On January 28, 2022, Professor Molly Lipscomb received the 2021 Public Impact Focused Research Award from the Office of the Vice President at the University of Virginia. The Research Achievement Awards are annual honors dedicated to recognizing excellence in research by university faculty in their respective fields over the course of their careers.
The Public Impact Focused Research Award recognizes contributions by faculty from all academic disciplines who help to improve lives and serve society through their work. The award includes individuals who demonstrate public impact either through public outreach or dissemination of their work, or through direct public partnership and engagement with a particular community. This award acknowledges that both efforts serve the larger mission of creating and disseminating knowledge across all disciplines for the benefit of the community, the region and the world.
Prof. Lipscomb’s research focuses on bringing critical infrastructure and public services to residents of low and middle income countries. In particular, her research seeks to design and test innovative approaches to improve lives when system-wide changes are infeasible.