Student Research Awards

Epidemiology and Biostatistics Student Research Awards 2011 - 2012 Academic Year


Student research awards are available from the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics to support students' efforts in presenting their work at local and national public health and scientific conferences. All students enrolled in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics' MPH, MS, and PhD degree programs are eligible to receive these awards. Additionally, recent alumni may apply for Capital Connection Scholar Awards if the abstract is accepted within one year of graduation and the work was done while a student. Awards will be granted for work done as part of Departmental activities (academic work such as special project, culminating experiences or dissertations; or paid or unpaid research with Department faculty members). Since these awards are meant to encourage participation in outside conferences, GWU's and Children's National Medical Center's Research Day presentations are not eligible.

There are three types of awards:

  1. Departmental Research Awards - to support poster printing - The Department will reimburse poster printing costs, up to a maximum of $100.00, for students accepted as a presenting author at a scientific conference. A maximum of ten Departmental Research Awards per semester will be supported each fall, spring, and summer semester.
  2. Chair's Research Excellence Award - to support conference registration fees - Funds will be available each academic year to support registration fees for students with abstracts accepted at local or national conferences. A maximum of five Chair's Research Awards per semester will be supported. The maximum amount of the award is $250.
  3. Founding Dean's Research Excellence Award - One award will be available each semester of the 2010-2011 academic year to the most outstanding abstract accepted for presentation to a scientific conference by a Departmental student. Founding Dean's Research Excellence Awards may be used to support registration, travel, lodging, and food expenses incurred while attending the conference. The maximum size of the award will be $500 per semester.

    4. To view the award application form.

    The SPHHS Capital Connection Fund is another resource that supports student professional development. Funds are available to assist students in presenting their work at conferences, carrying out fieldwork, conducting research, and attending professional meetings. Click here for further information and the application form.

    Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics Previous Student Research Award Winners

    Hang Tran - Chair's Research Excellence Award - 2011

    Project Title:

    Quality of life and visual function in Nigeria

    Conference Title:

    Global Health and Innovation Conference

    Conference Date & Location:

    April 16 - 17, 2011; New Haven, CT


    Kathleen Souweine - Chair's Research Excellence Award - 2011

    Project Title:

    The Association of Pre-Pregnancy Obesity with Hypertension

    Conference Title:

    International Congress on Infectious Diseases

    Conference Date & Location:

    April 1 - 3, 2011; Washington, DC


    Quynh Vo - Founding Dean's Research Excellence Award - 2010

    Project Title:

    Risk Factors for the Prevalence of HIV/TB Coinfection Among Residents of DC, 1998 - 2008

    Conference Title:

    SAAPHI 2010 Annual Meeting

    Conference Date & Location:

    November 6, 2010; Denver, CO


    Alicia Sherell - Chair's Research Excellence Award - 2010

    Project Title:

    How Risk Perception, Body Image, and Other Social Determinants are linked to HIV/AIDS in African-American Women

    Conference Title:

    3rd Annual Health Disparities Institute of the Caribbean Exploratory NCMHD Research Center

    Conference Date & Location:

    October 21 - 22, 2010; St. Thomas, Virgin Islands


    Jennie McKenney - Chair's Research Excellence Award - 2010

    Project Title:

    Cholerae in the Americas Region: an eradicated problem?

    Conference Title:

    International Congress on Infectious Diseases

    Conference Date & Location:

    March 9-12, 2010; Miami, FL


    Jennie McKenney - Chair's Research Excellence Award - 2010

    Project Title:

    Cholerae in the Americas Region: an eradicated problem?

    Conference Title:

    International Congress on Infectious Diseases

    Conference Date & Location:

    March 9-12, 2010; Miami, FL


    Patricia Calderon Lloyd - Chair's Research Excellence Award - 2010

    Project Title:

    Defining and Describing HIV and STD Core Group Membership Using Population-Based Surveillance Data

    Conference Title:

    2010 National STD Prevention Conference

    Conference Date & Location:

    March 8-11, 2010; Atlanta, GA

     

    Patricia Calderon Lloyd - Chair's Research Excellence Award - 2009

    Project Title:

    Toxocara Infection in the United States: The Relevance of Poverty, Geography and Demography as Risk Factors and Implications for Estimating County Prevalence

    Conference Title:

    American College of Epidemiology

    Conference Date & Location:

    September 12 - 15, 2009; Silver Spring, MD



    Nadera Ahmadzai

    Nadera Ahmadzai - Chair's Research Excellence Award - 2009

    Project Title:

    Variations in Renal Cancer in Blacks and Whites

    Conference Title:

    American Association for Cancer Research

    Conference Date & Location:

    February 3-6, 2009; Carefree, Arizona



    Cary Chen

    Cary Chen - Chair's Research Excellence Award - 2008

    Project Title:

    Appropriate Prophylactic Antibiotics (Prophy-Abx) in Reducing Surgical Site Infections (SSIs) in Pediatric Patients Undergoing Cardiovascular Surgery (CVS)

    Conference Title:

    2008 APHA Annual Meeting/Conference

    Conference Date & Location:

    October 25-29, 2008; San Diego, CA

     

    Naa Ashorkor Tetteh - Departmental Research Awards - 2008

    Project Title:

    Reintroduction of DDT in Malaria Control: Implications for Zambia



    Michelle Glaser

    Michelle Glaser - Chair's Research Excellence Award - 2008

    Project Title:

    Evaluation of Provider Satisfaction and Patient Outcomes: Telemedicine in Louisiana

    Conference Title:

    2008 ATA Annual Meeting

    Conference Date & Location:

    April 6-8, 2008; Seattle, WA

     

    Blakeley Denkinger, MPH - Chair's Research Excellence Award - 2007

    Project Title:

    The Relationship between dairy intake and components of metabolic syndrome in overweight adults

    Conference Title:

    The Obesity Society 2007 Annual Scientific Meeting

    Conference Date & Location:

    October 20-24, 2007; New Orleans, LA


    Ella Jewel, MPH - Chair's Research Excellence Award - 2007

    Project Title:

    Expression of BP1, a homeobox protein, is associated with tumor grade and lymph node metastasis in breast cancer

    Conference Title:

    AACR Annual Meeting 2007

    Conference Date & Location:

    April 14-18, 2007; Los Angeles, CA


    Brietta Oaks - Capital Connection Fund Conference Attendance Mini-Awards - 2007

    Conference Title:

    APHA 135th Annual Meeting and Expo

    Conference Date & Location:

    November 3-7, 2007; Washington, DC


    Dina Passman, MPH - Departmental Research Awards - 2007

    Project Title:

    Selected experimental predictors of breastfeeding initiation among WIC-eligible mothers at an urban private hospital in 2000, 2002, 2004 and 2005

    Conference Title:

    APHA 135th Annual Meeting and Expo

    Conference Date & Location:

    November 3-7, 2007; Washington, DC


    Katharine Shelley, MPH - Chair's Research Excellence Award - 2007

    Project Title:

    Perceived knowledge of partner's serostatus and multiple sex partners: Preliminary analysis of heterosexuals at high risk for HIV in DC

    Conference Title:

    6th Annual International Conference on Urban Health

    Conference Date & Location:

    October 31 - November 2, 2007; Baltimore, MD