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✯ 2010 SOPHE Awards ✯
Join us in congratulating these outstanding individuals throughout the conference and during
SOPHE’s Gala Awards Celebration on Saturday evening, November 6.
✯ distinguished fellow award ✯
This award is the highest recognition given by the Society and honors
members who have made significant and lasting contributions to
SOPHE and the health education field.
Jim McKenzie, PHD, MPH, CHES
James “Jim” McKenzie is a Professor Emeritus of Physiology
and Health Science at Ball State University, where he started
as chairperson in 1989. In his 15 years at Ball State he distinguished
himself on campus through his excellent teaching,
quality publications, and outstanding service. Dr. McKenzie’s
expertise focuses on areas of program planning and evaluation,
community health, and patient education.
Dr. McKenzie has made significant and lasting contributions to the
profession of health education. Over the span of his 30 year career, he has
authored numerous textbooks including: An Introduction to Community
Health; Principles and Foundations of Health Promotion & Education; and
Planning, Implementing and Evaluating Health Promotion Programs. In
addition, Dr. McKenzie has contributed chapters to several other books,
and has authored close to 50 peer-reviewed articles addressing professional
preparation, credentialing, and the accreditation of academic health education
programs. He has held leadership positions in several national and state
professional associations including Indiana SOPHE Delegate from 2004-06;
Co-chair of the SOPHE/AAHE Baccalaureate Approval Committee since
2007; and coordinator of the Division Board of Certification for the National
Commission for Health Education Credentialing since 2009. Dr. McKenzie
is a reviewer for nine health education journals, including Health Promotion
Practice, and has been recognized with more than a dozen awards for his
teaching, research and service to the profession.
David Sleet, PHD, FASHA
Dr. David Sleet is the Associate Director of Science for the
Division of Unintentional Injury Prevention at CDC, where
he plans and manages research programs and provides
direction to a national injury control program. He is also
Professor Emeritus at San Diego State University, Adjunct
Professor at Curtin University in Australia and on the teaching faculty of
the School of Public Health at Emory University in Atlanta. He has spent
most of his professional career in academia and government service,
conducting research and teaching in public health and health psychology.
He was a research psychologist at the U.S. Department of Transportation
in Washington, D.C., and a visiting research fellow at the University
of Western Australia in Perth, where he directed a research unit on road
injury prevention and worked in the Washington State Health Department
to develop a statewide approach to injury prevention.
Dr. Sleet’s contributions to the field include more than 90 published
books, monographs, and chapters, as well as 130 peer-reviewed journal
articles related to injury prevention, health promotion, disease prevention,
and community health. In 1999, he was awarded the Mayhew
Derryberry Award from the American Public Health Association for his
contributions to theory and practice in public health, and in 2001, he
received the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary’s
Award for Distinguished Service for his research on blood alcohol levels
and driving, which led to a new national standard. Dr. Sleet’s collaborative
research spans the globe including special projects in Australia,
Belgium, and Finland.
Marc Zimmerman, PHD
For the past 13 years, Dr. Zimmerman has served as the Editor-in-
Chief of Health Education & Behavior, one of the most frequently
cited journals in the field. He is a highly regarded researcher that has
published over 100 peer-reviewed articles, covering a variety
of public health topics. Dr. Zimmerman’s primary research interests
include the application and development of empowerment theory and the study
of adolescent health and resiliency. His research has consistently focused on individual
and community health risk and community-based research methods.
Dr. Zimmerman has served for more than ten years as Chair of the Department
of Health Behavior and Health Education at the University of Michigan
School of Public Health, where he has mentored scores of students to
become leaders in the field. He is also the editor of Youth and Society, and
directs the Prevention Research Center of Michigan (PRC/MI), a CDCfunded
center that focuses on both policy and community-based initiatives
and projects. In 2010, Dr. Zimmerman, received the Distinguished Contribution
to Theory and Research Award from the Society for Community
Research and Action of the American Psychological Association.
✯ honorary fellow award ✯
The SOPHE Honorary Fellow Award is SOPHE’s highest recognition to a
non-member who has made significant and lasting contributions to health
education and public health.
David S. Sobel, MD, MPH
David Sobel is Director of Patient Education and Health Promotion
for The Permanente Medical Group, Inc. and Kaiser Permanente’s
Northern California Region. A primary care physician, he
also led the national initiative on Patient-Centered Care for Kaiser
Permanente’s Care Management Institute, which is dedicated to
synthesizing knowledge about superior clinical approaches to ensure the highest
quality care delivered to Kaiser Permanente members. He serves on the
Northern California Region Contributions Committee, which provides funding
and technical support for low-income and safety-net populations, community
organizations, and community health initiatives.
Dr. Sobel has dedicated his career to research and teaching in the area
of medical self-care, patient education, preventive medicine, behavioral
medicine, and psychosocial factors in health. He is coauthor of seven books
including Living a Healthy Life with Chronic Conditions, The Healing Brain,
Healthy Pleasures, and Mind & Body Health Handbook. He also served as an
invited delegate to the World Health Organization (WHO) Congress that
generated the Ottawa Charter on Health Promotion.
After receiving a bachelor’s degree in psychology at the University of Michigan,
Dr. Sobel pursued his medical training at the University of California San
Francisco with a medical internship at Presbyterian Hospital-Pacific Medical
Center in San Francisco. He also completed a master’s degree in Public Health
and a residency program in General Preventive Medicine at the School of
Public Health, University of California, Berkeley.
Dr. Sobel has received many awards, including the 2001 national Healthtrac
Foundation Health Education Award*, which is given to a health educator
who has made a substantial contribution to advancing the field of health
education or health promotion through research, program development, or
program delivery. He also won the James A.Vohs Award for Quality: Chronic
Disease Self-Management Program Multi-Region in 2002 and the TPMG Exceptional
Contribution Award in 2005 for creating, developing, and disseminating
health education programs that support Kaiser Permanente members
throughout the continuum of care.
*Award renamed the Elizabeth Fries Health Education Award, and is now given
annually by the James F. and Sara T. Fries Foundation.
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