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As the Chair of the Travel Award Evaluation Committee, I am pleased to announce the winner of the 2019 IJERPH Travel Award.
The members of the Evaluation Committee were very impressed with the high level of work presented, and after careful consideration, the Travel Award has been granted to Ms. Milkie Vu, a Ph.D. student at Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA, who is working on ecological and socio-cultural determinants of health and well-being among racial and ethnic minorities, immigrants, and refugees, with an emphasis on cancer prevention and control.
The winner will receive 800 Swiss Francs to be used to attend and participate at any academic conference in 2019.
We would like to congratulate the winner and thank the selection committee for their excellent work in selecting the winner from such a large number of excellent candidate profiles.
Prof. Dr. Paul B. Tchounwou IJERPH Editorial Office Editor-in-Chief
IJERPH 2019 Travel Award
Past Winners
Year:
Winner
Rongbin Xu
Monash University
Xiangxiang Jiang
University of South Carolina
Award Committee
Prof. Paul Tchounwou
Chairman
Jackson State University
Dr. David Lean
Dr. Luenda Charles
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Dr. Francesco Campa
University of Padova
Winner
Anna Ogonowska-Slodownik
Józef Piłsudski University of Physical Education in Warsaw
Marta Gea
Department of Public Health and Pediatrics, University of Turin, Italy
Yimeng Song
Yale University
Francesco De Pretis
University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (Italy) / IU Bloomington (USA)
Award Committee
Dr. Jimmy T. Efird
Chairman
VA Cooperative Studies Program Coordinating Center, Boston, USA; Adjunct (Full) Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, Case Western Reserve School of Medicine
Prof. Xihui Gu
China University of Geosciences
Prof. Dr. Carl Latkin
Prof. Matteo Vitali
Sapienza University
Prof. Dr. Maria Beatriz Duarte Gavião
University of Campinas
Winner
Katarina Baralić
University of Belgrade - Faculty of Pharmacy
Roseane de Fatima Guimaraes Czelusniak
Université de Montréal
Phillips Obasohan
The University of Sheffield
Xianglong Xu
Monash University
Award Committee
Prof. Paul Tchounwou
Chairman
Jackson State University
Dr. David Berrigan
NCI
Dr. Stefan Nilsson
University of Gothenburg
Prof. Jerome Nriagu
Winner
Garyfallos Konstantinoudis
Imperial College London
Levi Frehlich
University of Calgary
Kelvin Fong
Yale University School of the Environment
Danila Azzolina
University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy
Award Committee
Prof. Paul Tchounwou
Chairman
Jackson State University
Prof. Gianrico Spagnuolo
University of Napoli "Federico II"
Dr. David Berrigan
NCI
Dr. William Toscano
University of Minnesota
Winner
Chenghao Wang
School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, Arizona State University
Award Committee
Prof. Paul Tchounwou
Chairman
Jackson State University
Dr. William Toscano
University of Minnesota
Dr. Jitse P Van Dijk
UMCG
Dr. Yu-Pin Lin
National Taiwan University
Dr. William Evans
The George Washington University
Winner
Milkie Vu
Emory University
Award Committee
Prof. Paul Tchounwou
Chairman
Jackson State University
Prof. Jon Oyvind Odland
Dr. Yu-Pin Lin
National Taiwan University
Dr. William Toscano
University of Minnesota
Dr. David Berrigan
NCI
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