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Breakfast, etc. She also worked alongside Campus IT Services (CITS) to automate the application process for the Campus Research Awards and Scholarships which up to that time had to be manually keyed into the system. Following this, a process was then created in the Argos system to automate award letters. Mrs Davis managed the staff and student accounts of Campus Research Awards flawlessly while also serving as Secretary to each Committee. To add, she oversaw the design and installation of a mailbox that was placed outside the Office’s main entrance to facilitate the reception of documents from applicants and students after hours, espe- cially during the application and registration period. Mrs Davis was eventually upgraded from Stenographer/ clerk to Administrative Assistant in 2019; a natural devel- opment resulting from her consistent demonstration of supervisory, administrative, and even training skills during her time at the School for Graduate Studies and Research. It was not long afterwards that Mrs Davis was trans- ferred to the Office of the Deputy Principal to serve as the Administrative Assistant for that Office where, in addition to her expected administrative duties, she also serves on several key committees overseen by the Office of the Deputy Principal, such as the Academic Advisement Committee, the Campus Health and Wellness Committee, Student Awards Committee, Student Hardship Committee, Guild Administration Committee, and the Campus Quality Assurance Committee. In response to the impact of COVID-19 and the Campus’ operations, she worked with the other members of staff to establish a rotation schedule to ensure minimum physical exposure while ensuring that there was a constant physical presence there to deal with any on the ground challenges. Additionally, to facilitate the semi-remote nature of the current work environment, she conceptualised the automa- tion of all incoming mail to the Office via Microsoft Teams. The log could be viewed from anywhere once there was internet connectivity. It is indeed fitting for Mrs Kay Davis be a recipient of the Principal’s Award for Excellence.
Dr Madhuvanti Murphy
Dr Madhuvanti Murphy
Recognition in the Research category Dr Madhuvanti M Murphy ( BSc Biology (Miami), MPH (Miami), DrPH (Columbia), Senior Lecturer in Qualitative Research Methods at the Caribbean Institute of Health Research (CAIHR) since 2019 ) leads on qualitative research at the George Alleyne Chronic Disease Research Centre, a unit of CAIHR. She remains the Deputy Dean, Research and Graduate Studies at the FMS where prior to joining CAIHR, she was a lecturer in Public Health between 2011 and 2019. Dr Murphy’s research focuses on the social and behavioural determinants of health; public health policy development, implementation, and evaluation in Small Island Developing States; and on food and nutrition security interventions throughout the CARICOM. Over the last five years, she has been a co-investigator and qualitative research lead on seven funded research projects. These notably include: • Two Canadian Government International Development Research Centre (IDRC) grants
• One National Institutes of Health grant • One UK Research and Innovation grant
Dr Murphy was involved in the landmark Barbados Diabetes Reversal Study, which demonstrated that in people with recently diagnosed type 2 diabetes, a low-calorie diet
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