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
2004-2005
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 2004-2005 competition went to the following
students:
Single
Discipline Awards
First
Place
Oral
Health Screening for 48 Chicago Head Start Students Age
0-3
Shelly Batra, Sandra Krussel, Nicole
A. Malek,
Midwestern University,
Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine
Second
Place
Healthy
Bodies, Healthy Souls: A Faith-Based Community-Academic
Partnership
Monique
Anderson, Rachel Peragallo
Harvard Medical School
Third
Place
Photovoices:
Uncovering Family Experiences Behind Welfare Policies and
Programs
Cizely Kurian
Drexel University, School of Public Health
Interdisciplinary
Awards
First
Place
Straight
From The Horse's Mouth
Megan Morgan, University of
Alabama - Birmingham, School of Dentistry
Mitch Potter, Auburn University - College of Veterinary
Medicine
Second
Place
University
of Maryland's Interdisciplinary Framework for Prevention
and Intervention in Maternal and Child Health
Michelle
Clark, Amani Ahmed, Anna Falkenstern, Kate Gardes, Melissa
Kline, Mary Labella, Janet Crane, Kellie Monzillo
University of Maryland at Baltimore, School of Social
Work, School of Nursing,
School of Pharmacy, School of Medicine
