We are proud to announce the unparalleled success of the students in our graduate program in Medical Anthropology and Global Health in obtaining highly competitive national grant awards to support their doctoral dissertation research. Seven current students have received a National Science Foundation Dissertation Research Improvement Grant and one student has received an award from the Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Program.
NSF Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants. Less than 20% of applicants to this highly competitive program are rated as ‘must fund’, making the success of the students listed below particularly noteworthy. For more information on NSF Dissertation Research Improvement Grants, see: http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/bcs/anthro/suppdiss.jsp
Nadia El-Sharaawi, “Living in Liminality: Experiences of Displacement and Mental Health Among Iraqi Refugees in Cairo, Egypt”.
Alex Bridges, “Cognition and Religion: Religiosity in Tibetan Buddhist Monasticism as a Test Case”
Joseph Galanek, “Individuals with Mental Illness in Prison: Social and Cultural Factors Related to Institutional Adjustment.”
Meghan Halley, “Unyago and Jando: The Role of Adolescent Initiation Rituals in Shaping Youth Sexuality in Rural Tanzania”.
Stephanie McClure, “Body Culture, African-American Girls, and Physical Activity Engagement.”
Sarah Rundall, “The Experience of Disability in a Himalayan Community.”
Meg Winchester, “Policy, Service, and Experience: The Intersection of Intimate Partner Violence and HIV Infection in Uganda.”
Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad award. Only about 130 of these highly competitive grants are awarded annually. According to Associate Dean Denise Douglas of the School of Graduate Studies this is the first Fulbright-Hays received by a student at CWRU since at least 2001, and may actually be the first ever received by a student at CWRU. For more information on this award, see: http://www.ed.gov/programs/iegpsddrap/index.html
Brad Casucci, “Trachoma Intervention and the Maasai of Losho, Kenya: An Interaction of Health Cosmologies.”