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A monthly series featuring ten awards and accomplishments across the Department of Health, Behavior & Society.

1. On July 23, six HBS and Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs (CCP) faculty and staff presented their work at a virtual COVID-19 Research Forum. “” explored a range of topics, from information ecosystems to injury prevention. Presenters included , PhD, , PhD, , PhD, , MD, , PhD, and , PhD.
    
2. Eight HBS faculty received  based on the strength of their student course evaluations. The awardees included: , PhD, , PhD, , PhD, , PhD, , EdD, , DrPH, , and , MD. 
    
3. Two HBS faculty members, , PhD and , PhD, were . Carrasco holds an associate appointment in the department, and Rimal is department chair.
    
4. Incoming HBS PhD student, Evan Eschilman, published a new  on police transparency and public health.
    
5. Abenaa Jones, PhD, an HBS postdoctoral fellow working with Carl Latkin, PhD, submitted a K01 application titled “Opioid Use Disorder among Criminal Justice-Involved Women: Integrating Trauma-Informed and Gender-Specific Care with Medication-Assisted Treatment” that was scored in the top one percent on its first submission. It is pending funding. Jones also accepted a tenure-track position as part of the Consortium to Combat Substance Abuse at Penn State.
    
6. HBS faculty member, , PhD, joined  for  to discuss the results of her new study examining COVID-19’s impact on mentoring relationships.
    
7. HBS doctoral student, Kristy Marynak, spent the summer serving CDC’s COVID-19 response in the Monitoring and Evaluation Unit of the Community Intervention and Critical Population Task Force. Marynak led the development of a question module to examine knowledge, attitudes, and behavioral intentions to mitigate COVID-19 spread during influenza season. She is the CDC lead for an upcoming early release Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report of medical care delay and avoidance due to concerns about COVID-19.
    
8. HBS faculty member, , PhD, was awarded Public Sector Consultation Funds from the Bloomberg American Health Initiative for her work with the , which aims to analyze how state-level communication and policy shape substance use amongst young people in Vermont.
    
9. HBS faculty member, , PhD, received funding for her one-year Center for Aids Research (CFAR) supplement: “Optimizing PrEP Engagement among Cisgender Heterosexual Women and their Partners.”
    
10. HBS faculty member, , PhD was named  (IAPHS).