Powell Hammond selected as White House Fellow
| September 07, 2011 | |
Dr. Wizdom Powell Hammond
Wizdom Powell Hammond, PhD, assistant professor of health behavior and health education at UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, has been named to the 2011-2012 class of White House Fellows, the White House announced today. Powell Hammond, of Norfolk, Va., is also a member of the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center. Her community-based domestic research examines the impact of neighborhood, health care and socioeconomic resources on racial health disparities, with an emphasis on vulnerable black males. In 2009, she gave invited expert testimony to the President’s Cancer Panel about racial/ethnic minority health care experiences. Prior to her positions at UNC, she was a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health and Society Scholar at the University of California at San Francisco and Berkeley. Powell Hammond, an American Psychological Association (APA) Minority and Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellow, received master’s and doctoral degrees in clinical psychology and a Master of Public Health in health behavior and health education from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. She has been placed in the U.S. Department of Defense. The White House Fellows Program was created in 1964 by President Lyndon B. Johnson to give promising American leaders “first-hand, high-level experience with the workings of the federal government and to increase their sense of participation in national affairs.” The unique opportunity to work within the government is designed to encourage active citizenship and a lifelong commitment to service.
The Fellows also take part in an education program designed to broaden their knowledge of leadership, policy formulation and current affairs. Community service is another essential element of the program, and Fellows participate in service projects throughout the year in the Washington, D.C. area.
This year’s 15 Fellows come from diverse backgrounds and varied professions, and all have shown a strong commitment to public service and leadership. Additional information about the program is available at www.whitehouse.gov/fellows.
UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health contact: Ramona DuBose, director of communications, (919) 966-7467 or ramona_dubose@unc.edu. |
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