Annual Graduate Student Recognition Celebration
The Graduate Student Recognition Celebration, which began in 1999, recognizes students who receive prestigious fellowships and awards. These honorees are making a significant contribution to the mission of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in a wide variety of fields of study.
The event is held each year in April, beginning with the awards ceremony at 4 p.m. and followed by a reception with research poster presentations.
Thursday, April 4, 2019
4:00 p.m. — Awards Ceremony
4:30-5:30 p.m. — Research Poster Presentations and Reception with heavy hors d'oeuvres
Alumni Hall in the George Watts Hill Alumni Center
The honorees include the following:
Awards and Honors
- Impact Awards and Horizon Awards
- Excellence In Graduate Student Services Award
- Boka W. Hadzija Award for Distinguished University Service
- Dean's Award for Significant Contributions to Graduate Education
- Dean's Distinguished Dissertation Award
- The GPSF Graduate Student Awards For Excellence In Mentorship
- Faculty Award for Excellence in Graduate Student and Academic Program Support
- Graduate School Leadership Development Scholars
- Carolina Center for Public Service Community Engagement Fellows (2018)
- Tanner Awards for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching by Graduate Teaching Assistants
- Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society, Inductees
- Graduate and Professional Student Federation Graduate Research and Policy Expo Honorees
- Three Minute Thesis Campus Winner
- Frank Porter Graham Graduate and Professional Honor Society Inductees
- Order of the Golden Fleece Inductees
- Prestigious External Fellowships and Awards
2019 Impact Award Recipients
- Bevin Blake, Toxicology and Environmental Medicine, Assessing Health Effects of Perfluoroalkyl Substances in a Human Cohort, In Vitro and In Vivo
- Leah Chapman, Nutrition, Using Behavioral Economics to Increase Sales of Nutritious Items in Rural North Carolina Grocery and Convenience Stores
- Liang Chi, Environmental Sciences and Engineering, The Roles of Gut Microbiota on Arsenic Metabolism and its Toxic Effects
- Rachel Dee, Pathology, GRAF3, a Novel Regulator of Smooth Muscle Cell Contractility
- Ahmed Rachid El-Khattabi, City and Regional Planning, Essays on Water Demand Management
- Charlotte Fryar, American Studies, Building a University of the People: Racial Justice Movements at the University of North Carolina
- Danielle Gartner, Epidemiology, Racial and Geographic Variation in Treatment with Hysterectomy: Studies of North Carolina
- Alexandria Hounshell, Marine Sciences, Tracking the Sources and Fates of Fluorescent Organic Matter in the Eutrophic, Anthropogenically Impacted Neuse River Estuary, NC
- Travis Howell, Business Administration, The New Nature of Work and Entrepreneurship: Can Coworking Spaces Help Manage the Transition?
- Anna Kahkoska, Nutrition, Identifying Clinical Phenotypes of Type 1 Diabetes for the Co-Optimization of Weight and Glycemic Control
- Elizabeth Lundeen, History, Brick and Mortar: Historically Black Colleges and the Struggle for Equality, 1930-1960
- Chris Needham, Education, The Inequities of Special Education Funding in North Carolina
- Dana Pasquale, Epidemiology, Epidemiological Analysis of Sociosexual HIV Networks in Central North Carolina
- Paul Shafer, Health Policy and Management, Is Innovation in Cancer Prevention Enough?
- Erin Spencer, Environment, Ecology and Energy, Improving Red Snapper Management and Seafood Transparency in North Carolina
2019 Horizon Award Recipients
- Alex Gertner, Health Policy and Management, Utilization and Access to Buprenorphine Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder in Medicaid
- Lindsey Horrell, Nursing, Communication Cues to Engage Lower-to-Middle Income Adults in a Study of the Chronic Disease Self-Management Program: An Innovative Approach to Recruitment Research
- Melissa Kay, Human Movement Science, Development of a Theory-Based Intervention for Communication of Healthcare Decisions in Athletic Training: The CHAT Study
- Karen Setty, Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Evaluation of a Complex Public Health Intervention to Improve Drinking Water Safety in High-Income Countries
- Jason Wong, Microbiology and Immunology, Using Kinome Profiling to Identify Therapeutic Targets in Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
Excellence in Graduate Student Services Award
- Jonathon Cornett, Genetics
Boka W. Hadzija Award for Distinguished University Service by a Graduate or Professional Student
- Katrina Morgan, Mathematics
Dean's Award for Significant Contributions to Graduate Education
- Stephanie Schmitt, The Graduate School
Dean's Distinguished Dissertation Awards
- Alex Breskin, Epidemiology
2019 Dean’s Distinguished Dissertation Award, Social Sciences
The Effects of Hepatitis C Infection, Treatment and Population Interventions on All-Cause Mortality Among People Living with HIV
Dissertation Adviser: Daniel J. Westreich - Anna Kahkoska, Nutrition
2019 Dean’s Distinguished Dissertation Award, Biological and Life Sciences
Identifying Clinical Phenotypes of Type 1 Diabetes for the Co-Optimization of Weight and Glycemic Control
Dissertation Adviser: Elizabeth Jane Mayer-Davis - Rachael Kenney, Chemistry
2019 Dean’s Distinguished Dissertation Award, Mathematics, Physical Sciences and Engineering
A 3D Paper-Based Assay to Evaluate Cellular Invasion and Quantify Micro-Environmental Cues, Which Promote Cellular Movement
Dissertation Adviser: Matthew Ryen Lockett - Meredith McCoy, American Studies
2019 Dean’s Distinguished Dissertation Award, Humanities and Fine Arts
Finding the Racial and Settler Colonial Context of ESSA: A Critical Race Theory Analysis of Structure and Agency in Federal Indian Education Policy, 1819–2018
Dissertation Adviser: Daniel M. Cobb
The GPSF Graduate Student Awards for Excellence in Mentorship
- Elena Peña-Argüeso, Romance Studies
- Taylor Harris, Pharmacy
Faculty Award for Excellence in Graduate Student and Academic Program Support
- Erica Johnson, Global Studies
Graduate School Leadership Development Scholars
- Ashley Mattheis, Communication
- Laetitia Meyrueix, Nutrition
- Amanda Tapia, Biostatistics
- Michael Touloupas, Dentistry
Carolina Center for Public Service Community Engagement Fellows (2018)
- Jessica Amsbary, Education
- Willa Dong, Health Behavior
- Pallavi Gupta, Geography
- Katherine Lemasters, Maternal and Child Health
- Katherine Merriman, Religious Studies
- Alex Miles, Public Health Leadership
- Xuan Binh Minh Nguyen, Health Behavior
- Emily O’Mara, Public Health Leadership
- Sarah Tomlinson, Music
Tanner Awards for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching by Graduate Teaching Assistants
- Philip Bold, Philosophy
- Megan Ford, Chemistry
- Ani Govjian, English and Comparative Literature
- Holly Shablack, Psychology and Neuroscience
- Aisling Winston, Economics
Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society, Inductees
- Sabri Abdelwahab, Pathology
- Manisit Das, Pharmacy
- Nicole Fleming, Pathology
- Pedro Pozo, Biochemistry and Biophysics
- Tigist Tamir, Pharmacology
- Joanna Warren, Microbiology and Immunology
Graduate and Professional Student Federation Graduate Research and Policy Expo Honorees
- Oral Presentations
- Natalie Nielsen, Cell Biology and Physiology
- Madelyn Percy, Geological Sciences
- Poster Presentations
- Bevin Blake, Toxicology and Environmental Medicine
- Carlos Patiño Descovich, Cell Biology and Physiology
Three Minute Thesis Campus Winner
- Erin Spencer, Environment, Ecology and Energy
Frank Porter Graham Graduate and Professional Honor Society Inductees
- Sarah Brnich, Genetics and Molecular Biology
- Manisit Das, Pharmacy
- Jasmine Edelstein, Biomedical Engineering
- Grant Glass, English and Comparative Literature
- Amy Guisinger, Pharmacy
- Michaelyn Hartmann, Genetics and Molecular Biology
- Elise Hickman, Toxicology
- Lauren Houston, Media and Journalism
- Shuyan Huang, Pharmacy
- Rashmi Kumar, Genetics and Molecular Biology
- Juanita Limas, Pharmacology
- Ashley Mattheis, Communication
- Yesenia Merino, Health Behavior
- Katrina Morgan, Mathematics
- Kayleigh O’Keeffe, Biology
- Bianka Reese, Maternal and Child Health
- Jane Reichard, Dramatic Art
- Shannon Speer, Chemistry
- Michael Strayer, Mathematics
- Kyla Wagner, Media and Journalism
Order of the Golden Fleece Inductees
- Javonte Lipsey, Exercise and Sport Science
- Maya Little, History
- Yingao Zhang, Medicine
Prestigious External Fellowship Winners
American Studies
- Katelyn Campbell, Harry S. Truman Scholarship
- Meredith McCoy, Newberry Library Frances C. Allen Fellowship
- Kimber Thomas, Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship
Anthropology
- Ampson Hagan, Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship
- Hannah Jahnke, Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship
- Samantha King, P.E.O. Scholar Award
- Cailey Mullins, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Lauren Nareau, Wenner-Gren Foundation Dissertation Fieldwork Grant
- Kailey Rocker, American Councils Title VIII Research Grant
- Eric Thomas, National Geographic Society Early Career Grant
Art and Art History
- Kelsey Martin, Dedo and Barron Kidd McDermott Graduate Internship for European Art
Biochemistry and Biophysics
- Hanna Trzeciakiewicz, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Nathaniel Wesley, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
- Ray Haggerty, NRSA Fellowship (F31) NIH - National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
- Jessime Kirk, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Anne Talkington, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
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Biological and Biomedical Sciences
- Baggio Evangelista, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Morgan Gibbs, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
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Biology
- Catherine Chen, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program; Chicago Herpetological Society Graduate Student Research Grant
- Joseph McGirr, Triangle Center for Evolutionary Medicine Fellowship (TriCEM)
- Kayleigh O’Keeffe, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Mustafa Kemal Ozalp, Company of Biologists Travel Grant
- Bryan Reatini, Fulbright U.S. Student Grant
- Emilie Richards, Society for Systemic Biologists Travel Award for International Student Members
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Biomedical Engineering
- Stephanie Cone, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Jasmine Edelstein, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Bretta Fylstra, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Justin Huckaby, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Emily Mihalko, American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship
- Kathryn Moore, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Ange Gloria Nyankima, NIH F31- National Cancer Institute
- Kristina Rivera, F31 Predoctoral Fellowship - National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
- Emily Wrona, American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship
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Biostatistics
- Taylor Marie Lagler, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Kushal Shah, NIH BD2K Training Grant
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Cell Biology and Physiology
- Rachel Battaglia, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Yitong Li, Sigma XI Travel Award; Microcirculatory Society Travel Award
- Natalie Nielsen, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute Research Supplement to Promote Diversity in Health-related Research
- John Pawlak, NIH F31 Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award
- Melissa Plooster, NIH F31 Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award
- Amanda Smith, NIH F31 Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award
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Chemistry
- Rachel Bangle, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Quinton Bruch, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Victoria Kathryn Davis, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Nazli Deger, Fulbright Fellowship for Non-U.S. Students
- Pedro De Jesus Cruz, NIH R35 Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award
- Samantha Ervin, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Jennifer Fulton, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Anton Gudz, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Carolyn Hartley, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Thomas Kolb, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Irene Manning, Mary and Elliott Wood Foundation Graduate Scholarship
- Lauren Mcrae, Atlantic 10 Postgraduate Scholarship
- Jonathan Meyers, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Benjamin Morgan, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Jacob Pawlik, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Brae Petersen, NIH F31 Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award
- Tayliz Rodriguez, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Megan Elizabeth Schutzbach, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Nicole Smiddy, NRSA Fellowship (F31) NIH - National Institute of Diabetes Digestive and Kidney Diseases
- Madeline Stark, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Hannah Starr, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Alexandra Sullivan, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Nicholas Tay, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program; Amgen Scholars Alumni Travel Grant
- Matthew Tierney, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Brianna Vickerman, American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship
- Dillon Christopher Yost, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
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City and Regional Planning
- Alex Halloway, Big East Conference Scholar-Athlete of the Year Graduate Scholarship
- Atticus Jaramillo, Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship
- Lindsay Oluyede, Dwight David Eisenhower Graduate Transportation Fellowship
- Mary Wolfe, Dwight David Eisenhower Graduate Transportation Fellowship
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Classics
- Emma Buckingham, Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship
- Katie Tardio, John R. Coleman Traveling Fellowship; Fulbright U.S. Student Program
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Computer Science
- Lisa Bauer, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Catherine Nemitz, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Brittany Subialdea, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
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Dentistry
- Elisa Arnarsdottir, Freedland Advanced Dental Education Fellowship; Olmsted, Torney, Mohorn, Mohorn, Morgan and Baird Fellowship
- Catherine Campbell, American Association of Orthodontists Foundation Research Aid Award
- Ning Cheng, National Cancer Institute’s Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Fellow Transition Award (F99/K00)
- Daniel Crossen, American Association of Endodontics Foundation Research Grant
- Meng Deng, Keystone Symposia Scholarship
- Lauren Katz, Osseointegration Foundation Travel Grant
- Michael Mittelsteadt, American Association of Endodontics Foundation Research Grant
- Eugenia Monaghan, American Association of Women Dentists Colgate Research Award
- Sing Wai Wong, Education Grant Osteology Research Academy, Osteology Foundation
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Dramatic Art
- Jane Reichard, Robert Porterfield Graduate Scholarship, Southeastern Theatre Conference
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Ecology
- Catherine Alves, National Geographic Society Early Career Grant; Marine Conservation Research Grant
- Erin Spencer, National Geographic Early Career Grant
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Economics
- Panit Wattanakoon, Thammasat University Scholarship for Doctoral Study Education
- Lennox Balog, United Methodist General Scholarship, General Board of Higher Education and Ministry
- Robert Carr, Head Start Graduate Student Research Grant
- Alexis Davis, Gates Millennium Scholarship
- Dalila Dragnic-Cindric, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Brittany Murray, Educational Opportunity Monitoring Project of the Russell Sage Foundation and William T. Grant Foundation
- Fiona Winoto, MSG (R) James C. Jimmy Dean Memorial Scholarship, The John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Museum Association
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English and Comparative Literature
- Grant Glass, Duke University Information Initiative Data Expeditions Fellowship; Visiting Scholar Fellowship at the Armstrong Browning Library
- Rachael Isom, Huntington Library Research Fellowship; Short-Term Research Fellowship
- Mary Learner, Huntington Library Research Fellowship; Harry Ransom Center Research Fellowship in the Humanities
- Anna Levett, Camargo Foundation Fellowship
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Environmental Sciences and Engineering
- Alma Beciragic, 2018 American Membrane Technology Association (AMTA); United States Bureau of Reclamation Fellowship; 2018 UCOWR WaterSmart Innovations (WSI) Travel Scholarship
- Emily Browning, Women’s Continuing Education Award, United Methodist Women Hayes Barton United Methodist Church
- Elizabeth Corteselli, NRSA Fellowship (F31) NIH - National Institute of Environmental Health
- Alyssa Marie Grube, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Ryan Kingsbury, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Matthew Price, National Estuarine Research Reserve System Graduate Research Fellowship
- Ryan Schmedding, Jacobs Technology Inc. Graduate Research Scholarship
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Epidemiology
- Funmi Arogbokun, Gates Millennium Scholarship
- Oumar Diallo, Gates Millennium Scholarship
- Lindsey Filiatreau, UJMT Fogarty Global Health Fellowship
- Danielle Gartner, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute Of Child Health & Human Development of the National Institutes of Health (F31- Predoctoral Fellowship)
- Danielle Giovenco, UJMT Fogarty Global Health Fellowship
- Zakiya Haji-Noor, Gates Millennium Scholarship
- Emilya Huseynova, Rotary International Peace Fellowship
- Jessica Islam, National Cancer Institute’s Research Supplement to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research
- Daeeun Kim, Fulbright Foreign Student Program
- Sara Levintow, NIH (NIDA) Drug Abuse Dissertation Research (R36) Grant
- Shelly-Ann Love, NRSA Predoctoral Fellowship (F31) NIH - National Institute On Alcohol Abuse And Alcoholism of the National Institutes of Health
- Stephanie Lumpkin, Post-Doctoral Fellowship F32; General Surgery Resident Research Initiation Grant, American Society of Colorectal Surgeons
- Eliza Park, NCI K07 Career Development Award; Foundation of Hope Research Grant
- Mya-Lee Roberson, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Research Scholars
- Denise St. Jean, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Research Scholars
- Jessica Young, NIH (NIDA) Drug Abuse Dissertation Research (R36); Student Scholarship Grant
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Genetics and Molecular Biology
- Lauren Donoghue, NIH F31 Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award
- Talia Hatkevich, NRSA Fellowship (F31) NIH - National Institute on Aging
- Adele Musicant, NIH F31 Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award
- Matthew Niederhuber, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Pedro Pozo, NIH F31 Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award
- Allyson Roberts, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
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Geography
- Angelica Gomez, Fulbright-Colciencias Award; Schlumberger Foundation Faculty For the Future Fellowship
- Francisco Laso, World Wildlife Fund Russell E. Train Fellowship
- Christopher Neubert, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Michelle Padley, American Hellenic Professional Society Scholarship Award (APHEA)
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Geological Sciences
- Cheng Cao, Geological Society of America Graduate Student Research Grant
- Justine Grabiec, Geological Society of America Student Lipman Research Award
- Madelyn Percy, Geological Society of America Graduate Student Research Grant
- Ian Reeves, Geological Society of America Graduate Student Research Grant; J. Hoover Mackin Student Research Award
- Joshua Rosera, Geological Society of America Graduate Student Research Grant; Sigma XI Grants-in-Aid of Research Grant
- Simon Topp, NASA Earth & Space Science Fellowship
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Health Behavior
- Elizabeth Chen, American Association of University Women (AAUW) Dissertation Fellowship
- Seul Ki Choi, Surgeon General C. Everett Koop HIV/AIDS Research Grant
- Willa Dong, Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship
- Madeleine Eldridge, Philip A. Cook Private Scholarship
- Anna Leonard, David A Winston Health Policy Scholarship
- Cristina Leos, Gates Millennium Scholarship
- Jennifer Richmond, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Research Scholars
- Andrew Seidenberg, NIH F31 Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award
- Tainayah Thomas, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Health Services Research Dissertation Award (R36)
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Health Policy and Management
- Samuel Baxter, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Research Scholars
- Caitlin Biddell, NIH Big Data to Knowledge (BD2K) Training Grant
- Burku Bozkurt, Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans
- Juan Carlos Caro Seguel, National Commission for Scientific and Technological Research (CONICYT), Chilean National Scholarship
- Gracelyn Cruden, Doris Duke Fellowship for the Promotion of Child Well-Being
- Alex Gertner, NIH F30 Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards for Individual M.D./Ph.D. Fellows
- Brigid Grabert, DCRI Research Fellowship
- Juan Salgado, CONACYT (Mexican National Council for Science and Technology) Scholarship
- Paul Shafer, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Research Scholars
- Natalie Smith, NIH Biosocial Training Grant
- Nisha Vashisht, David A. Winston Scholarship
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History
- Arianne Ekinci, Title VIII Combined Research and Language Training Program
- Jeffrey Harris, Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship
- Erika Huckestein, Mellon-CES Dissertation Completion Fellowship
- Emily Lipira, ASEEES Dissertation Research Grant
- Isabell Moore, Archie Davis Fellowship, North Caroliniana Society
- Michael Skalski, Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship
- Alyssa Skarbek, Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship
- Allison Somogyi, Association for Jewish Studies Dissertation Completion Fellowship
- Daniela Weiner, Fulbright U.S. Student Program
- J. Davis Winkie, Lt. Col. Lily H. Gridley Memorial Master’s Thesis Fellowship
- Garrett Wright, National Humanities Center Triangle University Internship
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Human Movement Science
- Malia Blue, National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) Women’s Scholarship
- Hope Davis, American College of Sports Medicine Doctoral Student Grant; American College of Sports Sports Medicine Biomechanics Interest Group Award
- Jody Feld, P.E.O. National Scholar Award (Philanthropic Educational Organization)
- Gena Gerstner, National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) Doctoral Graduate Research Grant; National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) Women’s Scholarship
- Hayden Giuliani, National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) Women’s Scholarship
- Katie Hirsch, National Strength and Conditioning Association Doctoral Graduate Research Grant; Deer Creek Limestone Formation Community Trust Scholarship
- Christopher Johnston, National Athletic Trainer’s Association (NATA) Research Award
- Melissa Kay, National Athletic Trainer’s Association Research Award; NATA Research and Education Foundation Doctoral Scholarship
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Information and Library Science
- Megan McMahon, National Presto Foundation Scholarship
- Megan Threats, Clarivate Analytics/MLA Doctoral Fellowship
- Jordan Wrigley, National Vision Student Vision Scholarship 2018
- Shenmeng Xu, Altmetric Annual Research Grant
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Marine Sciences
- Laura Fisch, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Robert Lampe, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Carly Moreno, Gates Millennium Scholarship
- John Rippe, Geological Society of America Graduate Student Research Grant
- Mollie Yacano, NC Sea Grant and APNEP Joint Graduate Fellowship
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Materials Science
- Riley Howard, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
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Maternal and Child Health
- Narayan Chetry, Rotary International Peace Fellowship
- Austyn Holleman, B.A. Rudolph Foundation Graduate Public Service Scholarship
- Munguntsetseg Khuyag-Ochir, Fulbright Fellowship for Non-U.S. Students
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Mathematics
- Korkeat Korkeathikhun, Royal Thai Government Scholarship
- Sutipoj Promtapan, Royal Thai Government Scholarship
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Media and Journalism
- Sarah Champagne, Rotary International Peace Fellowship
- Shao Chengyuan, China Scholarship Council Scholarship
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Microbiology and Immunology
- Kara Eichelberger, F31 Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Grant Award
- Shane Falcinelli, NIH F30- National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases; HIVMA Medical Students Program
- Lee Hong, Triangle Community Foundation Gertrude B. Elion Mentored Medical Student Research Award
- Stephen Kovacs, NIH F30- National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases
- Lauren Radlinski, NRSA Fellowship (F31) NIH - National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
- Christof Smith, NIH F30- National Cancer Institute
- Jada Suber, American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology Ph.D. Travel Award
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Musicology
- Jennifer Walker, Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowship, American Council of Learned Societies
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Neuroscience
- Daniel Bloodgood, NRSA Fellowship (F31) NIH - National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
- Wei Huang, Trainee Professional Development Award, Society of Neuroscience
- Viren Makhijani, NRSA Fellowship (F31) NIH - National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism; Research Society on Alcoholism Student Merit Travel Award
- Veronica Murphy, R36 Mental Health Research Dissertation Grant to Enhance Workforce Diversity; National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
- Maria Torruella Suarez, NRSA Fellowship (F31) NIH - National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
- Katherine Veleta, NRSA Fellowship (F31) NIH - National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
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Nursing
- Laura Britton, NRSA Fellowship (F31) NIH - National Institute of Nursing Research
- Eunice Modilim, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Association (SAMHSA) Minority Fellowship Program
- Rebecca Salomon, NRSA Fellowship (F31) NIH - National Institute of Nursing Research
- Michael Schultz, Henry B. Spencer Scholarship, Nurses Educational Funds Inc.
- Kelly Tan, NRSA Fellowship (F31) NIH - National Institute of Nursing Research
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Nutrition
- Tania Aburto Soto, CONACYT (Mexican National Council for Science and Technology) Scholarship
- Abrar Al-Shaer, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Anna Kahkoska, NRSA Fellowship (F30) NIH - For MD/PhD Students - National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
- Courtney Luecking, Susan T. Borra Fellowship in Nutrition Communications, Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
- Shannon McDonell, NRSA Fellowship (F30) NIH - For MD/PhD Students - National Cancer Institute
- Mackenzie Morgan, Educational Scholarship, Pennsylvania Grand Chapter Order of the Eastern Star
- Melissa Orenduff, CALERIE Research Network Pilot Project
- Lilia Pedraza Zamora, CONACYT (Mexican National Council for Science and Technology) Scholarship
- Natalia Rebolledo Fuentealba, Chilean National Commission of Science and Technology Research (CONICYT) Scholarship
- Jessica Soldavini, Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Foundation Second Century Scholarship
- Yiqing Wang, Sanofi Fellowship
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Pathology
- Christian Agosto-Burgos, Renal Epidemiology Training Grant
- Bethany Batson, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Scholarship
- Matthew Combs, American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship
- Nicole Fleming, American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship
- Alina Hamilton, Biostatistics Big Data Visualization Methods T32 Training Grant
- Carolina Herrera, NIH (T32) Renal Epidemiology Training Grant
- Sravya Kattula, NIH F31 Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award
- Benjamin Keepers, Integrative Vascular Biology Training Grant
- Jean Marie Mwiza, Integrative Vascular Biology Training Grant
- Zachary Opheim, Integrative Vascular Biology Training Grant
- Haley Vaseghi, American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship
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Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Katelyn Arnold, American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education (AFPE) Pre-Doctoral Fellowship; Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers Association Foundation (PhRMA) Predoctoral Fellowship
- James Beaudoin, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases - NIH F31
- Ashley Cole, American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education (AFPE) Pre-Doctoral Fellowship
- Olivia Dong, American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship; P.E.O. National Scholar Award (Philanthropic Educational Organization); American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics Travel Grant
- Ryan Hickson, Pre-Doctoral Fellowship in Health Outcome Disparities
- Christoph Hornik, Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award (K23)
- Morgan McSweeney, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- John Prybylski, NRSA Fellowship (F31) NIH - National Institute of General Medical Science
- Jennifer Schiller, PhRMA Foundation Fellowship
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Pharmacology
- Megan Agajanian, HHMI Gilliam Fellowship
- Nicole Arnold, Howard Hughes Medical Institute International Fellowship
- Devon Blake, NRSA Fellowship (F31) NIH - National Cancer Institute
- Juanita Limas, HHMI Gilliam Fellowship
- Matthew Lipner, Kirschstein-NRSA Individual Predoctoral MD/PhD or Other Dual-Doctoral Degree Fellowship (F30)
- Tigist Tamir, Howard Hughes Medical Institute International Fellowship
- Waylin Yu, NRSA Fellowship (F31) NIH - National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
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Philosophy
- John Phillips, Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowship, American Council of Learned Societies
- Larisa Svirsky, Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship
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Physics and Astronomy
- Casey Berger, Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowship
- Henry Corbett, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Chad Hobson, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
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Political Science
- Kajsa Blomqvist, STINT Foundation Fellowship through Gothenburg University
- Brandon Bohrn, DAAD Study Scholarship
- Claire Dunn, Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship
- Erik Fredholm, STINT Foundation Fellowship through Gothenburg University
- Klara Hoglund, STINT Foundation Fellowship through Gothenburg University
- Isaac Mehlhaff, Harold G. Lundberg Fellowship
- Sean Norton, ICSID Conference Travel Grant
- Samuel Schmitt, Humane Studies Fellowship; Adam Smith Fellowship, George Mason University Mercatus Center and Liberty Fund
- Tyler Steelman, Partisan Gerrymandering Writing Competition
- Matthew Young, George Mason University Institute for Humane Studies Graduate Fellowship
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Psychology and Neuroscience
- Gabriella Alvarez, Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship; NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Aya Avishai-Yitshak, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Yen-Ping Chang, Dissertation Fellowships for R.O.C. Students Abroad
- Kathy Do, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Cameron Doyle, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- April Highlander, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Joshua Conrad Jackson, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Ronald Kim, NRSA Fellowship (F31) NIH - National Institute on Drug Abuse
- Joseph Leshin, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Jennifer MacCormack, NRSA Fellowship (F31) NIH - National Institute on Aging
- Laura Machlin, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Kristin Nicole Meyer, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Kimberly Pentel, Roy Scrivner Memorial Grant, American Psychological Foundation
- Saifa Pirani, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Elizabeth Danielle Reese, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Anais Rodriguez-Thompson, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Stephanie Salcedo, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Effua Sosoo, Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship; NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Katherine Thompson, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Heidi Vuletich, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Henry Willis, Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship
- Jennifer Yi, NRSA Fellowship (F31) NIH - National Institute on Drug Abuse
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Public Administration
- Micayla Costa, WorldTeach Alumnus and North Carolina Public Service Fellowship
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Public Health Leadership
- Erin Clark, Family Medicine Leads Emerging Leader Institute, American Academy of Family Physicians Foundation
- Monique De Araujo, Boston Medical Subsidized Visiting Elective Program
- Caroline Nagle, Tylenol Future Care Scholarship
- Andrew Ovenden, Children of Member and Member Scholarship, N.C. Association of Rescue & E.M.S
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Public Policy
- Emily Nwakpuda, NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant
- Katherine W. Saylor, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
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Religious Studies
- Samah Choudhury, Fadal Education Foundation Fellowship
- Yasmine Flodin-Ali, Wabash Teaching Seminar for Doctoral Students
- Micah Hughes, American Research Institute in Turkey Research Fellowship
- Katie Merriman, Lake Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, Lake Institute, Indiana University
- Nathan Schradle, Udo Keller Stiftung Forum Humanum Grant
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Romance Studies
- Tessa Bullington, Reynolds-Finley Medical History Library Fellowship
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Social Work
- Mariah Cowell, National Association of Social Workers - North Carolina Chapter, Presidents Award
- Annie Francis, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Research Scholars
- Ting Guan, Association of American Medical Colleges Conference Scholarship
- Stephany Mejia, National Association of Social Workers Foundation - Consuelo W Gosnell Memorial Scholarship
- Anjalee Sharma, Behavioral Health Academic Scholarship, American Addiction Centers
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Sociology
- Tania Cabello-Hutt, Becas Chile Scholarship
- Ahsan Kamal, American Institute of Pakistan Studies Short-term Research Grant
- Meng-Jung Lin, Scholarship for Studying Abroad (Taiwan Ministry of Education)
- Blaque Robinson, Beinecke Scholarship
- Brionca Taylor, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
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Speech and Hearing Sciences
- Ashwaq Alzamel, American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation Student Research Grant in Early Childhood Language Development
- Sofia Benson-Goldberg, American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation Graduate Student Scholarship; Janice Blankenship Named Scholarship
- Nicole Corbin, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders Research Dissertation Fellowship for Au.D. Audiologists (F32) NIH
- Laura Perrotta, Mary Tilley Bessemer Scholarship, Phi Mu Fraternity
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Statistics and Operations Research
- Mark He, National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship