Title: APHA Environment Section “Student Corner:" 2005 Annual Meeting Student Poster Awards/Travel Scholarships
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Section/SPIG: Environment
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The Student Involvement Committee fundraised additional funding for the Annual Section Student Scholarships from the University of Texas School of Public Health, University of Kentucky School of Public Health, and Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University. The announcement for student scholarship applications was distributed widely; applications were due to the Student Involvement Committee by September 12. Section leaders reviewed posters, ask students questions, and vote to determine award winners. 10 finalists in 2004 and nine finalists in 2005 did impressive work!
The three winners receiving certificates and small cash awards:
1st: “Influence of air mass origin on the wet deposition of nitrogen to the Tampa Bay estuary, Florida“(Hillary D. Strayer; USF SPH)
2nd: “Identifying Health and Environmental Concerns in a Fence-line Community” (Margot T. Brown, MSPH; Tulane SPH)
3rd: “Environmental Justice and the role of social capital in an underserved
urban community" (Lorraine Dillon, MS(c), Community & Environmental Health, Old Dominion University)
The student travel/registration scholarship winners were:
Michelle McHugh – University of Texas SPH (sponsored by school as well);
Cathy Sotelo – Undergraduate Student in Health Sciences (California State University, Los Angeles);
Jamie Donatuto – PhD Candidate (Interdisciplinary Department, Resource Management Environmental Studies);
Jeffrey Brown – MPH Candidate (George Washington University SPH);
Dari Jigjidsuren – Graduate Student in Social Work and Public Health (University of North Carolina);
Jessica Leibler Tuchmann – DrPH Candidate (Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health);
Hsin-Jen Tsai – PhD Candidate, Environmental Health Sciences (University of Michigan);
Andrea DeSantis – MPH Candidate, Health Behavior & Education (University of Michigan);
Kathryn Remmes Martin – Doctoral Student, Health Behavior and Health Education (UNC Chapel Hill School of Public Health);
Heidi Curtiss – MPH Candidate (University of Washington);
Stephanie Ball – PhD Candidate, Environmental Health Sciences (University of Minnesota).