Awards

The Millennium Cohort Study Team frequently presents posters and oral presentations at conferences. Below are the awards that the team has received:

Authors Title Conference/Date/Location
LeardMann CA, Pietrucha A, Magruder KM, Smith B, Murdoch M, Jacobson IG, Ryan MAK, Gackstetter G, Smith TC, for the Millennium Cohort Study Team Combat Deployment is Associated with Sexual Harassment or Sexual Assault in a Large, Female Military Cohort Women's Health Issues Volume 23, Issue 4 (July/August 2013), pages e215-e223

Charles E. Gibbs Leadership Prize
LeardMann CA, Smith TC, Smith B, Wells TS, Ryan MAK, for the Millennium Cohort Study Team Baseline self-reported functional health predicts vulnerability to posttraumatic stress disorder following combat deployment: prospective US military cohort study Br Med J. 2009, 338:b1273. Naval Health Research Center. 2009, San Diego, CA.

Walter L. Wilkins Award for Excellence in Biomedical Research for Best Published Paper
Jacobson IG, Smith TC, Smith B, Amoroso PJ, Wells TS, Bathalon GP, Keel PK, Ryan MAK, for the Millennium Cohort Study Team Disordered eating and weight changes after deployment in support of the Global War on Terror 9th Annual Force Health Protection Conference 8-11 Aug 2006, Albuquerque, NM

Awarded Best Research Poster.
Leard CA, Smith B, Smith TC, Reed RJ, Ryan MAK, for the Millennium Cohort Study Team Comparison of self-reported anthrax vaccination and electronic vaccine records 24th Annual San Diego Epidemiology Research Exchange 27 Apr 2006, San Diego, CA

Awarded First Place in Oral Research Competition.
Millegan J, Wang L, LeardMann CA, Miletich D, Street AE Recent Sexual Trauma and Adverse Health and Occupational Outcomes Among Men Serving in the US Military 30th Annual Academic Research Competition 24 April 2015, San Diego, CA.

Podium Winner
Kelton M, LeardMann C, Smith B, Boyko E, Wells T, Littman A, Smith T, for the Millennium Cohort Study Team Posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms and associated physical activity 48th Navy and Marine Coprs Pulic Health Conference 20-26 Mar 2009, Hampton, VA

Awarded 1st Place in Oral Competition.
Chretien JP, Smith TC, Smith B, Corbeil TE, Gumbs G, Young S, Ryan MAK An Evaluation of Early Response Bias in the Millennium Cohort 43rd Navy Occupational Health and Preventive Medicine Workshop 20-26 Mar 2004, Chesapeake, VA

Awarded Best Research and Development Research Poster.

Gumbs G, Clark S, Corbeil T, Hume S, Jackson S, Martin N, Reed R, Smith B, Smith T, Speigle S, Wells T, Whitmer J, Young S, Ryan M The Millennium Cohort Study 43rd Navy Occupational and Preventive Medicine Workshop 20-26 Mar 2004, Chesapeake, VA

Awarded Best Research and Development Information Poster.
Zimmermann L, Smith B, Slymen D, Ryan MAK, Wells TS, Smith TC, for the Millennium Cohort Study Team Individual Assignment in Military Deployment and Self-reported Mental Health Morbidity: A Longitudinal Analysis of a Large Population-based Cohort 26th Annual San Diego Epidemiology Research Exchange 2 May 2008, San Diego, CA

Awarded Bud Beneson Superior Student Research Poster Award.
Horton J, Jacobson I, Smith B, Ryan M, Boyko E ,Wells T, Lieberman H, Smith T, for the Millennium Cohort Study Team Supplement Use in Relation to Deployment and Physical Activity in a Large Military Cohort 49th Navy and MarineCorps Public Health Conference 19-26 March 2010, Hampton, VA

First place in Research Category, Health Promotion Discipline