Favede receives Ohio State Medical Alumni Society Scholarship

ST. CLAIRSVILLE — Cecelia Favede will attend The Ohio State University College of Medicine as the recipient of the Ohio State University College of Medicine Medical Alumni Society Scholarship in recognition of her outstanding experiences, attributes, and academic metrics.

Favede was named the recipient of multiple merit scholarships and named as a medical student recruit who has the highest potential to help OSU College of Medicine "improve people's lives." At Ohio State, Favede plans to pursue epidemiology research, work at the Columbus Free Clinic and volunteer at Big Brothers/Big Sisters. She will be pursuing neurosurgery, as well as a master's in Public Health, and she plans to work with Doctors Without Borders following her graduation from medical school.

Cecelia is the daughter of Dr. Lee and Belmont County Commissioner Ginny Favede of St. Clairsville. The 2012 graduate of The Linsly School is also a May 2016 graduate of Miami University, located in Oxford, Ohio, where she received a bachelor of arts in both psychology and pre-medical studies. She graduated at the top of her class with Latin Honors, was selected to be part of the nation's oldest and most prestigious academic honor society, Phi Beta Kappa, and completed the requirements to receive overall University Honors as part of the Miami University Honors Program. Additionally, Favede completed two projects to earn departmental Honors in psychology and Latin American studies, the first in Pediatric Shared Decision Making and the second in the Historical Underrepresentation of Minority Physicians.

At graduation, Favede also received national recognition for her extensive service within the Miami community and abroad with the President's Volunteer Service Award from the United States of America. She was recognized as an outstanding Miami senior with the Senior Service Leadership Award from Miami University President David Hodge and was honored at the Horizon Graduation Ceremony for exceptional contribution to the Miami Diversity community, as well as the Lavender Graduation Ceremony for allies to the LGBTQ+ community. Favede received cords for exemplary membership in Delta Delta Delta Women's Fraternity, Delta Epsilon Mu Pre-Health Fraternity, Psi Chi Psychology Honors Fraternity, the National Society of Collegiate Scholars, Gamma Sigma Alpha Greek Honor Society and the American Chemical Society.

During her time at Miami, Favede served as both the chief-of staff and president for the Diversity Affairs Council and was a member of Delta Delta Delta Women's Fraternity. She was a founder and the first president of Delta Epsilon Mu Pre-Health Fraternity, in addition to vice president for the National Society of Collegiate Scholars. Favede volunteered as a victim advocate for the Women Helping Women Rape Crisis Center and contributed more than 400 hours as a volunteer in the emergency department at McCullough-Hyde Hospital. She served as a teaching assistant for intro and abnormal psychology, and tutored within the department. Favede served for two years on the Executive Board for MEDLIFE as the media and advertising chairwoman, as well as the mobile clinics officer. She taught Sunday school at St. Mary's Parish, was the assistant director for the annual Children's Christmas Pageant and the director of the Sunday Childrenás Choir. Favede is a Miami University admissions a mbassador and a member of the American Medical Students Association, Oxfam, and the Student National Medical Association. She worked for a research group in collaboration with Cornell and Harvard University, with a $5.5 million grant from the National Cancer Institute on utilizing intelligent tutoring systems to help determine genetic testing for breast cancer risk.

Additionally, Favede received two scholarships to travel to South America with MEDLIFE, an international medical organization, to deliver preventive medical care, education and developmental assistance to the communities of Lima, Peru, and Esmeraldas, Ecuador. Prior to her senior year, Favede was selected to intern at the Wake Forest School of Medicine, where she received a grant from the National Institute of Health to conduct research on neurocognitive impairment following irradiation for brain tumors. Before her junior year, Favede was chosen as a research assistant for the University of Oxford, where she conducted translational research on the inception of community health workers on the eradication of malaria in Thailand, Cambodia and Myanmar.

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