The GHI Graduate Student Research Awards are available to students pursuing a Ph.D. in any relevant discipline who are exploring topics that will enhance global health activities on the UW-Madison campus and beyond. These grants of up to $3,000 are for the duration of one year.
Applications for 2022 awards are closed.
The Henry Anderson III Graduate Student Award in Environmental and Occupational Public Health supports graduate and health professional. students pursuing research in those areas—that is the study of the role of environmental or occupational factors as determinants of health. Research topics might include (but not be exclusive to) health effects from pollution or toxins (air, water, food, noise, etc.), physical hazards (e.g. extreme climatic events), occupational hazards (workplace chemicals, biologicals, ergonomic issues, etc.), urban health (from urban design related to physical and/or mental health promotion) or ecosystem disruption and/or natural resource depletion and disease emergence.
Preference will be given to students in the schools of Medicine and Public Health, Pharmacy, Nursing and Veterinary Medicine, as well as those pursuing local and international environmental public health projects. GHI will make grants of a minimum of $1,500 for the duration of a year. The grant was offered for the first time in 2018.
Applications for 2022 awards are closed.
2022 Awards
Deforestation-zoonoses nexus on the edges of Indonesian plantations
Aida Arosoaie, M.S., doctoral student, Anthropology, College of Letters & Science
An experimental research: Does talking with chatbots reduce loneliness of young adults?
Principal Investigator: Jinyoung Choi, M.S., doctoral student, Communication Arts, College of Letters & Science (L&S); Catalina Toma, L&S
Health and conservation of chimpanzees through viral surveillance in sanctuaries across Africa
Emily Dunay, Pathobiological Sciences, VMD, doctoral student, Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine (SVM)
Principal Investigator: Tony Goldberg, SVM
Spatial-temporal associations between forest cover change and pediatric health indicators in selected sub-Saharan African countries
Thomas Leffler, MPH, doctoral student, Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies
Principal Investigator: Jonathan Patz, Nelson Institute
Where do metal contaminants go, and what do they do to plants?
Principal Investigator: Kate Thompson, M.Sc., doctoral student, Forestry and Wildlife Ecology, CALS
2021 Awards
One health and building bridges: An emerging disease at Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary, Sierra Leone
Principal Investigator: Leah Owens, Ph.D., DVM candidate, Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, with Tony Goldberg, Pathobiological Sciences
Microgrid and Micromobility for Healthcare
Principal Investigator: Rebecca Alcock, BS, MS, Ph.D., Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, School of Engineering, with Justin Boutilier and Lennon Rodgers, Industrial and Systems Engineering
SSRI use during pregnancy has adverse impacts on placenta structure and function
Principal Investigator: Rafael Reis Domingues, DVM, Ph.D. candidate, Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, with Laura Hernandez and Milo Wilback, Animal and Dairy Sciences
Optimization of Magnetic Particle Imaging for Brain Activity Acquisition
Principal Investigator: Ilhan Bok, Ph.D., Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering, with Aviad Hai and Jiamian Hu, Biomedical Engineering
Linking transportation planning and public health: From human behavior to policy design
Principal Investigator: Yicong Yang, Ph.D. candidate, Department of Planning and Landscape Architecture, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
Midwifery and Maternal Health in Haiti
Principal Investigator: Corinne Hale, Ph.D., Department of Anthropology, College of Letters and Science, with Claire Wendland, Anthropology
2020 Awards
Mosquitos Y Yo: Student Scientists in Ecuador
Principal Investigator: Chelsea Crooks, Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine
Balancing Vitamin A and D intakes to optimize bone health in swine model
Principal Investigator: Jesse Sheftel, Department of Nutritional Sciences, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
Perceived Radical Discrimination and Mental Health: The Role of Meaning-Making and Residential History
Principal Investigator: Pauline Ho, Department of Educational Psychology, School of Education
Healthy children, healthy chimps: reducing respiratory disease transmission from humans to chimpanzees
Principal Investigator: Taylor Weary, Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine
Culturally Responsive Evaluation—Ghanian Farmers
Principal Investigator: Laura Livingston, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies
From uncertainty into survival: reproduction in the Sierra Leonean Ebola outbreak
Principal Investigator: Kelsey Wright, Department of Sociology, College of Letters & Science
2019 Awards
CLIMATE-RELATED SOCIAL VULNERABILITY IN THE MARSHALL ISLANDS
Principal Investigator: Hugh Roland, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies and Department of Surgery, School of Medicine and Public Health
MAGIC MIRROR, MAGIC MIRROR, AM I ATTRACTIVE: THE EFFECT OF AUTO-BEAUTY FILTERS ON COLLEGE FEMALE STUDENTS’ SELF-EVALUATION
Principal Investigator: Niu Yanzhuo, Department of Educational Psychology, School of Education
INTERPRETATION OF COVARIATION DATA: THE INFLUENCE OF SYMMETRY OF VARIABLES
Principal Investigator: Rui Meng, Department of Educational Psychology, School of Education
CULTURAL VALUES SHAPE THE STRESS HORMONE RESPONSE TO PSYCHOSOCIAL STRESS
Principal Investigator: Jeong Ha Choi, Department of Psychology, College of Letters & Science
CONNECTING FARMERS FOR CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION AND WELL-BEING IN CENTRAL MALAWI
Principal Investigator: Julia Reynolds, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies and Department of Geography, College of Letters & Science
A PILOT STUDY: CLOSING THE REHABILITATION SERVICE UTILIZATION GAPS OF NEW ZEALAND’S (AOTEAROA) MAORI PEOPLE
Principal Investigator: Ngonidzashe Mpofu, Department of Rehabilitation Psychology & Special Education, School of Education
Previous Grants

Friendships, Technology and the Transition to College: How College Students' Well-being and Adjustment to College is Affected by Their Use of Communication Technologies to Maintain Friendships
Chelsea Olson, Ph.D. candidate, School of Education
Mentor: Catalina Toma, associate professor of communication arts
Unintended Reactance to Health Campaigns and the Presumably Influenced Public
Jinha Kim, Ph.D. candidate, School of Journalism and Mass Communication
Mentor: Hernando Rojas, professor, School of Journalism and Mass Communication
The Role of New Media and Communication in Youth-Driven Mental Health Promotion Initiatives in Underserved Communities in British Columbia, Canada
Ornella Hills, Ph.D. candidate, School of Journalism and Mass Communication
Satellite Data for Air Pollution Exposure and Public Health
Seohyun Choi, Ph.D. candidate, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies
Mentor: Tracey Holloway, professor of environmental studies
Protecting Children from Junk Food Online Game: Introducing Stop-And-Take-a-Break Intervention Strategy
Eunji Cho, Ph.D. candidate, School of Journalism and Mass Communication
Evaluating the feasibility and acceptability of oral rabies vaccination of vampire bats in Mexico
Elsa Cardenas Canales, Ph.D. candidate, School of Veterinary Medicine
Mentor: Jorge Osorio, professor of pathobiological sciences
Learning from the outsider within: Adolescent pregnancy as constructed, experienced and negotiated by adolescent girls and boys
Selah Agaba, Ph.D. candidate in education policy studies and anthropology
Quantifying the Air Quality and Human Health Benefits of Energy Efficiency in the U.S.
David Abel, Ph.D. candidate, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies
IMPACT OF HOSPITAL ANTIMICROBIAL STEWARDSHIP POLICIES IN MANILA, PHILIPPINES
Kaitlin Mitchell, Ph.D. candidate, Department of Population Health Sciences
CULTURE SHAPES APPRAISAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR RECOVERY FROM ANXIETY
Jia Yoo, Ph.D. candidate, Department of Psychology
CULTURAL DIFFERENCES IN PARENT-CHILD ENDORSEMENT OF GERM AND COLD WEATHER THEORIES OF THE COMMON COLD
Iseli Hernandez, Ph.D. candidate, Department of Psychology
THE EFFECTS OF PRENATAL EXPOSURE TO THE KOREAN WAR ON HEALTH AND LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES
Taehoon Kim, Ph.D. candidate, Department of Economics
STRONG HEALTH INSTITUTIONS IN WEAK STATES: INVESTIGATING SUCCESSFUL DRUG CONTROL IN NIGERIA
Michael Roll, graduate student, Department of Sociology
MOVING AWAY FROM BIOMASS BURNING TO DECREASE INFANT MORTALITY: EVIDENCE FROM LPG POLICIES IN THAILAND
Thanicha Ruangmas, graduate student, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
MOTHER, DAUGHTER, SCHOOLGIRL: STUDENT PREGNANCY AND READMISSION POLICY IN MALAWI’S ERA OF EDUCATION FOR ALL
Rachel Silver, Ph.D. candidate anthropology and educational policy studies
HIV RISK BEHAVIOR, PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH, AND MARRIAGE AMONG CHINESE MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN: AN EXAMINATION BASED ON THE MINORITY STRESS MODEL
Shufang Sun, Ph.D. candidate in counseling psychology
CLIMATE CHANGE EFFECTS ON INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN ENVIRONMENTAL, WILDLIFE AND HUMAN HEALTH: AN EVALUATION OF WEST NILE VIRUS IN WISCONSIN
Jonny Uelmen, graduate student researcher in Environment and Resources/Epidemiology, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies
USING A RESIDENTIAL SORTING MODEL TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN URBAN GREEN SPACE AND HEALTH
Austin Williams, graduate research assistant, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics
SELF CONTROL IN INTERRUPTION TASK-SWITCH BEHAVIOR: THE TRADE-OFF BETWEEN MOTIVATION AND TEMPTATION
Ranran Zhu, Ph.D. candidate, School of Journalism and Mass Communications
INVESTIGATION OF THE RESERVOIR COMPETENCY OF TWO RESIDENT PASSERINE BIRDS FOR WEST NILE VIRUS
Emily Cornelius, graduate student, Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology
MEASURING INDIVIDUAL VARIATION IN HEALTH CONCEPTS TO DETERMINE HEALTH OUTCOMES
Matthew J. Jiang, graduate student, Department of Psychology
Mentor: Karl Rosengren, Ph.D., professor, Department of Psychology
THE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF ANTIBIOTIC MISUSE: A MIXED-METHODS STUDY IN RURAL INDIA
Anna Barker, Ph.D., M.D., Epidemiology in the Department of Population Health
Mentor: Nasia Safdar, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor, School of Medicine and Public Health
THE SUBNATIONAL POLITICS OF DOCTRINAL GENDER POLICIES: BACKLASHES TO REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS IN MEXICO
Camilla Reuterswaerd, graduate student, Department of Political Science
LEVERAGING EVIDENCE BASED SYSTEM-RELATED STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE MEDICATION SAFETY IN ETHIOPIAN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS
Ephrem A. Aboneh, graduate student, Social & Administrative Sciences, School of Pharmacy
Mentor: Michelle A. Chui, PharmD, Ph.D., assistant professor, Social & Administrative Sciences in the School of Pharmacy
RISK OF ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE TO EMERGING BAT VIRUSES IN UGANDA
Andrew J. Bennett, Ph.D. student, Comparative Biomedical Sciences
Mentor: Tony L. Goldberg, Ph.D., DVM, M.S., professor, epidemiology, School of Veterinary Medicine
APPLICATION OF FEMINIST INTERSECTIONAL APPROACH TO HEALTH BEHAVIOR CHANGE MODEL: INTERDISCIPLINARY THEORETICAL INTEGRATION
Yangsun Hong, Ph.D. student, School of Journalism & Mass Communication
Mentor: Shawnika Hull, M.A., Ph.D., assistant professor, School of Journalism and Mass Communication
EFFECTS OF FRIEND NETWORKS ON SEXUAL DEBUT AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN MALAWI
Jinho Kim, Ph.D. student, Department of Sociology; Center for Demography and Ecology
Mentor: Monica Grant, M.S., Ph.D., assistant professor, Department of Sociology
THAILAND’S RURAL PRIMARY HEALTHCARE EXPANSION AND ITS ONGOING IMPACT ON HEALTH, MORTALITY, AND SOCIAL ENFRANCHISEMENT
Stephanie Koning, Ph.D. student, Department of Population Health
Mentor: Ajay K. Sethi, Ph.D., H.S., associate professor, Population Health Sciences
UGANDA ENVIRONMENTAL PATHOGENS AND ECOSYSTEM SERVICES
Gail Rosen, Ph.D. student, Population Health Sciences, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies
Mentor: Tony L. Goldberg, Ph.D., DVM, M.S., professor of epidemiology, School of Veterinary Medicine
CHARACTERIZATION OF EMERGING ARBOVIRUSES IN SANTA MARTA, COLOMBIA
James Weger, graduate student, Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine
Mentor: Jorge E. Osorio, SVM, Department of Pathobiological Sciences