Nine BSPH students present work at celebration of undergraduate research
April 16, 2015
Students from four departments represented the Gillings School of Global Public Health yesterday at the 2015 UNC-Chapel Hill Celebration of Undergraduate Research.
The Celebration is an annual research symposium held in the Frank Porter Graham Student Union. Undergraduate students present research and deliver talks in concurrent poster and panel sessions. The Celebration is sponsored by the Office for Undergraduate Research (OUR) and co-sponsored by The Roosevelt Institute.
The nine Bachelor of Science in Public Health students from the Gillings School who were selected to participate in the Celebration include:
Bays Coppedge
Health Policy and Management
Breakfast After the Bell – Benefits of Breakfast in the Classroom Policy
Luma Essaid
Nutrition
Role of Hepatocyte Growth Factor on Obesity-mediated Basal-like Breast Cancer
Amber Gautam
Nutrition
Mapping Social Determinants of Cardiovascular Risk in Rural N.C.
Blake Hauser
Environmental Sciences and Engineering
Macrophage-tropic HIV-1 can Evolve Within the Male Genital Tract
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Karina Javalkar
Health Policy and Management
Transition Readiness, Self-efficacy, Health Utilization and Medication Adherence of Youth with Chronic Conditions as Predictors of Caregiver Burden
Sloane Miller
Environmental Sciences and Engineering
Toxic Metal Levels in Children Residing in a Smelting Craft Village in Vietnam: a Pilot Biomonitoring Study
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Camille Morgan
Biostatistics
Status of Access to Water, Sanitation and Hygiene in Schools in Six African Countries
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Maximillian Seunik
Health Policy and Management
Human Rights Mainstreaming in the World Health Organization: a Comparative Study of Regional Offices
Jenny Sun
Biostatistics
Nonspecific Orofacial Symptoms as Risk Factors for First-onset TMD and Chronic TMD
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Of these students, Gautam, Miller, Morgan and Sun are Carolina Research Scholars. This designation means they have completed a set amount of research-intensive coursework, culminating in a conference presentation.
In addition, Hauser and Miller are Graduating OUR Ambassadors, a title earned by promoting a culture of research on UNC’s campus and helping peers gain research exposure.
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Gillings School of Global Public Health contact: David Pesci, director of communications, (919) 962-2600 or dpesci@unc.edu.
