ALEXANDRIA, VA – The Society for Public Well being Training (SOPHE) is proud to announce that Megan Williams can be awarded the M. Elaine Auld Horizon Award through the 2026 Annual Convention in Portland, OR, April 22-24.
“I really feel deeply honored that colleagues in my career view my contributions to the sector as deserving of this award,” stated Williams,” an Educational Assistant Professor at Texas A&M College. “Elaine devoted years of her profession to SOPHE and was widely known as a visionary, compassionate, and steadfast chief in well being training, and public well being advocacy. Her impression on our discipline is immense, and to be acknowledged in a approach that even loosely aligns me along with her legacy is extremely significant. I hope to hold ahead her spirit of management and make an impression that begins to reflect the one she had on the sector of well being training.”
This award acknowledges early-career well being educators who’ve distinguished themselves by management, creativity, involvement within the career, and well being training apply.
“I encourage all well being educators and public well being practitioners to get entangled and keep related with SOPHE,” stated Williams, who brings a dynamic and progressive method to public well being, advocacy, sexuality, and substance use training. “You by no means understand how one expertise, one mentor, or one alternative may form your profession. I’m grateful for the inspiration this group has given me, and I’m excited to proceed giving again.”
In her seven years instructing on the school degree, Williams prioritizes experiential studying, incorporating world and home instructional alternatives to counterpoint pupil engagement. Past the school classroom, she has expertise managing and implementing opioid, psychological and sexual well being curricula in Ok-12 faculties. Professionally, she is devoted to advancing sexual well being outcomes amongst younger adults by growing entry to sexual well being care and selling complete sexuality training. At the moment, she serves as a Board Member for Each Physique Texas. Beforehand, she earned her B.S. in Public Well being and MPH in Well being Conduct from East Carolina College and her Ph.D. in Well being Training and Promotion from The College of Alabama.
“I encourage all well being educators and public well being practitioners to get entangled and keep related with SOPHE,” she stated. “You by no means understand how one expertise, one mentor, or one alternative may form your profession. I’m grateful for the inspiration this group has given me, and I’m excited to proceed giving again.”
SOPHE will current all awards and scholarships to public well being professionals, well being training researchers, school, applications, practitioners on the annual convention. These awards and scholarships acknowledge important developments within the career of well being training and well being promotion and excellent contributions of veterans and rising stars to bettering 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, faculties, universities, worksites, and in native, state and federal authorities companies. For extra data go to www.sophe.org.