Secretary's Award

Secretary's Award for Innovations in
Health
Promotion and Disease Prevention

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Health Resources and Services Administration

In collaboration with the Federation of
Associations of Schools of the Health Professions

2002-2003 Competition

The Secretary's Award for Innovations in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention recognizes forward-thinking proposals by health professions students and generates creative strategies for addressing goals outlined in HHS' Healthy People 2010: Understanding and Improving Health. The program is sponsored by HRSA's Bureau of Health Professions in collaboration with the Federation of Associations of Schools of the Health Professions, and is coordinated by FASHP-member AACN.


Top prizes in the 2002-2003 competition went to the following students:

Single Discipline Awards

First Place
Fulfilling the PROMISE of Health Communication: Implementing a Visual Intervention Among Homeless and Low-income Patients
Vijay Bhandari and Cesar Castro
University of California San Francisco, School of Medicine

Second Place
Bridge Over Troubled Waters: Project Bridge
Ashish Sahasrabudhe and Michael A. Gentile
Harvard University, School of Dental Medicine

Third Place
Shifting the Lens: A Focus on Stress and Coping Among African American Adolescents in East Baltimore
Anita Chandra and Ameena Batada
Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health

Interdisciplinary Awards

First Place
Heart to Heart: Putting Heart Health First
A Collaboration to Promote Heart Health Among People and Their Pets

S. Michelle Goree and Sara K. Matteson
Auburn University, Medical College of Georgia, School of Medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine

Second Place
University of Iowa Mobile Clinic
Nicholas Mohr, Amanda Jones, Kelly Herbert, Dominic Cirillo, Andrea Rebman, and Jennifer Loucks
The University of Iowa, College of Medicine, College of Pharmacy, College of Public Health, College of Nursing, College of Dentistry

Third Place
Students In The Community (SITC): A Collaborative Effort to Provide Quality Health Care to the Homeless
Brian Johnson, Marie Bach, Lauren Hafner, Hanako Tani, and Denice Hotz
University of Washington, School of Medicine, School of Pharmacy, School of Public Health, School of Nursing, School of Social Work


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