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We are pleased to announce the winner of the IJERPH 2021 Young Investigator Award, Dr. Grace Vincent.
Dr. Grace Vincent is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Health, Medical and Applied Sciences, Appleton Institute, Central Queensland University, Rockhampton, Australia.
As a Research Fellow at Central Queensland University’s Appleton Institute, Dr. Vincent investigates ways in which to improve sleep in our communities. She particularly focuses on workers in high-risk industries, many of whom are shift workers—firefighters, doctors, nurses, miners, etc. Her research directly informs workplace policies, with the goal of creating a healthier and safer shiftwork workforce.
Dr. Vincent was awarded her Ph.D. from Deakin University (2016) and completed a Bachelor of Science (Honours) at Auckland University (2011). She has over 60 publications and more than USD 1 million in research funding. She is a South Australian Tall Poppy (2020), winner of the National 5-Minute Research Pitch Competition (2018), and received the Central Queensland University Vice Chancellor’s Award for Outstanding Early Career Research (2019).
She also has many other research interests, and has collaborated on projects with researchers from a wide range of disciplines, including exercise and sports science, human factors, psychology, nutrition, physical activity, physiotherapy, speech pathology, podiatry, health economics and allied health.
As the awardee, Dr. Grace Vincent will receive an honorarium of CHF 2000, an offer to publish a paper, free of charge, in IJERPH before the end of March 2023, following peer review, and an engraved plaque.
We would like to thank all the nominators from various fields of study for their participation, as well as all the award committee members for their evaluation of the many excellent nominations.
Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Dr. Paul B. Tchounwou On behalf of the IJERPH 2022 Young Investigator Evaluation Committee
IJERPH 2021 Young Investigator Award
Past Winners
Year:
Winner
Aleksandra Barac
Clinic for Infectious and Tropical Diseases, University Clinical Center of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia
Award Committee
Prof. Paul Tchounwou
Chairman
Jackson State University
Prof. Dr. Hiroshi Kadotani
Department of Psychiatry, Shiga University of Medical Science
Prof. Dr. Avi Besser
Interdisciplinary School for Sciences, Health and Society, Department of Communication Disorders, Hadassah Academic College
Prof. Daniela Varrica
Università di Palermo
Prof. Gianrico Spagnuolo
University of Napoli "Federico II"
Winner
Roman Shrestha
University of Connecticut
Award Committee
Prof. Paul Tchounwou
Chairman
Jackson State University
Prof. Dr. Dilipkumar R. Patel
Western Michigan University Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine
Dr. David Lean
Prof. Avi Besser
Interdisciplinary School for Sciences, Health and Society, Department of Communication Disorders, Hadassah Academic College
Prof. Amal K. Mitra
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Winner
Michael Bertram
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Award Committee
Dr. Jimmy T. Efird
Chairman
VA Cooperative Studies Program Coordinating Center, Boston, USA; Adjunct (Full) Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, Case Western Reserve School of Medicine
Dr. Mar Alonso-Almeida
Dr. Lianguo Chen
Prof. Marco Innamorati
Università Europea di Roma
Winner
Grace Vincent
The Appleton Institute, Central Queensland University, Australia
Award Committee
Prof. Paul Tchounwou
Chairman
Jackson State University
Dr. Stefan Nilsson
University of Gothenburg
Prof. Luca Paolo Ardigò
Department of Teacher Education, NLA University College
Dr. William Evans
The George Washington University
Winner
Ioar Rivas
Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal)
Award Committee
Prof. Paul Tchounwou
Chairman
Jackson State University
Prof. Gianrico Spagnuolo
University of Napoli "Federico II"
Dr. David Berrigan
NCI
Dr. William Toscano
University of Minnesota
Winner
Peng Jia
University of Twente
Award Committee
Prof. Paul Tchounwou
Chairman
Jackson State University
Prof. Jon Oyvind Odland
Dr. David Berrigan
NCI
Dr. Jimmy T. Efird
VA Cooperative Studies Program Coordinating Center, Boston, USA; Adjunct (Full) Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, Case Western Reserve School of Medicine
Winner
Bach Xuan Tran
Hanoi Medical University, Vietnam
Award Committee
Prof. Paul Tchounwou
Chairman
Jackson State University
Prof. Jon Oyvind Odland
Dr. Yu-Pin Lin
National Taiwan University
Dr. William Toscano
University of Minnesota
Dr. David Berrigan
NCI
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