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

1. A study from HBS faculty member, , PhD, was awarded a grant from the National Institutes of Health, as part of the , which aims to increase testing for populations that COVID-19 has disproportionately impacted. The project is titled "LITE CONNECT: Addressing testing gaps and epidemiologic disparities of COVID-19 among transgender people in the United States." Beckham is a co-investigator, and the primary investigator is , PhD, a faculty member in the Department of Epidemiology.
2. HBS faculty members, , PhD, and , PhD, received a small grant from the Bloomberg American Health Initiative to evaluate , a housing initiative for transgender women in Los Angeles.
3. Darriel Harris, an HBS doctoral student, received a , granted to doctoral students who are dedicated to addressing food systems-related public health issues.
4. Lena Jewler, a research assistant in HBS, spoke at the  on October 7, 2020. The event was titled "Pandemic Ethics: Should we make use of volunteers in human challenge trials?" Jeweler spoke about volunteering for human challenge trials for COVID-19 vaccines, highlighting the disproportionate effect that COVID-19 has had on communities of color within the U.S., particularly among Black Americans.
5. HBS faculty member, , PhD, and doctoral student, Meagan Robichaud, participated in the Tenth Meeting of the  from September 28 to October 2, 2020. They produced a chapter for the 2020 meeting related to online marketing of electronic nicotine delivery systems and heated tobacco products, including an examination of how retailers/manufacturers/users were posting content related to COVID-19.
6. Along with colleagues from the Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research and Policy, HBS faculty members, , PhD, and , ScD, were awarded funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Fire Prevention and Safety grants program for their proposal titled “Fire and Life Safety Education (FLSE) in the COVID Era and Beyond.” The proposal aims to conduct a national survey of FSLE activities in U.S. fire departments, develop a guidance document for safely conducting FLSE in the future, and host a one-day summit to share results. McDonald will serve as primary investigator and Gielen will serve as an investigator.
7. HBS doctoral student, Mudia Uzzi, was selected to join the  (HPRS). A Robert Wood Johnson Foundation program developed for doctoral students from marginalized backgrounds and underrepresented populations, HPRS works to promote health and equity in communities across the U.S. As a member of HRPS, Uzzi will focus on exploring structural drivers of violence and trauma in Baltimore City.
8. A study led by Department of International Health faculty member, , PhD, and HBS faculty member, , DrPH, was awarded . The project is titled “Translating Mixed-Methods Research in Addition and Overdose to Policy and Practice in Indigenous Communities throughout the United States.”
9. HBS faculty member, , PhD, is the co-investigator on a new . The project is part of NIH's Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics (RADx) initiative to improve COVID-19 testing for underserved and vulnerable populations.
10. Daniel Zaltz, an HBS doctoral student, was awarded the 2020-2021 . The working group is a collaborative effort of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Healthy Eating Research (HER) program and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Nutrition and Obesity Policy Research and Evaluation Network (NOPREN).