2012 BUSPH Distinguished Alumni Awards.
Three Boston University School of Public Health alumni have been honored with the 2012 Distinguished Alumni Award.
This year’s recipients are: Suzanne Bouveron, MPH ’91, health education consultant for the California Department of Public Health; Susan Frayne, MD, MPH ’92, an associate professor of medicine a, VA Palo Alto Health Care System/Stanford University; and Amanda Navarro, PhD, MPH ’02 associate director for PolicyLink.
Since 1989, the Distinguished Alumni Award recognizes BUSPH graduates who have made outstanding contributions and exemplify dedication to the field of public health on a local, national, or global level. This year’s awards will be presented during the BUSPH reception at the American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting in San Francisco on October 29th.
Suzanne Bouveron has over 25 years of domestic and international public health program development and project management experience. A health education consultant for the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) Immunization Branch, Bouveron provides technical assistance to California’s 61 local health departments, sister programs in CDPH, California Immunization Coalition, and partners in the non-governmental sector providing immunization services. Bouveron participates on CDPH Immunization Branch senior management teams, CDC immunization initiatives, legislative regulations development, border health campaigns, and special task forces.
Prior to working at CDPH, Bouveron had an extensive career working with the Peace Corps including a position as a deputy director and program training officer. Bouveron spent time in several African countries including Cameroon and Mali. She has also held positions at John Snow, Inc. and Women In Development. She is an ex-officio board member of the California Immunization Coalition and has received the State of California Superior Accomplishment Award. She has presented at a number of national and international conferences.
Bouveron received her MPH concentrating in community health sciences and international health. While a student, Bouveron worked in the former Health Services Department. She holds a BS in community health option from California State University, Long Beach.
Susan Frayne, MD, is an associate professor of medicine at the VA Palo Alto Health Care System at Stanford University. A general internist, she previously founded and directed a comprehensive women’s health center in Boston. Drawing on her vast clinical background, Frayne conducts health services research at the interface of medicine and mental health. Frayne is also the director of the VA Women’s Health Practice-Based Research Network Coordinating Center in Palo Alto.
Her interests have focused on the quality of primary care provided to patients with mental illness, including women with post-traumatic stress disorder resulting from sexual trauma. Frayne has published in a number of publications on these topics.
Frayne concentrated in epidemiology and biostatics while a MPH student. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Pomona College, she received her MD from University of California, San Diego. Frayne performed her residency at the University of California, Irvine, and fellowship at Boston University.
Amanda Navarro, PhD, is an associate director at PolicyLink in New York. Navarro leads efforts within the national Convergence Partnership, a collaboration of funders aimed at achieving healthy people living in health places through policy and environmental change. She provides research, technical assistance, and training on collaborative, multi-field strategies to improve community environments particularly in low income and diverse communities.
A prominent health disparities analyst and former researcher at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Navarro currently works with funders and other institutions to improve access to active living and healthy eating. She is a key staff member in the PolicyLink Center for Health and Place. Navarro has presented at a number of conferences and events and published her research findings.
Navarro received her MPH concentrating in Health Law. She holds a BA in women’s studies from Vassar College and a PhD from the University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, where she focused on health policy, qualitative research, and health disparities.