Join the School of Public Health for an Innovation in Public Health Seminar that will feature the presentation of the Gold "Creativity in Crisis" Prize. Because the COVID-19 pandemic has presented challenges to holding the annual Gold Public Health Innovation Award competition, as usual, this year's competition will be a little different. Undergraduate, master’s and doctoral students are invited to submit their contributions in the form of papers, capstone projects, theses, dissertation proposals and publications of all types (journal articles, mass media, self-published). Priority will be given to contributions emphasizing the application of public health knowledge to promote health and prevent disease in the context of the pandemic.
*The submission period is now closed. Awardees are listed below with their degree program of study and project topic. All awardees will receive a monetary award of $750. All participants will receive certificates of awards
Undergraduate Student Awards
- Anne Mamish (Public Health Science) - Health Literacy and Vaccine Compliance
- Andy Okhuereigbe (Public Health Science) - COVID-19 on Childhood Development (also had 3 additional submissions, 1) Bridging the Divide, Trump and Biden, 2) Genomics of E. coli, and 3) State Project Reflection (CA)
Master's Student Awards
- Samiha Ahmed (Epidemiology) - E-Mentoring Female Minority Researchers
- Amanda Melvin (Health Administration) - Return to School A-Team Model
Doctoral Student Awards
- Daniel Callow (Neuroscience and Cognitive Science) - Mental Benefits of Physical Activity in Older Adults During COVID-19
- Leslie Jordan (Neuroscience and Cognitive Science) - Forward Focus Coping During COVID-19
- Richard Remigio (Environmental Health Sciences) - Climate and End-Stage Renal Disease
Honorable Mention Awards
Undergraduate Submissions:
- Semilore “Semi” Ayo-Gbenjo (Public Health Science) - Personal Journal on Behavior Change with Health Behavioral Frameworks
- Rachel Martin (Public Health Science) - 2 submissions on Bioethics, 1) Physician Assisted Suicide and 2) Genetic Enhancement
- Eden Adhanom (Public Health Science) - Food Insecurity in College Park
Master's Submissions:
- Masha Kartashev (Couple and Family Therapy) - Dyadic Coping in Black Heterosexual Relationships
Innovation Seminar Details
Assistant Professor Neil J. Sehgal will MC the event and Dean Boris D. Lushniak will offer welcoming and closing comments.
Speaker:
Panelists:
- Andre Blackman, Onboard Health Founder and CEO (panel moderator)
- Pothik Chatterjee, LifeBridge Health's Executive Director of Innovation and Research
- Veeraj Shah, 2019 Gold Award Winner
- Elisabeth Smela, Mechanical Engineering Professor, Clark School of Engineering
Award Committee:
- Andre Blackman, Onbaord Health Founder and CEO
- Alyssa Todaro Brooks, NIH Scientific Review Officer & Instructor, UMD School of Public Health
- Thomas Garson, Bracken Garson Consulting Group Managing Partner & Inaugural UMD SPH Board of Visitors
- Ed Woods, TerpSys President
Special guests:
Dr. Robert Gold and Barbara Gold, award founders
Launched in 2017 by Dr. Robert S. Gold (School of Public Health founding dean) and Barbara A. Gold and held annually, the Gold Public Health Innovation Award competition invites UMD students to pitch creative solutions for a creative solution to one of the world’s most complex public health issues. Winners earn up to $5,000 in start-up funding.