Last Year's Award Winners ~ 2009 CODRE/Graduate School Diversity Research
CODRE/Graduate School Diversity Research Award
for Graduate Students 2009
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Student Name and Department |
PROJECT TITLE |
Faculty Advisor |
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Aponte, Jose C. (Chemistry) |
New Benzothienopyrimidines with Potential Activity Against Neglected Diseases.
|
Dr. Gerald Hammond |
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Barney, Robert J. (Kent School of Social Work)
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Diffusion Attributes as Antecedents of Organizational Commitment Amongst PEPFAR Staff in South Africa.
|
Dr. Michiel Van Zyl |
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Caston, Simone B. (Engineering Management) |
Tablet Personal Computer Usage Impact on Retention of Minority and Underrepresented Students in Engineering.
|
Dr. Naira H. Campbell- Kyureghyan |
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Goldman, Myra (Nursing)
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Utilization of Healthcare Services among Chabad Lubavitch (Orthodox Jewish).
|
Dr. Vicki Hines-Martin |
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Lavender, Nicole (Pharmacology & Toxicology) |
Joint Modifying Effects of Variant Oxidative Stress and Apoptosis Markers and Smoking in Relation to Prostate Cancer Risks. |
Dr. LaCreis R. Kidd |
CODRE Signature Partnership Initiative Grant for
Graduate Student (SPIGGS) Award 2009
|
Robinson, Michelle Bachelor
|
A Two Edged Sword: the Rhetoric Surrounding the Opening of Schools for African Americans in Louisville, KY. |
Dr. Carol Mattingly |
PRESENTATIONS 2008 Award Recipients
2008 CODRE Grant Recipient, Shannon A. Scroggins, received an award for her project: Comparing Soil Heavy Metal Concentrations Across Louisville’s Residential Yards.
Student’s Department: Biology Faculty Supervisor’s Name: Dr. Margaret M. Carreiro
Announcement: 2008 CODRE Grant Recipient, Melissa Pinto-Foltz received an award for her project: School Program to Reduce Mental Illness Stigma in Underserved Adolescents. Student’s Department: Student's Department: Nursing Faculty Supervisor’s Name: Dr. M. Cynthia Logsdon
Pinto-Foltz completed her funded research and that research functioned as pilot work for her dissertation. Her developing program of research has resulted in one publication and the offer of a post doctoral fellowship to Case Western University. She will begin her postdoc in Fall 2009.
Tara Schapmire also received an award last year. Her project title was: An Exploratory Study of the Experience and Needs of Medicaid Recipients with Advanced Cancer.
Student’s Department: Kent School of Social Work Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Barbara Head
