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In 2020, Richard Remigio successfully submitted and was awarded an R36 Dissertation grant. He defended his dissertation proposal and presented two abstracts at the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology (ISEE) virtual conference. Remigio is working on his dissertation and is about ready to defend it.

In 2020, Jennifer Guida transitioned from a Cancer Research Training Award Postdoctoral Fellow at the National Cancer Institute (NCI)/National Institutes of Health(NIH) to a Program Director at the NCI/NIH. Her role allows her to stimulate new areas of science and continue pursuing her own research on improving healthy longevity for long-term cancer survivors.

After successfully defending her dissertation in December 2018, Rianna Murray began working at the Maryland Institute for Applied Environmental Health (MIAEH) with Dr. Amy Sapkota as a Postdoctoral Associate in February 2019. Murray’s primary role in this position was Program Manager of the UMD Global STEWARDS (STEM Training at the Nexus of Energy, WAter Reuse and FooD Systems) graduate training fellowship, funded by the National Science Foundation Research Traineeship (NRT) program, which prepares future leaders focused on innovations at the nexus of food, energy and water (FEW) systems.

Amanda Hemmer is a Senior Health Care Consultant at Guidehouse, Inc., a global consulting firm providing services to public and commercial clients. She works within the company’s Healthcare Strategy segment and partners with commercial clients, including hospitals and health systems going through transformational change.

In the first in a series of articles on Healthy People 2030, Dushanka Kleinman, Nico Pronk and colleagues introduce the foundational principle that "the health and well-being of all people and communities are essential to a thriving, equitable society." The article Promoting Health and Well-being in Healthy People 2030, published in the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, describes how Healthy People 2030 continues the Healthy People initiative’s tradition of serving as a catalyst for action by expanding the focus of health promotion to promoting health and well-being.

Congratulations to Elsie Essien, a Health Services Research doctoral student, for being selected as a recipient of the AcademyHealth Alice S. Hersh Student Scholarship!