Each conference, the Board of GLEPHA, via the Special Interest Group on Education, recognises the future of law enforcement and public health through the GLEPHA Student Awards.
The GLEPHA Student Awards recognise outstanding work by students in law enforcement and public health research. They celebrate emerging researchers whose work contributes to a better understanding of the issues connecting law enforcement, health and communities.
This year, we congratulate the following award recipients:
Undergraduate Student Paper Award
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- Emily Rowe (Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada) for No Safe Place: When Public Safety Institutions Fail Their Own
- High Commendation: Mallory Sheath (Griffith University, Australia) for Do Current Youth Treatments Address the Neuropsychological and Biological Roots of Mental Illness and Offending?
Best Honours or Masters Thesis in LEPH Award
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- Jorja McKenzie (Griffith University, Australia) for Disbelieving Victim-survivors: Analysis on Associated Factors of Police Personnels’ Perceived False Sexual Violence Reports
PhD Student Paper Award
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- Becca Wood (Simon Fraser University, Canada) for Public drug use, policing, and the limits of decriminalization in British Columbia: A mixed methods studyÂ
Introducing the GLEPHA Member of the Year Award
This year, GLEPHA is also pleased to introduce the inaugural GLEPHA Member of the Year Award, recognising exceptional commitment and contribution to the Global Law Enforcement and Public Health Association and the extended LEPH community.
We are delighted to announce Dr Larissa Engelmann, University of Leeds and Vulnerability and Policing Futures Research Centre, as the inaugural recipient.
Larissa has made a valuable contribution to the GLEPHA community, and we are pleased to recognise her commitment to advancing law enforcement and public health research and collaboration.
Congratulations to all of the 2026 GLEPHA award recipients!