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VISIT GEHA ONLINE AT: GEHA-ONLINE.ORG
~ GEHA NEWS ~
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RANDALL MANNING SCHOLARSHIP the summer of 2012, she worked on the campus
sustainability report at UGA Costa Rica. The following
Tiffany Eberhard received the 2014 Randall Manning summer, she completed an internship with the CDC through
Scholarship for 2014! Tiffany is a senior double majoring in the Summer Undergraduate Program in Environmental
Environmental Health and Anthropology in the Environmental Health (SUPEH). She primarily assisted with Vessel
Health Sciences program at the University of Georgia. Tiffany Sanitation Program and the development of manual for
EH and Anthropology. Tiffany secured an internship with environmental health officers on cruise ships. Amy will be
Athens Clarke-County Recycling Division from August 2012- starting her MPH in the fall at Yale University.
June 2013 . She worked to coordinate a reusable bag day at the
Athens Farmers Market and educated children and Athens NEW! Environmental Health Leadership Award
community members on recycling and reusable bag
information. In addition, Tiffany started a local organization to Osii Mbata was selected the recipient of the
ban plastic bags in our local community called “Ban the Bag”. Environmental Health Leadership Award in its inaugural
She has traveled extensively and completed additional projects year. Highly motivated and organized, Osii was elected last
in Peru and Borneo and was most recently inducted into the May (2013) as the Environmental Health Science club
Blue Key Honor Society. Congratulations Tiffany! president. Although not funded, Osii wrote and submitted a
well written grant proposal to the UGA Office of
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCE AWARD Sustainability to assist in some of the service the club
planned on performing. He and the club worked to establish
Amy Wong is this years’ recipient of this new award for a battery recycling program in University Housing in order
2014! Amy majored in environmental health science at to keep excessive metals out of our local landfill. Osii has
UGA, where she worked in Dr. Erin Lipp’s lab studying also organized a fundraising raffle for the club.
bacterial communities in the reefs of the Florida Keys. In Congratulations Osii!
GEORGIA PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION COLLABORATING WITH THE U.K.
ENVIRONMENTALIST OF THE YEAR AWARD Through the efforts and connections of Rob Blake, former
GEHA Officer, arrangements were made to twin with the
...for 2014 goes to Scott Uhlich! Scott is a recent retiree as Chartered Institute of Environmental Health’s (CIEH) London
Director for the Environmental Health Section at the Georgia Centre in the United Kingdom. Our organizations link websites,
Department of Public Health. Scott has worked in Environmental share newsletter and journal articles, and regularly
Health for 35 years as an Environmental Health Specialist for communicate ideas, philosophies, and practices to increase
Gwinnett County, as District Director for the Northeast Health GEHA’s scope both nationally and abroad. This partnership
District, and finally at the state Environmental Health office. includes offering GEHA members opportunities to work in the
Scott received a Bachelors of Bachelor of Science degree in United Kingdom through professional exchanges!
Environmental Health Science from the University of Georgia and a
Masters Degree in City Planning from the Georgia Institute of Founded in 1884, CIEH’s London Centre is one of 17
Technology. He is also a graduate of the Environmental Public centers making up its national structure. Its major activities are
Health Leadership Institute at the Centers for Disease Control and the training and professional support of its members. This is
Prevention from the 2008-2009 cohort. accomplished through study groups for all Environmental
Health subjects including food, housing, health and safety, and
As this year’s recipient, Scott was recognized for his passion, pollution. The Centre has nearly 1,100 members in the
strong leadership, and excellence in his work at local and state corporate, graduate, associate, student, and retired member
levels in Environmental Health. He successfully developed and categories, and became an associate body with the International
approved a statewide environmental health workforce plan and Federation of Environmental Health in 2000. Visit GEHA’s
a statewide assessment of environmental health programs using website at www.geha-online.org for updated information!
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s 10 Essential
Services Instrument, a first in the U.S. Congratulations, Scott!
GEHA congratulates all of the scholarship and award winners! For information about
scholarships and awards available through GEHA, please see page 31.
30 Georgia Environmentalist Volume 36
~ GEHA NEWS ~
. . . Continued from page 23
RANDALL MANNING SCHOLARSHIP the summer of 2012, she worked on the campus
sustainability report at UGA Costa Rica. The following
Tiffany Eberhard received the 2014 Randall Manning summer, she completed an internship with the CDC through
Scholarship for 2014! Tiffany is a senior double majoring in the Summer Undergraduate Program in Environmental
Environmental Health and Anthropology in the Environmental Health (SUPEH). She primarily assisted with Vessel
Health Sciences program at the University of Georgia. Tiffany Sanitation Program and the development of manual for
EH and Anthropology. Tiffany secured an internship with environmental health officers on cruise ships. Amy will be
Athens Clarke-County Recycling Division from August 2012- starting her MPH in the fall at Yale University.
June 2013 . She worked to coordinate a reusable bag day at the
Athens Farmers Market and educated children and Athens NEW! Environmental Health Leadership Award
community members on recycling and reusable bag
information. In addition, Tiffany started a local organization to Osii Mbata was selected the recipient of the
ban plastic bags in our local community called “Ban the Bag”. Environmental Health Leadership Award in its inaugural
She has traveled extensively and completed additional projects year. Highly motivated and organized, Osii was elected last
in Peru and Borneo and was most recently inducted into the May (2013) as the Environmental Health Science club
Blue Key Honor Society. Congratulations Tiffany! president. Although not funded, Osii wrote and submitted a
well written grant proposal to the UGA Office of
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCE AWARD Sustainability to assist in some of the service the club
planned on performing. He and the club worked to establish
Amy Wong is this years’ recipient of this new award for a battery recycling program in University Housing in order
2014! Amy majored in environmental health science at to keep excessive metals out of our local landfill. Osii has
UGA, where she worked in Dr. Erin Lipp’s lab studying also organized a fundraising raffle for the club.
bacterial communities in the reefs of the Florida Keys. In Congratulations Osii!
GEORGIA PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION COLLABORATING WITH THE U.K.
ENVIRONMENTALIST OF THE YEAR AWARD Through the efforts and connections of Rob Blake, former
GEHA Officer, arrangements were made to twin with the
...for 2014 goes to Scott Uhlich! Scott is a recent retiree as Chartered Institute of Environmental Health’s (CIEH) London
Director for the Environmental Health Section at the Georgia Centre in the United Kingdom. Our organizations link websites,
Department of Public Health. Scott has worked in Environmental share newsletter and journal articles, and regularly
Health for 35 years as an Environmental Health Specialist for communicate ideas, philosophies, and practices to increase
Gwinnett County, as District Director for the Northeast Health GEHA’s scope both nationally and abroad. This partnership
District, and finally at the state Environmental Health office. includes offering GEHA members opportunities to work in the
Scott received a Bachelors of Bachelor of Science degree in United Kingdom through professional exchanges!
Environmental Health Science from the University of Georgia and a
Masters Degree in City Planning from the Georgia Institute of Founded in 1884, CIEH’s London Centre is one of 17
Technology. He is also a graduate of the Environmental Public centers making up its national structure. Its major activities are
Health Leadership Institute at the Centers for Disease Control and the training and professional support of its members. This is
Prevention from the 2008-2009 cohort. accomplished through study groups for all Environmental
Health subjects including food, housing, health and safety, and
As this year’s recipient, Scott was recognized for his passion, pollution. The Centre has nearly 1,100 members in the
strong leadership, and excellence in his work at local and state corporate, graduate, associate, student, and retired member
levels in Environmental Health. He successfully developed and categories, and became an associate body with the International
approved a statewide environmental health workforce plan and Federation of Environmental Health in 2000. Visit GEHA’s
a statewide assessment of environmental health programs using website at www.geha-online.org for updated information!
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s 10 Essential
Services Instrument, a first in the U.S. Congratulations, Scott!
GEHA congratulates all of the scholarship and award winners! For information about
scholarships and awards available through GEHA, please see page 31.
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