SPH Awards of Excellence

Master's: Annie Doubleday
Annie is an accomplished scholar and engaged scientist. She has worked on several projects spanning disaster response to climate impacts. Her MPH thesis on wildfire smoke associated with health effects is a timely and emerging public health problem in Washington state. She has presented her work to the Washington State Environmental Health Association and the National Environmental Health Association annual conferences. Annie has also contributed to classroom instruction as a Teaching Assistant and has published her work in peer-reviewed papers. Her papers are of exceptional interest to public health stakeholders and will inform research, training and policy at the UW and in Washington State.

PhD: Christopher Kemp
Christopher is a fourth-year PhD student. His work focuses on implementation science and integrated approaches to mental health and HIV-related care in the U.S. and South Africa. His dissertation research has been conducted in collaboration with the Southern African Research Consortium for Mental Health Integration. Previously, Chris was a Peace Corps volunteer in South Africa. He has also been involved in a range of programmatic work and implementation research with UNICEF-Nepal, PATH, I-TECH and the UW Department of Global Health.

ANDERSON-O’CONNELL AWARD 
FOR OUTSTANDING STAFF SERVICE

Kayla Johnson
"Minimize stress for students, faculty and staff." This is the guiding principle that Kayla brings to her work as program coordinator for the MHA and EMHA programs. She is extraordinary in anticipating needs and jumping ahead to identify resources to streamline processes. Kayla is proactive in identifying ways we can deepen our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion. She proposed changes to the composition of admissions review teams and interview groups and adjusted language used in applicant communications. At all times, she remains unflappable and unfailingly friendly.