Janae Alexander received the SOPHE 2021 Graduate Student Research Paper Award recipient. The award is designed to foster quality graduate student research and provide a mechanism to recognize outstanding graduate students for creative and innovative research.  Ms. Alexander’s abstract, “Association between Marijuana use and the prevalence of Diabetes Mellitus,” was nominated for consideration. The abstract was selected for this award based on the review committee's recommendation to the SOPHE's Executive Committee.  The paper is based on Ms. Alexander’s master’s thesis from Central Michigan University.