2024 KPHA Scholarship Recipients
![Linde Eaton](/_resources/images/scholarship-headshots/leaton.jpg)
Linde Eaton
2024 Ellen M. Buchart Scholarship Recipient
Clinic RN & Community Outreach, Three Rivers District Health Department
Ms. Linde Eaton is pursuing her Bachelor of Science in Nursing at Western Governors University. She is employed at Three Rivers District Health Department where she has worked in many programs….home health, environmental, clinic, WIC and now the community setting. In her current role, she provides community education, including harm reduction, and home visits for lactation support for new moms. Linde says that obtaining her bachelors' degree puts her in the right direction to become an advanced practice nurse, which would benefit her health department’s clinic programs.
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Kasey Burkhead
2024 Kentucky Public Health Workforce Development Scholarship Recipient
Support Services Supervisor & WIC Coordinator, North Central District Health Department in Shelby County
Ms. Kasey Burkhead is a Graduate Student at the University of Louisville School of Public Health and Information Sciences pursuing her MPH degree. She is employed by the North Central District Health Department, serving as the Support Services Supervisor & WIC Coordinator at the Shelby County Health Department. In her role she seeks ways to make clinic services more accessible to underserved communities. Kasey volunteers in her community through the Fusion 502 organization and is a member of Kentucky’s Medical Reserve Corps. Her goal is to obtain her MPH and continue to advance at the health department to eventually become a Public Health Director.
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University of Kentucky Student Public Health Association
2024 Student Engagement Award for Excellence
2023 KPHA Scholarship Recipients
![Julia Kollitz](/_resources/images/scholarship-headshots/jkollitz.jpg)
Julia Kollitz
2023 Theodore Hanekamp Scholarship Recipient
Julia Kollitz is a 4+1 student in the UK College of Public Health. Julia plans to pursue a community focused career in infectious disease and/or global health. She has been active in a myriad of public health-oriented volunteer activities. She will begin her full-time graduate studies in Fall 2023.
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Alexis Kelly
2023 Ellen M. Buchart Scholarship Recipient
Ms. Alexis Kelly is a rising senior studying Public Health and statistics at Eastern Kentucky University. In the future, Alexis would like to attend graduate school for biostatistics or epidemiology. She desires to focus on assessment of health disparities to help create better programs and policies to improve the health of others. She is particularly interested in grief and addiction research and aims to help others who have been impacted by both.
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Hanan Yusuf
2023 Public Health Workforce Development Scholarship Recipient
Hanan Yusuf is a graduate student at the University of Kentucky pursuing a Masters in Public Health with a concentration in Epidemiology. In addition to graduate studies, Hanan is a student intern with the Kentucky Department of Public Health and a part-time employee with the Disability Resource Center at UK. Hanan desires to alleviate health disparities in underserved and rural communities.
2022 KPHA Scholarship Recipients
![Kelsey Gatton](/_resources/images/scholarship-headshots/kgatton.jpg)
Kelsey Gatton
2022 Theodore Hanekamp Scholarship and Public Health Workforce Development Scholarship Recipient
Kelsey Gatton is a 1st year Masters Student pursuing a degree in Health Systems and Policy Analytics through the University of Kentucky College of Public Health. She currently works full-time the College of Public Health at UK as a Research Assistant and Administrative Support Associate. She desires to find ways to bridge the gap between clinical care and community organizations to improve public health.
![Alyssa Hargis](/_resources/images/scholarship-headshots/ahargis.jpg)
Alyssa Hargis
2022 Ellen M. Buchart Scholarship Recipient
Alyssa Hargis is a Junior at the University of Kentucky studying Public Health and Environmental and Sustainability. She is actively involved in many service activities that benefit the health of the campus and greater community. Her goal is to become a health department leader that continues to advance meaningful research and transformative health programs.
2021 KPHA Scholarship Recipients
![Tiff Haub](/_resources/images/scholarship-headshots/thaub.jpg)
Tiff Haub
2021 Ellen M. Buchart Scholarship Recipient
Tiff Haub is pursuing her Masters of Science in Healthcare Administration at the University of Louisville with the goal of becoming a director of sports medicine. She is employed by Norton health care as the sports medicine coordinator.
![Grace Donaldson](/_resources/images/scholarship-headshots/gdonaldson.jpg)
Grace Donaldson
2021 Public Health Workforce Scholarship Recipient
Grace Donaldson is from the Pennyrile District Health Department. Grace is employed in Health Education and Community Outreach at the health department. She is pursuing her Masters in Public Administration with a focus in community and public health at Murray State University.
2020 KPHA Scholarship Recipients
![Rachael Corrone](/_resources/images/scholarship-headshots/rcorrone.jpg)
Rachael Corrone
2020 Ellen M. Buchart Scholarship Recipient
![Freda Ally Hucek](/_resources/images/scholarship-headshots/fhucek.jpg)
Freda Ally Hucek
2020 Theodore Hanekamp Scholarship Recipient
![Amber Mathers](/_resources/images/scholarship-headshots/amathers.jpg)
Amber Mathers
2020 Public Health Workforce Development Scholarship Recipient