The newly formed Indiana University Chapter of the Delta Omega Honorary Society in Public Health celebrated the initiation of a group of leaders this past April. Delta Omega was founded in 1924 when public health as a profession was still in its infancy. The society was established to promote graduate study in the emerging field prior to the establishment of university-based education in public health.In addition to the initiation of new chapter members, Dr. Ed Marshall shared his thoughts on what Delta Omega has meant to him, how it has shaped his life and provided him experience and opportunities. As a founding member of the IU School of Medicine's Department of Public Health, Dr. Marshall served for many years as an adjunct professor in the department, and became the first optometrist to be elected to serve as president of the Indiana Public Health Association. In 2003, he even became the first optometrist in the 132-year history of the American Public Health Association to be elected chair of the executive board.
Delta Omega currently has 80 chapters throughout the world and has more than 15,000 members from top echelons of graduate schools and programs of public health, as well as the public health community. Membership in Delta Omega reflects the dedication of an individual to increasing the quality of the field, as well as to the protection and advancement of the health of all people.
2014 Chapter Initiates Include:
Master of Public Health Students
- Jackie Braspenninx (BSCH)
- Bianca Jarvis (BSCH)
- Emily McDonald (EPI)
- Susan Miller (PHA)
- Devan Petersen (PHA)
- Dean Mohammad Torabi
- Dr. Michael Reece
- Dr. Catherine Sherwood-Laughlin
- Dr. Juhua Luo
- Dr. Nancy Ellis
- Mary Boutain, MPH
- Gina Forrest, MPH
- Hannah Laughlin, MPH
- Sally Pelto-Wheeler, MPH
- Laurie Riggins, DPT
- Alex Purcell, BS
- Dawn Volungis, MPH
- Dr. Edwin Marshall
