Skylar Sheppard and Ronald Bentil won prizes at the World Health Day research symposium (April 2026), hosted by the Institute for Health in the Human Ecosystem with guest speaker Dr. Marian Moser Jones.

Skylar Sheppard was awarded first place for her poster in the undergraduate category and Ronald Bentil was awarded first place for his poster in the graduate student category. Dr. Ed Lewis and I (we’re co-directors of the University of Idaho Institute for Health in the Human Ecosystem) are standing on either side of Dr. Marian Moser Jones, Ohio State University, who was our 2026 World Health Day keynote speaker.