Delta Omega established this annual award to promote excellence in public health education, research, and practice. The award highlights public health course curricula that are innovative and integrate actual public health practice experiences and examples into classroom discussions and exercises.
Congratulations to the 2024 innovative curriculum award winners. We will
announce the 2025 nominations deadline in early 2025.
| Year | Curriculum Award Winner | Title | Chapter |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Danielle A. Thies, MPH, MA & Abbie Raikes, PhD, MPH |
Learning Across Borders - A Global Health Experience | Gamma Omicron - University of Nebraska College |
| 2024 runner-up | Malinee Neelamegam, PhD, MPH, CPH | Principles of Epidemiology | Alpha Sigma - University of North Texas |
| 2023 | Alisa J. Velonis, MPH, PhD | Community Engaged Program Evaluation | Lambda - UIC |
| 2022 | Elizabeth Claydon , PhD, MPH, MS | Social and Behavioral Sciences 616: Introduction to Public Health Intervention for Social and Behavioral Scientists [PDF] | Gamma Mu - West Virginia University |
| 2022 runner-up | Timothy Lash, DSc, MPH | EPI598C: Capstone for MPH Students in Epidemiology or Global Epidemiology | Phi - Emory University |
| 2022 runner-up | Jennifer Taylor, PhD, MPH, CPPS | The Fire Service Injury Research, Epidemiology, & Evaluation (FIRE) Fellowship | Beta Omega - Drexel University |
| 2021 | Jeni Hebert-Beirne, PhD, MPH and Delores Castañeda, MPH | CHSC 594: Community-based Participatory Research and Community Organizing | Lambda - UIC |
| 2021 Runner-up | James Butler III, DrPH, MEd | Making a Difference: Applying Community Health | Gamma Zeta - Maryland College Park |
| 2020 | Tyler Derreth, PhD and Maggie Wear, PhD | Implementing Community-Based Practice Through Civic Engagement Projects [PDF] | Alpha - JHU |
| 2020 - Honorable Mention | Jessica Kruger, PhD | PUB 450 Incarceration and Public Health | Gamma Lambda, University at Buffalo |
| 2020 - Honorable Mention | Laura Linnan, ScD | Gillings MPH Core | Theta - UNC |
| 2019 | Lorraine Dean, ScD | Power, Privilege, and Public Health [PDF] | Alpha - JHU |
| 2019 - Runner-up | Cara Pennel, DrPH, MPH | Topics in Public Health [PDF] | Delta Nu - Texas - Galveston |
| 2019 – Honorable Mention | Itza Mendoza-Sanchez, PhD | Public Health Education Integrated to the Core [PDF] | Alpha Tau - Texas A&M |
| 2019 – Honorable Mention | Alyssa Lederer, PhD, MPH | SPHL 6080: Design Strategies for Public Health Programs | Eta - Tulane |
| 2018 | Gilbert Gee, PhD | We Gon’ Be Alright: Addressing Racism and Anti-Black Violence as a Public Health Crisis [PDF] | Iota - UCLA |
| 2018 Runner-up | Rutgers School of Public Health | PHocus Summer Experience for High School Students (Public Health: Outbreaks, Communities, and Urban Studies) | Alpha Eta –Rutgers School of Public Health |
| 2018 Runner-up | Patricia Elliott, DrPH | MC820, Managing Public Health Programs and Projects | Alpha Beta – Boston University |
| 2017 | Michael Stoots, EdD, MPH | Project EARTH: An Innovation in Education and an Education in Innovation [PDF] [Video] | Alpha Pi – East Tennessee State University |
| 2017 Runner-up | Denise Nelson-Hurwitz, PhD | PH 480: Application of Public Health Principles in Research and Practice | Gamma Chapter – University of Hawaii |
| 2017 Runner-up | Michael Fagen, PhD, MPH | Foundations in Public Health | Beta Eta Chapter – Northwestern University |
| 2017 Runner-up | Christina Welter, DrPH, MPH | Engaged Scholarship: Methods for Identifying and Researching Complex Change | Lambda Chapter - University of Illinois at |
| 2017 Runner-up | Elizabeth Van Nostrand, JD | Law in Public Health Practice: An Interdisciplinary, Practice-Based Approach to Public Health Education | Omicron Chapter- University of Pittsburgh |
| 2016 | Dr. Penny Liberato and Dr. David Moskowitz | Behavioral Sciences & Health Promotion Capstone [PPT] | Delta Alpha- New York Medical College |
| 2016 - Runner Up | Bob Lawrence, Keeve Nachman, Roni Neff, Pamela Berg | Certificate in Food Systems, the Environment and Public Health [PPT] | Alpha Chapter – Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health |
| 2015 | Dr. Cristina Redko | Global Health (CMH 2000) [PDF] [Video] | Gamma Alpha – Wright State University |
| 2014 | Dr. Cynthia Gonzalez | MPH Program in Urban Health, MPH 524: Community Organization in Urban Settings [PPT] | Gamma Phi – Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science |
| 2013 | Julie Preskitt | MCH Fundamentals II: Application of Essential MCH Skills [PDF] | Upsilon – University of Alabama School of Public Health |
| 2012 | Rima Afifi, Aline Germani | Culminating Experience Seminar [PDF] | Gamma Delta- American University of Beirut |
| 2011 | Blaine Parrish, Amita Vyas | Introduction to Social Entrepreneurship in Public Health [PPT] [PDF] | Omega - George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services |
| 2010 | Amy Brock Martin | Perspectives in Rural Health [PPT] | Mu - University of South Carolina Arnold School of Public Health |
| 2009 | Lynda Bergsma | Applied Aspects of Program Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation [PDF] | Alpha Nu - University of Arizona Mel & Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health |
| 2008 | Muriel Harris | Critical Thinking and Program Evaluation [PDF] | Beta Pi - University of Louisville School of Public Health and Information Sciences |
| 2007 | Anita Farel | MCH 712: Program Assessment in Maternal and Child Health [PDF] | Theta - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Public Health |
| 2007 | Angela J. DeJulius, Julie Aultman, Lucinda Deason, Neil Casey, and Amy Lee | Public Health Practice and Issues [PDF] | Alpha Chi - Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED) |
| 2006 | Mary A. Frazier, Theresa L. Roberts, Debra Henderson, and Carolyn Black | Interdisciplinary Applied Community Health Promotion Studies [PDF] | Beta Zeta - Indiana University Department of Public Health |
| 2005 | Mary Ann Littleton, James Florence, and Mike Dunn | The "Triology:" An Innovative Course Sequence for Training Community Health Professionals [PDF] | Alpha Pi - East Tennessee State University |
| 2004 | Shelley Hearne, and Susan DeFrancisco | Issues in Health Advocacy [PDF] | Alpha - Johns Hopkins University |
| 2003 | H. Patricia Hynes, Russ Lopez, and Rob Schadt | EH 807: Urban Environmental Health [PDF] | Alpha Beta - Boston University |
| 2002 | Donna J. Petersen | SPH 600-601: Integrated MPH Core Curriculum [PDF] | Upsilon - University of Alabama at Birmingham |
| 2001 | Margaret A. Potter, John Zanardelli, and Gerald Colvin | Capstone Course: Roundtable Case Series [PDF] | Omicron - University of Pittsburgh |