2026 Envisioning Population Health Student Photo Contest winners

The Institute for Population Health (IPH) and Kingfisher Institute announce the winners of the 2026 Envisioning Population Health Student Photo Contest.

The contest challenged students across the University’s schools and colleges to find creative ways to capture various factors influencing individual and community health and well-being, resulting in 81 entries in three categories: food insecurity, lived environments and migration.

First- and second-place winners were chosen for each category for both the Omaha and Phoenix campuses. The Phoenix campus was inclusive of the University’s distance programs.

“The thoughtful and creative entries we received this year reflect our students’ increasing understanding of population health and views about how they can make a positive impact on factors that affect not only their own health and well-being, but the health and well-being of their friends and neighbors, people in their state and nation, and even across the globe,” said Scott Shipman, MD, MPH, IPH executive director and CyncHealth Endowed Professor of Population Health. After three years of the contest, the IPH and Kingfisher have received over 230 photographs from students across Creighton. This year’s winning photographs appear below.

Learn more about the IPH at Creighton.edu/IPH. Contact pophealth@creighton.edu with questions. 

Contest Winners

(see photographs in image gallery below)

Food Insecurity: First Place, Omaha – Engelius Agudo-Hernandez, Class of 2028, School of Pharmacy and Health Professions

Food Insecurity: Second Place, Omaha – Kalyn Bebej, Class of 2028, Heider College of Business

Food Insecurity: First Place, Phoenix/Distance – Raymond Romero, Class of 2028, School of Pharmacy and Health Professions/Distance;

Food Insecurity: Second Place, Phoenix/Distance – Nirvana Williams, Class of 2027, School of Pharmacy and Health Professions/Distance

Lived Environments: First Place, Omaha – Nikita Ramaswamy, Class of 2028, College of Arts and Sciences

Lived Environments: Second Place, Omaha – Oliver Dilger, Class of 2028, School of Medicine

Lived Environments: First Place, Phoenix/Distance – Benjamin Theurer, Class of 2028, School of Medicine

Lived Environments: Second Place, Phoenix/Distance – John Sweeney, Class of 2028, School of Pharmacy and Health Professions/Distance

Migration: First Place, Omaha – Lauren Dentinger, Class of 2028, School of Medicine

Migration: Second Place, Omaha – Kennedy Haase , BS’24, Class of 2028, School of Medicine

Migration: First Place, Phoenix/Distance – Christina Heid, Classes of 2026 and 2028, School of Medicine (MPH and MD)

Migration: Second Place, Phoenix/Distance – Srinidahi Seshadri, Class of 2028, School of Medicine