Kudos to Our Faculty

Andy Stergachis

Faculty Community Service Award
Andy Stergachis, professor of epidemiology and global health, is a leader in emergency preparedness and response and medication safety. As the volunteer Pharmacy Advisor for Public Health-Seattle & King County during the 2009 H1N1 influenza outbreak, he facilitated communications and the distribution of stockpiled antiviral medicines and vaccines.

Polly Newcomb

Outstanding Mentor Award
Professor of epidemiology Polly Newcomb helps her students develop their own ideas, make their projects feasible, and find funding to pursue them. She is generous with her time and her rich data sources and fosters an environment that promotes collaboration and networking. Students are given guidance and responsibility while being held accountable for high quality research.

Edward Walker

Outstanding Teaching Award
Edward Walker, professor of health services, challenges his Executive Master of Health Administration students to think, stretch, and truly engage in their learning. His teaching style is dynamic and versatile and is considered a powerful tool of engagement and transformation. He also takes note of individual strengths and experience to help and motivate his students.

Michelle Williams

Distinguished Faculty Lecture
Michelle Williams, professor of epidemiology, presented our Spring Quarter Distinguished Faculty Lecture—Biomedical, Social, and Environmental Determinants of Reproductive Health: A Changing Landscape. (Listen to the podcast.) Dr. Williams directs the UW Multidisciplinary International Research Training Program and the Reproductive Pediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology Training Program. She is also co-director of the Center for Perinatal Studies at Swedish Medical Center.

Lurdes Inoue

And more
Lurdes Inoue, associate professor of biostatistics, was recently awarded the DeGroot Prize by the International Society for Bayesian Analysis for her book, Decision Theory: Principles and Approaches (published by John Wiley & Sons).