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Delta
Omega Honorary Society in Public Health
Delta Omega is the honorary society for
graduate students in public health. The Society was founded in 1924 at Johns
Hopkins University, School of Public Health. There are currently 58 chapters throughout the United
States and Puerto Rico. The national office is located at the Association of Schools
of Public Health. Any questions concerning Delta Omega can be sent to the Executive
Secretary, Allison Foster at afoster@asph.org or
visit the Delta Omega web page at
www.deltaomega.org.
For information about the Mu Chapter at the Arnold School of Public Health,
contact the Office of Student and Alumni Services at (803) 777-5031 or
sphstsrv@gwm.sc.edu.
The Constitution and By-Laws were adopted in
1927, and have been amended occasionally since then. The National Council, composed
of elected officers and representatives of each chapter, meets annually. The
annual meeting includes a scientific, and a business program. It is usually held
in conjunction with the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association.
Each Chapter conducts the principle Delta Omega
activities. The chapters elect new members each year from three groups: students
who are candidates for a graduate degree in public health, faculty members at
the school of public health, and alumni actively engaged in public health work.
Election from all three groups is based on outstanding
performance -- scholarship in students, teaching and research in faculty, and
community service in alumni.
Election to membership in Delta Omega is intended, not only to recognize merit,
but also to encourage further excellence in and devotion to public health work.
Since Delta Omega's establishment in 1924, the
meaning and scope of public health has broadened tremendously. While it is still
seriously concerned with problems of environmental sanitation and communicable
disease control, public health action has come to embrace all aspects of health
and disease in populations. These include the planning, organization, and support
of health promotion, disease prevention, and medical care. Basic to modern public
health are the social sciences as well as the natural sciences--both in the United
States and internationally.
Membership in Delta Omega reflects the dedication
of an individual to quality in the field of public health and to protection and
advancement of the health of all people.
Faculty members of Delta Omega currently employed by the Arnold School of
Public Health may nominate other faculty and graduating students for membership.
All current Delta Omega members may nominate alumni for Delta Omega membership.
Nominations and inductions are held each Spring.
The annual induction ceremony and business meeting was held in the Arnold
School of Public Health Research Center on Wednesday, May 7, 2008. A
reception for all members began at 5:00 p.m. in the courtyard and the dinner, induction ceremony, and business meeting
followed
at 6:00 p.m. in the lobby.
Congratulations to the Mu Chapter
2008 Inductees:
Faculty:
Dimitar Deliyski and Daniela Friedman
Alumni:
Royce H. “Beebe” Adams, Tina Marie Devlin, Cheryl Der Ananian, Margaret
Elizabeth Fore, Romel S. Lacson, Patrick E. McBride, Karen A. McKernan, Myra
Clayton Reece, and Robert Langston Spotts
Graduating Students:
Abdoulaye Diedhiou, Katherine Anne Fiegel, Jennifer Lynn Gay, Kristina Lee
Gordon, Mamie Rebecca Knight, Roberto Leon Felipe Lobelo, Andrean Lynn Morrison,
Bankole Adeyemi Olatosi, and Kristina Erin Weis
Ikechukwu
Udo Ogbuanu was selected as our poster winner to present at APHA.
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