Gallagher Koster Innovative Practices in College Health Award
This award provided financial support to student health centers and their staff for the development of innovative practices that improve access to quality health care for students. In 2021, it was re-named the "TKoster’s Charitable Innovated Health Care Award".
2020 Funding Recipient:
Carleton College – "Bringing Well-Being into Carleton Learning Environments"
Project Director: Janet Lewis Muth, MPH, MCHES
2019 Funding Recipient:
Appalachian State University – “Behavioral Health Consultants: Supporting College Student Health”
Project Director: Dykes Taylor Rushing, BA, MD, Director, Student Health Services
2018 Funding Recipient:
Clarion University of Pennsylvania - “Elevating a Community to Wellness: An Evidence-Based Approach”
Project Director: Stephan M. Brooks, MPH, PAPHS, Coordinator of Health Promotions and Alcohol and Other Drugs Program
2017 Funding Recipient:
University of Texas, Austin - “Changing Patients, Changing Practices: Connecting with Transgender Students Through Telemedicine”
Project Director: David Vander Straten, MD, Medical Director, University Health Services
2016 Funding Recipient:
University of Hawaii – “No Shame, No Blame – Encouraging Help-Seeking Behaviors Young Males”
Project Director: Sulma Gandhi, DBA, Hilo Project Director
2015 Funding Recipient:
School of the Art Institute of Chicago - “College Health and Counseling Services as Essential Champions for Transgender Students”
Project Director: Joseph Behen, PhD, Executive Director
2014 Funding Recipient:
University of California, Riverside - "Autism 101"
Project Director: Dr. Jan Blacher
2013 Funding Recipients:
Innovative Practices in College Health
University of New Mexico - "College Mental Health Services for Distance Learners"
Project Director: Stephanie D. McIver, PhD, Director, Counseling Services
Innovative Practices in Culturally Competent Health Care
University of Kentucky - "Effects of a Brief Educational Intervention on LGBT Health at a University Health Center"
Project Director: Brandy Reeves, MPH, CHES, Health Education Coordinator
2012 Funding Recipients:
Innovative Practices in College Health
Columbia University - "Mapping Healthy Columbia: An Interactive Tool"
Project Director: Michael McNeil, EdD, MS, CHES, FACHA, Director, Alice! Health Promotion
Innovative Practices in Culturally Competent Health Care
University of Bridgeport - "Targeting Obesity on a College Campus through a Healthy Monday Campaign"
Project Director: Melissa Lopez, RN, BSN, MPH, Director, Student Health Services
2011 Funding Recipients:
Innovative Practices in College Health
Luther College - "Luther College Health Service and Counseling Service Video Project"
Project Director: JoEllen Anderson, RN, ARNP, Director of Student Health Service
Innovative Practices in Culturally Competent Health Care
The Ohio State University - "Characterization of Hemoglobin A1c in a College Student Population: A Pilot Study"
Project Director: Judy Hild, MS, MBA, Senior Manager, Healthcare Allied Services
2010 Funding Recipients:
Innovative Practices in College Health
New York University - “Take Care NYU: A Comprehensive Framework to Improve Student Health at NYU”
Project Director: Carlo Ciotoli, MD, PMA
Innovative Practices in Culturally Competent Health Care
University of Georgia - “I Know How Project”
Project Director: Gayle M. Robbins, PhD
2009 Funding Recipients:
University of Bridgeport – “The Art of Balancing”
Project Director: Melissa Lopez, BSN, MPH, Director of Student Health Services
Framingham State College - “Project Cosmo”
Project Director: Pamela Lehmberg, NP
2008 Funding Recipients:
Innovative Practices in College Health
University of Alabama - “A Comprehensive Weight Management Program to Reduce the Incidence of Obesity at the University of Alabama”
Project Director: Lori Greene, MS, RD, LD, Coordinator of Nutrition Education & Health Services
Innovative Practices in Culturally Competent Health Care
Rutgers University - “The Influence of Culture and Family on Female Body Perception and Obesity”
Project Director: Dorothy Kozlowski, NPC, MSN, Director, Willets Health Center
2007 Funding Recipients:
Innovative Practices in College Health
Iowa State University - "Experience Design for Student Health Center"
Project Director: Debra Satterfield, MFA
Innovative Practices in Culturally Competent Health Care
University of Iowa Student Health Service - "Enhancing International Students' Access to Appropriate Health Care"
Project Directors: Gayle Nelson, MS, RN, BC and Mary Khowassah, MD
2006 Funding Recipients:
Pine Manor College - "A Campus Based Program to Reduce the Incidence of Obesity in Women of Color at Pine Manor College"
Project Director: Carole Worsh, APRN-BC, ANP, Director of Health Services
University of Michigan - "Educational Program to Assist International College Students in Deciding about Treatment for Latent TB Infection"
Project Director: Carol Tucker, MPH
2005 Funding Recipient:
University of Central Florida - "Evaluation of Web-Based Triage Referrals for Emergent or Immediate Care in College Students"
Project Director: Patricia Stuart, BSN, ARNP
2004 Funding Recipients:
Carroll College - "Assessing Students Needs for the Development of a Comprehensive Health Program"
Project Director: Pamela Pinahs-Schultz, PhD
Georgetown University - "Evaluating the Impact of an Online Health Resource"
Project Director: Anjali NC Downs, Health Promotion Counselor