ALEXANDRIA, VA – The Society for Public Well being Schooling (SOPHE) is proud to announce that Dr. Amy Thompson will likely be awarded the Distinguished Fellow Award throughout the 2026 Annual Convention in Portland, April 22-24.
“I’m deeply humbled and honored to obtain the SOPHE Distinguished Fellow Award,” mentioned Thompson, who’s the Govt Vice President for Tutorial Affairs and Provost at Oakland College. “I used to be very stunned and it means a lot that my colleagues would take the time to appoint me.”
This award acknowledges a Nationwide SOPHE member who has made vital and lasting contributions to SOPHE and the career of well being schooling or public well being demonstrated via exemplary scholarship and neighborhood service.
“I’m positive there have been many certified and deserving candidates who have been nominated,” she mentioned. “What I can say is that SOPHE is my skilled dwelling and has supplied a lot for me in my growth. I’ve served because the nationwide president and in different key areas. I’ve tried arduous to supply management, be an excellent colleague and be an lively scholar. I’m very grateful for this prestigious award.”
In her present function, Thompson oversees initiatives and packages in scholar success, neighborhood engagement, accreditation, analysis, and extra. She is a nationally acknowledged chief in public well being and better schooling, has greater than 20 years of educational expertise, a decade of senior administrative management, has printed over 80 peer-reviewed journal articles, secured over $1.7 million in grant funding, and offered her scholarship nationally and internationally. She holds a bachelor’s in Public Well being from Central Michigan College, and a grasp’s in Public Well being and doctorate in Well being Schooling from the College of Toledo.
“I’m so grateful to have so many fantastic mentors and colleagues,” she mentioned. “I’m glad that I’m a public well being educator and a part of the SOPHE neighborhood. I hope I may also help the following era of pros and assist them discover ardour and objective in our evolving area. Public well being wants us.”
SOPHE will current all awards and scholarships to public well being professionals, well being schooling researchers, college, packages, and practitioners at its annual convention in April in Portland. These awards and scholarships acknowledge vital developments within the career of well being schooling and well being promotion and excellent contributions of well-established and rising stars to bettering the general public’s well being.
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About SOPHE
The Society for Public Well being Schooling (SOPHE) is a nonprofit affiliation that helps leaders in public well being, well being schooling 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 info go to www.sophe.org.