Six from public health receive Impact Awards for research benefitting North Carolina
April 21, 2009 | |
Other graduate student honors and awards also recognized by The Graduate School, public health school departmentsIn an April 20 ceremony, The Graduate School of The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill recognized the achievements of more than 300 students, whose scholarship, research and service, in the words of Dr. Steve Matson, dean of The Graduate School, “are making a difference in the everyday lives of North Carolinians across the state and beyond.” ![]() (L-R) Impact Awardees Kiyah Duffey, Leigh-Anne Krometis, Grace Wallenborn, Linda Ko, Jennifer Horney and Kun Lu. Not pictured: Sunil Agarwal
Particularly highlighted was the work of 20 graduate researchers selected for the Graduate Education Advancement Board (GEAB) Impact Awards. Impact Award recipients were available to discuss their research posters as part of the event. Of the 20 awardees, six are students at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health. A seventh awardee, Kun Lu, in Materials Science, is advised by James Swenberg, DVM, PhD, Kenan Distinguished Professor of environmental sciences and engineering. The School was represented in each of the three award categories – Economic Development/Environmental, Social Services/Policy and Health. GEAB Impact Awards ![]() Sunil Agarwal
Sponsored by The Graduate School’s Graduate Education Advancement Board, the Impact Awards recognize graduate students whose research provides special benefits to the citizens of North Carolina. Winners of the 2009 Impact Awards included:
Other public health students recognized at the event include: For the Boka W. Hadzija Award for Distinguished University Service by a Graduate or Professional Student
For prestigious external fellowships Biostatistics
Environmental Science and Engineering
Epidemiology
Health Behavior and Health Education
Health Policy and Management
Maternal and Child Health
Nutrition
Public Health Leadership
2009 University Day Research Award Winners Best Graduate Student Poster in the Social Sciences and Humanities
Honorary Societies Frank Porter Graham Honor Society
Order of the Grail Valkyries
Graduate student awards reported by departments in the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health include: Biostatistics The following awards were presented at the 2009 Biostatistics Awards Day, held on April 15.
Environmental Sciences and Engineering
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ESE Acheivement Award – Susan Casper
Delta Omega
- Inductees – Sandra M. Chung, Amanda K. Greenberg, Marc A. Jeuland, Cassandra R. O’Lenick, Jon R. Sobus, Jacqueline Grace Wallenborn
- Academic Excellence – Richard P.B. Johnston
- Service Award – Lauren Thie
Health Policy and Management
- Kaiser Family Foundation student essay contest on health reform – Elizabeth Walker (2nd prize)
- Benjamin Rodin Scholarship – Lauren Dennis and Lisa Susswein
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Jeff Nguyen
Richard L. Davis/Barbara B. Watson Scholarship – Jeff Nguyen
- AUPHA/McGaw Scholar – Catherine Liao
- Margaret Dardess and T.E. Smith Scholarship – Jennifer Coughlan
- Jean G. Yates Health Policy Award – Sara Vitolo and Liz Walker
- Jean G. Yates Outstanding Doctoral Student Award – Danny Yeh
- Harry T. Phillips Award for Outstanding Teaching by a Doctoral Student – Brad Wright and Stephanie Wheeler
- Deniese May Chaney Fellowship – Rodoljub Stojiljkovic
- Jacob Koomen Public Health Practice Award – Paul Erwin
- Arthur B. Holzworth Endowed Scholarship – Rachael Wong
- Charles A. Veatch Endowed Scholarship – Wendy Sarratt and Nicholas Mosca
- Mary Thompson Award for Outstanding Achievement – Erin Fraher
Maternal and Child Health
The following awards were announced at a department event at the 2009 Fred T. Foard Jr. Memorial Lecture on April 1.
- <p”> John and Sallie Shuping Russell Scholarship in Global Health – Juliana Thornton
- Earl and Gladys Siegel Student Support Fund – Rhea Bright
- Katherine Ann Wildman Memorial Scholarship – Heather Marlow
- Global Breastfeeding Institute at Carolina Scholarship – Elizabeth Jensen and Hannah Pollet
- Edem Effiong Student Travel Scholarship – Elizabeth Weinstein
- Global Health Internship Awards – Emily MacGuire, Jennifer Pearson, Kendra Rosa and Emily Treleaven
- 2009 UNC Maternal and Child Health Leadership Fellows – Morgan Barlow, Adriane Casalotti, Sarah Davis, Robyn Dayton, Emily MacGuire, Michael Park and Regina Rutledge
- Maternal and Child Health Bureau Leadership Traineeships – Rebecca Costello, Winfred Luseno, Kalee McFadden, Latoya Newsom, Hannah Pollet, Martha Skiles and Khadija Turay
- Maternal and Child Health Bureau Epidemiology Health Disparities Traineeships – Stephanie Moultrie and Subasri Narasinham
- Graduate School Merit Awards – Sara Brandspigel, Laili Irani, Erin Pearson, Kelly Strutz and Juliana Thornton
- Pogue Doctoral Fellowship Award – Rajeev Colaco
- Royster Society of Fellows Dissertation Completion Award – Sydney Spangler
- AHEC Field Training Award – Katie Wehr
- Susan P Baker IPRC Paper Prize – Aubrey Spriggs
- N.C. Dietetic Association Graduate Scholarship – Hannah Pollet
- American Dietetic Association Scholarship – Hannah Pollet
- Carolina Population Center Traineeship: Apu Agrawal, Emily Evens, Aiko Hattori, Abigail Haydon, Jessica Levy and Ghazaleh Samandari
- NICHD Traineeship Carolina Population Center – Abigail Haydon and Aubrey Spriggs
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Layla Lavasani
Foreign Language Area Studies Awards – Innes Gamble, Laili Irani, Layla Lavasani, Lauren Maxwell and Kendra Rosa
- FHI-UNC Public Health Fellowship: Heather Marlow and Juliana Thornton
- Graduate Student Internship Program – Sara Brandspiegel, Rebecca Costello, Lizzie Harvey, LaToya Newsom and Jamila Squires
- Society of Adolescent Medicine Career Development Award – Annie-Laurie McRee
- NRSA NICHHD Fellowship and Kellogg Health Scholar Health Disparities Fellowship – Dara Mendez
- Jessie Ball Dupont Dissertation Fellowship – Anupama GomezDelta Omega
- Inductees – Pam Dardess, Michael Park, Mary Nyhan and Aubrey Spriggs
- Academic Excellence Award recipient – Robyn Dayton
- Service Award winner – Lauren Dunnington
The following awards were announced at a department event at the 2009 Fred T. Foard Jr. Memorial Lecture on April 1.
Delta Omega
- Student inductees – Sofia R. Aliaga, Ann Batdorf-Barnes, Eric J. Crossen, David Justin Halpern, Elizabeth Betsy Harris, Margot Latrese Savoy, Stephanie D. Shelton
- Academic Excellence Award – Megan H. Esporas
- Service Award – Meredith A. Niess
- Alpha Alpha Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau inductees – Paula Anita Bridges, Gail Rose Meyers
- Rachel Stevens Scholarship for Public Health Leadership – Judy Williams Southern
- Rachel Stevens Special Service Award – Sonia Cotto-Moreno
- Imogene Pence Klingenfus Award – Shawna Lynne Hutchins
- Margaret Blee-Ruth Warwick Hay Award – Gail Rose Meyers, Enrique Henry Guevara
- Arnold D. Kaluzny, PhD, Distinguished Alumni Award – Nancy Munn Short, DrPH
To read more about The Graduate School awards, see http://gradschool.unc.edu.
To read more about UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health departmental awards and other news, visit www.sph.unc.edu/departments.
UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health contact: Ramona DuBose, director of communications, (919) 966-7467 or ramona_dubose@unc.edu.