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At the annual Maryland Research Excellence Celebration on April 16, more than 200 outstanding scholars and researchers, nominated by their deans, were recognized for their research success and visibility.
Among them, 15 SPH faculty members were nominated by SPH Dean Boris Lushniak and recognized for one or more of the following:
- Research findings that are both highly-cited and transformative to their field
- Research achievements with demonstrable societal impact, such as changes in policy, or major external press coverage
- Recognition by a national or international group
- Publication in a renowned scholarly journal in their field
- Selection for award through a funding competition with limited submissions
- Selection for a Division of Research New Directions award
- Recipient of significant external research funding from a federal funding agency, foundation, corporation, non-profit, national lab, medical center, or other entity
Across the University, one faculty member from each school or college is selected for special recognition as having best exemplified research excellence. This year, SPH Professor Cheryl Knott was given this high honor.
Knott is an MPower Professor, co-leader of the Population Science Program, and associate director of Community Outreach and Engagement at the UMD Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center in Baltimore. She has a long history of NIH funding, including a study focusing on the role of structural racism in creating and perpetuating cancer disparities. In addition, Knott has a grant from the American Cancer Society to study individual, interpersonal and neighborhood-level drivers of cancer disparities disproportionately impacting African Americans.
Department of Behavioral and Community Health
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Department of Family Science
Department of Global, Environmental, and Occupational Health
Department of Health Policy and Management
Department of Kinesiology
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