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August 2009 | Return to issue home
Student News Congratulations to this year's award winners! Outstanding Student Awards
Tingting Li, doctoral student in DEOHS, has a keen interest in genetic factors underlying human susceptibility to the health risks of environmental toxicants. Her work focuses on the CPOX enzyme, which has been shown to modify the effects of mercury exposure on neurobehavioral functions in humans. Tingting is featured on the NIEHS Web site as a “Student Success Story.”
Undergraduate student Eric Tanenbaum earned the highest cumulative grade point average of any Environmental Health graduate in recent years, and his success in the classroom is matched by his graduate-level research skills. He and Professor John Kissell are collaborating on a manuscript based on work completed in Eric’s independent research course.
Jennifer Livaudais, doctoral student in Epidemiology, is committed to improving the health of Latino populations and has focused her work on breast cancer. She has been expanding her research to examine reproductive risk factors and lifestyle behaviors among women in Mexico compared to Mexican American women in the U.S. and the relationship between alcohol intake and breast cancer.
Global Health Ph.D. student Whitney Harrington has a passion for biomedical research and its implications at a policy level. She has been focusing her research on the health consequences of malaria at the maternal-fetal interface. Whitney has obtained an F-30 award from NIH and works with local and national groups to increase research on neglected diseases.
Anne Kirchhoff is a Ph.D. candidate in Health Services and a pre-doctoral fellow in the Biobehavioral Cancer Prevention and Control Training Program. Her research focuses on cancer survivorship, specifically the employment outcomes for cancer survivors, and her dissertation explores long-term employment outcomes for adult survivors of childhood cancer.
A conscientious student who is keenly interested in her chosen field of Health Informatics & Health Information Management, Monica Heiser has sharp information technology skills and demonstrated ability in data report design and analysis. Her academic performance was excellent and her ability to make clear and thoughtful presentations is notable.
Lauren Sterling excelled academically while completing a demanding dual major in public health and microbiology and being involved in several extra-curricular activities. Last summer, as part of the Study Abroad Program, Lauren co-directed a research project on communications issues between Muslim immigrant women and their health care providers. Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award
Gilbert S. Omenn Graduate Student Awards for Academic Excellence
DEOHS doctoral student Rick Neitzel has distinguished himself in the field of noise exposure since he was a master’s student in 1997. He made a major contribution to the literature and redirected his advisor’s research program into new areas. His own research focuses on improved methods of estimating noise exposure for epidemiological analyses, and he is committed to addressing real problems through his work. Read more. August 2009 | Return to issue home |
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