| CHAPEL HILL — Fifty students from the UNC School of Public Health who won fellowships or scholarships during the 2004-2005 academic calendar year were honored recently in an April 7 recognition ceremony hosted by the UNC Graduate School on the Carolina campus.The ceremony also recognized inductees into Alpha Epsilon Lambda, the Frank Porter Graham Honorary Society, and the Order of the Old Well Honorary Society.
Alpha Epsilon Lambda is the national academic honor society for graduate and professional students. The Frank Porter Graham Graduate and Professional Student Honor Society recognizes graduate and professional students for outstanding service to the University and community and for outstanding contributions to the development of graduate and professional education at the University. The Order of the Old Well Honorary Society recognizes students of high character who demonstrate exemplary and generous humanitarian service.
The fellowship winners and honor society inductees recognized in the ceremony are listed below.
From the Department of Biostatistics:
- Jonathan Gelfond, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Predoctoral Fellowships in Biological Sciences
- Margaret Hall, David and Lucile Packard Foundation Graduate Scholarship
- Laura Lapkauskaite, American Association of University Women Fellowship
From the Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering:
- Russell B. Bowen, 3M Industrial Hygiene Scholarship
- Joe Brown, National Science Foundation Dissertation Fellowship
- Nadine Czoschke, EPA STAR Graduate Fellowship
- Jennifer Hsieh, National Science Foundation Summer Fellowship
- Brian Pachkowski, EPA STAR Graduate Fellowship
- Ben Stanford, National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
From the Department of Epidemiology:
- Semra Aytur, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Predoctoral Traineeship Award
- Emily Harville, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Predoctoral Fellowships in Biological Sciences
- Nghia Cong Nguyen, Vietnam Education Foundation Fellowship
- Quoc Cuong Nguyen, Vietnam Education Foundation Fellowship
- Brian Wells Pence, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Predoctoral Fellowships in Biological Sciences
- Katrina Trivers, The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Dissertation Research Award
From the Department of Health Behavior and Health Education:
- Kelley De Leeuw, Melpomene Institute Award
- Yvonne Ferguson, National Research Service Award Individual Fellowship
- Chandra L. Ford, Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award
- Dionne C Godette, National Research Service Award Individual Fellowship
- Marlyn Hudson, National Research Service Award Individual Fellowship
- Renee Johnson, National Research Service Award Individual Fellowship
- Annice Kim, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation – Substance Abuse Policy Research Program Minority Supplement Grant
- Eric Pevzner, American Schools of Public Health and American Legacy Foundation Award
- Tara Taylor, Albert Schweitzer Fellowship
- Angela Thrasher, National Research Service Award Individual Fellowship
- James Thrasher, Fulbright Fellowship
- Thang Van Trinh, Vietnam Education Foundation Fellowship
- Rebecca Williams, American Schools of Public Health and American Legacy Foundation Award
From the Department of Health Policy and Administration:
- Rachael DiSantostefano, Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality Predoctoral Award
- Alisher Ishanov, Open Society Institute Muskie Fellowship
- Rebecca Livengood, University of Michigan Population Fellows Program GAP Mini Grant
- France Marie Priez, Swiss Science Foundation Dissertation Completion Grant
- Edgar Villanueva, Albert W. Dent Graduate Student Scholarship
- Hua Wang, National Center for Health Statistics/Academy Health Policy Fellowship
From the Department of Maternal and Child Health:
- Deborah L Dee, National Research Service Award Individual Fellowship
- Patricia Edem, Peace scholarship
- Khatuna Katamadze, Open Society Institute Muskie Fellowship
- Nhiem Viet Luong, Vietnam Education Foundation Fellowship
- Ellen Wilson, Association of Teachers of Preventive Medicine Short Term Training Grant; P.E.O. Scholar Award
From the Department of Nutrition:
- Julia Braun, American Dietetic Association Foundation Janette Smith Memorial Scholarship
- Kelly Buono, American Dietetic Association Foundation Mead Johnson Nutritionals/Bristol Myers Squibb Scholarship
- Leslie Gaillard, American Dietetic Association Foundation Consultant Dietitians in Health Care Facilities Board Scholarship
- Raymond Givens, National Research Service Award Predoctoral Fellowship for Minority Students
- Linda E. Hammond, National Research Service Award Individual Fellowship
- Crystal Jackson, American Dietetic Association Foundation Mead Johnson Nutritionals/Bristol Myers Squibb Scholarship
- Melissa Nelson, American Dietetic Association Foundation Mary Swartz Rose Graduate Fellowship; Delta Omega National Public Health Honorary Society Student Poster Competition Finalist; Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (Active Living Research) New Investigator Award; Society for Epidemiologic Research Lilienfeld Student Award
- Tuan Thanh Nguyen, Vietnam Education Foundation Fellowship
- David Paul, ASNS Mars Inc. Predoctoral Fellowship
- Lisa Quintillani, American Dietetic Association Lydia J. Roberts Fellowship
From the Public Health Leadership Program:
Holly Biola, National Institutes of Health Federal Loan Repayment for Health Disparities Research
Alpha Epsilon Lambda Inductees:
- Mayra Alvarez, Department of Health Policy and Administration
- Mariana Garrettson, Department of Health Behavior and Health Education
- Melissa Gilkey, Department of Health Behavior and Health Education
- Joseph Francis John, Department of Health Policy and Administration
- Anne-Marie Johnson, Department of Epidemiology
- Ericka Danielle Rentz, Department of Epidemiology
- Erin Nicole Saleeby, Public Health Leadership Program
- Edgar Villanueva, Department of Health Policy and Administration
Frank Porter Graham Honorary Society Inductees:
- Quintina Benson, Public Health Leadership Program
- Kelly Buono, Department of Nutrition
- Jennifer Sussman, Department of Nutrition
- David McNelis, resident professor and director of research programs at the Carolina Environmental Program
Order of the Old Well Honorary Society Inductees included:
Kelly Buono, Department of Nutrition
For further information please contact Emily Smith by email at ejsmith@email.unc.edu
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