ALEXANDRIA, VA – The Society for Public Well being Training (SOPHE) is proud to announce that Angela Carman might be awarded the Karen Denard Goldman Well being Training Mentor Award in the course of the 2026 SOPHE Annual Convention in Portland, April 22-24.
“I want to thank SOPHE for the popularity of the Karen Denard Goldman Mentor award,” mentioned Carman who’s an affiliate professor on the College of Kentucky, Faculty of Public Well being and the Basis for a Wholesome Kentucky’s endowed chair in Well being Coverage. “To be acknowledged for one thing that has already enriched my life is actually superb!”
This award acknowledges a Nationwide SOPHE member in an educational or follow setting who has made important contributions to the preparation and/or efficiency of well being educators and who has efficiently solid the hyperlink between analysis and follow. The Karen Denard Goldman Well being Training Mentor Award acknowledges SOPHE members who’ve distinguished themselves as excellent mentors.
“Among the finest components of being within the tutorial setting is the chance to mentor college students,” Carman mentioned. “It’s such enjoyable to spend time with them, to study the place they hope to see their careers go, and to search out methods to develop their studying via experiences in communities that prepared them to excel on this planet of public well being follow.”
Carman can also be the school lead for Workforce Up: A Public Well being Educational Observe Collaborative working with pupil fellows, neighborhood follow companions and different college to supply coverage & planning determination assist, collaborative neighborhood organizing and utilized scholarship. She additionally serves as a public well being administration marketing consultant to native well being departments and hospitals, and has offered steerage with actions akin to neighborhood well being assessments, neighborhood well being enchancment planning, high quality enchancment coaching and strategic planning in over 40 counties in Kentucky. A local Kentuckian, Dr. Carman acquired her DrPH from the College of Kentucky, MBA from Japanese Kentucky College and BS in Enterprise Administration from Berea Faculty. Her analysis pursuits deal with the follow of public well being and embody neighborhood engagement, public well being accreditation readiness, high quality enchancment and evidence-based follow implementation.
SOPHE will current all awards and scholarships to public well being professionals, well being training researchers, college, packages, and practitioners on the 2026 SOPHE Annual Convention in April in Portland. These awards and scholarships acknowledge important developments within the career of well being training and well being promotion and excellent contributions of well-established and rising stars to enhancing the general public’s well being.
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About SOPHE
The Society for Public Well being Training (SOPHE) is a nonprofit affiliation that helps leaders in public well being, well being training and promotion to advance wholesome and equitable communities throughout the globe. SOPHE members work in well being care settings, communities, organizations, colleges, universities, worksites, and in native, state and federal authorities businesses. For extra data go to www.sophe.org.