Spring 2010 Global Health Field Research Award winners announced

The Johns Hopkins Center for Global Health recently announced their Global Health Field Research Award winners for the spring of 2010. Fifteen current Hopkins students were selected to receive the $3,5000 awards. The objective of the Global Health Field Research Award program is to enhance the recruitment of students into global health research and practice careers by providing them the means to work with faculty mentors and to travel overseas to gain valuable experience. All students submitted a research project proposal based in an international location to be considered for the award.

Consistent with the program's goal to support students in a wide range of disciplines necessary to respond to today's global health challenges, this group of fifteen awardees features students pursuing degrees in a variety of fields.

The winners, their field of study, and their research locations are as follows:

School of Medicine:
Brian Houston, Internal Medicine Resident, India
Clare Kelleher, Internal Medicine Resident, South Africa
Mikhailia Lake, Internal Medicine Resident, Argentina

Bloomberg School of Public Health:
Alexis Chidi, MHS program, Zambia
Rebecca Fielding-Miller, MHS program, Swaziland
Alice Hu, MHS program, Philippines
Anjalee Kohli, PhD program, Democratic Republic of Congo
Rupali Limaye, PhD program, Malawi
Paul Maurizio, ScM program, Zambia
Abigail McDaniel, MHS program, Côte d'Ivoire
Sarah Meyer, PhD program, Cambodia
Carie Muntifering, PhD program, Ghana
Suzanne Pollard, MHS program, Peru
May Sudinaraset, PhD program, China
Maria Sundaram, MHS program, Bangladesh

>> Read the award winners' profiles and project abstracts  
>> Learn how to apply for a Global Health Field Research Award