Honors, Awards, and Inclusions:

Kimlin Tam Ashing, PhD, will be honored in the 2026 Fellow Class of the American Psychooncology Society.

Jannette Berkley-Patton, PhD, received the University of Missouri System Curator's Distinguished Professorship, which is the highest distinguished award faculty can receive in the UM System based on scholarship and community impact.

Ishwar Bridgelal was selected by the Interfaith Center of New York for its 2025-26 Civic Leadership Academy. Awarded a small stipend, he will mobilize an interfaith coalition to pilot culturally responsive community mental health research that engages immigrant-origin families in South Queens.

Rhonda Dailey, MD, faculty in the Department of Family Medicine and Public Health Sciences at Wayne State University, received a promotion to Associate Professor in August, 2025.

Bhibha M. Das, PhD, MPH, led ECU's Interprofessional Education Event, demonstrating the linkage between all professionals in the health care setting.

Chuka Emezue, PhD, MPH, MPA, Assistant Professor at Rush University College of Nursing, was recently invested as the inaugural John L. and Helene Kellogg Endowed Faculty Scholar. This honor recognizes Dr. Emezue’s nationally advancing program of research focused on youth mental health, violence prevention, and digital, community-engaged interventions that promote healing and resilience among underserved adolescents and families.

Richard J. Holden, PhD, received the Distinguished Service Award from IPHA and was inducted as a Fellow of GS.

Allyson S Hughes, PhD, was re-appointed to the Diabetes Care Editorial Board for 3 more years of service.

Emily Mailey, PhD, FSBM, Jay Maddock, PhD, and Michelle Segar, PhD, MPH, MS, FSBM, had their publication chosen as an “Editor’s Pick” within ‘The Best of 2025 List of Health Promotion Researchers’ by the American Journal of Health Promotion for the following paper: "Moving With the Times: Updating the National Physical Activity Plan’s Media and Communication Strategies to Increase Population-Level Physical Activity”

Masha Remskar, PhD, MSc, BSc, had an article recently published in the Washington Post titled, "I’m a psychologist. Here’s how mindfulness can help you get healthier."

James F Sallis, PhD, FSBM, was a co-founder, and is now an Advisor to, the Global Observatory of Healthy Sustainable Cities, which was given an award by the Nobel Sustainability Trust for Outstanding Research and Development for Intelligent and Sustainable Urban Solutions.

Michelle Segar, PhD, MPH, MS, FSBM, was quoted in a Washington Post article about how the return of the Presidential Fitness Test might impact kids' physical activity experiences and motivation.