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Ph.D. in Public Health student Donald Brannen studied the need for a health center in an underserved area.
 Donald BrannenDonald Brannen, a Walden University Ph.D. in Public Health student specializing in Epidemiology and a Greene County, Ohio, epidemiologist, was awarded the 2008 Ohio Health Policy Student Research Award.
The award was given to Brannen for his paper, Barriers to Utilization of Public Health Services. The research identified the need for a federally qualified health center in a medically underserved area of Greene County. The authors on the paper included Donald E. Brannen, M.H.S.A., M.S.; Mark McDonnell, R.S., M.S.; Jonathan Boche; and Robyn Fosnaugh, M.P.H., RN. Collaborators included the Greene County Combined Health District, Greene County, Ohio; Walden University; and Cedarville University, School of Nursing, Cedarville, Ohio.
The Health Policy Institute of Ohio Awards for Health Policy Research are given out each year to honor outstanding research carried out by Ohio-based researchers that is relevant to health policy in the state. All winners and winning institutions receive a monetary award for their work. The 2008 awards are funded by a grant from the Health Foundation of Greater Cincinnati. The Health Policy Institute of Ohio is an independent, nonpartisan organization that will forecast health trends, analyze key health issues, and communicate current research to Ohio policymakers, state agencies, and other decision-makers.
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