Awards
This award recognizes a current EIS officer or recent alumnus for excellence in a written report or an epidemiologic investigation or study.
2024 recipients:
Marissa Grossman, PhD, MPH (EIS 2022) ‒ Extensively drug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa outbreak associated with artificial tears
Shanna Miko, DNP, MPH, RN (EIS 2021) ‒ Community health impacts after a jet fuel leak contaminated a drinking water system: Oahu, Hawaii, November 2021
This award recognizes an individual for valued contributions that have made an important difference to the health, welfare, and happiness of EIS officers and the EIS Program. The award honors the mentorship and steadfast devotion of former CDC Principal Deputy Director and EIS alumnus, Anne Schuchat.
2024 recipient: Pattie Simone, MD
The David J. Sencer Scholarship Award fund was established by the EIS Alumni Association to provide travel scholarships to potential Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) applicants to attend the EIS Conference each year.
2024 recipients: Adediran Timileyin, Janae N. Best, Anna Jones, Kathleen Lindsey, Kelsey M. Maclin, Samuel “Gus” Ruchman, Alison Smith
2024 recipient: Uganda Public Health Fellowship Program, Field Epidemiology Track and Laboratory Leadership Program
This award recognizes a current EIS officer for the oral presentation that best exemplifies the effective application of a combined epidemiology and laboratory approach to an investigation or study.
2024 recipient: Marissa Grossman, PhD, MPH (EIS 2022)
This award recognizes a current EIS officer or alumnus who has made an outstanding contribution to the control of vaccine-preventable diseases.
2024 recipient: Mark Tenforde, MD, PhD, MPH (EIS 2019)
This award recognizes a current EIS officer for the oral presentation that best exemplifies the effective and innovative application of statistics and epidemiologic methods in an investigation or study.
2024 recipient: Anna Bratcher, PhD, MSPH (EIS 2022)
This award recognizes a current EIS officer or alumnus who has made outstanding contributions in the investigation, control, or prevention of zoonotic diseases or animal-related human health problems.
2024 recipient: Ann Carpenter, DVM, MPH (EIS 2022)
Presented during International Night, hosted by the Field Epidemiology Training Program, this award recognizes a current EIS officer with the scientific poster presentation that most effectively emphasizes the results of an investigation and its impact on public health.
2024 recipient: Simon Brinkwirth, German Field Epidemiology Training Program. Changes in Disability-Adjusted Life-Years and Attributable Deaths from Bloodstream Infections: Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium and Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Germany, 2015-2022
This award recognizes a current EIS officer who gave an oral presentation that best exemplifies the effective application of public health epidemiology to an investigation in the area of occupational or environmental health.
2024 recipient: Cedar Mitchell, PhD, MSPH (EIS 2022)
This award is presented to a current EIS officer for the poster that best exemplifies scientific content, including originality, study design and analysis; public health impact; and presentation effectiveness.
2024 recipients: No award given this year.
This award recognizes a current EIS officer or alumnus who has made a significant contribution to international public health.
2024 recipient: Danielle Sharpe, PhD, MS (EIS 2022)
This award recognizes excellence in teaching epidemiology to EIS officers.
2024 recipient: Brendan Flannery, PhD (EIS 2002)
Category: EIS in Action
- Jordan Prahl, PhD (LLS 2023), for “Team Effort”’
Category: You Went Where?
- Hans Desale, PhD, MPHTM (LLS 2023), for “National Park of American Samoa”
Category: Make Me Laugh!
- Hans Desale, PhD, MPHTM (LLS 2023), for “Business with a View”
Category: Public Health Memes
- Amy Xie, MD (EIS 2023), for “Waiting Toddler Girl for EpiAid”
This award recognizes a current or former EIS officer’s outstanding contributions to health equity and racial disparities research.
2024 recipient: Danielle Sharpe, PhD, MS (EIS 2022)
This award recognizes an individual who inspires the EIS community and exhibits unwavering commitment to the EIS program, officers, and alumni through demonstrated excellence in applied epidemiology training, mentoring, and building public health capacity.
2024 recipient: Dawn Smith, MD, MPH, MS (awarded posthumously)
Presented as the highest honor during International Night, hosted by the Field Epidemiology Training Program, this award is presented to the best oral presentation.
2024 recipient: Feruza Ablimitova, Central Asia Field Epidemiology Training Program. HPV vaccine knowledge and attitudes among healthcare providers before introduction to national schedule, Kazakhstan