Jalal Uddin.Jalal Uddin has been awarded the first ever William Cockerham Award for Best Graduate Student Paper in Medical Sociology for his article “Couple’s Participation in Household Decision-Making, Marital Power, and their Influence on Contraceptive Use: Empirical Evidence from South Asia.”

Haley Kendrick has been awarded honorable mention for her article “Are Religion and Spirituality Barriers or Facilitators to Treatment for HIV: A Systematic Review of the Literature,” published in 2016 in AIDS Care.