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- Celebrating excellence: 2025 Population Health Honors and Awards Ceremony
- Turning the tide: SOPH leads statewide effort to combat syphilis epidemic
- #2025UMMCGrad: Love of games, puzzles lead to student’s future career
- Support SOPH student initiatives in style
- Research Day 2025 highlights innovation in population health
- Distinguished Population Health Lectureship spotlights urgent advances in maternal health
- Celebrating the 2025 preventive medicine residency graduates
- Honoring a legacy: the 2024-2025 L.C. Dorsey Research Honor Society inductees
- SOPH students and faculty share solutions at Mississippi Health Disparities 2025
- BESAFE event highlights urgent STI trends and prevention strategies
- UMMC-GTEC celebrates graduation of Cohort 6 Robert Smith, MD, Scholars
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Student Honors and Awards
The John D. Bower Award
The John D. Bower Award is awarded to a graduating Bower School of Population Health student in recognition of their exceptional potential in the field of population health. This award includes a cash prize.
Recipients:
- (2025) Mengna Zhang
- (2024) Kisa K. Harris
(2023) Yan Gao
(2022) Leslie Musshafen
(2021) Bishoy Samuel
(2020) James Henegan
The Regions Research Award
The Regions Research Award is awarded to a Bower School of Population Health student who has demonstrated exceptional potential in population health research. This award includes a cash prize.
Recipients:
- (2025) McKing Amedari and Taylor Ward Lefler
- (2024) Inder Kaur and Lauren Pongetti
(2023) Sabrina Alam
(2022) Xiaoqian Jenna Zhu and Safia Mohiuddin
(2021) Courtney E. Sims-Gomillia and Phi Le
The Scholastic Award
The Scholastic Award is awarded to a graduating Bower School of Population Health student with the highest cumulative average. (Note: Previously supported by Trustmark National Bank.)
Recipients:
2025:
Changhong Wen, Dr. Omar Hasan, Dr. Rahat Noor, Salit Chakma, Dr. Shamima Somi, Dr. Tasnova Malek
2024:
Dr. Amaan Kajani, Emma McNeill, Dr. Inder Kaur, Dr. Jason Sachman, John Williams, Kelli Irby, Kisa Harris, Dr. Mohammad AlJabr, Dr. Utsav Nandi
2023
Brian David Christman, Elizabeth Dickson-Gavney, Dr. Safia Mohiuddin, Dr. Ludmila Nahar, and Hunter Cole Sylvester
2022
Xiaoshan Judy Gordy, David Lee, Jr., Leslie Musshafen, Kathryn Rodenmeyer, and Xiaoqian Jenna Zhu
2021
Tran Le, Karla Perrizo, Bishoy Samuel, Hamid Ullah, and Mengna Zhang
2020
James Henegan, Melissa R. Stephens, and Erika Webster
The SOPH Student Service Award
The SOPH Student Service Award is awarded to a Bower School of Population Health student who has demonstrated leadership in school and institutional committees, student organizations, and service activities. This award includes a cash prize.
Recipients:
- (2025) Emma McNeill and Torrey Robinson
- (2024) Quest Whalen
(2023) Mengna Zhang
(2022) Taylor Ward
(2021) Shamsed Mahmud
The Dean's Award for Academic Excellence
The Dean's Award for Academic Excellence recognizes Bower School of Population Health students with 4.0 cumulative averages.
Recipients:
2025:
Emma McNeill, Aryanna Yarbrough, Brian Christman, Changhong Wen, Christopher Clark, Dr. Mark Reddington, Hunter Sylvester, Kerri Sullivan Ivey, McKing Amedari, Md Mushfiqur Rahman, Quest L Whalen, Sabrina Alam, Dr. Sanzida Swarna, Tasnim Tabassum, Torrey Robinson, Tyus Wilson, Salit Chakma, Dr. Omar Hasan, Dr. Rahat Noor, Dr. Shamima Somi, Dr. Tasnova Malek
2024:
Dr. Alexa Lampkin, Dr. Amaan Kajani, Dr. Angela Filzen, Brian David Christman, Changhong Wen, Chris Moore, Dawn McClendon, Emma McNeill, Farhana Lima, Hunter Sylvester, Dr. Inder Kaur, Jackie Starrett, Dr. Jason Sachman, John M. Williams, Kelli Irby, Kendell Churchwell, Kerri Ivey, Latonya Thigpen, Lisa Stark, McKing Amerdari, Md Minhazul Abedin, Dr. Mark Reddington, Mengna Zhang, Dr. Mohammad AlJabr, Neil Maneck, Dr. Omar Hasan, Dr. Rahat Noor, Dr. Shamima Somi, Dr. Tasnova Malek, Dr. Utsav Nandi
2023
Sabrina Alam, Dr. Mohammad AlJabr, Dr. Iram Aman, Brian David Christman, Elizabeth Dickson-Gavney, Kelli Irby, Dr. Amaan Kajani, Dr. Inder Kaur, Dr. Alexa Lampkin, David Michael Lee, Jr., Emma Alise McNeill, Dr. Safia Mohiuddin, Chris Moore, Dr. Ludmila Nahar, Dr. Utsav Nandi, Dr. Rahat Noor, Jenny Ogden, Dr. Jason Sachman, Lisa Stark, Hunter Cole Sylvester, Taylor Jane Ward, Amy Wigglesworth, John M. Williams
2022
Sabrina Alam, Rebekah Andrew-Ayyasamy, Brian Christman, Mariah Cole, Lemichal Drake, Chinenye Iwuchukwu, David Lee, Jr., Tran Le, Courtney Sims-Gomillia, Xiaoshan Judy Gordy, Kisa Harris, Neil Maneck, Safia Mohiuddin, Ludmila Nahar, Kathryn Rodenmeyer, Hunter Sylvester, Breanna Wade, Taylor Ward, Quest Whalen, John M. Williams, and Mengna Zhang
2021
Aya Abdelaziz, Kendell Churchwell, Yan Gao, Kisa K. Harris, Tran Le, Xiaojian Le, Leslie A. Musshafen, Kendall Niles, Jenny Ogden, Kesha O'Reilly, Karla Perrizo, Bishoy Samuel, Rachel Tyrone, Hamid Ullah, and Mengna Zhang
2020
Melissa R. Stephens
Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society at UMMC recognizes undergraduate seniors or second-semester juniors with high standards of scholarship and character, graduate students in professional schools with distinguished records placing them among the ablest in their classes, and faculty members who have made significant contributions to their disciplines.
Initiates:
- (2024-25) Dr. Rahat Noor
- (2023-24) Quest Whalen and Sabrina Alam
(2022-23) Mariah Leigh Cole and John Williams
(2021-22) Kesha O'Reilly
(2020-21) Kisa Harris
(2019-20) Leslie Musshafen