Awards
This award recognizes a current EIS officer or recent alumnus for excellence in a written report or an epidemiologic investigation or study.
2022 recipients:
Emma Accorsi, PhD, BS (EIS 2021) and Amadea Britton, MD, SM, AB (EIS 2020) — Association Between 3 Doses of mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine and Symptomatic Infection Caused by the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron and Delta Variants
Emma Accorsi
Amadea Britton
Noah Schwartz, MD (EIS 2019) and Alfonso Hernandez-Romieu, MBBCh, MPH (EIS 2020) — Multistate Outbreak of Spinal and Disseminated Tuberculosis Caused by Surgical Implantation of a Bone Allograft Product
Noah Schwartz
Alfonso Hernandez-Romieu
This award recognizes an individual who has championed and advocated for EIS and its officers, values its diversity, and embodies the principles of the EIS program’s creator, Alexander D. Langmuir. The award honors the mentorship and steadfast devotion of former CDC Principal Deputy Director and EIS alumnus, Anne Schuchat.
2022 recipients: James Curran, MD, MPH, Professor of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University and Michael Iademarco, MD, MPH (RADM, Assistant Surgeon General, USPHS), Deputy Assistant Secretary for Science and Medicine in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Health
James Curran
Michael Iademarco
This award recognizes a current EIS officer for the oral presentation that best exemplifies the effective application of a combined epidemiology and laboratory approach to an investigation or study.
2022 recipients: Lauren Jansen, MD, MPH (EIS 2021) and Julia Petras, MSPH, BSN (EIS 2021)
Lauren Jansen
Julia Petras
Sara Oliver
This award recognizes a current EIS officer or alumnus who has made an outstanding contribution to the control of vaccine-preventable diseases.
2022 recipient: Sara Oliver, MD (EIS 2015)
Peter DeJonge
This award recognizes a current EIS officer for the oral presentation that best exemplifies the effective and innovative application of statistics and epidemiologic methods in an investigation or study.
2022 recipient: Peter DeJonge, PhD, MPH (EIS 2021)
Kate Varela
This award recognizes a current EIS officer or alumnus who has made outstanding contributions in the field of veterinary public health or One Health disciplines—multiple disciplines collaborating to attain optimal health for people, animals, and the environment.
2022 recipient: Kate Varela, DVM, MPH (EIS 2019)
Krishna Surasi
This award recognizes a current EIS officer who gave an oral presentation that best exemplifies the effective application of public health epidemiology to an investigation in the area of occupational or environmental health.
2022 recipient: Krishna Surasi, MD, MPH (EIS 2020)
Katrin Sadigh
This award recognizes a current EIS officer or alumnus who has made a significant contribution to international public health.
2022 recipient: Katrin Sadigh, MD (EIS 2020)
Kris Bisgard
This award recognizes excellence in teaching epidemiology to EIS officers.
2022 recipient: Kris Bisgard, DVM, MPH (EIS 1993)
Category: Public Health in Action
- 1st Place: Stephen Bart (EIS 2020) for ‘Pins and Threads’
- 2nd Place: Maureen Ty (LLS 2021) and Julia Petras (EIS 2021) for ‘Raccoon necropsy 1’
- 3rd Place: Maureen Ty (LLS 2021) and Julia Petras (EIS 2021) for ‘Raccoon necropsy 2’
Category: You Went Where?
- 1st Place: Braiden Eilers (EIS 2021) for ‘Just a little bit further’
- 2nd Place: Melanie Firestone (EIS 2020) for ‘I don’t think you’re ready for this jelly(fish)’
- 3rd Place: Melanie Firestone (EIS 2020) for ‘Just keep swimming’
Category: Make Me Laugh!
- 1st Place: Braiden Eilers (EIS 2021) for ‘Tooth can lost be care full’
- 2nd Place: Erin Ricketts (EIS 2021) for ‘Pandemic relaxation strategies’
- 3rd Place: JB Bertumen (EIS 2021) for ‘Blending in at the NC Arboretum’
Category: Public Health Memes
- 1st Place: Erin Ricketts (EIS 2021) for ‘The ghost of Ralph Cordell’
Michele Bolduc
This award recognizes a current or former EIS officer’s outstanding contributions to health equity and racial disparities research.
2022 recipient: Michele Bolduc, PhD, MA (EIS 2020)
Matt Cartter
This award recognizes an individual who inspires the EIS community and exhibits unwavering commitment to the EIS program, officers, and alumni through demonstrated excellence in applied epidemiology training, mentoring, and building public health capacity.
2022 recipient: Matt Cartter, MD, MPH (EIS 1983)