Section Awards, by Jaya M. Satagopan, PhD, Rutgers School of Public Health. During 2026, TSHS presented three awards to our Section members – the Young Investigator Award, the Outstanding Teaching Award, and the Distinguished Achievement Award. YOUNG INVESTIGATOR AWARD Dr. Lee Kennedy-Shaffer, Assistant Professor in the Department of Biostatistics at Yale University, is the 2026 recipient of the Young Investigator Award. This award recognizes a young investigator for their pr