Delta Omega is the honorary society for public health. The purpose of Delta Omega is to recognize academic merit and sincere commitment to public health work. The NYU School of Global Public Health established the Delta Beta chapter of the Delta Omega Honorary Society in Public Health in 2015.
The Delta Omega Honorary Society in Public Health was founded in 1924 at Johns Hopkins University within the School of Hygiene and Public Health to promote the graduate study of the field and to recognize outstanding achievement in the new field. Over 80 years later, Delta Omega has expanded to more than 84 chapters throughout the world and has more than 15,000 members from top echelons of graduate schools and programs of public health, as well as the public health community. For more information about Delta Omega, please visit the National Chapter’s website at www.deltaomega.org.
Membership
Membership in the Delta Beta chapter is by election through a competitive process. Those eligible for induction to Delta Omega include:
- Graduate students in the top 25% of the graduating class (by invitation),
- Undergraduate students in the top 25% of the graduating class (by invitation),
- Alumni of NYU’s graduate public health programs,
- Full-time, associated, and affiliated faculty,
- Honorary members that are nominated by NYU GPH’s students and faculty.
Student eligibility and application process: Not more than 20% of eligible student candidates can be elected to membership in a given calendar year. Those students who are elected shall have demonstrated real or potential qualities of leadership in public health in addition to academic excellence.
At the beginning of the Spring semester, emails will be sent to undergraduate and graduate students in the top 25% of their graduating classes. Students must have applied for graduation in order to be eligible.
Eligible students must submit an application with the following documents:
- A one-page personal statement that addresses your qualifications for induction into Delta Omega and includes the following elements:
- Why you would like to become a member of Delta Omega,
- Your plans for a career in Public Health, and
- Evidence of leadership while a student at NYU CGPH.
- A CV or resume.
Faculty eligibility and application process: Members of the faculty shall be selected by a nominating committee of at least three members appointed by the chapter president. This selection committee will give particular attention to outstanding public health performance in scholarship, teaching, research, and the quality of publications through a careful review of the curricula vitarum. The total number of faculty members elected in any one year may not exceed 3% of the full-time faculty (a minimum of 1 is allowed each year).
At the beginning of the Spring semester, an email will be sent to faculty soliciting applications and nominations for Delta Omega. The faculty application requires the following documents:
- A cover letter briefly summarizing your accomplishments and commitment to public health, and
- A CV or NIH biosketch (part A, the personal statement is not required).
Alumni eligibility and application process: Each year, each Chapter may induct alumni members in an amount not to exceed half of that allowed for its student inductions for that year. Regardless of this calculation, each Chapter will have the option to induct at least 5 alumni members annually.
At the beginning of the Spring semester, an email will be sent to alumni soliciting applications and nominations for Delta Omega. The alumni application requires the following documents:
- A cover letter briefly summarizing your accomplishments and commitment to public health, and
- A CV or NIH biosketch (part A, the personal statement is not required).
Honorary member eligibility and nomination process: Honorary members are persons possessing exceptional qualifications and who have attained meritorious distinction in the field of public health. They are elected by a majority vote of those voting in each chapter. The chapter is limited to the greater of one honorary member or 5% of the allowed student member inductions.
At the beginning of the Spring semester, an email will be sent to faculty and students soliciting nominations for Delta Omega. The nomination should include a letter explain the nominee’s qualification for the award as well as a CV or biosketch.
Delta Omega Honorary Society, Delta Beta Chapter Inductees
2023
Ethan Bakal
Dehandra Blackwood
Abigail Brachio
Gabriella Garcia
Yifan Lai
Esofi Nunyi
Avni Sanghvi
2022
Tasfia Bashar
Daniel Chernovolenko
Emily Degeorge
Amanda Feingold
Yonatan Lean
Spencer Lee
Britney Omene
2021
Gavin Arneson
Jinhee Chang
Chrystelle Leveille
Katie Mundt
Richard Rookwood
Olivia Sacco
Kyle Tio
María Vázquez Sánchez
Ana Warner
2020
Ellise Bartlett
Cyril Catherine Cano
Ethan Gabbour
Andrea Groza
Megan Ruprecht
2019
Nicole Acero
Sadia Alam
Sophie A. Barker
Anna Chessky
Zoe M. Costomiris
Cui Ying (Wendy) Huang
Tonya Johnson
Charlotte Moore
Pear Poolvaraluk
Emily Paige Rabinowitz
Breanna Van Loenen
Sarah Mariam Younes
2018
Joshua Arshonsky
Sai Bosula
Ruchi Desai
Lucía Dueñas-Bianchi
Kendra Ganley
Adam Kirschner
Yasmine Makkiyah
Udit Modi
Anita Ofosu-Appiah
Jessica Osterman
Joshua Quach
Thamer Semran
2017
Marguerite Ruzich
Minji Kim
Shirley Wu
2023
Nina Abukahok
Cameron Addicott
Kristen Amick
Gina Angelotti
Omobolanle Ayo
Jasmine Bar
Dia Beggs
Xiaoting Chen
Yingzhu Chen
Yuhan Cui
Eve Curran
Sarika Dasraj
Rachel D'Eramo
Nareesa Dhalla
Tatiana Dozier
Thesalie Jane Dumlao
Udanyi Egboja
Shijia Guo
Nizar Hadeli
Anushka Halder
Nada Hamade
Nousheen Inayat
Kenny Isufi
Angad Kalsi
Madison Kasprzyk
Kaylee Lamarche
Jenna MacLeod
Marina Mautner Wizentier
Christine Mourani
Dayra Panarello
Athanasia Papadopoulos
Natalie Pinder
Gabriella Prado
Fardin Rahman
Dana Ynesa Reandelar
Eric Rochman
Callie Seaman
Manushi Shah
Shivani Shenoy
Juanya Shi
Jiawen Shou
Imani Thompson
Madison Wall
Anne Wapniarski
Kyria Weng
Julia Woollcombe
Yang Yang
Emily Zambiazzi
Karol Zhang
Luning Zhang
2022
Kiri Allen
Sabaa Alnsour
Jessica Alongi
Gabriela Araujo
Caitlin Attaway
Michelle Bandel
Esther Beauchemin
Megan Brown
Zhiyuan Chen
Chelsea Chobany
Ahnafur Rahman Chowdhury
Lisa Daronatsy
Alexandra Davis
Olivia Delau
Alisa Dimaggio
Caroline Eagan
Elizabeth Furuya
Christine Hyun
Madison Irving
Farha Islam
Raed Kadi
Khadija Kamara
Eleni Kokolakis
Kwan Yu Teresa Lai
Christine Mehrotra
Gabriella Meltzer
Farhan Mohsin
Aymara O'Brien-Pappalardo
Temitope Ojo
Katrina Paleologos
Haley Ritsema
Caroline Romano
Holly Romeo
Marissa Sogluizzo
Diana Striplet
Hunter Sun
Jennifer Urist
Zitong Wang
Surabhi Yadav
Xiaoting Zhu
2021
Mary Allen
Zachary Ballard
Cassandra Barrett
Methyl Barro
Drew Blasco
Mia Blatt
Yuyu (Ruby) Chen
Xiangying (Claire) Chu
Kaci Costello
Inés María Del Giudice
Cesar Figueroa Ortiz
Alexandra (Sasha) Guttentag
Catherine Hartwell
Jahwa Hossain
Filippa Juul
Rachel Kruchten
Taylor Lauesen
Aditi Makwana
Akshita Mehrotra
Carla Milan
Michelle Miller
Nicholas Mirin
Chrysta Ng
Sydney Novetsky
Kenna Pollard
Oscar San Román Orozco
Nicole Scagliola
Sarah Searfoss
Shrushti Shah
Sabina Shakya
Anya Snyder
Cole Swartz
Siphra Tampubolon
Ziyi Wang
Yao Xin
Qiuyun Yao
2020
Amanda Albergo
Jennifer Arzu
Abdullah Bin Salamah
Melany Chan
Aria Chitturi
Christina D'Agostino
Allie Deegan
Adrienne Dzurick
Farnia Feiz
Sara Friedman
Natsinet Ghebrendrias
Maura Harris
Kana Inoue
Erika Kenney
Yeerae Kim
Kathleen Lynch
Yuan Ma
Francesca Minardi
Miray Mirham
Christina Muggeo
Catherine Naas
Niveditha Narasimhan
Laura Scarimbolo
Tanmik Shah
Jeewoen Shin
Julius Ramon Torres Kellinghusen
Edward Tseng
Sneha Vanama
Benjamin Wagner
Yu Wang
Sonya Yamashita
Cynthia Yee
Mallory Yung
2016
Laura Alaud-Din
Yevgeniya Gluzberg
Emily Hamovich
Jenni Hui
Sophia Kim
Daniel O’Halloran
Elisabeth Salner
Erin Salo-Mullen
Jenny Tang
2019
Tahmina Ahmed
Amaal Rabie Alruwaily
Samaria Filosa
Svetlana Fortel
Nicole Freire
Ejiro Gbaje
Gina Gonzales
Suhan Guo
Naomi Heisler
Emily Holzman
Rachelle Jacoby
Kassandra Jones
Gabrielle Khalife
Tae Hee (Tina) Koo
Lauren Krieger
Mandy W. Lin
Martha J. Nassali
Christopher S. Park
Alyssa Ann Penizotto
Joanna G. Philips
Md Rahman
Christopher Sentmier
Jacob Sim
Benjamin R. Spoer
Nicole Tang
Brooke E. Tortorella
Ariana Traub
Kavitha Verghese
2018
Leah Blumberg
Tanya Braune
Jessa Mae Camacho
Margaux Gleber
Nicole Gracias
Pia Iribarren
Dhara Kadakia
Vivienne La
Avrohom Levy
Alomi Malkan
Emily Nangle
Chisom Obiezu-Umeh
Kennedy Okhawere
Deborah Onakomaiya
Randze Palmaira
Melissa Rothman
Andrea Sharkey
Mark Stratton
Kyoko Thompson
Christian Victoria
Brooke Wiles
Rebecca Wong
Ingrid Zambrano
2017
Rebecca Carter
Anne Dumadag
Erica Hinz
Taylor McIlquham
Mehreen Qureshi
Elizabeth Robinson
Mabel Segbafeh
Sabah Shaikh
Lena Tran
2022
Brian Hall
Judith Weissman
2021
LeConté Dill
Karyn Faber
Diana Silver
2019
Bernadette Boden-Albala
Ralph J. DiClemente
Dustin T. Duncan
2018
Melody Goodman
Ryan Ruff
2017
Arthur Caplan
Julia Cartwright
Joyce Moon Howard
Niyati Parekh
2016
Perry Halkitis
Neal G Herman
Cheryl Merzel
Marion Nestle
2023
Andrea Muraca
2022
Noorpreet Kaur
Raja Staggers-Hakim
Maria El Koussa
Karen Issokson-Silver
DeRonn Kidd
Ezra Jerome
Oluwatomi Oluwasanmi
2021
Priya Kanayson
Samara Mbugua
2019
Lillian A. Burns
Celina M. Hanson
Hector Pardo Hernandez
2018
Jill Fernandez
Emily Klukas
Kristina Rodriguez
2017
Lea Dooley c/o 1997 (MPH)
Marybec Griffin-Tomas c/o 2012 (MPH)
Marcia Zorrilla c/o 1992 (MPH)
2016
Natalie DeGraaf c/o 2013 (MPH)
Andrew Hart c/o 2008 (MPH)
Sana Hashim c/o 2013 (MPH)
Ahmed Kassem c/o 2012 (MPH)
Joseph Palamar c/o 2006 (MPH) & 2010 (PhD)
2018
Sidney Lerner
2017
Margaret Hamburg
2016
Robert Bern
Ellen Gstalder (posthumously)
Cheryl Healton
Ananda Dasanayake
Robyn Gershon
Andrew Goodman
Danielle Ompad