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2006-2007 Award Winning Leadership Projects
and Honorable Mentions

Best Overall Scholar

Each year, SEPHLI recognizes an outstanding scholar who distinguishes themselves from the rest of the class by showing achievement in all aspects of the leadership development institute.  This year, the Best All-Around SEPHLI Scholar Award was given to Natasha Jones, Policy and Procedure Coordinator and Nutritionist III at the Office of Nutritional Sciences within the WV Department of Health & Human Services.  Natasha’s final project was entitled, "Implementing Valued Enhanced Nutrition Assessment (VENA) in the West Virginia WIC Program.”  Read this project abstract.

Natasha Jones Best All Around Scholar Award 2007

Best Team

The SEPHLI Team-Work Award went to the HIGH 5. Team members are Joy Cook, Terri Jarvis, Jean McNeil, Kay Rankin, & Bob Weedon. HIGH 5 set the bar for teamwork this year with outstanding team organization, mentorship, commitment, and not to mention those cool HIGH 5 golf shirts and caps! This exemplary group of scholars proved the positive impact of an effective team.

HIGH 5, SEPHLI Best Team Award, 2007

Award Winning Leadership Projects

For the SEPHLI class of 2006 – 2007, the awards were given to:

Best Leadership Project Award Increasing Water Treatment Plant Preparedness in Southwestern West Virginia J.D. Douglas Engineering Supervisor/Engineer 3 WV Department of Health & Human Services

JD Douglas

Jean McNeil & Bob Weedon	Best Leadership Project Award Rabies Awareness & Community Education Jean McNeil, DVM, & Bob Weedon, DVM, MPH New Hanover County, NC

Best Leadership Project Award Mobile Mammography in Harnett County Debra Harris-Hawkins, MHA Health Education Supervisor Harnett County Health Department	Debra Harris-Hawkins

Samir Hanna Accepts Award from Colonel Walters	Scholars’ Choice Leadership Project Award, SEPHLI 2007 Evaluation of Tennessee Health Department Response to Legislation Calling for Looser Regulations of Unpasteurized Milk Sales Samir Hanna, MD View Poster

Honorable Mention

Phyllis Allen, MS

• Improving Classification and Compensation for Public Health Nutrition Personnel in South Carolina
  

Laura Conner

• Improving Service Excellence and Continuous Quality Improvement in Public Health for Better Internal and External Outcomes: Preparing for Accreditation
  

Shermalyn Green, PhD

• Establishing a Molecular Diagnostic Testing Quality Assurance Program for Detection of Infectious Diseases--Validation of Molecular Tests at the NC State Laboratory of Public Health
• Appendix
  

Samir Hanna, MD

• Evaluation of Tennessee Health Department Response to Legislation Calling for Looser Regulations of Unpasteurized Milk Sales
• Poster

Patty Dodd Lolas, MPH

• Administrative Management Manual
• Appendix A
• Appendix B
• Appendix C

Deborah Molder

• Who's Counting Autism : 299.0

Kay Rankin, MD, MPH

• Piedmont Smiles: Extending Primary Dental Care Services to At-Risk Children through a Mobile Dental Van Supported by a Fixed Dental Facility

Krissy Simeonsson, MD

• Local Health Department Pandemic Influenza Plans: An Indicator of State Level Preparedness
  

Shae Sutton, PhD

• Administrative Management Manual
• Appendix A
• Appendix B
• Appendix C
• Appendix D
• Appendix E

Class of 2007 SEPHLI Leadership Project Abstracts

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