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Gillings Merit Scholars

Meet the Scholars

The awards are made possible by the 2007 Gillings Gift to the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health.

Gillings Merit Scholarships are competitively awarded to a select group of incoming graduate students to the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health each year in order to bring students with exceptional promise and potential to the School.

Current Scholars

Robert Anderson, Department of Nutrition
Loren Barcenas, Department of Health Behavior
Nari Beatty, Department of Nutrition
Joline Hartheimer, Public Health Leadership Program
Zane Carroll, Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering
Shahar Stern-Yosha, Department of Epidemiology
Guang Lin, Department of Health Policy and Management
Carson Telford, Department of Epidemiology
Hannah Tuckman, Public Health Leadership Program
Romaniya Voloshchuk, Department of Nutrition
Ayotomiwa Oludahunsi, Department of Maternal and Child Health

Previous Scholars

Select the years below to meet previous Gillings Merit Scholars.

David Gaviria, Department of Nutrition
Elena McDermott, Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering
Tamara Paris-Davila, Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering
Abigail Morrison, Department of Health Behavior
Sara Chadwick, Public Health Leadership Program
Michelle Carreno, Department of Health Policy and Management
Bruce Williams III, Department of Health Policy and Management
Ting Chen, Department of Maternal and Child Health
Matthew Dunn, Department of Epidemiology

Samuel Hawke, Department of Biostatistics
Michael Jetsupphasuk, Department of Biostatistics
Brooke Bullington, Department of Epidemiology
Kelly Hoffman, Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering
Berkley Wood, Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering
Mannat Malik, Department of Health Behavior
Jared Brown, Department of Health Policy and Management
Thomas Grant, Department of Health Policy and Management
Cameron Mardan, Department of Health Policy and Management
Paripuranam Saravanan, Department of Health Policy and Management
Greeshma James, Department of Maternal and Child Health
Trevor Hamlett, Department of Nutrition
Ivonne Headley, Department of Nutrition
Allie Harbert, Public Health Leadership Program
Kathryn Horneffer, Public Health Leadership Program

Theo Beltran, Department of Epidemiology
Angela Bittner, Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering
Covington Brown, Department of Nutrition
Jenny Bui, Public Health Leadership Program
Alexandra Cocco, Department of Health Policy and Management
David Gaviria, Department of Nutrition
Wei Yi Kong, Department of Health Behavior
Amanda Levinson, Public Health Leadership Program
Wenwen Mei, Department of Biostatistics
Caden Nixon, Department of Health Policy and Management
Alexandra Reimold, Department of Health Behavior
Lauren Richardson, Department of Health Policy and Management
Laura Schmiel, Department of Health Policy and Management
Elizabeth Simmons, Department of Maternal and Child Health

Enam Aidam, Department of Maternal and Child Health
Diana Allotey, Department of Nutrition
Deborah Baron, Department of Health Behavior
Sara Berney, Department of Health Policy and Management
Stephanie Cleveland, Department of Environment Sciences and Engineering
Emilya Huseynova, Department of Epidemiology
Sian Lewis-Bevan, Public Health Leadership Program
Yiqing Qian, Department of Health Behavior
Elsa Sanabria, Public Health Leadership Program
Jake Thistle, Department of Epidemiology
Joshua Zeitlin, Department of Health Policy and Management

Gillings Merit Scholars and Gillings Dissertation Awards announced

Yunwei Chen, Department of Health Policy and Management
Holly Deng, Department of Health Policy and Management
Katherine Dickson, Public Health Leadership Program
Shara Evans, Department of Maternal and Child Health
William Green, Department of Nutrition
Mandy Horner, Public Health Leadership Program
Andrew Koltun, Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering
Amalia Lee, Public Health Leadership Program
Molly Remch, Department of Epidemiology
John Sperger, Department of Biostatistics
Sydney Hartsell , Public Health Leadership Program
Miriam Tardif-Douglin, Department of Health Policy and Management
Aurore Victor, Department of Nutrition
Yuzhu Xia, Department of Health Policy and Management
Belinda-Rose Young, Department of Health Behavior

Gillings Merit Scholars and Gillings Dissertation Awards announced

Marwa Elnagheeb, Department of Maternal and Child Health
Rose Ewald, Department of Nutrition
Erin Frey, Public Health Leadership Program
Herodes Guzman, Public Health Leadership Program
Gilson Honvoh, Department of Biostatistics
Rae-Anne Martinez, Department of Epidemiology
Christina Palazzo, Public Health Leadership Program
Audra Reiter, Public Health Leadership Program
Blythe Rhodes, Department of Health Behavior
Alex Sanchez, Department of Maternal and Child Health
Jen Stutsman, Department of Health Policy and Management
Christine Walsh, Department of Health Behavior
Yiqing Wang, Department of Nutrition
Corinne Wiesner, Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering

Anna Austin, Department of Maternal and Child Health
Shekinah Fashaw, Department of Health Policy and Management
Ida Griesemer, Department of Health Behavior
Ruixue Hou, Department of Nutrition
Kathryn Magee, Public Health Leadership Program
Ronald Nemeyer, Public Health Leadership Program
Nidia Rodriguez Ormaza, Department of Epidemiology
Natalie Blackburn, Department of Health Behavior
Kaitlyn Phillips, Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering
Anandita Pal, Department of Nutrition
Kristin Said, Public Health Leadership Program
Karen Setty, Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering
Ilana Trumble, Department of Biostatistics
Kim Vuong, Public Health Leadership Program

Divya Ajay, Public Health Leadership Program
Arkopal Choudury, Department of Biostatistics
Margaret Gichane, Department of Health Behavior
Deen Gu, Department of Health Policy and Management
Joie Hsu, Public Health Leadership Program
Madison LeCroy, Department of Nutrition
Courtney Luecking, Department of Nutrition
Brianna Fleming Meier, Public Health Leadership Program
Grace Onyebuchi, Department of Maternal and Child Health
Kathryn Starr, Department of Maternal and Child Health
Elizabeth Suarez, Department of Epidemiology
Tainayah Thomas, Department of Health Behavior
Martha Scott Tomlinson, Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering

Sixteen students awarded Gillings Merit Scholarships

Nicole Bailey, Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering
Caroline Carnevale, Department of Health Policy and Management
May Chen, Department of Health Behavior
Camille Grant, Department of Health Policy and Management
Avner Halevy, Department of Biostatistics
Lorenzo Hopper, Department of Maternal and Child Health
Cristina Leos, Department of Health Behavior
Yemeng Lu, Public Health Leadership Program
Kathryn McKenney, Public Health Leadership Program
Erline Miller, Department of Epidemiology
Julian Oliver, Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering
Omotomike (Tomi) Ogunwumiju, Department of Health Policy and Management
Vishal Rao, Public Health Leadership Program
Jamaul Stephens, Department of Health Policy and Management
Alberto Vargas, Department of Nutrition
Brittany L.White, Public Health Leadership Program

Twelve receive Gillings Merit Scholarships

Maria Priscilla Brietzke, Department of Health Behavior
Eboneé Butler, Department of Epidemiology
Rachel Clad, Department of Health Behavior
Daniel Douthit, Department of Health Policy and Management
Heidi Anne Harkins, Public Health Leadership Program
Erika Helgeson, Department of Biostatistics
Shane Khan, Department of Maternal and Child Health
Virginia Moye, Public Health Leadership Program
Julia Naman, Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering
Gina Tripicchio, Department of Nutrition
Meredith Webb, Department of Health Policy and Management
Lei Zhou, Department of Health Policy and Management

Gillings Merit Scholars selected for 2011

Marissa G. Hall, Department of Health Behavior
Lauren Mary Hill, Department of Health Behavior
Alexandre Lockhart, Department of Epidemiology
Autumn Locklear, Department of Health Policy and Management
Wendy Marth, Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering
Stephanie Mazzucca, Department of Nutrition
Makenzie McIntosh, Department of Health Policy and Management
Jennifer Neumann, Public Health Leadership Program
Scott Owens, Public Health Leadership Program
Molly Ruben, Department of Maternal and Child Health
Melissa Sanchez, Department of Maternal and Child Health
Valerie Smith, Department of Biostatistics
LeVelton Thomas, Department of Health Policy and Management
Emma Tziomis, Department of Nutrition
Kerone Walker, Department of Health Policy and Management

Ten Gillings Merit Scholarships awarded to new graduate students

Maura C. Allaire, Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering
Eve Erber, Department of Nutrition
Fiona Hahn, Public Health Leadership Program
Kapuaolaokalani (Kapuaolao) Gellert, Department of Epidemiology
Sarah B. Lesesne, Department of Health Policy and Management
Jennifer L. Moss, Department of Health Behavior
Alane (Kasrarwi) Murdock, Department of Maternal and Child Health
Vann R. Newkirk II, Department of Health Policy and Management
Pratyaydipta Rudra, Department of Biostatistics