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  • Four people accepting a leadership award

Past Leadership Award Winners

2024 Leadership Award Winners

  • Shauna Hicks, Health Policy Leader in Public Health
  • Sharon Beth Weissman, MD,  Health Care Leader in Public Health
  • Henry Well, Community Leader in Public Health
  • Tisha M. Felder, Ph.D., MSW, Leadership in Public Health and Health Disparities Research
  • Jewel Scott, Emerging Leader in Public Health and Health Disparities Research

2023 Leadership Award Winners

  • Lisa Davis, Health Policy Leader in Public Health
  • Dr. Patricia W. Witherspoon, MD, Health Care Leader in Public Health
  • Eric Bellamy, Community Leader in Public Health
  • Dr. Brie Turner-McGrievy, Ph.D., Leadership in Public Health and Health Disparities Research
  • Dr. Jillian B. Harvey, Ph.D., Emerging Leader in Public Health and Health Disparities Research
  • Erin Looney, Investigator Award
  • Ebony Allen Toussaint, Investigator Award
  • Yi-Wen Shih, Poster Session Award
  • Jessica Edler Nye, Poster Session Award

2022 Leadership Award Winners

  • Shedron Williams, District 122 Representative, Health Policy Leader in Public Health
  • Felicia Veasey, Health Care Leader in Public Health
  • Pat Littlejohn, Community Leader in Public Health
  • Kathleen Brady, Ph.D., Leadership in Public Health and Health Disparities Research
  • Crystal Murillo, Ph.D., Emerging Leader in Public Health and Health Disparities Research
  • Mary Wilson, Ph.D., MPH, Investigator Award
  • Emily Smith Schafer, Ph.D., Investigator Award
  • Joe Kelly, Poster Session Award
  • Sydney Garner, Poster Session Award

 

2020 Leadership Award Winners

  • Katrina Walsemann, PhD, MPH. Leadership In Public Health and Health Disparities Research
  • Aditi  Srivastav Bussells, Ph.D., MPH. Emerging Leader in Public Health and Health Disparities Research
  • Union County Library System. Community Leader
  • Danielle (DeeDee) Henderson, RN, BSW, LNHA. Health Care Leader

2019 Leadership Award Winners

  • Virginia Berry White, LMSW Community Leader in Public Health
  • Rick Foster, MD Healthcare Leader in Public Health
  • The Honorable Terry Alexander, BA, MDiv Health Policy Leader in Public Health
  • Coretta Jenerette, PhD, RN, AOCN, CNE, FAAN Leadership in Public Health and Health Disparities Research
  • Robin M. Dawson, PhD, RN, CPNP-PC Emerging Leader in Public Health and Health Disparities Research

 

2015 Leadership Award Winners

  • The Consortium for Latino Immigration Studies, University of South Carolina , Arnold School of Public Health, Dr. Myriam Torres, Director
  • The South Carolina Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, Columbia, South Carolina, Forrest Alton, CEO
  • South Carolina’s System of Community Health Centers and The South Carolina Primary Health Care Association, Columbia,  Pamela Davis, Chair, Board of Directors, Lathran Woodard, (CEO)
  • South Carolina Cancer Disparities Community Network, South Carolina Cancer Prevention and Control Program, University of South Carolina, Arnold School of Public Health, Columbia, Dr. James Hébert, Principal Investigator
  • Project Diabetes, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, Dr. Ida Spruill, Principal Investigator

 

2014 Leadership Award Winners

  • Donna Richter, Ed.D., FAAHD, Pioneer in Public Health and Health Disparities Research Professor, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
  • Maureen Byrd, RN, Regional Award for Health Care Leadership, McLeod Regional Medical Center, Breast Health Center, Florence, SC
  • Sabra Slaughter, Ph.D., State Award for Health Care Leadership Chief of Staff, Office of the President and Associate Professor, College of Medicine, Medical University of Charleston, Charleston, SC
  • Ana Lopez-De Fede, Ph.D., Leadership in Public Health and Health Disparities Research, Division of Medicaid Policy Research, Institute for Family and Society, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
  • Renata Serricchio Leite, DDS, MS of Charleston, Emerging Leader in Health Disparities Research James B. Edwards College of Dental Medicine, Department of Stomatology & Center for Oral Health Research, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
  • Rozalynn Goodwin, MHA, Public Health and Health Disparities Community Leadership Award, Vice President for Community Engagement, SC Hospital Association, Columbia, SC
  • Tiffany Sullivan, MHA, Public Health and Health Disparities Community Leadership Award Director, Office of Community Services, Palmetto Health, Columbia, SC


2013 James E. Clyburn Health Disparities Leadership Award Recipients

  • Lovell Jones, Ph.D., Pioneer in Public Health and Health Disparities Research Award
    Director, Dorothy Height Center for Health Equity and Evaluation Research MD Anderson Cancer Center, University of Texas, Houston, TX
  • Arlene Lester, DDS, MPH , Regional Award for Health Care Leadership, Regional Minority Health Consultant, Office of the Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS-Region IV), Atlanta, GA
  • Vince Ford, M.Ed., State Award for Health Care Leadership, Senior Vice President for Community Health, Palmetto Health, Columbia, SC
  • Steven Blair, Ph.D., Leadership in Public Health and Health Disparities Research, Professor, Department of Exercise Science, Arnold School of Public Health University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
  • Teri Browne, Ph.D. , Emerging Leader in Health Disparities Research, Assistant Professor, College of Social Work, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
  • Janet L. Douglass, DNP, FNP, Public Health and Health Disparities Community Leadership Award, Lake Monticello Family Practice, Blair, SC
  • Stuart Hamilton, MD, Public Health and Health Disparities Community Leadership Award, Chief Executive Officer, Eau Claire Cooperative Health Center, INC. Columbia, SC

 

2012 James E. Clyburn Health Disparities Leadership Award Recipients

  • William "Bill" Jenkins, Ph.D., MPH, MS, Pioneer in Health Disparities Research Award Institute of African American Research. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
  • Anton J. Gunn, MSW, Regional Award for Health Care Leadership Director, Region IV , US Department of Health and Human Services, Atlanta, GA
  • Lisa F. Waddell, MD, MPH State Award for Health Care Leadership Deputy Commissioner for Health Services, South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, Columbia, SC
  • Russell R. Pate, Ph.D., Leadership in Public Health and Health Disparities Research Award Professor, Department of Exercise Science, Arnold School of Public Health
    University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
  • Omar Bagasra, MD, P.H.D., Leadership in Public Health and Health Disparities Research Professor and Director of the South Carolina Center for Biotechnology, Claflin University, Orangeburg, SC
  • Heather Brandt, Ph.D., Emerging Leader in Public Health and Health Disparities Research Assistant Professor, Department of Health Promotion Education and Behavior, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
  • Thaddeus J. Bell, MD, Community Award in Public Health and Health Disparities
    Associate Dean, Minority Affairs, College of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina Director, Closing the Gap in Health Care, Inc., Charleston, SC
  • Shirley James, FNP, MSN, Community Award in Public Health and Health Disparities
    Director, Minority AIDS Council, Orangeburg, SC

 

 

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