Public Health Magazine - Fall 2008 - Woodruff Health Sciences ...

Arlene M. Lester, 94MPH Dean Brian Noe, Isam Vaid, 99MPH, and Connie Kohler
Lawrence Bryant, 01MPH
Lt. Brett Harrison Hicks, 02MPH
David A. Bray, 04MPH
2000s
LAWRENCE BRYANT,
01MPH, received his PhD
in adult education from the
University of Georgia. He
also accepted a tenure-track
position in the Division of
Respiratory Therapy with the
School of Health and Human
Services at Georgia State
University. He writes, “My first
research project is looking at
establishing a cancer survivor
network here in Georgia, in
collaboration with the State of
Georgia. This research involves
smoking-related cancers.”
AURA LOUISE COFFEE,
01MPH, received her doctor
of veterinary medicine degree
from the University of Georgia
in May.
KENDOLYN SMITH,
01CMPH, received her doctorate
in pharmacology from
Creighton University in May.
She was the first graduate of
the Career Master of Public
Health Program in the RSPH.
LT. BRETT HARRISON
HICKS, 02MPH, serves with
the Medical Service Corps of
the U.S. Navy. He is assigned
to the multinational Security
Transition Command in
Baghdad. Under the Health
Affairs Directorate, Hicks is
the medical logistics officer
for the Iraqi Ministry of the
Interior. The Directorate helps
train and equip health care
providers in the Iraqi Security
Force and oversees clinics
throughout Iraq.
DAVID A. BRAY, 04MSPH,
08G, successfully defended
his dissertation on
“Knowledge Ecosystems:
Technology, Motivations,
Processes, and Performance,”
thus graduating a year early
Alumni Deaths
from the Goizueta Business
School. He began a postdoctoral
fellowship in May at
the MIT Center for Collective
Intelligence. Bray plans to
conduct additional research
with the Kennedy School of
Government’s Leadership for a
Networked World Program. He
served as a doctoral researcher
with the U.S. Department
of Energy and the CDC on
knowledge ecosystems and
interorganizational knowledge
transfer strategies.
MARRIED: KRISTA YORITA,
04MPH, to Adam Christensen,
on May 10, 2008, in Wood-
HARRIETTE DAVIS, 87MPH, on March 10, 2008, in Oxford, GA.
REBECCA GERRARD LIBERMAN, 89MSN/MPH, of Atlanta,
on April 25, 2008. She died unexpectedly at age 53. Formerly of
Louisville, KY, she is survived by her husband, Henry Liberman,
and her stepdaughter, Heather Liberman.
JENNIFER R. GRAHAM, 96MPH, of Minneapolis, at age 41, on
March 6, 2008. She died peacefully, surrounded by family and
friends, after battling cancer for a year and a half. She is survived
by her parents, Winifred and George Grizzle.
PAMELA DENZMORE, 99MPH, of College Park, GA, on Dec. 24,
2007. She is survived by her husband, Arthur Justus Nwagera.
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