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North Carolinians will know more about what contaminates their well water, what happens to mothers exposed to medical radiation, and why asthma rates are high in schools near industrial hog farms, thanks to the work of graduate students at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health. These and other outstanding projects were recognized on April 6, as The Graduate School at UNC held its 12th annual Graduate Student Recognition Celebration at the George Watts Hill Alumni Center’s Carolina Club.
Honored were winners of external fellowships, inductees into University honorary societies and University Research Day winners (see list below). The centerpiece of the event was a research poster presentation by recipients of the Graduate Education Advancement Board’s 2011 Impact Awards, which recognize research providing special benefits to the citizens of North Carolina.
Heather Beil
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Zulfiya Chariyeva
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Ruchika Goel
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Virginia Guidry
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Alison Sanders
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Five of the 23 Impact winners are in UNC’s Gillings School of Global Public Health. They are:
- Heather Beil, PhD, health policy and management, for Effects of Early Preventive Dental Care on Treatment Use, Expenditures and Dental Disease
- Zulfiya Chariyeva, health behavior and health education, for Safer Sex Counseling and Risky Sexual Behavior Among People Living with HIV in North Carolina
- Ruchika Goel, epidemiology, for Studying Moms’ Medical Radiation Exposure and Possible Links to Disease
- Virginia Guidry, epidemiology, for Student Respiratory Health in Schools Near Industrial Hog Operations and
- Alison Sanders, environmental sciences and engineering, for Raising Awareness of Contaminated Well Water in North Carolina.
Two public health students were inducted into UNC honorary societies. Stephanie Baker, doctoral student in health behavior and health education, was invited into the Frank Porter Graham Honorary Society, and Sally Wood, master’s student in the Public Health Leadership Program, joined The Order of the Grail – Valkyries.
Recipients of University Research Day awards were announced. Carmina Valle, doctoral student in nutrition, won second place, and Paul Gilbert, doctoral student in health behavior and health education, won third place, both in the social sciences poster presentation event.
Also announced were winners of prestigious external fellowships for graduate students. Awardees in public health are listed below, by department.
Biostatistics
- Naomi Brownstein, doctoral student, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Polina Kukhareva, master’s student, Fulbright Fellowship for Non-U.S. Students
Environmental Sciences and Engineering
- Maiko Arashiro, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Andrew Armstrong, American WaterWorks Association Malcolm Pirnie Scholarship
- Meridith Fry, EPA-STAR (Science to Achieve Results) Fellowship
- Anne Galyean, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Jill Johnston, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Jordan Kern, Hydro Research Foundation Fellowship
- Lanakila McMahan, EPA-STAR (Science to Achieve Results) Fellowship
- Rory Polera, NSF East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes for U.S. Graduate Students; American Water Works Association MWH Scholarship
- Christopher Sandt, American Society of Civil Engineers Dames and Moore Fellowship
- Hong Sik Yoo, AstraZeneca co-funded Bioscience PHD Studentships
Epidemiology
- Kim Gaetz, N.C. Public Health Association Undergraduate/Graduate Education Scholarship
- Lauren McCullough, Dept. of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program Predoctoral Traineeship Award
- Sharon Myers, NIH/National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Intramural Research Training Award
- Elizabeth Rogawski, Charles Elias Shepard Scholarship for Graduate Study
- Naman Shah, Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans
- Catherine Vladutiu, SOPHE/CDC Student Fellowship in Injury Prevention and Control
Health Behavior and Health Education
- Ashley Brooks, SOPHE/CDC Student Fellowship in Injury and Violence Prevention
- Ling-Yin Chang, Fulbright Fellowship for Non-U.S. Students
- Allison Groves, Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship
- Susan Wallace Haws, NRSA Fellowship (F31) NIH – National Institute on Drug Abuse
- Esther Mtuli Majani, Aga Khan Foundation International Scholarship Programme; PEO International Peace Scholarship
- Ryan Rowe, Rotary World Peace Fellowship
Health Policy and Management
- Sarah Abigail Birken, Health Services Research Dissertation Award (R36) – Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
- Rachael Wong, Astellas Transplant Scholars Award; Wong Kong Har Tong Society Educational Award
Maternal and Child Health
- Fernanda Queiros, Capes-Fulbright Program for Non-U.S. Students
Nutrition
- Carolina Batis Ruvalcaba, CONACYT (Mexican National Council for Science and Technology) Scholarship
- David Cavallo, American Dietetic Association Foundation – Geraldine M. Piper Memorial Scholarship
- Amy Conklin, American Dietetic Association foundation – Frances E. Fischer Scholarship
- Yanire Estra del Campo, Mathile Institute Predoctoral Fellowship
- Elizabeth Hoffman, American Society for Nutrition – The Gerber Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship
- Cheryl Ghesquiere Molinatto, American Dietetic Association Foundation – Geraldine M. Piper Memorial Scholarship
- Dori Steinberg, American Dietetic Association Foundation – Geraldine M. Piper Memorial Scholarship; Society of Behavioral Medicine Excellence in Research Student Award
- Heather Wasser, American Dietetic Association Foundation – Geraldine M. Piper Memorial Scholarship
UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health contact: Ramona DuBose, director of communications, (919) 966-7467 or ramona_dubose@unc.edu.
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