Most Outstanding Researcher
Professor Terrence Forrester
SODECO

For producing 13 articles for the period under review
Articles: “Daily activity patterns of 2316 men and women from five countries differing in socioeconomic development” │“Prevalence of behavioural risk factors for cardiovascular disease in adolescents in low-income and middle-income countries: an individual participant data meta-analysis” │ “Association of car ownership and physical activity across the spectrum of human development: Modeling the Epidemiologic Transition Study (METS)” │ “Genetic studies of body mass index yield new insights for obesity biology” │“New genetic loci link adipose and insulin biology to body fat distribution” │ “Reply to T Weishaar. Am J Clin Nutr” │ “Biological interpretation of genome-wide association studies using predicted gene functions” │ “Under-reporting of dietary energy intake in five populations of the African diaspora” │ “Elevated hypertension risk for African-origin populations in biracial societies: modeling the Epidemiologic Transition Study” │ “Distribution of metals exposure and associations with cardiometabolic risk factors in the "Modeling the Epidemiologic Transition Study” │ “Richer but fatter: the unintended consequences of microcredit financing on household health and expenditure in Jamaica” │ “Association between smoking and total energy expenditure in a multi-country study” │ “Defining the role of common variation in the genomic and biological architecture of adult human height”

Dr Collette Cunningham-Myrie
Department of Community Health and Psychiatry
For publishing five (5) articles for the period of high quality and with impact factors ranging from 2.302 – 3.790

Articles:WHO/ISH total risk approach for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease shows greater decrease in costs for women but not the elderly in Jamaica ” │ “Hydroxyurea use in prevention of stroke recurrence in children with sickle cell Disease in a Developing Country: A Cost Effectiveness Analysis │ “Associations between Neighbourhood Effects and Physical Activity, Obesity and Diabetes: The Jamaica Health and Lifestyle Survey 2008” │ “Richer but fatter: the unintended consequences of microcredit financing on household health and expenditure in Jamaica” │“Impact of a comprehensive sickle cell center on early childhood mortality in a developing country: the Jamaican experience”

Most Outstanding Research Activity
Professor Maureen Samms-Vaughan
Department of Child & Adolescent Health
Activity:For publishing 10 papers during the period under review; seven (7) of which focused on spectrum disorder, genetic, and environmental factors associated with autism, which has had two main areas of focus: Genes, the environment and their impact on autism and child development, and the use of birth cohort studies to identify factors impacting children’s early development and their adult health