Rachel Yoho, CDP, PhD
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Honors and Awards

​Awards as Faculty
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Strategies Award in Education, University of Florida, 2022
  • Rising Star Award, University of Florida, 2022
  • Exemplary Course Award, UF+QM (University of Florida + Quality Matters) Exemplary Award for "Climate Change, the Environment, and the Future of Public Health" course developed and taught (highest possible course award at UF), 2021
  • Rising Star Award, University of Florida, 2021
  • Faculty Commendation, Miami University (for 2019-2020 academic year), 2021
  • Faculty Commendation, Miami University (for 2018-2019 academic year), 2020
  • Named to Fulbright Specialist Roster, December 2018


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​Early Career Awards
  • Finalist, Arizona State University Changemaker Challenge
  • Finalist, PACIFICHEM Conference Student Poster Competition
  • Runner-up, Naturejobs Scientific Data Writing Competition, Nature Publishing Group, September 2015
  • ASU School of Biological and Health Systems Engineering Travel Grant, May 2015
  • ASU School of Life Sciences Special Recognition Award – e-Portfolio Showcase, May 2015
  • ASU SUN (Serving University Needs) Award, March 2015
  • Honorable Mention Poster, North American Meeting of the International Society for Microbial Electrochemistry and Technology, May 2014
  • ASU School of Biological and Health Systems Engineering Travel Grant, May 2014
  • Third Place Poster, Arizona State University School for Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment Graduate Research Poster Session, March 2013
  • National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, April 2012 
  • Battelle Memorial Institute Outstanding Employee Performance Award, August 2011
  • Ohio Soybean Council Bhima Vijayendran Scholar, 2010-2011 and 2011-2012                                      
  • Alpha Chi National Collegiate Honor Society Edwin W. Gaston Scholar, April 2011
  • Capital University James L. and E. Marlene Bruning Undergraduate Research Award, April 2010
  • Capital University Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences Outstanding Sophomore Award, April 2010
  • Second Place Oral Presentation at the Beta Beta Beta District III Regional Conference, March 2010
  • Most Outstanding Presentation at the Mid-Atlantic Undergraduate Research Conference, March 2009
  • Capital University Collegiate Fellow, 2008-2012


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Selected News Coverage

  • "Dr. Rachel Yoho receives Rising Star Award from UF Center for Teaching Excellence."  2021.  University of Florida, College of Public Health and Health Professions, Department of Environmental and Global Health. 
    https://egh.phhp.ufl.edu/2021/04/07/dr-rachel-yoho-receives-rising-star-award-from-the-uf-center-for-teaching-excellence/
  • "UF Rising Star Awards."  Center for Teaching Excellence, University of Florida.  
    teach.ufl.edu/awards/rising-star-awards/ 
  • Dr. Yoho and Dr. Wood facilitated a roundtable discussion at the Association of American Colleges & Universities (AAC&U) Annual Meeting in January focused on “Reimagining Diversity and Inclusion in Public Health and the Health Professions.”  University of Florida, Department of Environmental and Global Health.  2021.  egh.phhp.ufl.edu/2021/04/07/dr-yoho-and-dr-wood-facilitated-a-roundtable-discussion-at-the-association-of-american-colleges-universities-aacu-annual-meeting-in-january-focused-on-reimagining-diversity-and/
  • “Environmental Health and Our Failure- or Future- to Thrive,” a paper by Dr. Rachel Yoho.  University of Florida, Department of Environmental and Global Health.  2020.  egh.phhp.ufl.edu/2021/01/11/environmental-health-and-our-failure-or-future-to-thrive-a-paper-by-dr-rachel-yoho/ 
  • "Drs. Wood, Yoho, and Coker Publish a Commentary Piece on teaching Global Public Heath During a Pandemic."  University of Florida, Department of Environmental and Global Health.  2020.  egh.phhp.ufl.edu/2020/12/14/drs-wood-yoho-and-coker-publish-a-commentary-piece-on-teaching-global-public-heath-during-a-pandemic/
  • “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Research in Public Health and the Health Professions Education during a Pandemic and Societal Anti-Racism Protests.”  2020.  University of Florida, Department of Environmental and Global Health.  egh.phhp.ufl.edu/2020/12/14/diversity-equity-and-inclusion-research-in-public-health-and-the-health-professions-education-during-a-pandemic-and-societal-anti-racism-protests/
  • Dr. Yoho writes about COVID-19’s affect on the “academic pivot” using an analogy from the TV show, “Friends.”   University of Florida, Department of Environmental and Global Health.  2020.  egh.phhp.ufl.edu/2020/05/13/dr-yoho-writes-about-covid-19s-affect-on-the-academic-pivot-using-an-analogy-from-the-tv-show-friends/
  • Caspermeyer, Joe.  2018.  Pages reveal lack in science education.  ASU News.  news.asu.edu/20180502-discoveries-asu-study-introductory-science-textbooks-climate-change
  • Cimons, Marlene.  2018.  Climate change is conspicuously absent from college textbooks.  Nexus Media News.  nexusmedianews.com/climate-change-is-conspicuously-absent-from-college-textbooks-94833d325823/
  • Geiling, Natasha.  2018.  Science textbooks are seriously under-representing climate change.  ThinkProgress.  archive.thinkprogress.org/science-textbooks-barely-mention-climate-change-f7d1344fde69/
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