Dr. Aída Guhlincozzi (PhD, '21) was awarded the Jacques May Thesis Prize for the Best PhD Dissertation in Health & Medical Geography from the AAG Health & Medical Geography Specialty Group at the 2022 Annual Meeting. Her dissertation is entitled: Latina Health Geographies and Intervening Community-Based Organizations in the Chicago Suburbs.

Aída completed her PhD with advisor Dr. Sara McLafferty last year and is currently a faculty-track Postdoctoral Scholar with the University of Missouri Department of Geography.