Gillings School of Global Public Health
Willa Dong
Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad 2018
China
Understanding Aspirational Strain to Reduce the High Burden of Depression among Transgender Women in China
Alexis Chavis
Global Take Off: Puerto Rico 2018
Río Piedras, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Global Take Off: Puerto Rico Winter 2018
Ellison Henry
Pre-Dissertation Exploration Award 2019
Tajikistan
Maternal health in transition: A look at the maternal continuum of care in the Republic of Tajikistan, 2000-today
Megan Tara Casebolt
Pre-Dissertation Exploration Award 2019
Delhi, India
My Choice, My Right: Women with Disabilities‚ Access to Family Planning
Victoria Shelus
Pre-Dissertation Exploration Award 2018
Bugoye, Uganda
Understanding malaria treatment-seeking behaviors of drug shop clients in Bugoye, Uganda
Kelsey Sumner
Pre-Dissertation Exploration Award 2018
Kenya
Implications of mosquito biting preferences for transmission of Plasmodium falciparum malaria among households in Western Kenya
Steven Doerstling
Fulbright U.S. Student Program 2017
Västerås, Sweden
Sustainable Dietary Interventions for Colorectal Cancer Prevention
Hannah Potter
Foreign Language & Area Studies Fellowship 2017
Danielle Giovenco
Pre-Dissertation Exploration Award 2017
South Africa
The implementation of pre-exposure prophylaxis among young women in South Africa: An examination of behavioral and sociocultural factors
Willa Dong
Pre-Dissertation Exploration Award 2017
Shenyang, Liaoning, China
Exploring the HIV and Health Priorities of Transgender Women’s Communities in Shenyang, China
Brandon Johnson
Passport to Go! 2016
Atiyah Hamilton
Passport to Go! 2016
Adela Del Valle
Carolina Global Initiative Award 2016
Peru
Cooking for Health: Mobilizing Food Vendors to Provide Nutritious Foods for Low-Income Families
Meredith Blumberg
Matching Funds 2016
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
Lara Friedman: Dangers of Erasing the Green Line
Rabiga Khozhamkul
Matching Funds 2016
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
"Salam Neighbor" film screening
Humberto Rodriguez
Carolina Global Initiative Award 2015
Dominican Republic
Understanding How Contextual Factors Shape the Experience of Living with Diabetes in Rural Dominican Republic
Jackson Seagroves
Carolina Global Initiative Award 2015
Thailand
Internship to provide dental care and education to the underserved of Thailand
Vidya Venkataramanan
Pre-Dissertation Exploration Award 2015
India
Institutional Analysis of Sanitation Behavior Change Approaches in India
Bryna Harrington
Pre-Dissertation Exploration Award 2015
Malawi
Optimizing Antiretroviral Care in HIV-positive Women in Malawi: Antiretroviral Safety, and Barriers and Facilitators to Engaging in Care
Kiana Murden
Passport to Go! 2014
Carrie Isley
Passport to Go! 2014
Alan Kinlaw
Pre-Dissertation Exploration Award 2014
Denmark
Antibiotic prescribing in early childhood and incident of childhood asthma
Leslie Cofie
Pre-Dissertation Exploration Award 2014
Ghana
The influence of social networks and social capital in promoting skilled birth delivery among pregnant women in rural Ghana
Melecia Wright
C.V. Starr Scholarship 2014
Barbados
Investigating the predictors of cardiometabolic risk in Barbadian adults
Mia Lei
Carolina Global Initiative Award 2014
Uganda
Evaluating Community-Based Public Health and Infrastructure Projects in Rural Uganda
Elizabeth Rogawski
Foreign Language & Area Studies Fellowship 2014
India
The impact of antibiotics on early childhood diarrhea in India
Liza Engstrom
Foreign Language & Area Studies Fellowship 2014
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Academic Year FLAS in Korean at UNC
Sara Harwood
Foreign Language & Area Studies Fellowship 2014
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Academic Year FLAS in Hindi-Urdu at UNC; Summer FLAS in Bengali at University of Wisconsin-Madison
Lacey English
Fulbright U.S. Student Program 2014
Sierra Leone
Optimal Treatment of Moderate Malnutrition in Children in Sierra Leone
Jennifer Grant
Carolina Global Initiative Award 2014
Indonesia
Save the Children Internship in Indonesia: SMS Health Information Campaign
Meagan Brown
Matching Funds 2014
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
Developing a Worksite Health Promotion Program for UNC Facilities Staff
Palak Patel
Matching Funds 2014
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
Triangle Dance Festival for AIDS
Rebecca Chavez
Carolina Global Initiative Award 2013
Mexico
Food Identity Across Borders: Evaluating a “Summer of Nutrition”
Ariana Katz
Carolina Global Initiative Award 2013
Ghana
Evaluating Scale-Up Potential for Health Worker Education in Ghana
Amy Patel
Carolina Global Initiative Award 2013
Mexico
CAM»xico: How Migration can affect Healing Practices
Alina Clarke
Carolina Global Initiative Award 2013
Guyana
Summer Internship at the Ministry of Health in Georgetown,Guyana
Marta Mulawa
Pre-Dissertation Exploration Award 2013
Tanzania, United Republic of
Exploring Influences of Social Context on Sexual Behavior Among Tanzanian Men
Chinelo Okigbo
Pre-Dissertation Exploration Award 2013
Nigeria
Access to reproductive health services: the role of social stigma
Chris Bernard Agala
C.V. Starr Scholarship 2013
Tanzania, United Republic of
Assessment of self-efficacy of counselors in CBT RCT in Tanzania
Samantha Tulenko
Carolina Global Initiative Award 2013
Bangladesh
Internship at ICDDR,B in arsenic research and mitigation
Min Yang
Carolina Global Initiative Award 2013
China
Qualitative evaluation of HIV self-testing programs in South China
Susannah Zietz
Foreign Language & Area Studies Fellowship 2013
India
Academic Year FLAS in Hindi/Urdu at UNC
Ashley Rhoderick
Carolina Global Initiative Award 2012
Ghana
Determining the Benefits of At-House Water Supply in Ghana
Megan Nelson
Carolina Global Initiative Award 2012
Madagascar
Health and conservation program evaluation and community mobilization in Madagascar.
Dane Emmerling
Carolina Global Initiative Award 2012
Thailand
An investigation of the effectiveness of Thailand’s peer support interventions
Whitney Isenhower
Carolina Global Initiative Award 2012
Ethiopia
Helping with communication and family planning strategies for USAID Ethiopia
Sarah Kowitt
Carolina Global Initiative Award 2012
Thailand
Peers for Progress Summer Practicum with Mahidol University in Thailand
Andrew Weinhold
Carolina Global Initiative Award 2012
Tanzania, United Republic of
Developing a Survey to Inform HIV Testing Practices in Tanzania
Khanh Nguyen
Carolina Global Initiative Award 2012
Tanzania, United Republic of
Evaluation of a youth HIV prevention program in Tanzania
Angela Bengtson
Pre-Dissertation Exploration Award 2012
Malawi
Improving maternal health outcomes in Malawi
Lydia Feinstein
Pre-Dissertation Exploration Award 2012
Congo, The Democratic Republic of The
Evaluating implementation fidelity and extended nevirapine for HIV exposed infants
Kathy Lancaster
Pre-Dissertation Exploration Award 2012
South Africa
Alcohol environment and consumption patterns on HIV sexual risk behaviors
Arianna Taboada
Student Learning Circle 2012
Trans-Regional
Student Learning Circle on Reproductive Justice and Migration in the Americas
Eunsoo Kim
Carolina Global Initiative Award 2012
Korea, South
South Korea: The National ELSI Project for Personalized Genomic Medicine
Jennet Arcara
Foreign Language & Area Studies Fellowship 2012
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Academic Year FLAS
Margaret Smith
Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad 2012
Caroline Johnson
Carolina Global Initiative Award 2011
Peru
Family Planning, Male Inclusion, and Reproductive Public Health at Lima’s Inppares
Anne Fitzgerald
Carolina Global Initiative Award 2011
Mexico
Desarollo de un Red Social para la Salud: Assessing resources for a peer support network for chroni
Meredith Kamradt
Carolina Global Initiative Award 2011
Honduras
Qualitative Assessment of Strategies to Measure HIV Prevalence and Sexual Risk Behaviors Among the G
Van Nghiem
Carolina Global Initiative Award 2011
Vietnam
Field researcher in the Northwest evaluation in Vietnam
Hema Kondur
Matching Funds 2011
Lilli-Marie Mann
Matching Funds 2011
Jonathan Crocker
Pre-Dissertation Exploration Award 2011
Peru
Evaluation of long term sustainability and effectiveness of small-scale water projects
Rushina Cholera
Pre-Dissertation Exploration Award 2011
South Africa
Barriers to engagement in care among HIV-positive adolescent women in rural South Africa
Sarah Rutstein
Pre-Dissertation Exploration Award 2011
Malawi
Addressing Antiretroviral Treatment Failure Misclassification in Malawi
Scott Hauswirth
Student Learning Circle 2010
Trans-Regional
Engineers Without Borders: A hands-on approach to global health education
Hannah Spring
C.V. Starr Scholarship 2010
Kenya
Sanitation Education in Primary Schools in Rongo, Kenya
Esther Majani
C.V. Starr Scholarship 2010
Belize
Trouble in Paradise: Stemming the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Belize
Matthew Ragazzo
Carolina Global Initiative Award 2010
Moldova, Republic of
Hygiene Education and Sanitation in Moldovan Schools
Natalia Smirnova
Carolina Global Initiative Award 2010
Russian Federation
Magic and Medicine in Contemporary Russia: An Unlikely Alliance?
Kathleen Reilly
Carolina Global Initiative Award 2010
Tanzania, United Republic of
Venues & Social Network Strategies to Reduce HIV Risk & Partner Violence Among Young Men
Erin Pearson
Matching Funds 2010
India
The central dilemma of humanitarian action: How best to help while minimising the harm
Kate Clouse
Pre-Dissertation Exploration Award 2010
South Africa
Exploring interventions to reduce antiretroviral loss-to-initiation rates in South Africa
Anna Fabiszewski
Carolina Global Initiative Award 2009
Peru
Creating sustainable community management of a locally owned water supply system in Ciudad de Dios, Peru
Ashley Hiser
Pre-Dissertation Exploration Award 2009
Cambodia
Efficacy of Novel Disinfectant in Raw Drinking Water Sources in Rural Cambodia
Teresa Long
Carolina Global Initiative Award 2009
Guatemala
Eliminating Education Disparities in Guatemala
Laili Irani
Pre-Dissertation Exploration Award 2009
Tanzania, United Republic of
Impact of the urban environment on contraceptive knowledge, access and use among the urban poor of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania
Raphael Louie
Carolina Global Initiative Award 2009
Tanzania, United Republic of
Identification of Venues and Strategies to Reduce HIV and Intimate Partner Violence in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Katherine Thanel
Carolina Global Initiative Award 2009
Dominican Republic
HIV Prevention in La Romana
Lauren Hart
Carolina Global Initiative Award 2009
Mexico
International Advocacy for Women’s Rights with Las Libres, Guanajuato, Mexico
Molly Fitch
Carolina Global Initiative Award 2009
Malawi
HIV Clustering Analysis in Rural Fishing District of Malawi
Katelyn Mote
Carolina Global Initiative Award 2009
Moldova, Republic of
Health and Sanitation in Rural Moldova
Jennifer Pearson
Carolina Global Initiative Award 2009
Nicaragua
Assessing Partnerships that Increase Optimal IYCF Practices in Nicaragua
Lauren Brown
Carolina Global Initiative Award 2009
Ghana
Combating Malnutrition in Rural Ghana through Community Education and Sustainable Rehabilitation Practices
Erin Pearson
Carolina Global Initiative Award 2009
India
UNICEF India Knowledge Community on Children in India Internship
Elizabeth Weinstein
Carolina Global Initiative Award 2009
Cambodia
Reproductive Health Association of Cambodia Internship: Youth Health Program
Erin Pearson
Matching Funds 2009
India
Consequences of Global Environmental Change: Conflict or Consensus?
Elizabeth King
Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad 2008
Russian Federation
Genderizing HIV1AIDS in Russia: Indentifying and contextualizing risk behaviors among HIV+ women
Matthew Avery
Carolina Global Initiative Award 2008
China
Research to Practice for HIV/AIDS Prevention in China
Amy Hobbie
Carolina Global Initiative Award 2008
South Africa
Breastfeeding Practices Among HIV-Positive Xhosa Women in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa
Jatinder Dhillon
Carolina Global Initiative Award 2008
India
International Legal Program Intern, Center for Reproductive Rights
Lauren Dunnington
Carolina Global Initiative Award 2008
India
Safe Abortion Research with ARTH India
Katie Massey
Carolina Global Initiative Award 2008
Bolivia
School Based Health and Nutrition Education
Leah Gilbert
Carolina Global Initiative Award 2008
Switzerland
UNICEF Internship – World Report on Violence Against Children
Elizabeth King
2008
Serbia
HIV risk among marginalized women in Serbia: Individual and contextual factors of access to prevention services
Sarah Wyckoff
Pre-Dissertation Exploration Award 2008
Uganda
Provider Initiated HIV Testing and Counseling: Exploring the feasibility and acceptability of this testing model in an antenatal clinic in East Africa
Veronica Sunderland-Perez
C.V. Starr Scholarship 2008
Guatemala
Evaluation of a youth health educator program in Guatemala
Bita Emrani
Carolina Global Initiative Award 2008
Argentina
Evaluating the Quality of the Family Planning Component of Post Abortion Care in Argentina
Marc Jeuland
Pre-Dissertation Exploration Award 2007
Cooperative Water resources development in the Nile basin
Marcel Yotebieng
Pre-Dissertation Exploration Award 2007
Effect of adherence to HAART on virological response in infants treated by the age of 24 months
Elizabeth King
Pre-Dissertation Exploration Award 2007
Serbia
HIV risk among female sex workers and intravenous drug users in St. Petersburg, Russia
Layla Sadatlavasanibozorg
Foreign Language & Area Studies Fellowship 2007
Anu Manchikanti
Pre-Dissertation Exploration Award 2007
Intersections between cross-generational relationships, transactional sex and partner violence in Kenya
May May Leung
Pre-Dissertation Exploration Award 2007
Examining dietary and physical activity patterns of Chinese children using Photovoice
Megan Kays
Carolina Global Initiative Award 2007
Solidarity and Action Against the HIV Infection in India
Alia Khan
2007
Evaluation of low cost methods for the detection of bacterial indicators in fecally contaminated drinking water in rural Cambodian villages.
Louise Stenberg
Carolina Global Initiative Award 2007
Guyana HIV/AIDS Reduction and Prevention Project
Elizabeth Jackson
Pre-Dissertation Exploration Award 2006
Orphanhood and HIV Risk Among Adolescents in South Africa
Kristen Sullivan
Pre-Dissertation Exploration Award 2006
Partner Violence Among HIV-Positive Women in Tanzania: Prevalence and Effects on Healthcare Access and Utilization
Thespina Yamanis
Pre-Dissertation Exploration Award 2006
PLACE, Social Networks, and HIV Risk Among Young Men in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Leah Masselink
Pre-Dissertation Exploration Award 2006
Determinants of Strategic Professional Migration: Second Course Nursing Education in the Philippines
Sydney Spangler
Pre-Dissertation Exploration Award 2006
Utilization of Skilled Birth Attendance in Rural Tanzania
Roshan Thomas
Pre-Dissertation Exploration Award 2006
Assessing Factors Associated with Prenatal and Postnatal Diets in HIV-infected Mothers and Their Infants: The BAN Study in Lilongwe, Malawi
Christina Bixiones
Carolina Global Initiative Award 2006
Christina will travel to Guatemala to identify barricades to breastfeeding and propose opportunities for improvement as part of Curamerica’s efforts to curb infant and maternal mortality in the region. Curamerica is a Non-profit Organization based i
Cliff Haley
Foreign Language & Area Studies Fellowship 2006
Michele Lanham
Foreign Language & Area Studies Fellowship 2006
Jessica Luginbuhl
Foreign Language & Area Studies Fellowship 2006
Melissa Roche
Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad 2006
Tanzania, United Republic of
Factors associated with adherence to antiretroviral therapy in two clinics in Arusha, Tanzania
Rachel Willard
Foreign Language & Area Studies Fellowship 2005
Shankar Viswanathan
Pre-Dissertation Exploration Award 2005
India
Prevalence of snakebite injury, complications and effect of treatment delay on outcome following Snakebite in Southern India: An Epidemiological Approach
Rebeen Pasha
Foreign Language & Area Studies Fellowship 2005
Sitthichock Puangthongthub
Pre-Dissertation Exploration Award 2005
Thailand
Bayesian Maximum Entropy Space/Time Analysis of Particulate Matter and Mortality in Thailand
Martha Kapaya
Foreign Language & Area Studies Fellowship 2005
Karminder Gill
Pre-Dissertation Exploration Award 2005
India
A Prevalence Case-Control Study Examining the Relationship Between HIV and Extra-pulmonary TB
Sydney Spangler
Foreign Language & Area Studies Fellowship 2005
Melissa Roche
Pre-Dissertation Exploration Award 2005
Tanzania, United Republic of
Identifying Factors associated with women’s adherence to antiretroviral therapy: A focus on stigma, disclosure, violence, autonomy and social support
Ke-Zong Ma
Pre-Dissertation Exploration Award 2005
Taiwan
The Effect of National health Insurance on Life Cycle Fertility Behavior
Maarja Soo
Pre-Dissertation Exploration Award 2005
Australia
The Effect of Performance Funding on Universities’ Behavior: The Case of Australia