Alumni Awards

Check back for more information about the 2020 Distinguished Alumni Awards!

Nominations will open later this spring for a fall 2020 event.

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Each year, Pitt Public Health recognizes exemplary alumni for significant contributions to the field, the school, and the community.

Award Categories

PRACTICE

for significant contribution to public health practice

RESEARCH

for significant contribution to research

TEACHING AND DISSEMINATION

for significant contribution to education and dissemination, either in the classroom or in the field

THE MARGARET F. GLONINGER SERVICE AWARD

for significant contribution to the school or greater community through volunteer service. This award was established in honor of the late Margaret Fitzgerald Gloninger (MSHyg ’66), Pitt Public Health graduate and former faculty member in maternal and child health.

THE EARLY CAREER EXCELLENCE AWARD

for significant achievements early in the alumnus or alumna's career.

Alumni Awards Questions?

Jennifer Sciullo
alumni coordinator
jennifer.alison@pitt.edu
412-648-9725

Delta Omega Initiation

During the annual alumni awards event, new alumni honor society members are inducted into the Pitt Public Health Omicron Chapter of Delta Omega.

These initiates are models for future graduates in their contributions to the practice of public health. Nominations for alumni inductees are accepted each year.

Recent Alumni Awardees

Gibb: 2019 Distinguished Alumni Award for Practice

Gibb: 2019 Distinguished Alumni Award for Practice

Now president of Gibb Epidemiology Consulting, Herman Gibb (EOH ’74) has more than 35 years of experience in health risk assessment and has provided expert consultation to a variety of international and national clients. He chairs the World Health Organization (WHO) Foodborne Epidemiology Reference... (04/22/2019)

Kip: 2019 Distinguished Alumni Award for Research

Kip: 2019 Distinguished Alumni Award for Research

Kevin Kip (EPI ’98) is a Distinguished Health Professor at the University of South Florida College of Public Health as well as an epidemiologist with 18 years of research experience on federally funded and industry-sponsored studies. He is a methodologist with expertise in a wide range of health di... (04/22/2019)

Songer: 2019 Distinguished Alumni Award for Teaching and Dissemination

Songer: 2019 Distinguished Alumni Award for Teaching and Dissemination

Thomas Songer (EPI ’86, ’90) is an assistant professor and the director of doctoral programs in the Department of Epidemiology at Pitt Public Health. Consistently one of the most highly rated teachers in the school, he is the primary instructor for graduate courses in injury epidemiology and injury... (04/22/2019)

Sokol: 2019 Margaret F. Gloninger Service Award

Sokol: 2019 Margaret F. Gloninger Service Award

Jamie Sokol (BCHS ’07) currently serves as an administrator for workforce development and training at the Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD). In this role she is responsible for ensuring quality internships and other experiential learning opportunities for Pitt Public Health students, includ... (04/22/2019)

Barbour: 2019 Early Career Excellence Award

Barbour: 2019 Early Career Excellence Award

Kamil Barbour (BIOST ’11, EPI ’10) is an epidemiologist with the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion for the CDC, currently serving as team lead of the State Chronic Disease Epidemiology Assignee Program. In this hand-selected role, he supervises four senior-level ... (04/22/2019)

Nagy: 2019 Early Career Excellence Award

Nagy: 2019 Early Career Excellence Award

Annie Nagy (IDM ’10) is the maternal and child health program administrator at the Allegheny County Health Department where she uses current public health science and evidence-based practices to manage the weC.A.R.E. and Healthy Families Allegheny programs. Nagy analyzes health information to assis... (04/22/2019)

View all past alumni award winners