Kitty Bowman Excellence in Research Award

This award is presented to a student in the graduating class who represents “an outstanding commitment to research or to the integration of evidence-based medicine into clinical practice.” It is presented annually at graduation. The recipient is selected by the Master Project Director and the Chair of the Department of PA Studies. This award is named for the first registrar of the Physician Assistant Program who was also a founding member of a community agency, Aids Care Service.

Kitty Bowman Excellence in Research Award
Established 2004

2004 – John I. Shoaf
(Project Title: Food Insecurity and Food Sources Among Latino Patients of the Community Care Center in Winston-Salem, NC)

2005 - Patrick Bowden
(Project Title: HIV Risk in Northwestern North Carolina:  Context and Culture)

2006 - Kimberly Gentry
(Project Title: Child Healthcare in Two North Carolina Farmworker Populations)

2007 - Leigh Ellen Floyd
(Project Title:  HIV/STD Education and Prevention in American Indian Adolescent Females in
Robeson County, North Carolina)

2008 - Kimberly Elaine Key
(Project Title:  HPV Testing in the Detection of High-Grade Cervical Cancer Precursors)