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                    | The prestigious Roy Emerson Award is intended for undergraduate students in the field of environmental health. The award is based on an essay competition where the topic is defined by the IFEH. The award is presented at IFEH World Academic Conferences or IFEH World Congress.
 
 Look up all recipients of the Award
 
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                    | Roy Emerson
 Roy Emerson was the Inaugural President of IFEH, 1986 - 1988.
 
 The naming of this prestigious award has been given in honour of Roy Emerson who died 27 December 2010.
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                    | SPONSORSThe IFEH Roy Emerson Award is kindly sponsored by:
 
 Highfield ABC www.highfieldabc.com and
 RIAMS www.riams.org
 
 The Federation wishes to thank and recognize Highfield ABC and RIAMS for their generous support.
 
 Please find further information about the two companies here:
 
  Highfield ABC (pdf-file) 
  RIAMS (pdf-file) 
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 Roy Emerson Award Competition 2024 At the 17th IFEH World Congress 2024Perth, Australia, the award was presented:
   Asithandile Nicolene Dyantyi
 
 Asithandile Nicolene Dyantyi is a student at  Tshwane University of Technology, Department of Environmental Health, South Africa.
 She responded to the IFEH call for an essay on this year's topic and won the price which included a free travel and stay at the IFEH World Congress - and giving a presentation on the topic.
 TOPIC 2024:“Environmental Public Health Workforce Modernization: Utilizing Technological Advances Available in the Digital Age, to Help Prepare for Tomorrow’s Challenges, Today”
 
 
 
 
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   ALL RECIPIENTS OF THE ROY EMERSON AWARD
 
 
                            
                                |   2024 ESSAY THEME:“Environmental Public Health Workforce Modernization: Utilizing Technological Advances Available in the Digital Age, to Help Prepare for Tomorrow’s Challenges, Today”
 At the 17th IFEH World Congress 2024Perth, Australia, the award was presented:
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                                | Asithandile Nicolene Dyantyi
 Student at  Tshwane University of Technology, Department of Environmental Health, South Africa
 
 
 
 
 
 
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                                |   2022 ESSAY THEME:“Strengthening Environmental Health Systems for the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals”
 At the 16th IFEH World Congress 2022Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, the award was presented:
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                                | Emmauel Kakraba
 Second year Diploma (2022) in Environmental Health Student School of Hygiene, HO, MOH, Ghana
 
 The winning essay by Emmanuel Kakraba (pdf)
 
 
 
 
 
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                                |   2018 ESSAY THEME:“Global Food Safety and Sustainability”
 At the 3rd IFEH Academic  World Conference 2019, Kampala, Uganda,the award was presented:
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                                | George William
Ssendagala
 Bsc Hons (student)  (2019)
 Makerere University Kampala, Uganda
 
 The winning Presentation (pdf)
 
 
 
 
 
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                                |   2017 ESSAY THEME:“International Travel & Health”
 At the 2nd IFEH Academic World Conference 2017, Montego Bay, Jamaica, the award was presented:
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                                | Zarja Zrinski Bsc Hons (student)  (2017) at University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Health Sciences, Slovenia
 
 The winning Presentation (pdf)
 
 
 
 
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                                |   2015 ESSAY THEME:"World Health - it’s in our hands. Can we beat Ebola?"
 At the 1st IFEH Academic World Conference 2015, Coimbra, Portugal, the award was presented:
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                                | Kerri  J. Milne Bsc Hons (student)  (2015) at University of the West of Scotland, Scotland
 
 The winning Essay (pdf)
 
 
 
 
 
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