Founded in 1924, Delta Omega is the honorary society for students in public health. The society was established to celebrate excellent academic achievement, devotion to public health principles, and outstanding service in public health. Membership categories include student, alumni, faculty, honorary, and emeriti.
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You can learn more about the National Delta Omega Honor Society by visiting the Delta Omega website.
The Upsilon Chapter, established at UAB in 1989 by Elizabeth Delzell, ScD, has inducted more than 460 members who promote scholarly pursuits in public health at the UAB School of Public Health and in the community at large. Members are inducted annually based upon outstanding performance in research, teaching, scholarly activity, and community service in the public health arena.
Download the Upsilon chapter bylaws (pdf)
Induction of Student Members (Graduate and Undergraduate)
The nominating committee meets and selects from eligible students based on:
- Leadership and achievements in research, scholarly activity, and service
- Upper 25% in class standing
- GPA of at least 3.75
- Letter of Endorsement (letter of support) from a SOPH faculty chapter member
- Plans to follow a career in public health.
An average of 10-15 students are inducted per year. Eligible students are notified of their nomination.
2023-2024 Upsilon Chapter Officers
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
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Eric W. Ford, PhD, MPH |
President |
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Robin Lanzi, PhD |
Immediate Past President |
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Vacant |
President Elect |
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Anne Brisendine, DrPH, CHES |
Nominations and Elections Committee Chair |
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Vacant |
Induction Committee Chair |
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Luz Padilla, M.D., MSPH |
Governance Committee Chair |
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Heather Johnson, DrPH, MPH |
Governance and Bylaws Committee Chair |
Delta Omega Inductees
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2024
Students
- Dallas Amiya Blackwell, BS, Spring 2024
- Olivia Faith Blanton, BS, MPH, Spring 2024
- Hailey Elizabeth Coyle, BS, Spring 2024
- Raimi Jace Liebel, BS, Spring 2024
- Liza M. Kimbo, DRPH, Fall 2023
- Emily Gwyneth Anderson, MPH, Spring 2024
- Riley E. Blum, MPH, Spring 2024
- Taylor B. Burns, MPH, Spring 2024
- Kathryn L. Estes, MPH, Spring 2024
- Sandra Renee Henley, MPH, Spring 2024
- Sara Jaber, MPH, Spring 2024
- Jenifer C. Montejo, MPH, Spring 2024
- Desiree Alyssa Phillips, MPH, Spring 2024
- Mikayla R. Rigsby, MPH, Spring 2024
- Tiffany K. K. A. Steffey, MPH, Spring 2024
- Tiffany D. White, MPH, Spring 2024
- Tasia K. Williams, MPH, Spring 2024
- Emily Gunawan, MSPH, Summer 2023
- Alfonsus Adrian Hadikusumo Harsono, MSPH, Summer 2023
- Sandra Chibuzor Olisakwe, MSPH, Summer 2023
- Erin F. Shufflebarger, MSPH, Fall 2023
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2023
Students
- Hamoud Mohammed Ibrahim Alotaibi, MPH, Fall 2022
- Chinaza Ngozi Somtochi Esiaba, BS, Spring 2023
- Amanda Kirsten Gerke, MPH, Spring 2023
- Anastasia L. Grindstaff, MPH, Spring 2023
- Andrea L. Johnson, BS, Spring 2023
- Heather Johnson, DrPH , Spring 2023
- Nita Kanney, MPH, Fall 2022
- McKenzi A. King , MPH, Fall 2022
- Ryan Kirk, MPH, Spring 2023
- Carly A. Law, BS /MPH, Spring 2023
- Kerry Lee McCulloch, MPH, Summer 2022
- Terika E. Miller, BS, Spring 2023
- Lauren Elizabeth Mullis, MPH, Spring 2023
- Abbigail Pearman, BS, Spring 2023
- Judith O. Pohla, MPH, Summer 2022
- Ritika Rajeev Samant, MPH, Spring 2023
- Burke P. Smith, MSPH, Spring 2023
- Rachel Stuckwisch, MS, Fall 2022
- Clementino Vong Do Rosario, MPH, Spring 2023
- Tennille N. Webb, MSPH, Summer 2022
Faculty
- Amy Chatham, PhD
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2022
Students
- Eleanor Claire Lee, MPH, Spring 2022
- Po-Hsu Chen, MPH, Fall 2021
- Alison Footman, PhD, Spring 2022
- Kathrin Zimmerman, MPH/MD, Fall 2021
- Rouba Chahine, PhD, Summer 2021
- Radhika Gangaraju, MSPH, Fall 2021
- Laurie Malone, MPH, Spring 2022
- Samantha Fry, MPH, Spring 2022
- Rachel Skains, MSPH, Summer 2021
- Emma Kate Sellers, BS, Fall 2021
- Anushree Gade, BS, Spring 2022
- David Crenshaw, BS, Spring 2022
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2021
Students
- Joseph Ryan Buckman, MPH, Spring 2021
- Claudia Datnow, BS, Spring 2021
- Lindsey Hannah Ferraro, BS, Spring 2021
- Mackenzie E Fowler, PHD, Spring 2021
- Anna Helova, DrPH, Summer 2020
- Allyshia V Hinton, MPH, Summer 2020
- Savannah Jones, MPH, Fall 2020
- Karen Musgrove, PhD, Summer 2020
- Andrew B NeSmith, MPH, Summer 2020
- Sunya Reddy, BS, Spring 2021
- Drashti Kishor Shah, MPH, Spring 2021
- Christopher H Vance, MPH, Spring 2021
- Madelyn Renee Wild, BS, Fall 2020
- Grant R Williams, MSPH, Summer 2020
- Teneasha Washington, Spring 2021
- Maryam Karimi, Spring 2021
- Mark Wilson, Spring 2021
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2020
Students
- Nora Balas, MSPH, Summer 2019
- Oluwabunmi Magret Dada, PhD, Fall 2019
- Haley Greene, MPH, Spring 2020
- Stacy Diane Hall, MPH, Summer 2019
- Anastasia Hartzes, PhD, Fall 2019
- Stephan Michael Kieval, MPH/MSPAS, Spring 2018
- Jessica Morgan, MPH, Summer 2019
- Ashlyn Murrell, BS, Spring 2020
- Morgan Rozek, BS, Spring 2020
- Jennifer Jean Schusterman, MPH, Fall 2019
- Arianna Siler, MPH, Spring 2020
- Andrew Sims, MS, Spring 2020
- Taneia Surles, BS, Spring 2020
- Ke Kerri Tang, BS, Spring 2020
Faculty
- Erika L. Austin, PhD, MPH, Spring 2020
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2019
Students
- Monica Aswani, DrPH, Fall 2018
- Rupkatha Bardhan, PhD, Summer 2018
- Calvin Lebron Colvin, MSPH, Spring 2019
- Suranjana Dey, MPH, Spring 2019
- Kennan E. Gawlowicz, BS, Spring 2019
- Samantha Hill, MPH, Spring 2019
- Brenna Kate Hogan, MPH, Spring 2019
- Quynh Lu Lewis, MPH, Spring 2019
- Alisha Hetal Patel, MPH, Fall 2018
- Rhiannon D. Reed, DrPH, Spring 2019
- Jared T. Sluss, BS, Spring 2019
- Chandler S. Stisher, MPH, Spring 2019
- Andrew W. Stubblefield, MPH, Fall 2018
- Catherine P. Toms, MPH, Spring 2019
- Bijal G. Vashi, BS, Summer 2018
Faculty
- Shauntice Allen, PhD, Spring 2019
- Paul C. Erwin, MD, DrPH, MPH, Spring 2019
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2018
Students
- John N. Booth, PhD, Spring 2018
- Sherna Joseph, MPH, Spring 2018
- Sarah Busby, BS, Spring 2018
- Khushbu Khatri, MPH/MBA, Spring 2018
- Yanyu Chen, BS, Spring 2018
- Angela Monahan, BS, Spring 2018
- Hannah Craft, MPH, Spring 2018
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2017
Students
- Anondo Banerjee, Fall 2017
- Dieudonne Nza Bidashimwa, Spring 2017
- Jessica R Bradford, Spring 2017
- Shima A. Dowla, Summer 2017
- Marquita S. Gray, Fall 2017
- Sophia Guan, Fall 2017
- Patrick Scott Harris, Fall 2017
- Demetria M. Hubbard, Fall 2017
- Katherine M Hymel, Spring 2017
- Karan Hirenkumar Jani, Spring 2017
- Matthew D. Moore, Fall 2017
- Reshmi Mukerji, Summer 2017
- Anna Joy G Rogers, Spring 2017
- Will Rutland, Spring 2017
- Katie Anne Schlotman, Fall 2017
- Swati Sakhuja, Summer 2017
- Hayley Eli Seama, Spring 2017
- Bria A. Wilson, Fall 2017
Faculty
- Kevin Fontaine, Faculty, Fall 2017
- Tina Simpson, Alumni, Fall 2017
- Julie Preskitt, Faculty, Fall 2017
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2016
Students
- Theodule Jean Baptiste, MPH
- Jamie Lee Benjamin, MPH
- James B. Chenoweth, MPH
- Lisandro Damian Colantonio, PhD
- Dale Dickinson, PhD
- Constance L. Gundacker, MPH
- Brittney Renea Henderson, MPH
- Kaylene J. Logan, MPH
- Himel Mallick, PhD
- Jinal V. Patel, MPH
- Aarin Palomares, MPH
- Yesenia R. Rector, MPH
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2015
Students
- Edith M. Douglas, MPH
- Samantha Sittig Goldfarg, PhD
- Chelsea Hale, MPH
- Jessica Lander, MPH
- Alexandra Linley, MPH
- Harsh N. Shah, MPH
- Amber Salter, PhD
- Chelsea Singleton, PhD
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2014
Students
- Samantha L. Connell, MSPH
- Evan L. Floyd, PhD
- Rebecca Hanaker, MPH
- Stephanie M. Mathis, MPH
- Tapan S. Mehta, PhD
- Yuko Tsuruta, MPH
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2013
Students
- David Allison, PhD
- John Baddley, MD, MSPH
- Angela Baumann, PhD
- John P. Donnelly, MSPH
- Anne E. Epstein, MPH
- Evelyn C. Interis, MPH
- Rodney Joseph, PhD
- Erin M. Kaufmann, MPH
- Hana M. Nasr, MPH
- Emily J. Vogtmann, PhD
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2012
Students
- Anastasia Arynchyna, MPH
- Priya Chandan, MPH
- Michael Crawford, MPH
- Kelsey Jordan, MPH
- Charles Katholi, PhD
- Yulia Khodneva, PhD
- Philip Musa, MPH
- Krunal Sevak, MPH
- Herpreet Thind, PhD
- Divvy Upadhyay, MPH
- Valerie Yeager, DrPH
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2011
Students
- Sally Dover, MPH
- Jo Anne Goot-Balanay, PhD
- Gwendolyn Hudson, PhD
- Omar Mohiuddin, MPH
- Michael Morrisey, PhD
- Uzoma Onwuzuligbo, MPH
- Taylor Poston, MPH
- Jamie Powell, MPH
- Nathan Smith, MPH
- Kathleen Smyrski, MPH
- Jamie Stiller, MPH
- Emily Turbergen, MPH
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2010
Students
- Dora Adoboe, MPH
- Olufemi Aduroja, MPH
- Janet Bronstein, PhD
- Andrea Carcelen, MPH
- Susan Chandler, MPH
- Naomi Chen, MPH
- Natalie De La Cruz, PhD
- Randolph Devereaux, PhD
- Steven Garmon, MPH
- Sarah Hemmings, MPH
- Ann Montgomery, PhD
- Obianuju Okonkwo, MPH
- Jeralyn Powell, MPH
- Andrea Schertzer, MPH
- Faisal Shuaib, DrPH
- Meghan Tipre, MSPH
- Marianne Vandromme, MSPH
- Kayte Vucurevich, MPH
Honorary Membership
- Betsy Hunter