HBS Awards and Accomplishments: November 2020

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HBS Awards and Accomplishments

A monthly series featuring ten awards and accomplishments across the Department of Health, Behavior & Society.

  1. HBS faculty member, Maria Augusta Carrasco, PhD, and chair, Rajiv Rimal, PhD, both members of the World Health Organization Technical Advisory Group on Behavioural Insights and Sciences for Health, contributed to a new report on behavioral considerations for the acceptance and uptake of COVID-19 vaccines.
  2. HBS faculty member, Tyler Derreth, PhD, and his co-instructor, Maggie Wear, PhD, were awarded the 2020 Delta Omega Award Innovative Curriculum Award for their course: "Implementing Community-Based Practice Through Civic Engagement Projects." The course, a partnership between SOURCE and the RISE Center, uses a new, critical online service-learning model that brings together students across the world with community-based organizations in Baltimore to collaborate on community projects in the city.
  3. HBS alum, Allysa Dittmar, was recently named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 Retail & E-Commerce 2021 list. The transparent mask company she co-founded is set to generate $40 million in sales in 2020.
  4. Naomi Greene, PhD, passed her final oral exam on December 1, 2020. 
  5. HBS doctoral student, Amelia Jamison, published a new editorial titled “Communicating Effectively About Emergency Authorization and Vaccines in the COVID-19 Pandemic” in the American Journal of Public Health.
  6. HBS doctoral student, Chenery Lowe, was awarded the 2020 Jane Engelberg Memorial Fellowship from the National Society of Genetic Counselors. The $90,000 grant supports genetic counseling research and professional development.
  7. On behalf of the Injury Free Kids Coalition – Baltimore, HBS faculty member, Eileen McDonald, MS, received a Mayoral Salute from the City of Baltimore in honor of National Injury Prevention Day.
  8. A JHSPH team, co-led by HBS faculty member, Ju Nyeong Park, PhD, was awarded a $975,000 grant from the Maryland Department of Health to increase understanding around overdose prevention and response programs in Maryland.
  9. HBS doctoral student, Laura Sisson, published a new report in collaboration with Charm City Care Connection and Youth Empowered Society on emergency housing, homelessness, and COVID-19 titled “Something to Hold Onto: Experiences of Emergency Housing and Homelessness During COVID-19.”
  10. A team of Johns Hopkins researchers, including HBS faculty member, Roland J. Thorpe, Jr., PhD, was selected to receive a 2020 Johns Hopkins Discovery Award for their project “Addressing the Double Disparity: Food Insecurity among People with Disabilities.