May 16, 2008

Appointments, honors and activities

• Faculty and staff honors:

— Deborah Koester, project manager for the Indiana State Department of Health's quality improvement initiative, received the State Health Commissioner award. The award was presented in recognition of "outstanding contributions in promoting, protecting and providing for the health of the people in Indiana." Koester has worked with the state department of health on preparing for pandemic viruses and on a Healthcare Technical Assistance Program project to strengthen local public health-care programs. Twenty Indiana counties have participated in the assessment and quality improvement project, which will continue through September 2009. Koester also is expected to gradate in August with a doctorate in nursing practice.

Purdue News Service: (765) 494-2096; purduenews@purdue.edu

To the News Service home page