Portrait of Dr. Ny'Nika T McFadden

Dr. Ny'Nika T McFadden

  • Assistant Professor at Dept of Health & Human Performance, College of Education

Awards

2025

  • Award / Honor Recipient: Behavioral Research in Diabetes Group Exchange (BRIDGE) – Dr. Felicia Hill-Briggs Travel Award ($1500), Behavioral Research in Diabetes Group Exchange (BRIDGE). 2025
  • Award / Honor Recipient: 2025 BRIDGE Early Career Investigator Paper Award (Honorable Mention), BRIDGE (Behavioral Research in Diabetes Group Exchange). 2025

2024

  • Award / Honor Recipient: NIH NIDDK NMRI Travel Award ($500), NIH NIDDK NMRI. 2024
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Selected to teach PH 2340 Community Health in Melbourne, Australia for TXST Summer Hub 2025, Texas State University. 2024

2023

  • Award / Honor Recipient: Outstanding Doctoral Student in Health Education/Health Promotion Award, The University of Alabama - Tuscaloosa (Department of Health Science). 2023
  • Award / Honor Nominee: Outstanding Dissertation, The University of Alabama - Tuscaloosa (Department of Health Science). 2023

2022

  • Award / Honor Recipient: Outstanding Teaching by a Doctoral Student, The University of Alabama - Tuscaloosa (College of Human Environmental Sciences). 2022
  • Award / Honor Recipient: The National Society of Leadership and Success, The University of Alabama - Tuscaloosa. 2022

2021

  • Award / Honor Recipient: Recognized for Impact as an Educator by Football Student-Athlete, The University of Alabama - Tuscaloosa (Athletics Department). 2021
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Student Health Edu-Thon Competition Graduate Winning Team Category: Digital Health, Health Communication, and Health Literacy, Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE). 2021
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Student Abstract Award: Top Five, American Public Health Association (APHA) for the Public Health Education and Health Promotion (PHEHP) Section. 2021

2020

  • Award / Honor Recipient: Recognized as Shero “Empowering Others” by Student, YouTube: GirlSpring Power. 2020

2019

  • Award / Honor Nominee: Most Outstanding Teaching Assistant for a Master’s Student, The University of Alabama - Tuscaloosa (College of Communication and Information Sciences). 2019

2017

  • Award / Honor Recipient: Who’s Who Among Distinguished College Students, Troy University. 2017

2016

  • Award / Honor Recipient: Most Dedicated Resident Assistant, Troy University (Housing Department). 2016