UM SPH's Marc Zimmerman, chair of the Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, is among the winners of the 2010 Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE) Distinguished Fellow Award. It honors SOPHE members who have made significant and lasting contributions to advancing the research and practice of health education.

Dr. Zimmerman is a highly regarded researcher who has published more than 100 peer-reviewed articles on community and individual empowerment and adolescents’ resilience. The award was presented at SOPHE’s 61st Annual Meeting Awards Ceremony on Saturday, November 6, 2010, at the Denver Art Museum in Denver, Colorado.

 

 

Neal Krause has won the 2010 Richard Kalish Innovative Publication Award from the Gerontological Society of America Behavioral and Social Sciences section. Krause is the Marshall H. Becker Collegiate Professor of Health Behavior and Health Education at UM SPH. The award recognizes insightful and innovation publications on aging and life course development in the behavioral and social sciences.

The committee judged Krause's book Aging in the Church to be an important, innovative, and potentially transformational publication in the field. The award will be presented ($500 award and plaque) at the BSS business meeting at the GSA annual meeting in November.

Did you see Findings Magazine this fall? There are a lot of HBHE folks featured in the magazine! Here are some highlights:

• HBHE Professor Mark Padilla's work on migration and HIV in the Caribbean
• There are many HBHE students, alumni, faculty, and staff who share their experiences with the Peace Corps
• Alumna Elaine Auld speaks about what makes Michigan stand apart
• Several HBHE students share pictures from their summer internships

 

Stella Cogswell, secretary in HBHE, will be retiring in early January of 2011. Stella has been with HBHE since 2004 and she will be greatly missed. Stella plans to retire to her home in Northern Michigan with her husband.