Author: Jennifer Gay

The PACE Lab would like to congratulate Rosemary Corriero and Kaitlyn Pannell on their new positions! Kaitlyn Pannell, MPH is serving as the Newton County Wellness Coordinator, working on an employee wellness program. This position builds on her experience during her MPH internship planning worksite wellness programs for Athens Regional Medical Center.

Rosemary Corriero, MPH is an ORISE Fellow at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. She works in the Office of Infectious Disease in the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Disease, Immunization Services Division. Her main focus is the evaluation of the CDC billables project (http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/programs/billables-project/), where she utilizes her quantitative and qualitative analysis skills. Hew new position extends the work of her MPH Capstone project examining rates of HPV vaccination before and after the Affordable Care Act.

Congratulations to both of you!

Ellen Wenders, a graduated MPH student under Dr. Jennifer Gay, was awarded the Presidential Fellowship to study physical activity and the built environment with Dr. Andrew Kaczynski and the BEACH Lab at the University of South Carolina. The Presidential Fellowship provides four years of support for doctoral students at the university. Ellen is one of 10 new PhD students to be awarded the Fellowship in the Arnold School of Public Health. Full story from the Arnold School of Public Health here. Congratulations Ellen!

With the start of the new school year we welcome new students to the PACE Team. Check out Catriona Geddes’ and Heather Bornstein’s profiles on our PACE Team page. We are so glad you are part of the group!

Check out one of our awesome stair climbing participants at the new Clinical and Translational Research Unit at UGA! We are learning about different activities to help control blood sugar during the day. For more information on our Clinical and Translational Research Unit, check out their Facebook page!

Congratulations to all of the students graduating this past week from the MPH and PhD program! Ellen Wenders, Rosemary Corriero, Kaitlyn Pannell, and Dr. Lindsay Prizer all graduated this week. Wishing you all the best!

 On Wednesday, March 30th Rosemary Correiro, MPH student in Health Promotion and Behavior presented findings indicating that HPV vaccination rates have increased significantly since the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, particularly among girls and women with government-based health insurance. See the full abstract on page 7 of the Rapid Communications Abstracts. Congrats Rosemary!