The University of Iowa College of Public Health will honor the recipients of its 2013 Outstanding Alumni Awards at an event May 17 in the College of Public Health Building.
“We’re thrilled to recognize two talented public health practitioners this year,” says Sue Curry, dean of the College of Public Health. “These recipients demonstrate how the field of public health benefits people locally as well as internationally.”
The college recognizes outstanding alumni in two categories: first, recent graduates who have completed College of Public Health programs within the past ten years and, second, other alumni for accomplishments throughout their careers. Awards presented this year recognize individuals from the public health practice community. This year’s recipients are:
Rebecca Arnold received an Master of Public Health in community and behavioral health in 2010. She is currently serving as a senior program officer/health advisor at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in the Center for Communication Programs. In that role, she advises the Bureau of Health and Education within the Bangladesh Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, focusing on behavior change communication and knowledge management. She previously served as a consultant for CARE (Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere), an international humanitarian non-governmental agency fighting global poverty.
Michelle Niermann earned an Master of Arts in hospital and health administration in 1994. She has served as vice president of operations for St. Luke’s Hospital in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, since 2008. From 2004 to 2008, she was the vice president of operational effectiveness at St. Luke’s. She has been recognized with several awards, including the Iowa Hospital Association’s Young Executive Achievement Award in 2007 and the ACHE (American College of Healthcare Executives) Early Career Healthcare Executive for Iowa in 2006.
Additional information on the recipients is available at cph.uiowa.edu/alumni-friends/awards/cph_outstanding_alumni.html .