2013 Graduate School Impact Awards
May 6, 2013
Gillings School students won 13 of this year’s 41 Impact Awards. Presented annually by UNC’s Graduate School, the awards are given for graduate student research deemed to be “of exceptional benefit to the people of North Carolina.”
Making a difference in North Carolina are:
Joey Cresswell
Joey Crosswell, Environmental Sciences and Engineering
Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Coastal Waters and Implications for a Stormier Future
Alison Doernberg
Alison Doernberg, Maternal and Child Health and Social Work
Supporting North Carolina Families Facing Cancer
Shellie Ellis
Shellie Ellis, Health Policy and Management
Prostate Cancer Care Quality Not Affected by Race
Alexader Gorzalski
Alexander Gorzalski, Environmental Sciences and Engineering
Treating Groundwaters From the Castle Hayne and Peedee Aquifers
Zachary Kerr
Zachary Kerr, Epidemiology
Municipal Pedestrian and Bicycle Planning to Support Safety
Ashley Kranz
Ashley Kranz, Health Policy and Management
Comparing the Effect of Delivery Models for Preventing Dental Caries in Young Children
Lucia Leone
Lucia Leone, Nutrition
Increase Access to Fresh Fruits and Vegetables in Lower-Income Neighborhoods
Meghan Lewis
Meghan Lewis, Public Health Leadership
Evaluating the Utilization of the Community Health Assessment
Kyle Messier
Kyle Messier, Environmental Sciences and Engineering
Integrating Multiple GIS Methods for Estimation of Tetrachloroethylene
Jennifer Moss
Jennifer Moss, Health Behavior
Improving Uptake of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccine to Improve Cervical Cancer Outcomes
Maya Nadimpalli
Maya Nadimpalli, Environmental Sciences and Engineering
Carriage of Antibiotic-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus by Livestock Workers and Household Members
Andrea Richardson
Andrea Richardson, Nutrition
Dynamic Environments and Obesity: Risky Genes?
Alison Sanders
Alison Sanders, Environmental Sciences and Engineering
Assessing Arsenic, Cadmium, Mercury and Lead Levels in Pregnant Women
Stephanie Baker
Stephanie Baker, doctoral candidate in health behavior, received the coveted Boka W. Hadzija Award for Distinguished Service and was recognized along with the Impact awardees at a reception on April 10.
Read more about these outstanding students at gradschool.unc.edu.
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