2008 Center for Global Health - University Scholars
1) Evelyn Hall, CLAS, Human Biology Major and Bioethics Minor, 3rd Year, South Africa; Learning from Sexual Assault Outreach Programs in Rural South Africa
2) Maria-Cecilia Venzon, School of Nursing, PhD, 1st year, Philippines; The use of forum theater in promoting safe sex practices helping decrease HIV-AIDS incidences among low-income Filipino women who experience of violence.
3) Jennifer McNally Schwenk, CLAS, B.S. Biology, Global Public Health Minor, 3rd year, India; Assessing Barriers to Free Sight-Restoring Surgeries for Patients in Chennai, India
4) Julia Minak, UVa School Of Medicine, 1st year, Guatemala; Understanding and Improving Clay Water Filter Use in San Mateo Ixtatan, Guatemala
5) Christina Wilson, UVa School Of Medicine, 1st year, Tanzania; Implementation of a Luminex-based approach for the detection of enteropathogens in Tanzania
6) Katrina Tsang, Family Medicine Resident, University of Virginia Health System, South Africa; To develop new collaborations with medically related services in South Africa for UVa staff who would then provide hospital, out-patient and community health care
7) So Jin Youn, Economics and Biology (not yet declared) Double Major, 3rd year, Bangladesh; An effective way to detect the causes of diarrhea
8) Meredyth Gilmore, CLAS, Economics and Foreign Affairs Double Major, 2cd year, Camaroon; Determining Financial Management Indicators of Water Project Sustainability in Wum, Cameroon
9) Willis "Hugh" Lyford, CLAS, Biology Major, 3rd year, USA (Alaska); The Effects and Opportunities of the Telehealth Program on Rural Native Alaska
10) Ana Jemac, SEAS, Chemical Engineering Major, 3rd year, South Africa; Implementing a hybridized off-grid water purification system in Limpopo Province, South Africa
2008 Center for Global Health Group Awards
Each of these groups received a single award toward their project
1) The Lesotho Health Partnership (LHP) - To promote the health and well-being of people infected or affected by HIV/AIDS in Lesotho, a country in southern Africa where one-in-three individuals is infected with HIV, by training and building capacity among local community caregivers and by working with AIDS support groups to develop sustainable health projects:
Anne Fishwick Nursing, Graduate CNL, 1st year
Carolyne Muhenge, Clinical Nurse Leader, 1st year
Marian (Mali) Royer UVa School Of Medicine, 1st year
Meghan Sheely, School of Nursing, Master's in Nursing, CNL program, 1st yearThomas Quattlebaum, UVa School Of Medicine, 1st year
2) South Africa - The Investigation of Iron Deficiency Anemia in the Limpopo Province of South Africa through Nutritional Analysis and the Development of Community-Based Education Programs for Prevention and Treatment
Hassan Hamandi, UVa School Of Medicine 1st year
Jessica Scriver, UVa School Of Medicine 1st year
Matthew Kohler, UVa School Of Medicine 1st year
Benjamin Milam, UVa School Of Medicine, 1st year
3) South Africa Health Partnership: Assessing and Implementing Arts-Focused Health Messages in Partnership with RADAR (Rural AIDS Development and Action Research)
Sherrry Kausch, School of Nursing, Clinical Nurse Leader, 1st year masters student
Mary Hove, University of Virginia, 2009 Clinical Nurse Leader graduate program, 1st year
Lindsey Powell; School of Nursing, Doctorate in Nursing Practice, 2009
Elizabeth Palmer, School of Nursing, Clinical Nurse Leader, 2009
Tim Cunningham, Graduate School of Nursing CNL, 1st year
Tarleen Singh, UVa School Of Medicine, 1st year
2008 Center for Global Health - Harrison Research Award Scholars
1) Michelle Wang, CLAS, Cognitive Science Major, 2nd year, China; HIV/AIDS Counseling in China: A Human Cognitive Approach
2) Julia Interrante, CLAS, Foreign Affairs and Studies in Women and Gender Double Major, 3rd year, South Africa; Limitations of Women's Access to HIV Treatment in Limpopo Province, South Africa
3) Eric Harshfield, SEAS, Chemical Engineering, 3rd year, South Africa; Implementing a Hybridized Off-Grid Water Purification System in the Limpopo Province, South Africa
4) Amber McCrady, CLAS, Psychology and Religious Studies Double Major, 3rd year, Thailand; Treating the Invisible: Access to Mental Healthcare for Sexually-Trafficked Ethnic Minority Women and Children in Thailand
5) Erin Conroy, CLAS, Anthropology and Studies in Women and Gender Double Major, 3rd year, Thailand; The Effect of Microfinance on the Economic Status of Northern Women in Thailand: A Comparative Analysis of Two Positive Partnership Programs
6) Sara Sunisa Pasang Lehman, CLAS, Foreign Affairs Major, Global Public Health Minor, 3rd year, Thailand; Stopping Traffic: Assessing Reproductive Health Risks for Burmese Ethnic Minority Women Trafficked into the Thai Commercial Sex Trade
2008 Center for Global Health - Office of African American Affairs Scholars
1) Teemar Fisseha, CLAS, Foreign Affairs and French Double Major, 3rd year, Ethiopia; Sexual Violence in Ethiopia and its Assessment by Different Segments of Society (Lawyers, Doctors/Psychologists, Victims)
2) Theodora Biney-Amissah, CLAS, Anthropology, 3rd year, Ghana; Striving to Cure the Curable: A Study of Malaria Education Methods in Ghana