Department of Health, Behavior and Society
HBS Awards and Accomplishments: November 2020
A monthly series featuring ten awards and accomplishments across the Department of Health, Behavior & Society.
- HBS faculty member, , PhD, and chair, , PhD, both members of the World Health Organization Technical Advisory Group on Behavioural Insights and Sciences for Health, contributed to a new report on .
- HBS faculty member, , PhD, and his co-instructor, , PhD, were awarded the for their course: "Implementing Community-Based Practice Through Civic Engagement Projects." The course, a partnership between SOURCE and the RISE Center, uses a new, critical online service-learning model that brings together students across the world with community-based organizations in Baltimore to collaborate on community projects in the city.
- HBS alum, Allysa Dittmar, was recently named to the list. The transparent mask company she co-founded is set to generate $40 million in sales in 2020.
- , PhD, passed her final oral exam on December 1, 2020.
- HBS doctoral student, , published a titled “Communicating Effectively About Emergency Authorization and Vaccines in the COVID-19 Pandemic” in the American Journal of Public Health.
- HBS doctoral student, , was awarded the 2020 from the National Society of Genetic Counselors. The $90,000 grant supports genetic counseling research and professional development.
- On behalf of the , HBS faculty member, , MS, received a Mayoral Salute from the City of Baltimore in honor of National Injury Prevention Day.
- A JHSPH team, co-led by HBS faculty member, , PhD, was awarded to increase understanding around overdose prevention and response programs in Maryland.
- HBS doctoral student, , published a in collaboration with Charm City Care Connection and Youth Empowered Society on emergency housing, homelessness, and COVID-19 titled “Something to Hold Onto: Experiences of Emergency Housing and Homelessness During COVID-19.”
- A team of Johns Hopkins researchers, including HBS faculty member, , PhD, was selected to receive a for their project “Addressing the Double Disparity: Food Insecurity among People with Disabilities.