UIC SPH Celebrates Student Research

The University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health held its 4th annual Research and Awards Day on Friday, April 10.

Doctoral students, Bogdan Catalin and Sarah Forrestal (tied for first place), and master’s student, Antoinette Price, will each receive a $300 award for their posters reflecting research excellence in public health. Doctoral student, Ignatius Praptoraharjo, was the Global Health poster competition winner, also receiving a $300 award. Senior Associate Dean Faith Davis presented school scholarships and awards at a mid-afternoon ceremony followed by a reception attended by faculty, family and friends.

At the 2009 UIC Student Research Forum held Friday April 18th, UIC SPH student Sarah Forrestal won in the category of Humanities/Social Sciences Business Practice for her abstract presentation, “Energy intake misreporting in NHANES 2005-2006.”

Students Scholarship and Award Winners:

Amuwo Minority Scholarship - Yashika Watkins

Bonnie C. Minsky Award - Sarah Forrestal

Douglas Passaro International Award - Albert Hosea, John Plenty, Ted Hufstader

Estelle Goldstein Memorial Scholarship - Renae Smith-Ray

Michael Bruton Workplace Safety Foundation Fellowship - Shakirudeen Amuwo

Paul Q. Peterson Scholarship - Lora Oswald

Scrimshaw Latino Health Scholarship - Ana Ricardo

Viron L. Diefenbach Award for Excellence in Student Research - Jared Maeda

William Haenszel Memorial Scholarship - Charlotte Joslin

UIC SPH student discusses her poster which depicts her research on domestic water exposure in the Chicago area.

Left to Right: Lanny Passaro, Albert Hosea John Plenty (a 2009 recipient of the Douglas Passaro International Award) and Sherry Nordstrom.