Julie St. John, DrPH, MPH, MA, CHWI

Personal Information

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• Center of Excellence for Integrative Health
• ORCID

Research Interests

• Community based participatory research
• Community engagement
• Community health worker models
• Community assessments
• Partnership development & approaches
• Health disparities

Future Research Collaboration Interests

• CHW-lead obesity prevention/intervention
• Obesity prevention/intervention in rural communities
• Engaging schools in obesity prevention
• Obesity and acculturation

Awards & Honors

• Dean’s Teaching Award, Public Health, TTUHSC Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (August 20, 2021).
• TTUHSC One Team Fellows Program, January-December 2021.
• TTUHSC Council of Distinguished Educators, Appointed April 2019.
• Leadership Women, Texas, 2019 Program, Graduated October 2019.
• SON Faculty Development Award, 2018 Team Teaching Category and the Interprofessional Category, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, School of Nursing. Award presented to Kathryn Whitcomb, Nancy Ochs, Gayle Stegall, Julie St. John, Mary Klein, on May 11, 2018, Abilene, TX.
• Archstone Foundation 2017 Award for Excellence & Innovation. Award based on the Massachusetts Prevention and Wellness Trust Fund Falls Prevention interventions. Award presented to Santhi Hariprasad, Julie St. John, and Laura Coe during the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting Aging Section Award Ceremony, November 7, 2017, in Atlanta, Georgia.
• Outstanding Teacher of the Year Award, DPH, GSBS, Student Government Association, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (April 28, 2017).
• President’s Excellence in Community Engagement Award, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (November 3, 2016).
• Delta Omega Honorary Society in Public Health, Alpha Tau chapter, SRPH, HSC, College Station, TX (Spring 2004 to present).