Category: College of Health Sciences
March College of Health Sciences For the Record
April 07, 2026 Written by CHS Staff | Photos by CHS Staff
For the Record provides information about recent professional activities and honors of University of Delaware faculty, staff, students and alumni.
Recent appointments, presentations, publications and honors in the College of Health Sciences include the following:
Honors
Professor of Nursing Kathleen Brewer-Smyth’s book, Adverse Childhood Experiences: The Neuroscience of Trauma, Resilience, and Healing throughout the Life Course, has won the 2026 Independent Press Award in the medical category. Published by Springer Nature, the book has now earned five awards, including four American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year honors in 2023.
Publications
Jennifer Horney, professor and founding chair of the Epidemiology Department in the College of Health Sciences, published an editorial in the American Journal of Public Health in April. “How Damage to Our Public Health Emergency Preparedness System Impacts Public Health Students” details how distrust, a weakened workforce pipeline and politicization have negatively impacted the field of public health. In the editorial, Horney calls on the public health workforce to quantify these impacts and build the evidence base for future reinvestment in public health preparedness. She also called on public health students to find their passion, engage with supportive partners and prepare to lead.
