2020-2021

We are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2020-2021 Calderone Junior Faculty Awards, which support junior faculty development. The award honors Frank A. Calderone’s career and commitment to public health and is supported by an endowment from the Calderone family. Awardees are chosen based on the scientific merit of their research and its significance for public health, as well as the impact of this award on their future careers.

  • Julius Chen, PhD

    • Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management
    • Research Proposal: "The Impact of Pandemic-Induced Delays to Essential Medical Care for Non-COVID-19 Patients"

  • Abigail Greenleaf, PhD

    • Associate Research Scientist in ICAP and Lecturer in the Department of Population and Family Health
    • Research Proposal: "Half - Open Interval Sampling to Improve Cell Phone-based Estimates of COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in Uganda"

  • Pia Mauro, PhD

    • Assistant Professor in the Department of Epidemiology
    • Research Proposal: "Smoking as a COVID-19 risk factor among older adults in the United States"

  • Harriet Nuwagaba-Biribonwoha, PhD

    • Assistant Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and ICAP
    • Research Proposal: "Feasibility and acceptability of point of care testing for sexually transmitted infections in Eswatini"

  • Seth Prins, PhD

    • Assistant Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and the Department of Sociomedical Sciences
    • Research Proposal: "Adolescent health consequences of school- and community-level policing, criminalization, and securitization in New York City"

  • Kara Rudolph, PhD

    • Assistant Professor in the Department of Epidemiology
    • Research Proposal: "Optimizing the Generalizability of Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Trials to Improve Public Health"