Awards & Honors

Awards & Honors

Alumni Outstanding New Professional Award
Student Recognition Award

2021

  • NIH-LRP, Health Disparities Program, National Institute of Mental Health ($55,000)

2020

  • Investigator Award, Addiction Health Services Research Conference, for the paper “Patient characteristics associated with admission to low-safety inpatient psychiatric facilities: Evidence of racial inequities”

2019

  • Heller Alumni Annual Fund Award
  • Brandeis/Harvard NIDA Center’s Early Career Development Award to support the project “Adoption of Health Information Exchange in Psychiatric units of General Hospitals”

2018

  • The Frank and Theresa Caplan Endowed Fellowship in Early Childhood and Parenting Education

2017

  • Trainee Scholarship, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)
  • Rappaport Doctoral Public Policy Fellowship, Rappaport Institute of Greater Boston, Harvard Kennedy School of Government
  • Certificate of Congratulations from the Massachusetts House of Representatives, Speaker Robert A. DeLeo and Chairwoman Kay Khan, “…In recognition of your hard work, diligence, and commitment to studying and bettering the mental health system in the Commonwealth that you demonstrated during your time as a Rappaport Fellow in the office of Chairwoman Kay Khan”

2016

  • Finalist for Academy Health’s best student poster
  • Student Recognition Award, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, “In recognition of her commitment to public health through active community service, the sharing of her time, talents, and experience, as well as her commitment to excellence, leadership, volunteerism, and the highest ethical standards … Presented by the Student Body”
  • National Institutes of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) Fellowship (renewed for years 2017-2018, 2018-2019, and 2019-2020)

2015

  • Mind, Brain, Behavior Graduate Student Award, Harvard University for the project “Evaluating the Interplay among Organizational Factors, Staff-Patient Relationships, and Patient Satisfaction within Acute Psychiatric Care Units: A Mixed-Methods Approach”
  • Outstanding New Professional Award, Kent State University Alumni Association. “The Alumni Awards recognize and honor alumni who, through leadership, character and hard work, have made exceptional contributions in their chosen profession, communities and at Kent State. These awards are the university’s most prestigious honors given to alumni.”
  • Training Grant: Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Department of Health and Human Services, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
  • Julie Henry Fund for Student Support
  • Graduate Research Grant, Psi Chi International Honor Society, in support of the independent investigation entitled “Evaluating the Interplay among Organizational Factors, Staff-Patient Relationships, and Patient Satisfaction within Acute Psychiatric Care Units: A Mixed-Methods Approach”
  • Research stipend, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Maternal and Child Health, in support of the independent investigation entitled “Evaluating the Interplay among Organizational Factors, Staff-Patient Relationships, and Patient Satisfaction within Acute Psychiatric Care Units: A Mixed-Methods Approach”

2014

  • STRIPED Travel Scholarship: Eating Disorders Coalition Lobby Day on Capitol Hill, Harvard University
  • Distinguished Leader Award: Nominated and selected by faculty at Kent State University
  • Departmental Honors

2013

  • National Science Foundation summer research fellowship: Was 1 of 9 selected from an applicant pool of 550
  • Davidson Scholarship for Outstanding Junior in Psychology: Nominated and selected by faculty at Kent State University
  • Kritzer Thesis Fellowship
  • Undergraduate Research Scholars Program Travel Funds
  • Dennis Eckart travel scholarship

2009

  • Congressional Service Award
  • Segal Education Award