Title: Borders, Malekafzali are 2006 CHPPD Student Abstract Submission Award Winners
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Section/SPIG: Community Health Planning and Policy Development
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The Community Health Planning and Policy Development Section is pleased to announce the 2006 winners of the first annual student abstract submission awards. Please join us in congratulating these students, as they received excellent scores through the blind abstract review process. They will be presented with their awards at the CHPPD Social Hour on Monday night of the Annual Meeting in Boston.
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| Steve Borders win PhD student award |
The Doctoral Student Award has been awarded to Stephen Borders, PhD, for his abstract entitled "Non-emergency medical transportation: A multi-dimensional look at this access barrier." Stephen recently received his PhD in May of 2006 from Texas A&M in health systems planning. In his dissertation, he examined transportation barriers to preventive care services in the Texas Medicaid program. Today, Stephen is one of the newest faculty members of the School of Public and Nonprofit Administration at Grand Valley State University, where he teaches health policy, financial management, and research methods. In addition, Stephen also recently received a $60,000 grant from the Michigan Department of Community Health to establish and update new practice standards and coordinate for the regionalized perinatal system in Michigan. He has also recently published a paper on the public health work force in Human Resources for Health.
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| Shireen Malekafzali wins Masters Student Award |
The Masters Student Award this year was awarded to Shireen Malekafzali, BS, for her abstract "Developing healthier land use policies through community planning and partnership: Case study of the Eastern Neighborhoods Community Health Impact Assessment." Shireen is in her last year as an MPH student at San Francisco State University, where she specializes in both urban and rural environmental health and justice issues. Currently she works as a research associate at the San Francisco Department of Public Health. Her work is focused on a community health impact assessment, which aims to develop a more equitable model of civic participation and incorporate a more holistic health perspective in land use planning. With a Bachelor of Science in environmental studies, Shireen's work is grounded in a holistic, ecological approach, while her passion for social justice helps form her perspective.