and relevant research and/or practical application in the field of public health.
• Demonstrated potential leadership and service to the community or to the field of public health.

This award is presented at the School of Public Health Hooding Ceremony.

In addition to these awards, most departments in the School have awards for their respective outstanding students; these awards are usually presented at the School of Public Health Hooding Ceremony.

Past recipients:
2008	Roberto Leon Felipe Lobelo, Exercise Science
2007	Kerry McIver, Exercise Science
2006	Rense Heath Kelsey, Environmental Health Sciences
2005	Michelle R. Umstattd, Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior
2004	Swann Arp Adams, Epidemiology and Biostatistics
2003	Karen F. Gaines, Environmental Health Sciences
2002	Keith J. Zullig, Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior
2001	Brian Kirtland, Environmental Health Sciences
2000	Alecia Malin, Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior
1999	Melinda L. Irwin, Exercise Science
1998	Christian E. Schlekat, Environmental Health Sciences Stewart G. Trost, Exercise Science
1997	Kevin Todd Houston, Communication Sciences and Disorders
1996	Matthew H. Wahl, Environmental Health Sciences
1995	Douglas A. Singh, Health Services Policy and Management
1994	Debra J. Boardley, Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior
1993	Jennifer L. Waller, Epidemiology and Biostatistics