2007

Joel Meister, PhD, professor and director of the MPH Public Health Policy and Management concentration at the UA Zuckerman College of Public Health, has been selected to receive the Henry and Phyllis Koffler Prize for outstanding accomplishments in Public Service/Outreach. This UA Award of Distinction, established through the generosity of Henry and Phyllis Koffler in 2000, recognizes outstanding accomplishment in the areas of teaching; research/ scholarship/creative activity; or public service/outreach. The annual award, which consists of a one-time stipend of $10,000, a medallion and certificate, will be conferred April 17 during the UA Awards of Distinction ceremony. Dr. Meister is the second person from the UA Zuckerman College of Public Health to receive the Koffler Public Service/Outreach Prize. Jill Guernsey de Zapien, associate dean for community programs at the College, was the very first recipient of this award in 2002.

2006

Evelyn B. Whitmer (CAB Co-Chair) and Victoria Steinfelt (Past CAB Chair) , University of Arizona Extension Agents, were honored recently at the National Extension Association for Family and Consumer Sciences 2006 annual session, “Reaching New Heights” They were members of the statewide team that received the National and Regional Florence Hall Award at the conference held October 2-7, 2006 in Denver, CO.  In receiving the award, they were recognized for The Bone Builders program which is osteoporosis prevention and social marketing program built on partnerships with Cooperative Extension and more than 100 partners. Bone Builders has trained 300 volunteers and taught more than 7400 women in the past 2 years. Women report knowledge and behavior changes as a result of the classes.  The Florence Hall Award is presented for an outstanding program conducted by one or more NEAFCS members who have been alert in recognizing new concerns and interests of families and have involved people in planning and implementing programs that benefit families.  Miss Florence Hall, Regional Field Agent-Eastern States initiated the award in 1952 to recognize outstanding accomplishments of NEAFCS members. 

Susan Kunz, a Community Action Board member, has been awarded the “Commitment to Underserved People (CUP) Award” by the Arizona Public Health Association. The award is meant to honor persons or entities that have demonstrated a sustained effort in assuring the delivery of health services to underserved populations in Arizona. Underserved people are those who face barriers to accessing services because they have difficulty paying for services, have language or cultural barriers, have insufficient resources in the community, have disparities in health status, are homeless, or are at-risk school children. Nominees must demonstrate a sustained effort in assuring the availability of services to underserved people.

The Office of Rural Health has awarded the “Outstanding Rural Health Project” to Campesinos Sin Fronteras’ Diabetes Management Program. The Campesinos Diabetes Management Program (CDMP) is designed to provide community
support for diabetes care through increased cooperation between a community-based agency, Campesinos Sin Fronteras (CSF), and the health provider, Sunset Community Health Center (SCHC). The heart and soul of the program lies in the efforts of the CSF promotoras who work tirelessly to provide services to farmworkers with diabetes. The magnificence of CDMP is that the strength of the program lies not only in the relationship between the participant and the promotora, but also in the relationship between the participants themselves. These are relationships that can be sustained over a lifetime; a lifetime that is not cut short because of diabetes complications.

2005
Provan K, Veazie M, Staten LK, Teufel-Shone NI. Utilization of Network Analysis for Strengthening Community Partnerships in Health. 18th National Conference on Chronic Disease Prevention and Control, Washington, DC 2004. L. Brownlow Award for best paper in Public Administration Review (2005) by an academic-practitioner team. American Society for Public Administration Meeting in Denver, April 2006.

2004
Dr. Cecilia Rosales received the Mel and Enid Zuckerman Arizona College of Public Health Alumnus Award on April 24, 2004. Each college at the University of Arizona recognizes former students for their contributions and Dr. Rosales was recognized by the College of Public Health. Dr. Rosales also received a second recognition awarded by the American Women's Medical Association (AWMA)-"Changing the Face of Medicine." Representative Raul Grijalva nominated 5 women from his district as "Local Legends." Each Senator and Representative was asked by the AWMA to nominate physicians from the various specialties: Public Health, Research, Clinical Medicine, etc...who have made contributions in their field. Dr. Rosales was named as 1 of 5 outstanding female doctors.

Dr. Lisa Staten received an award for outstanding contributions in the area of community service/practice from the Mel and Enid Zuckerman Arizona College of Public Health.

Congratulations to the Border Health Strategic Initiative (BHSI), but especially Rebecca Drummond and Nicolette Teufel-Shone, on receiving the Second Place "Health Education Media Makers Yearly" (HEMMY) award for the La Diabetes y La Unión Familiar curriculum!!! The HEMMY award has two categories: "professional" and "grassroots" each with two sub-categories "media campaign" and "other." Rebecca Drummond submitted the BHSI's family curriculum. She also represented BHSI at the 76th Annual Meeting of the Arizona Public Health Association on September 29, 2004 to accept the award. When she accepted the award, Rebecca shared with the group that this was a grassroots material and could not have been created without the collaboration of the promotoras and program partners of Yuma and Santa Cruz Counties and the BHSI team at the Mel and Enid Zuckerman Arizona College of Public Health.