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One Health Initiative Team Member Named

Alumna of the Year

Helena Chapman, M.D., (M.P.H. ’05, Ph.D. in Public Health – One Health ’16)

Chapman is passionate about empowering the global health workforce to apply innovative scientific practices that safeguard population health. She serves as associate program manager for Health and Air Quality Applications of NASA Earth Action Program (Booz Allen Hamilton), where her team promotes the use of Earth observation data in public health applications like air quality and infectious disease management. As a member of the One Health Initiative Autonomous pro bono team and professorial lecturer at George Washington University’s Milken Institute School of Public Health, she encourages health professionals at all learning stages to adopt the One Health concept in clinical and community practice. Her continued engagement in strengthening medical students’ leadership was ignited as a founding member of the International Federation of Medical Students Associations-Dominican Republic. Her recognitions include the NASA Early Career Achievement Medal and 40 Gators Under 40.

SEE: https://phhp.ufl.edu/2025/10/13/phhp-outstanding-alumni-2025/

One Health Initiative Autonomous pro bono Team:  Laura H. Kahn, MD, MPH, MPP ▪ Bruce Kaplan, DVM ▪ Thomas P. Monath, MD ▪ Thomas M. Yuill, PhD ▪ Helen J. Chapman, MD, MPH, PhD ▪ Craig N. Carter, DVM, PhD ▪ Becky Barrentine, MBA ▪ Richard Seifman, JD, MBA