Faculty Honors and Awards Fall 2019

National Academy of Medicine’s David Rall Medal

The David Rall Medal is awarded to an NAM member who has demonstrated distinguished leadership, showing commitment that far exceeds their responsibilities. During his 26 years of service to NAM, Savitz has srved on the Board on the Health of Select Populations and more than a dozen committees, five of which he has chaired.

Barbara Starfield Primary Care Leadership Award

Koller was honored with the Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative’s Barbara Starfield Award for his multi-decade record promoting and supporting the value of primary care as essential to improving the quality and cost effectiveness of health care in the U.S.

The Root 100

Crawford, who develops efficient computational methodologies to address complex problems in statistical genetics, cancer pharmacology, and radiomics, joined Beyonce and LeBron James on the Root’s annual list of the most influential African Americans age 25-45.

Fox Wetle Award in Health Services and Aging Research

The American Federation for Aging Research honored Wetle at their Scientific Awards of Distinction Ceremony by announcing a new award named in her honor. The inaugural Fox Wetle Award in Health Services and Aging Research will be presented in 2020.

Is greenspace associated with mental and physical health among pregnant women? A geo-ethnographic exploration

Researchers hope to develop assessments that capture the relevant environmental features that will permit a better understanding of the mechanisms that underpin associations between greenspace exposure and birth outcomes.

PI: Diana Grigsby-Toussaint, Associate Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences

Co-PIs: Patrick Vivier, Professor of Health Services, Policy and Practice; Professor of Pediatrics; Professor of Emergency Medicine

Kevin Mwenda, Assistant Professor of Population Studies; Associate Director, Spatial Structures in the Social Sciences

The effect of a driver’s license suspension on access to health care

Researchers hope their findings will establish the foundation for estimating the causal effect of a license suspension on health care access, health care utilization, and health outcomes.

PI: Nina Joyce, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology

Co-PI: Andrew Zullo, Assistant Professor of Health Services, Policy and Practice; Assistant Professor of Epidemiology

Co-I: Jasjit Ahluwalia, Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Professor of Medicine

Improving maternal and child health starting in pregnancy: Examining cardio-metabolic risk among women living with and without HIV and their children in South Africa

This project will examine how maternal factors during pregnancy influence metabolic outcomes in women and children and design an intervention to mitigate these factors.

Co-PIs: Angela Bengtson, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology

Jennifer Pellowski, Assistant Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences

Co-I: Stephen McGarvey, Professor of Epidemiology; Director, International Health Institute

Patient Profiles and Settings of Care Following Opioid Use Disorder Related Hospitalizations in Medicare

The objective of this study is to understand the context of opioid-related hospitaliza-tions and emergency department visits with respect to the attributes of the patients, hospital admission, and the settings of care following opioid-related acute care use in order to improve resident quality of life and health outcomes while contributing to national efforts to improve the management of opioid use disorder across settings.

Patience Moyo, Assistant Professor of Health Services, Policy and Practice