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Tom Hipper is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health at the Dornsife School

of Public Health at Drexel University, where he teaches foundations and systems of public health, health communication,

and crisis and emergency risk communication. He is also the Associate Director of the Center for Public Health Readiness

and Communication, where he currently oversees a CDC-funded grant project designed to address the disaster information

needs of children with special health care needs. Tom is a Fellow of the Center for Risk Communication and is currently

working on an ASTHO-funded project to develop clear answers to top questions about COVID-19. Tom is also currently

serving on Philadelphia's Vaccine Advisory Board to plan for the implementation of a COVID-19 vaccine program in

Philadelphia. He received his Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies from The College of New Jersey, a Master of

Science in Public Health from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and a Master of Arts in Health

Communication for Pennsylvania State University. This award is given to alumni with outstanding achievements in the field

of public health.