Awards

Recipient of NIDA-sponsored scholarship for the Innovations for Substance Use Disorders (I4SUD) Certificate Program at Johns Hopkins Carey Business School (2026)

Article of the Year, Journal of Rural Health (National Rural Health Association) (2026)

Entrepreneurship Accelerator Program, Transportation Insight Center for Entrepreneurship, Appalachian State University (2026)

AIM-AHEAD Bridge2AI for Clinical Care Training Program - Cohort 1 Award (2025)

Dean’s Club Research Prize, Walker College of Business, Appalachian State University (Runner-up) (2024)

Graduate Student-Authored Paper, The North American Regional Science Council (NARSC) Student Paper Competition Results (1st Runner-up) (2019)

Jon Vilasuso Advanced Doctoral Student Award, West Virginia University (2019)