New Delta Omega Inductees

The Texas A&M Health Science Center School of Rural Public Health inducted one faculty member, eight students and seven alumni into the local Alpha Tau chapter of the Delta Omega Honorary Society in Public Health on Friday, May 15 at a luncheon in their honor at La Riviera restaurant in Bryan, TX.

The Delta Omega Honorary Society in Public Health was founded in 1924 at the then Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene Public Health (now Bloomberg School of Public Health) as the honorary society for graduate studies in public health. Honorary members are those possessing exceptional qualifications and having attained meritorious national or international distinction in the field of public health. Faculty members are nominated for outstanding performance in teaching and research, while students are chosen for scholarly performance. Alumni are nominated for actively engaging in public health work.

"While scholarly performance is a key ingredient of the formula for selection for induction into the honor society, it's really the faculty member's or student's contribution to the practice of public health that leads them to be singled out for recognition," said Dr. Craig Blakely, associate dean for academic affairs and research at the HSC-School of Rural Public Health and Alpha Tau chapter chair. "These are all colleagues who have already made visible contributions to our field. We are both proud of those contributions and excited about the career paths they are likely to follow."

Dr. Jean Brender, professor, was inducted with the following students: Ms. Michelle Steck, Ms. Anna Graham, Ms. Alicia Ramirez, Ms. Hannah Fox, Ms. Jalyn Stineman, Ms. Anjulie Chaubal, Ms. Jeananne Elkins and Mr. Marshall Shaw. Inducted alumni were Ms. Jan Eberth, Ms. Cathy Snider, Ms. Ruby Estrada, Ms. Ayanna Clark, Mr. Edwin Shanley III, Ms. Elaine Hernandez and Dr. Juan Campos.