MPH STUDENTS & ALUMNI
Master of Public Health Featured Students and Alumni
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Best Poster at the UIC SPH Research and Poster Day
Kendall Thiede was awarded Best Poster at the UIC SPH Research and Poster Day, for the poster, Early childcare directors’ qualitative perspectives on Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP). This was in collaboration with postdoctoral associate and Fellow at the UIC Institute for Health Research and Policy Yuka Asada as part of her Robert Wood Johnson Foundation grant.
Honorable Mention at the UIC SPH Research and Post
Madison Offstein was awarded Honorable Mention at the UIC SPH Research and Poster Day for the poster, Lessons Learned from CPS Parents: Understanding Parent Engagement and Integration of the WSCC Model in the Implementation of Healthy CPS. She served as notetaker and co-moderator in a focus group alongside UIC’s Institute for Health Research and Policy Fellow and Associate Professor Angela Odoms-Young.
Coursework includes the Applied Practice Experience
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Hannah
Hannah Bonecutter is the recipient of two prestigious awards, the Chancellor’s Student Service Award and the Eugertha Bates Memorial Award! Both speak to Hannah’s significant contributions to community service projects and humanitarian needs.
Danielle Drinkurth
Danielle Drinkurth has been selected for the distinguished Schweitzer Fellowship, a year-long service learning program that helps address the health needs of underserved Chicago communities.
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MPH Alumna, Kristina Hamilton, Director of Advocacy for the Illinois and Iowa American Lung Association, was interviewed by PBS affiliate WTTW regarding the proposed FDA ban on menthol cigarettes.