The American Public Health Association (APHA) Health Administration Section selected Ms. Rachel A. Hogg, a graduate research assistant at the National Coordinating Center for Public Health Systems and Services Research (PHSSR) and Practice Based Research Networks (PBRNs) at the University Of Kentucky College Of Public Health, as the recipient of the Outstanding Student Abstract Award for 2013. The abstract, titled “Hospital collaboration in public health: How hospitals can impact the scope of public health services,” describes the results of research conducted by Ms. Hogg and Dr. Glen Mays, F. Douglas Scutchfield Endowed Professor of Health Services and Systems and director of the Coordinating Center.