Award Recipients

Aneeka Ratanayake, PhD dissertation winner

Delta Omega, Eta Chapter, Award for Best Dissertation 

This award goes to the doctoral student whose dissertation best exemplifies outstanding original research and relevance to the goals of public health.

  • Aneeka Ratnayake, PhD, Epidemiology: COVID-19 VACCINE EFFECTIVENESS, HESITANCY, INCENTIVES, AND MANDATES IN THE DEEP SOUTH

Delta Omega, Eta Chapter, Awards for Annual Poster Competition

Delta Omega Poster Winners collage with three photos of posters and their authors
Left to right: Jenisha Stapleton, Yin Wang, and Niamh Brennan
  • 1st Place Graduate Poster Winner- Jenisha Stapleton, MPH, BA: The Relationship Between Past Incarceration and Chlamydia Infection in Young Black Men in New Orlean
  • 2nd Place Graduate Poster Winner- Yin Wang, MA, BA: Guaranteed Small Cash Incentives Boosted COVID-19 Vaccinations of Young Adults: Evidence from A Statewide Natural Experiment In West Virginia 
     
  • 1st Place Undergraduate Poster Winner- Niamh Brennan, BSPH: Medicare Telehealth Utilization of Behavioral Health Sciences in Lockdown and Non-Lockdown States During The COVID-19 Pandemic