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Linsey Dowell, Undergraduate Honoree, Department of Health Education,
2012.
As a volunteer with the Peers Educating Campus Health program, Linsey
Dowell spent four semesters working with fellow students to bring more health
into their lives through greater nutrition knowledge. She graduated with the
highest honors, Summa Cum Laude, despite the barriers that multiple learning
disparities have imposed on her academic journey. Health education has
brought her closer to being able to make a difference in the world, especially
with disparities she has experienced personally.

Rachel Gratz-Lazarus, Graduate Distinguished Achievement Award, MPH
Program, Department of Health Education, 2012.
Rachel Gratz-Lazarus is an outstanding student who demonstrates exceptional
scholarship and academic achievement. She earned a 4.00 Grade Point Average
in the MPH Program. She was selected by the MPH faculty to serve as a
Peer Learning Facilitator, providing graduate students with critical academic
support in challenging areas such as quantitative reasoning (i.e., biostatistics)
and writing. As a research assistant she conducted epidemiological research to
review the evidence in published studies examining the impact of the National
School Lunch Policy on childhood obesity as well as immigrant obesity
patterns across Asian subgroups according to length of residence in the US. In
addition, she conducted research through the Health Equity Institute to examine
the roles of justice and ethics within Science & Technology Studies.
Adrienne Mariam Wilson (MPH, 2012), All-University Graduate Hood
Recipient
Adrienne ‘Mariam” Wilson recently received her MPH in the Department
of Health Education and was selected to receive the graduate student AllUniversity Hood. While a graduate student Adrienne was an extraordinary
mentor and educator for the Metro Academies program (through the Health
Education Departments at SF State and at City College of San Francisco), and
the SF State College of Education’s GEAR UP program. She was awarded
the CSU Trustees Murray L. Galinson scholarship, and is currentl y a CSU
Pre-Doctoral Scholar participating in a breast cancer disparities internship at
Columbia University. She plans to continue to develop my research interests
in global health, cancer disparities, and the social determinants of health by
pursuing a doctoral degree in Social Epidemiology.

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