The School of Public Health and Health Sciences (SPHHS) honored a group of over 50 undergraduate and graduate students during its annual Awards Celebration held on April 30 in Old Chapel. Award recipients were recognized for outstanding achievements in the classroom, in research, and through service to the community.
As part of the celebration, the Delta Omega Honor Society Rho Chapter at UMass Amherst inducted its 2022 cohort of new members into its ranks. The honorary society for the study of public health, Delta Omega encourages excellence in student scholarship and research, recognizes academic achievement, and provides members with leadership development, publication, and networking opportunities. Members are nominated and inducted in faculty, alumni, graduate student and undergraduate student categories.
View photos from the Awards Celebration on Facebook.
The 2022 scholarship recipients and Delta Omega inductees are:
School of Public Health and Health Sciences
Robert Clinton Memorial Scholarship
Delvin Attafah, Kinesiology
William A. Darity Sr. Graduate Scholarship
Thupten Phuntsog, Health Promotion and Policy
Global Health Impact Endowment
Abosede Sarah Alli, Environmental Health Sciences
Kozma-Littleton Family Fund Scholarship
Kate Salvo, Communication Disorders
Elizabeth Woolrich Scholarship
Gabriella Farinha, Communication Disorders
The Yablonski Fellowship Fund
Stevaughn Smith, Biostatistics and Epidemiology
Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology
David Hosmer Outstanding First-Year Student Award
Anne Nelson
Kiel McGowan
Kevin Sassaman
David Hosmer Outstanding Second-year Student Award
Kate Wallace
Diane J. Mundt Memorial Scholarship
Gabriela Vieyra
Department of Communication Disorders
Henry B. Peirce Service Award
Julia Toto
Miriam P. Romo Award
Lucia Garcia
Hannah Sweeney
Harry and Charlena Seymour Scholarship for Diversity
Gabriella Farinha
Brianna Chevalier
Sumayah Mohamed
Kimberly Ann Soucy Scholarship
Kimberlee Moïse
Gilbert C. Tolhurst Senior Scientist Award
Lisa Ramanauskas
Department of Environmental Health Sciences
Elaine Briggs Internship Fund
Marjorie Pereira Marin
Corinne A. Johnson Memorial Scholarship
Joshua Mogus
The Stewart Fellowship
Olatunbosun Arowolo
Department of Kinesiology
American Kinesiology Association Graduate Masters Scholar Award
Zoe Smith
American Kinesiology Association Undergraduate Scholar Award
Allison Ladd
Priscilla M. Clarkson Graduate Scholarship in Kinesiology
Robert Marcotte
Mike Woodward
Patty Freedson Undergraduate Health and Wellness Scholarship
Kaitlin Kean
Meghan Maratea
Timothy Moynahan Award
Tyler DiPalma
Frank Rife Undergraduate Scholarship in Kinesiology
Natalie Habib
The Rouzier Family Pre-Health Professional Scholarship
Delvin Attafah
Justin Sanchez
John R. Schroeder Scholarship Fund
Shih-Ting Kao
Eric Sinacori Memorial Scholarship
Ifeoma Onyenwe
Esther Wallace Scholarship
Nibitanga Evelyne
Maria Fabiano
Department of Nutrition
Virginia A. Beal Undergraduate Scholarship
Adonis Ponciano
Virginia A. Beal Graduate Scholarship
Abigail Boatemaa
Ivy Johnson-Kanda
Vi Vien Khoo
Grace Mooshian
Ying Tang
Department of Nutrition Scholarship
Shanazi Jackson
Helen S. Mitchell Undergraduate Scholarship
Sharon Bonsu
Kaylyn Carlucci
Angela Hinck
Helen S. Mitchell Graduate Scholarship
Celine Delaronde
Corinne Epstein
Peter L. Pellett Scholarship
Rong Fan
Delta Omega Honor Society Rho Chapter Inductees
Kathleen L. Szegda (Alumni)
Heather A. Wemhoener (Alumni)
Monika A. Roy (Alumni)
Lorraine Cordeiro (Faculty)
Justin Cuomo Ayala (Graduate student)
Benjamin Eovaldi (Graduate student)
Tiarra Fisher (Graduate student)
Nina Heilmann (Graduate student)
Bi-Sek Jeannette Hsiao (Graduate student)
Kene C. Orakwue (Graduate student)
Pablo Fernandez (Undergraduate student)
Emily Rose Leonard (Undergraduate student)
McKenna Jean Meagher (Undergraduate student)
Natalia I. Putnam (Undergraduate student)
Kevin David Sassaman (Undergraduate student)