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| Donisha Reed |
Donisha Reed, BSCH Master of Public Health student and research coordinator for the Center for Sexual Health Promotion, was recently honored with the Stephen Jay Leadership Public Health Award at the 2014 Indiana Joint National Public Health Week Conference.
The award is presented to an MPH student (across the three statewide MPH Programs at IUPUI, IUB, and Purdue) who exhibits exemplary public health leadership, scholarship and practice resulting in the improvement of public health in Indiana.
Donisha was recognized for her tireless community engagement efforts across a wide range of initiatives and organizations during the course of her MPH program.
The award is presented to an MPH student (across the three statewide MPH Programs at IUPUI, IUB, and Purdue) who exhibits exemplary public health leadership, scholarship and practice resulting in the improvement of public health in Indiana.
Donisha was recognized for her tireless community engagement efforts across a wide range of initiatives and organizations during the course of her MPH program.
In addition, within the first few months of starting her new position as the Community Outreach Director at the Wichita Falls YMCA, Donisha has just been awarded a prestigious grant from The Oliver Foundation in support of her own innovative health promotion program, “ELF: Eat Well, Live Well, Feel Well.” The Oliver Foundation is a Houston-based non-profit operating foundation organization dedicated to the prevention of childhood obesity by providing technical support, training, and nutrition and physical activity education materials to grant recipients.
