Student Research Awards
Epidemiology and Biostatistics Student Research Awards 2009-2010 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. 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 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 $80.00, 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 ranging from $25 to $250 will be supported.
- 3. Founding Dean's Research Excellence Award - One award will be available each semester of the 2009-2010 academic year to the most outstanding abstract accepted for presentation to a scientific conference by a Departmental student. A maximum of one Founding Dean's Research Award of $250 will be supported each semester.
To view the award application form, please click here
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
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 |
