Alumni Association rewards senior advisor for service, support
Migs Woodside, senior advisor for the Southwest Interdisciplinary Research Center, at left, and Debra Friedman, university vice president and dean of the College of Public Programs.
The ASU Alumni Association recently presented Migs Woodside with an Alumni Appreciation Award for her efforts as a senior advisor for the Southwest Interdisciplinary Research Center (SIRC).
The Center conducts transdisciplinary minority health and health disparities research, training and community outreach. It is part of the College of Public Programs at the Downtown Phoenix campus.
She is a leader in the field of public health, with special expertise in the family dynamics of substance abuse. She has been instrumental in facilitating SIRC’s community outreach and engagement efforts, including a recent restructuring of the center’s Community Advisory Board.
In addition to her work with SIRC, Woodside also serves as a board member for the Lincoln Center for Applied Ethics at ASU and the board of ASU’s College of Public Programs.
Woodside was the founder and president (1982-95) of the Children of Alcoholics Foundation, and currently chairs the Harvard School of Public Health’s advisory council for its Center for Health and Society.
She received the award during the halftime program of the ASU-California Homecoming game on Oct. 31.
“Our award winners are exemplars of the kind of fervent ASU supporters crucial to involving all graduates of ASU in the life of the university today,” ASU Alumni Association President Christine Wilkinson said. “We thank this year’s honorees for their hard work on ASU’s behalf.”
