MCH People in the News

Toby Long, Ph.D.

Georgetown University

Congratulations to Toby Long, Ph.D. who received the prestigious Catherine Worthingham Fellow Award from the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA). She was honored during an awards ceremony at PT 2009: APTA's Annual Conference and Exhibition, held in Baltimore, MD in June.

Dr. Long is an associate professor in the Department of Pediatrics at Georgetown University, training director for the Center for Child and Human Development at the Georgetown University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities, the training director for the DC LEND at Children's National Medical Center, and the Project Director of a MCH Distance Learning grant.

Among many honors and recognitions, Dr. Long is the recipient of the Fulbright Senior Specialist Award, the APTA Lucy Blair Service Award, the APTA Section on Pediatrics' G.E. "Bud" DeHaven Award, the Jeanne Fisher Distinguished Mentorship Award, and Georgetown University's Vicennal Award.

The Catherine Worthingham Fellows of the Association recognizes those persons whose work has resulted in lasting and significant advances in the science, education, and practice of the profession of physical therapy. The Catherine Worthingham Fellowship is the highest honored bestowed upon physical therapists by the Association. Long joins a highly selective group of physical therapists, currently only 125 therapists have been honored as Catherine Worthingham Fellows.

Anne Marie Tharpe, Ph.D.

Vanderbilt University

Anne Marie Tharpe, Ph.D., Project Director of the Leadership Education in Communication Disorders MCH Training program at Vanderbilt University, has accepted the position of chair of the Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences and associate director of the Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center, effective Aug. 1.

Tharpe has been with Vanderbilt since 1978 and has an excellent national/international reputation for teaching and research focused on pediatric hearing loss and how it influences overall child development.

She maintains a clinical practice in addition to running a research laboratory and teaching graduate students in the divisions of Audiology, Deaf Education and Speech-Language Pathology. Tharpe also serves as associate director of education for the National Center for Childhood Deafness and Family Communication within the Bill Wilkerson Center.

Tharpe replaces the Bill Wilkerson Center's longtime leader Fred H. Bess, Ph.D., who has served as chair of Hearing and Speech Sciences since 1978. Fred is stepping down to work as the department's director of the National Center for Childhood Deafness and Family Communication.

The Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences has a rich history. Both Vanderbilt's Audiology and Speech Pathology programs are consistently ranked among the nation's very best by U.S. News & World Report in their Best Graduate Schools rankings.

Imee Cambronero, MPH

University of Minnesota

Imee Cambronero, an SPH graduate student and Healthy Youth Development - Prevention Research Center Fellow, has just been awarded the 2009 President's Student Leadership and Service Award. Imee will be honored at an awards banquet with President Bruininks presenting the award himself.

Imee Cambronero, MPH

University of Minnesota

Imee Cambronero, MPH, a University of Minnesota Healthy Youth Development - Prevention Research Center Fellow who trained through our LEAH curriculum (Leadership Education in Adolescent Health) is featured in this You Tube clip that tells the story about her leadership development in public health, and commitment to international public health work.

Imee Cambronero, MPH

University of Minnesota

Imee Cambronero, MPH, Prevention Research Center fellow, has been awarded the University of Minnesota Division of Epidemiology and Community Health Education Faculty Scholarship Award for "public health leadership and community involvement as well as academic excellence." Congratulations Imee!

Paul Snyder, MSW, Mdiv and Jennifer Andrashko

University of Minnesota

Paul Snyder, MSW, Mdiv, Program Director, Konopka Institute for Best Practices in Adolescent Health and LEAH Social Work faculty; and Jennifer Andrashko, Social Work Fellow in the Division's Leadership Education in Adolescent Health Program, are recipients of the 2009-10 Buckman Fellowship for Leadership in Philanthropy. Buckman Fellows are chosen to participate in a ten-month series of seminars with University of Minnesota and community experts on philanthropy and fundraising. As a part of their application they identify a specific philanthropic project and are awarded a stipend to be used to develop their leadership skills and implement their chosen project. Awards will be given at a June 3rd ceremony at Eastcliffe.

Glynis Shea

University of Minnesota

Glynis Shea, Communications Director for the Division of Adolescent Health and Medicine has been named Advocate of the Year by MOAPPP – the Minnesota Organization on Adolescent Pregnancy, Prevention and Parenting. This award is given annually to a person, policymaker or organization who has provided valuable leadership in support of policies or legislation affecting adolescent sexual health promotion, adolescent pregnancy prevention and/or adolescent parent support issues. Ms. Shea's work to re-shape the way we think and communicate about these issues has been transformative for those in the field.