Washington, D.C.,
April 26, 2010 – The
American Public Health Association is pleased to
announce the winners of the Get Ready Scholarship, an annual award given
to
high school, undergraduate and graduate students who display a
commitment to
improving public health. The scholarship is a component of APHA’s Get Ready
campaign,
which works to help Americans prepare themselves, their families and
their
communities for all health hazards and disasters, including pandemic flu
and
infectious disease.
This year’s six scholarship
recipients were chosen among the nearly 1,000 applications from students
across
the nation. Below is the list of the
students who have been selected for this year’s scholarship award.
Tazeen Dhanini
Graduate
George Mason University
(Fairfax,
VA)
Kristen Paz
Graduate
Pepperdine University (Malibu, CA)
Delaney Moore
Undergraduate
Indiana University-Purdue
University Indianapolis,
(Indianapolis, IN)
Brittany Voorhees
Undergraduate
Holy Names University, (Oakland,
CA)
Courtney Farr
High school
Robert L. Patton High School,
(Morganton, NC)
Leah Wright
High school
Golden
Valley High
School, (Merced,
CA)
The $500 Get Ready Scholarship
aims to encourage high school and college students to focus on the
importance
of emergency preparedness. Winners were determined through an essay
contest on
the importance of emergency preparedness and disease prevention.
Excerpts from
the winning entries can be viewed at www.aphagetready.org.
“The American Public Health
Association firmly believes in encouraging today’s youth to become
tomorrow’s public health leaders,”
said Georges C. Benjamin, MD, FACP, FACEP (E), executive director of
APHA. “We
are pleased to be able to award these talented, young students with
financial
assistance to help further their education.”
Learn more about the Get Ready
Scholarship at www.aphagetready.org.
For more about APHA,
visit www.apha.org.