Academic Honors:
Summa Cum Laude (3.960 to 4.000)
Erin Nechole Biggs, MPH
Bridgette Tanieka Bienville, MPH
Syeda Fabiha, MPH
Yuta Ishikawa, MPH
Helena Desiree Ochoa, MPH
Caroline Bao Anh Vuong, MPH
Magna Cum Laude (3.860 to 3.959)
Kristin Dawn Cornwell, MPH
Anne Springer Jayes, MPH
Madhav KC, MPH
Lauren Ann McDaniel, MPH
Rachel Lynn Mancuso, MPH
Lauren Elizabeth O’Rear, MPH
Hillary Layne Young, MPH
Yi Zhai, PhD
Lu Zhang, PhD
Cum Laude (3.760 to 3.859)
Sarah Marie Babin, MPH
Danelle Nicole Guillory, PhD
Hoang Nguyen, MPH
Deanna Nicole Johnson, MPH
Stephen Paul Patin, MPH
Shang Yang, MS
Hoang Nguyen, MPH
Chancellor’s Award – Syeda Fabiha, Master of Public Health in the Health Policy and Systems Management
Dean’s Award – Lauren O’Rear, Master of Public Health in Epidemiology
Allen A. Copping Excellence in Teaching Award – Dr. Adrienne Katner, Faculty in Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences
Gonfalon – Saskia Vos, Master of Public Health in Behavioral and Community Health Sciences and Vice-President of SPH Student Government Association
Elizabeth T.H. Fontham Award for Outstanding Community Service – Matthew Spence, Master of Public Health in Epidemiology and President of SPH Student Government Association
2017 USPHS Excellence in Public Health Award – Katherine Howe, MD, Master of Public Health in Behavioral and Community Health Sciences
Beth Schmidt Staff Member of the Year Award – Reem Muhsen, Training Facilitator for the South Central AIDS Education and Training Center
2017 Service Honor Cord Recipients
Chelsea Bourgeois
Brittany Chirinos
Kristin Cornwell
Syeda Fabiha
Megan Fraser
Yuta Ishikawa
Helena Ochoa
Lauren O’Rear
Stephen Patin
Amelia Robert
Matthew Spence
Saskia Vos
Delta Omega Student & Faculty Inductees 2017:
Syeda Fabiha
Yuta Ishikawa
Helena Ochoa
Erin Biggs
Dr. Adrienne Katner
Poster Presentation & Research Awards
Doctoral Research Award – Lu Zhang, Doctor of Philosophy in Epidemiology with her Dissertation: “Chemotherapy Utilization and Breast Cancer by Race and Tumor Subtype.”
1st Place Master’s Poster Presentation – Amelia Robert, Master of Public Health in Behavioral and Community Health Sciences with “Michelle’s Story: A social media campaign for young mothers with breast cancer.”
2nd Place Master’s Poster Presentations:
- Erin Biggs, Master of Public Health in Epidemiology, “Intimacy vs. Isolation: Number of Sex Partners and Marital Status as Predictors of Depression.”
- Olivia Dominguez and Matthew Spence, (Both) Master of Public Health in Epidemiology, “Association between discrimination and perceived stigma among men who identify as gas or bisexual: finding from the 2011 New Orleans National HIV Behavioral Surveillance System.”
- Helena Ochoa, Master of Public Health in Environmental and Occupational Health with “Industrial Hygiene at the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.”
3rd Place Master’s Poster Presentations – Stephen Patin, Master of Public Health in Epidemiology with “Physician Opinions of Medicaid and Reaching 80% by 2018 Colorectal Cancer Screening Goal”
