Portraits of Excellence in Public Health Highlighting JHSPH Alumni

Student Contributions Sought

The Johns Hopkins Delta Omega Public Health Honor Society announces an opportunity for current students at the Bloomberg School of Public Health to participate in a broad awareness campaign that recognizes the excellence and accomplishments of its students, faculty and alumni.

The Executive Board is seeking individuals wishing to learn more about the Johns Hopkins public health legacy and contribute to this initiative by preparing a career portrait about one of its most distinguished members. Each accepted entry will be awarded a prize of $50; the entry will be published on the JHSPH website and posted prominently in the School.

Entries entail researching and preparing a 250-word “portrait” describing a major public health contribution of a member of Delta Omega, Alpha Chapter at JHSPH. Among the 1,800 inducted since 1924 are heads of health agencies/ministries and research centers in the U.S. and abroad, as well as nationally and internationally recognized public health practitioners and policymakers.

Submission Guidelines

Text

Word document
Maximum 250 words
Introductory statement
- Should include: name, degrees and field of work
Impact
- Should highlight the most significant contributions made by selected member and how he or she advanced the field of public health
Education, training and years in career

Images (if available)

PDF/JPEG files
High resolution photos (please identify each individual)
- 5 images maximum

Please email all information to Philippa Moore at pmoore@jhsph.edu

"….membership in the Society of Delta Omega should not be regarded solely as an honor in recognition of past achievements in the field of Public Health. It should mean life-long obligations and devotion to the interests of public health in accordance with the ideals of Delta Omega. It should imply zest for erudition, as measured in terms of scholarship and research and constant effort to be in the vanguard of the modern public health movement as manifested by intelligent, considered, constructive action and effective leadership. Election to Delta Omega should be regarded as a consecration to quality work and to high standards in all those interests and activities making up modern public health."
--John Sundwall's 1939 Presidential Report to the Society