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Delta Omega Announces 2008 Student Poster Session Winners

The Delta Omega Honorary Society in Public Health will be sponsoring its 11th Annual Student Poster Session through the Academic Public Health Caucus during the 136th American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting and Exposition in San Diego, CA. Local chapters of Delta Omega from accredited schools and programs of public health submitted many excellent nominations. Nineteen students were selected to present at the poster session, which will be held 10:30-11:30 a.m. (Western) on Monday, October 26, 2008 in the San Diego Convention Center.

The 2008 poster session will showcase the excellent scholarship and research of students in accredited schools and programs of public health. This opportunity was created by Delta Omega to encourage and recognize the public health leaders of tomorrow.

Amongst them are two students from  the University of Kentucky College of Public Health:

Ms. Kia Armstrong
Nominated by the Beta Gamma Chapter (Kentucky)
"The Role of CD4 Count in the Development of Immunity after Hepatitis A and B Vaccination in HIV/AIDS Infected Patients"

Ms. Armstrong is a recent MPH graduate of the University of Kentucky’s College of Public Health. Her concentrations were epidemiology and biostatistics. She was inducted into Delta Omega this spring. She is from Cincinnati, OH, and now plans to pursue her career in public health with interest in health disparities, infectious disease and chronic disease.

Ms. Chloe Buchholtz
Nominated by the Beta Gamma Chapter (Kentucky)
"Indoor Air Pollution Due to Hookah Smoking: Particulate Concentrations in a Lexington, Kentucky Hookah Lounge"

Ms. Buchholtz, originally from Cincinnati, OH, graduated from the University of Kentucky in 2001 with a BA in Psychology. Between 2001 and 2006, she served as the Marketing Director for Midway College, and as a project manager and consultant for the Kentucky Community and Technical College System. She returned to the University of Kentucky in 2006 as a full-time graduate student in the College of Public Health, where she completed her MPH with concentrations in Health Behavior and Environmental Health in May 2008.