11th Annual Graduate Student Recognition Celebration

Monday, April 20, 2009
3:00 p.m. — 6:00 p.m.
Alumni Hall in the George Watts Hill Alumni Center

Research displays begin at 3:00 p.m.
Awards ceremony starts at 4:00 p.m.
A reception follows

Graduate student recognition includes winners of:

For more information contact Kathy Farinola (farinola@email.unc.edu)

Congratulations to UNC-Chapel Hill Graduate and Professional Students for Outstanding Achievements in Research, Academics, Community Service and Leadership During the 2008-2009 Academic Year

2009 GEAB Impact Award Winners for Research Benefitting the State of North Carolina

Economic Development/Environmental

  • Joshua Clark Davis - History, “The Selling of Soul: African American Consumers, Music Businesses, and Community Empowerment in 1970s North Carolina”
  • Leigh-Anne Krometis - Environmental Sciences & Engineering, “Microbial Partitioning in Urban Stormwaters”
  • Anand (Andy) Sharma - Public Policy, In-Migration of Retirees: Is North Carolina the New Florida?
  • Weimin Xi, PhD. - Biology, Forest Response to Catastrophic Winds in the North Carolina Piedmont

Social Services/Policy

  • Johanna Foster - Public Administration, “Striving for Equity in Criminal Justice: An Analysis in the Variability of Bail Bonds in the Tenth Judicial District of North Carolina”
  • Lindsay Haddix - City & Regional Planning, “Immigration and Crime in North Carolina: Beyond the Rhetoric”
  • Jennifer Horney - Epidemiology, “Hurricane Evacuation Failure: The Role of Social Cohesion, Social Capital and Social Control”
  • Mai N. Hubbard - Economics, “The Effect of Mothers' Employment and Child Care Decisions on the Body Mass Status of Young Children”

Health

  • Sunil Agarwal - Epidemiology, “Ventricular Premature Complexes: A Possible Harbinger of Stroke and Sudden Cardiac Death”
  • Irving Allen, Ph.D. - Genetics and Molecular Biology, “Utilizing Genetic Models to Unravel Airway Constriction Associated with Asthma”
  • Russell Behler - Biomedical Engineering, “A Novel Use of Ultrasound for the Detection and Diagnosis of Atherosclerosis”
  • Jennifer Carter - Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, “Breast Cancer and Obesity”
  • Lindsay DiStefano - Human Movement Science, “ACL Injury Prevention Program for Youth Soccer Players”
  • Kiyah Duffey - Nutrition, “Examining the Causes and Consequences of Dietary Intake and Obesity”
  • Laura Faulconer - Biomedical Engineering, “Diffraction Enhanced Imaging: A Novel Form of X-Ray Imaging for Breast Cancer Detection and Diagnosis”
  • Lance Johnson - Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, “The Role of the ApoE Protein and Cholesterol in Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease”
  • Linda Ko, Ph.D. - Health Behavior & Health Education, “Health Communication and Fruit and Vegetable Consumption”
  • Kun Lu - Applied Sciences & Engineering, “Assessing the Health Risk of External Exposure to Formaldehyde”
  • Matthew Medlin - Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, “Signaling Pathways in the Regulation of Cardiovascular Disease”
  • Jacqueline Wallenborn - Environmental Sciences & Engineering, “Cardiovascular Effects of Zinc”

Boka W. Hadzija Award for Distinguished University Service by a Graduate or Professional Student

  • Elizabeth Ann Torrone - Epidemiology

Dean's Award for Significant Contributions to Graduate Education

  • John G.B. Ellison, Jr., UNC-Chapel Hill Board of Trustees

Linda Dykstra Distinguished Dissertation Awards

  • Bradley Davis - Computer Science; Linda Dykstra Distinguished Dissertation Award, Mathematics, Physical Sciences & Engineering
  • Jennifer Pribble - Political Science; Linda Dykstra Distinguished Dissertation Award, Social Sciences
  • Jian Fu Chen - Cell & Developmental Biology; Linda Dykstra Distinguished Dissertation Award, Biological & Life Sciences
  • Michael Meng - History; Linda Dykstra Distinguished Dissertation Award, Humanities & Fine Arts

Prestigious External Fellowships

  • Anthropology
    • Paolo Bocci - Rotary World Peace Fellowship
    • Ashley David Carse - Fulbright U.S. Student Program; Wenner-Gren Foundation Dissertation Fieldwork Grants
    • Maria Isabel Casas-Cortes - Andrew W. Mellon Foundation/American Council of Learned Societies Dissertation Completion Grant
    • Georgina Drew - Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship; NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant
    • Daniel Philip Holbrow - Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Doctoral Fellowship
    • Kristina Killgrove - Wenner-Gren Foundation Dissertation Fieldwork Grants; NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant
    • Courtney A. Lewis - NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
    • Dana Elizabeth Powell - NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant
    • Jane Welsh - Rotary World Peace Fellowship
    • Alice Brooke Wilson - SSRC Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship
    • Joseph Wiltberger - SSRC International Dissertation Field Research Fellowship
  • Biochemistry and Biophysics
    • Jennifer Cable - American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship
    • Daud Imhotep Cole - NRSA Fellowships for Minority Students (F31) NIH- National Institute of General Medical Sciences
  • Biology
    • Kathleen Susan Christine - American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship; Santa Cruz Developmental Biology Meeting Travel Fellowship
    • Alicia Marie Frame - Academy of Finland, via Finnish Centre of Excellence in Analysis and Dynamics Research
    • Cristina Ledon-Rettig - NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
    • Nathan Freeman Putman - PADI Foundation Grant
    • Parmajeet K. Randhawa, American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship
    • Sarah Maria Taylor, American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship
    • Anne Eileen White - Canadian Institutes of Health Research Doctoral Research Award
  • Biomedical Engineering
    • Matthew Berginski - NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
    • Adisri Charoenpanich - Thailand Higher Education Strategic Scholarship for Frontier Research Network
    • Carla Maria Haslauer - NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
    • Meghan Sarah Hegarty - NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
    • Rex Errol Jeffries - NRSA Fellowships for Minority Students (F31) NIH- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
  • Biostatistics
    • Naomi Chana Brownstein - NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
    • Daniela Sotres-Alvarez - Scholarship for Graduate Students, National Council on Science and Technology of Mexico
  • Cell and Molecular Physiology
    • Lucia Seminario-Vidal - Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellowship; The Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB)/Minority Access to Research Careers (MARC) Program Travel Award
  • Chemistry
    • Jennifer Fox Campbell -NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
    • Richard B. Keithley - National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship
    • Samuel Chesson Price - Applied Materials Graduate Fellowship
    • Kristin Slade - NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
    • Dieter Weber - Fulbright Fellowship for Non-U.S. Students
  • City and Regional Planning
    • Christine E. Boyle - Fulbright U.S. Student Program
    • Monica Leap, Women in Transporation Scholarship-North Carolina Triangle Chapter
    • Megan Elizabeth Lewis, Women in Transporation Scholarship-North Carolina Triangle Chapter
    • Tracy Hadden Loh - EPA-STAR Fellowship
    • Anna C. Osland - Ford Foundation Diversity Predoctoral Fellowship
  • Classics
    • Elizabeth Thill - Humane Studies Fellowship
  • Computer Science
    • Gennette Gill - NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
    • Sasa Junuzovic - Microsoft Research Fellowship
    • Luv Kohli - North Carolina Space Grant Graduate Research Fellowship
    • Stephen Lecler Olivier - National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship
    • Jeremy Daniel Wendt - North Carolina Space Grant Graduate Research Fellowship
  • Dentistry
    • Ronan Allen - American Academy of Periodontology Foundation Education Fellowship Funded by Omni Preventive Care
    • Joao Nuno Ferreira - Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) Doctoral Fellowship/Grant - Government of the Portuguese Republic
    • Cherri Lynn Kading, American Dental Hygienists' Association Institute for Oral Health Scholarship
    • Patricia A. Miguez - Abram and Sylvia Chasens Teaching and Research Fellowship - American Academy of Periodontology Foundation
    • Marnisa Sricholpech - Royal Thai Government Scholarship
  • Ecology
    • Scott Ensign - EPA-STAR Fellowship
    • Elizabeth Matthews - NC Beautiful Graduate Fellowship
    • Mary Isabel O'Connor - National Fish and Wildlife Federation's Budweiser Conservation Scholarship
  • Economics
    • Azrina Abdullah Al-Hadi - National University of Malaysia
    • Mustafa Attar - Council of Higher Education of the Republic of Turkey Fellowship
    • David Fragoso-Gonzalez - Science and Technology Foundation Fellowship
    • Mustafa Haluk Guler - Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey Fellowship
    • Wonchul Hwang - Korean Government Long-Term Fellowship for Overseas Studies
    • Justin Joffrion - USAF Fellowship
    • Manasigan Kanchanachitra - Royal Thai Government Fellowship
    • Kentaro Koyama - Bank of Japan
    • Hye Young Min - Korean Government Long-Term Fellowship for Overseas Studies
    • Leonardo Morales - Central Bank of the Republic of Colombia Fellowship
    • Julian Perez-Amaya - Central Bank of the Republic of Colombia Fellowship
    • Lauren Raymer - Institute for Humane Studies Fellowship
    • Tatevik Sekhposyan - Dissertation Internship at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
    • Marcelo Silva - Brazilian Ministry of Education/CAPES Foundation and Fulbright Commission/U.S. Department of State Scholarship
    • Teerawut Sripinit - Royal Thai Government Fellowship
    • Umut Tuysuzoglu - Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey Fellowship
    • Yuichi Watanabe - Institute of Developing Economics, JETRO
    • Nipphol Witvorapong - Royal Thai Government Fellowship
    • Onur Yeni - University of Hacettepe Fellowship
  • English and Comparative Literature
    • Joy E Cranshaw - Amherst Memorial Fellowship
    • Maura D'Amore - W. M. Keck Foundation Fellow - Huntington Library
    • Sarah Marsh - King's College London International Partnership Scholarship
    • Mary Lynn Raschko - Medieval Academy of America - Schallek Dissertation Fellowship
    • Jennifer Williamson - 2008 Northwest Modern Language Association Summer Fellowship
  • Environmental Science & Engineering
    • Sheila L. Flack - American Industrial Hygiene Foundation (AIHF) 2008 Graduate/Undergraduate Scholarship
    • Daniel Mario Gatti - EPA-STAR Fellowship
    • Hee Suk Lee - National Water Research Institute Fellowship
    • Lanakila McMahan - EPA-STAR Fellowship
    • Seth Cybill Rylander - National Consortium for Graduate Degrees for Minorities in Engineering and Science (GEM) Fellowship
    • Shannon Rennenberg Starck - EPA-STAR Fellowship
    • Jennifer M. Thomasen - American Industrial Hygiene Foundation (AIHF) 2008 Graduate/Undergraduate Scholarship
  • Epidemiology
    • Lauren Abbate - Arthritis Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Award
    • Adam Goode - Foundation for Physical Therapy Scholarship
    • Bonnie Joubert - CDC Public Health Research Dissertation Award (R36)
    • Susan Marshall Mason - CDC Public Health Research Dissertation Award (R36)
    • Sunni Mumford - Eunice Kennedy Shriver NIH/National Institute of Child Health & Human Development Intramural Research Training Award
    • Sharon Myers - NIH/National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Intramural Research Training Award
    • Ashley Naimi - Fonds de Recherche en Sante du Quebec Doctoral Training Award
    • Sirin Yaemsiri - American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship
  • Exercise and Sport Science
    • Lauren Michelle Askey - National College Athletics Association Women's and Minority Enhancement Program; Mid-Atlantic Athletic Trainers Association Post graduate Scholarship
    • Justin Freeman - Hopi Tribe Grant
    • Amanda Valerie Friedline - National Athletic Trainers' Association Research and Education Foundation Graduate Scholarship; National College Athletics Association Women's and Minority Enhancement Program; Great Lakes Athletic Trainers' Association - William E. Newell Scholarship; Michigan Athletic Trainers' Society College/University Scholarship
    • Catherine Green - Boys and Girls Club of Greater Gaston - J.A. Dalpiaz Award
  • Genetics and Molecular Biology
    • Chevonne Eversley - NRSA Fellowships for Minority Students (F31) NIH- National Cancer Institute; Cancer Health Disparities Summit '08 Travel Award
    • Ariella Binah Hanker - Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program Predoctoral Traineeship Award
    • Kavita Praveen - American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship
  • Geography
    • Dennis Arnold - Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship; Center for Khmer Studies Ph.D. Dissertation Research Fellowship
    • Brenda Baletti - Fulbright U.S. Student Program; SSRC International Dissertation Research Fellowship
    • Margaret A. Carrel - NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
    • Annelies Margaretha Goger - American Institute for Sri Lankan Studies Dissertation Planning Grant
    • Elizabeth A. Hennessy - SSRC Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship
    • Tamara Johnson - Fulbright U.S. Student Program
    • Lauren Patterson - NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
    • Elisabeth Dowling Root - NSF Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant
    • Holly Michelle Worthen - NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant; Inter-American Foundation Dissertation Grant; P.E.O. Scholarship
  • Geological Sciences
    • Jesse William Davis - Geological Society of America Graduate Student Research Grant; White Mountain Research Station Graduate Student Research Minigrant
    • Emily Beth Foley- Geological Society of America Graduate Student Research Grant; White Mountain Research Station Graduate Student Research Minigrant; Sigma XI Grants-in-Aid of Research Grant
    • Ryan Douglas Mills - Sigma XI Grants-in-Aid of Research Grant
    • Kevin Lee Schrecengost - Sigma XI Grants-in-Aid of Research Grant
  • Germanic Languages and Literatures
    • Richard Venn Benson - Stiftung Dialogik Stipendium fuer DoktorandInnen
  • Health Behavior and Health Education
    • Jessica Duncan Cance - NRSA Fellowship (F31) NIH- National Institute on Drug Abuse
    • Elizabeth Jane King - Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship
    • Jerrie Tatiana Kumalah - Population Reference Bureau/Compton International Fellowship
    • India J. Ornelas - NRSA Fellowship (F31) NIH- National Cancer Institute
    • Heather Luz McNaughton Reyes, NRSA Fellowship (F31), NIH-National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
    • Liana Janine Richardson - NRSA Fellowship for Minority Students (F31) NIH- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
  • Health Policy and Management
    • Young Kyung Do - Graduate Student Paper Grant Award - Korea Labor Institute
    • Danielle Doughman - David A. Winston Health Policy Scholarship
    • Bradley Richard Heaton - Foster G. McGaw Graduate Student Scholarship
  • History
    • Emily Baran - Joint Fulbright-Hays and Social Science Research Council Fellowship
    • Devyn Spence Benson - Gaius Charles Bolin Dissertation Fellowship at Williams College
    • Waitman Beorn - DAAD Research Grant
    • Randolph Browne - Jacob K. Javits Fellowship
    • Enver Casmir - Andrew W. Mellon Foundation/American Council of Learned Societies Dissertation Completion Grant
    • Georgina Gajewski - Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts - Madelyn Moeller Research Fellowship in Southern Material Culture
    • Elizabeth Gritter - Harry S. Truman Scholarship
    • Rachel Hynson - Conference on Latin American History - Lydia Cabera Award
    • Anna Louise Krome-Lukens - Jacob K. Javits Fellowship
    • Ricky W. Law - Japan Foundation Doctoral Fellowship
    • Kelly Anne Morrow - The North Caroliniana Society - Archie K. Davis Fellowship
    • Michael Paulauskas - Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship
    • Sarah Elizabeth Summers - DAAD Research Grant
    • Glebb Tsipursky - Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship; International Research and Exchanges Board Individual Advanced Research Opportunities Program Grant
    • Sarah Vierra - German Chancellor Fellowship from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
    • Graeme Alexander Ward - Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Doctoral Fellowship; Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Masters Scholarship
    • Timothy Joseph Williams - Spencer Foundation Dissertation Fellowship
    • David Christopher Williard - Jacob K. Javits Fellowship
  • Human Movement Science
    • Marc F Norcross - NATA Research and Education Foundation Doctoral Scholarship
  • Information and Library Science
    • Stephen S. Chan - American Association of Law Libraries & Thomson West - George A. Strait Minority Scholarship; Chinese American Librarians Association - Sheila Suen Lai Scholarship of Library and Information Science
    • Weimao Ke - 2008 CAS Student Travel Award - American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T)
    • Lauren E. Kearns - North Carolina Foundation for Nursing - Eunice M. Smith Scholarship
    • Amy Dianne VanScoy - RUSA Emerald Research Grant
  • Journalism & Mass Communication
    • Monica Elena Ulmanu - Fulbright Fellowship for Non-U.S. Students
  • Marine Sciences
    • Elizabeth Saunders Calandrino - National Estuarine Research Reserve System Graduate Research Fellowship
  • Maternal and Child Health
    • Stacey Williams Lloyd - American Public Health Association Student Leadership Fellowship, Maternal and Child Health Section
    • Annie-Laurie McRee - Society for Adolescent Medicine Career Development Award
    • Dara Daneen Mendez - NRSA Fellowship (F31) NIH- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
    • Hannah Elizabeth Pollet - American Dietetic Association Scholarship; North Carolina Dietetic Association Graduate Scholarship
  • Microbiology & Immunology
    • Janelle Arthur - Keystone Symposia Scholarship
    • Catherine C. Cruz - NRSA Fellowship (F31) NIH- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; American Society for Virology Student Travel Award; Minority Scholarship, Keystone Symposia
    • Margaret Adele Scull - CDC Public Health Research Dissertation Award (R36)
    • Shehzad Zafar Sheikh - NRSA Fellowship (F32) Individual Postdoctoral Fellowship
    • Jason Davis Simmons - American Society for Virology Student Travel Award
  • Music
    • Kimberly Anne Francis - Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Doctoral Fellowship
    • William James Gibbons - M. Elizabeth C. Bartlet Grant from the American Musicological Society
    • Laurie McManus - The Berlin Program for Advanced German and European Studies
  • Neurobiology
    • Leon Garland Coleman - NRSA Fellowship (F31) NIH- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
    • Rebekah Corlew - NRSA Fellowship (F31) NIH- National Institute of General Medical Sciences
    • Scott Robert Hutton - NRSA Fellowship (F31) NIH- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
    • Nathaniel Adam Sowa - NRSA Fellowship (F31) NIH- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
    • Jennifer Lynn Thomson - NRSA Fellowship (F31) NIH- National Institute on Drug Abuse
    • Buddy Allan Whitman - American Psychological Association-Diversity Program in Neuroscience Predoctoral Fellowship
    • Tiffany Ann Wills - NRSA Fellowship (F31) NIH- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
  • Nursing
    • Deborah Hutchinson Allen - American Cancer Society Doctoral Degree Scholarship in Cancer Nursing
    • Hyunkyung Choi - AETNA/National Coalition of Ethnic Minority Nurse Associations Scholarhip
    • Ashley Leak - Mary Lewis Weyche Doctoral Fellowship; Dr. Hattie Bessent Scholarship - National Black Nurses Association; Foundation of the Carolinas, North Carolina League for Nursing Academic Scholarship Fund
    • Lisa Catherine Lindley - Nursing Economics Foundation Scholarship
    • Jeongok Park - John A. Hartford Foundation Building Academic Geriatric Nursing Capacity Predoctoral Scholarship
    • Alaine Leslie Pribisko - American Association of Nurse Anesthetists Doctoral Fellowship
    • Denise J. Spector - American Cancer Society Doctoral Degree Scholarship in Cancer Nursing
  • Nutrition
    • Janne E. Boone - CDC Public Health Research Dissertation Award (R36); Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Active Living Research Dissertation Award
    • Kiyah J. Duffey - CDC Public Health Research Dissertation Award (R36)
    • Bridget Anne Hollingsworth - American Dietetic Association Scholarship
    • Lucia Andrea Leone - Society of Behavioral Medicine - 2008 Student Excellence in Research Award
    • Lisa Lowenstein - Leadership and Education in Adolescent Health Program
    • Jill Elizabeth McClain - CDC Public Health Research Dissertation Award (R36)
    • Natalie Bowen Peterson - American Dietetic Association Foundation - Mead Johnson Nutritionals Scholarship; American Dietetic Association Foundation - 2008 Nancy Williams Award
    • Cassandra Leigh Rico - Central DuPage Hospital Auxiliary Scholarship
    • Carolyn Eileen Wait - American Dietetic Association Foundation - 2008 Geraldine M. Piper Memorial Scholarship
    • Jessica Wilcox - American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship; American Society for Nutrition - Cargill Predoctoral Fellowship
    • Christina Dawn Williams - Travel Scholarship from the American Institution for Cancer Research
    • Daisy Zamora - NRSA Fellowships for Minority Students (F31) NIH-National Institute of General Medical Sciences
    • Katherine Zavodni - American Dietetic Association Foundation - 2008 Lydia J. Roberts Award
  • Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
    • Jessica Cardenas - Travel Award from the Gordan Research Conference
    • Olguitza Guzman - Society for the Advancement of Chicanos/Latinos and Native Americans in Science Travel Scholarship
    • Christopher Matthew Scull - Travel Award from the Society for Leukocyte Biology
  • Pharmaceutical Sciences
    • Laura Naomi Bonifacio - Pre-Doctoral Graduate Fellowship in the Pharmaceutical Sciences; The American Foundation for Aging Research-GSK Fellowship; American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education (AFPE) Pharmaceutical Sciences Graduate Student Recognition Award
    • Melissa Butler, USP Fellowship
    • Mary Jean Carroll - American Chemical Society Division of Medicinal Chemistry Pre-Doctoral Fellowship; American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education (AFPE) Pre-Doctoral Fellowship
    • Venita E. Gresham - NRSA Fellowship (F31) NIH- National Cancer Institute
    • Daniel Louis Hertz - Rho Chi-AFPE First Year Graduate School Scholarship
    • Pierre P. Morieux - NRSA Fellowship (F31) NIH- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
    • William R. Proctor - PhRMA Foundation Pre-doctoral Fellowship
    • Jasmine Alicia Talameh - Rho Chi-Schering Plough- AFPE First Year Graduate School Scholarship
    • Martin J. Telko - PhRMA Foundation Pre-doctoral Fellowship
    • Katherine Nicole Theken - Pre-Doctoral Graduate Fellowship in the Pharmaceutical Sciences; American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education (AFPE) Pharmaceutical Sciences Graduate Student Recognition Award
    • Elizabeth Ann Vasievich, PhRMA Foundation Pre-doctoral Fellowship
    • Deidra Vernee Washington, PhRMA Foundation Pre-doctoral Fellowship
  • Pharmacology
    • John Alexander Bauman - American Heart Association Fellowship
    • Lisa Eileen Stalheim Crose - American Heart Association Fellowship
    • Aurelie Michelle Gresset - American Heart Association Fellowship
    • Sabrice G. Guerrier - NRSA Fellowship (F31) NIH- National Institute of Mental Health
    • Randal Alan Hand - NRSA Fellowship (F31) NIH- National Institute of Mental Health
    • Jarrod Sean Johnson - NRSA Fellowship (F31) NIH- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
    • Mary K. Kelm - NRSA Fellowship (F31) NIH- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
    • Adam Jordan Kimple - NRSA Fellowship (F31) NIH- National Institute of Mental Health
    • Tiffany K. Ricks - NRSA Fellowship (F31) NIH- National Institute of Mental Health
    • Daniel Jason Urban - American Heart Association Fellowship
    • Christopher Michael Welch - NRSA Fellowship (F30) - For MD/PhD Students - National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
  • Philosophy
    • Adam Steven Cureton - Dolores Zohrab Liebmann Fellowship; Institute for Humane Studies Fellowship
    • Mark .T Phelan - Andrew W. Mellon Foundation/American Council of Learned Societies Dissertation Completion Grant
  • Political Science
    • Sara Julieta Niedzwiecki - Fulbright Fellowship for Non-U.S. Students
    • Alexander Michael Parets - American Political Science Association Minority Fellowship
    • Heather A. Sullivan - Organization of American States Graduate Scholarship
  • Psychology
    • Christopher Cameron - NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
    • Jeremy Jason Day - NRSA Fellowship (F31) NIH- National Institute on Drug Abuse
    • Ilana T. Z. Dew - NRSA Fellowship (F31) NIH- National Institute on Aging; American Psychological Association Dissertation Research Award
    • Jose L. Duarte - NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
    • Guillaume Filteau - Québec Societal and Cultural Research Fund Master's Degree Scholarship
    • Joseph C. Franklin - NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
    • Joshua Lacey Jones - NRSA Fellowship (F31) NIH- National Institute on Drug Abuse
    • Rebecca R. Klatzkin - NRSA Fellowship (F31) NIH- National Institute of Mental Health
    • Emily Geyer Lowery - NRSA Fellowship (F31) NIH- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
    • Mary Beth Mechlin - NRSA Fellowship (F31) NIH- National Institute on Drug Abuse
    • Ndidi Amy Okeke - NRSA Fellowship (F31) NIH- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
    • Angela Sparrow - NRSA Fellowship (F31) NIH- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
    • Sonya K. Sterba - NRSA Fellowship (F31) NIH- National Institute of Mental Health
    • Emma Sterrett - American Psychological Association Minority Fellowship
  • Public Administration
    • Carrie Bridgess Cook - National Forum for Black Public Administrators - FORUM Scholarship
  • Public Health Leadership
    • Rachael S. Wong - Wong Kong Har Tong Society Education Grant; Hawaiian Lodge - Free and Accepted Masons Scholarship
  • Public Policy
    • Amber Peterman - Hewlett Foundation/Population Reference Bureau Dissertation Fellowship in Population, Reproductive Health, and Economic Development
    • Jonathan S. Spader - Housing and Urban Development Doctoral Dissertation Research Grant
  • Religious Studies
    • Jason Andrew Staples - Jacob K. Javits Fellowship
    • Isaac Amitai Weiner - Louisville Institute Dissertation Fellowship
    • Steven H. Werlin - Samuel H. Kress Fellowship through the W. F. Albright Institute of Archaeology in Jerusalem
  • Social Work
    • Parjita Charles - Summer 2008 Travel Award, University of Michigan Institute for Social Research, Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research
    • Eric Lee Garland - Mind and Life Institute - Francisco J. Varela Research Grant
    • Angela Shirin Greene - Beren Foundation Scholarship
    • Johanna Greeson - Summer 2008 Travel Award, University of Michigan Institute for Social Research, Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research
    • Dari Jigjidsuren - P.E.O. Scholarship; Open Society Institute (OSI) Global Supplementary Grant
    • Darshan Purushottam Mundada - Rotary World Peace Fellowship
    • Sharon D. Parker - Council on Social Work Education NIMH Minority Research Fellowship
    • Tasanee Ross Walsh - Council on Social Work Education NIMH Minority Research Fellowship
    • Tiffany Renee Washington - 2008 Summer Training on Aging Research Topics - Mental Health Program; Hartford Pre-Dissertation Award
    • Kelly Ann Williams - National Association of Social Workers Foundation - Jane B. Aron Fellowship Award
  • Sociology
    • Timothy Cupery - Harvey Fellowship
    • Hedwig Lee - Ford Foundation Diversity Predoctoral Fellowship
    • Emily Elizabeth McKendry-Smith - Religious Research Association - Constant H. Jacquet Research Award; Society for the Scientific Study of Religion - Student Research Award
  • Speech & Hearing Sciences
    • Angela Yarnell Bonino - American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation - New Century Scholars Program Doctoral Scholarship; Association for the Research in Otolaryngology - Audiologist Travel Award; American Academy of Audiology/American Academy of Audiology Foundation's Student Investigator Research Award
    • Fernanda Costa de Queiros - Capes-Fulbright Program for Non-U.S. Students
    • Lucia Mendez - American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation - Minority Student Leadership Program
  • Statistics and Operations Research
    • Michelle Miranda - Capes-Fulbright Program for Non-U.S. Students
  • Toxicology
    • Emily Blair Askew - Department of Defense Prostate Cancer Predoctoral Training Award
    • Alison Hege Harrill - EPA-STAR Fellowship
    • Joshua Harrill - Society of Toxicology - Student Travel Award
    • Michele Andrea La Merrill - Jackson Laboratories - Tuition Scholarship
    • David Taylor Szabo - 28th International Symposium on Halogenated Persistent Organic Pollutants - Travel Award
    • Tamara L. Tal - Society of Toxicology - Graduate Student Travel Award
    • Melanie B. Weed - Endocrine Society Annual Meeting - Travel Award
    • Sally Shoshana White - Society of Toxicology, Reproductive and Developmental Specialty Section - Travel Award; Gordon Research Conference, Environmental Endocrine Disrupters, Chair's Fund - Travel Award

2009 University Day Research Award Winners

Best Graduate Student Poster in the Physical Sciences

  • Jason Stevens - Chemistry, Co-authors: Michael T. Crimmins, Gregory M. Schaaf, “Progress toward the total synthesis of psymberin”

Best Graduate Student Poster in the Biological Sciences

  • Alaine Pribisko - Nursing, Co-author: Edward R Perl, “Selective Activation of Cutaneous Nociceptors with an Infrared Diode Laser”

Best Graduate Student Poster in the Social Sciences and Humanities

1st Place
Sarah Birken - Health Policy & Management, Co-author: Michelle L. Mayer, “An Investment in Health: Anticipating the Cost of a Usual Source of Care for Children”
2nd Place
Emily Brewer - English, “Lower-Deck British Sailors Narrate the Napoleonic Wars”
3rd Place
Lucia Leone - Nutrition, Co-authors: Marci K. Campbell, Jessie A. Satia, J. Michael Bowling, Michael Pignone, “Race Moderates the Relationship between Obesity and Colorectal Cancer Screening in Women”

Best Graduate Student Oral Presentation

1st Place
Eric Garland - Social Work, Co-authors: Charlotte Boettiger, Susan Gaylord, Vicki West Chanon, Matthew Howard, “Mindfulness is Inversely Associated with Alcohol Attentional Bias and Cue Reactivity Among Recovering Alcohol-Dependent Adults”
2nd Place
Christopher Scull - Pathology, Co-authors: Priti Shah, William Hays, Thomas Fischer, “Platelet-Macrophage Interactions in Inflammation and Wound Healing”

Honorary Societies

Frank Porter Graham Honor Society

  • Joseph Cannon, Business
  • Adriane Casalotti, Social Work/Maternal and Child Health
  • Jean Davidson, Biology
  • Helen Jacqueline Dombalis, Social Work
  • Kristi Engelman, Chemistry
  • William Gibbons, Music
  • Shelley Golden, Public Policy
  • Hallam Melville Gugelmann, Medicine/Public Health Leadership
  • Chetna Khosla, Chemistry
  • Ryan Kingsbury, Environmental Sciences and Engineering
  • Rita Lahlou, Medicine
  • Shayla Lester, Medicine/Public Health Leadership
  • Kamal Menghrajani, Chemistry
  • Yusef Mosley, Medicine
  • Trista Day Snyder, Medicine/Public Health Leadership

Order of the Grail Valkyries

  • Paul Brent Ferrell, Medicine
  • Leigh Anne Krometis, Environmental Sciences and Engineering

Order of the Golden Fleece

  • Elizabeth Kathleen Borders, Medicine