May 11, 2011
Congratulations to the School of Nursing students and faculty who received global health awards this year. These awards are primarily from the School’s global health funds, which are generated from the Visiting Scholars program. This year $22,000 was awarded.
Applications were reviewed by three teams from the Global Nursing Advisory Council (GNAC) joined by faculty who received awards in previous years. Award amounts are primarily based on airfare to the destination. We were still unable to fund all who applied. Through the GNAC we have focused our areas of support so that students and faculty are helping expand our capacity in global health but also are involved in sustainable work, either through service that can be built on from year to year, or in developing scholarship opportunities. We are particularly pleased to award two Cronenwett Global Awards designated for undergraduate students (see Global Study Award Helps Students Gain World Experiences).
We continue our long time relationship with Guatemala through Chris Harlan, Oaxaca through Norma Hawthorne, and Kenya both for Reach Out through adjunct faculty Dr. Pam McQuide and for Carolina for Kibera, which is a non-profit started by a former Carolina student. The Atlantis Project is a campus project in Portugal that through our students has developed ongoing work in health care. We have faculty and doctoral students who were active in the Thai International Nursing Conference and now the International Family Conference, both excellent scholarship development opportunities. We are pleased to have these outstanding Global Ambassadors! Visit the SON Global Health web page, primarily built by Graduate Assistant Christina Kim.
2011 Global Health Awards
| Cronenwett Undergraduate Global Health Awards | ||
| Tina Evans | Guatemala | Casa Jackson Center for Malnourished Infants, Hospital Nacional de Jutiapa |
| Rebeca Moretto | Guatemala | Hospital Nacional de Antigua |
| Undergraduate Awards | ||
| Hannah Tosco | Guatemala | Casa Jackson/Casa San Jose |
| David Ngugi | Kenya | Carolina for Kibera |
| Samuel Njenga | Kenya | Carolina for Kibera |
| MD Uddin | Kenya | Carolina for Kibera |
| Sarah Adcock | Kenya | Reach-Out/Moi University |
| Julia Rhines | Kenya | Reach-Out/Moi University |
| Stephanie Sun | Kenya | Reach-Out/Moi University |
| Kathy Ray | Mexico | Oaxaca Public Health Clinic |
| Camila Salvo-Lewis | Mexico | Centro para los Adolescentes de San Miguel de Allende |
| Christopher Rogers | Portugal | UNC-CH Atlantis Project |
| Madeline Yeung | Portugal | UNC-CH Atlantis Project |
| Graduate Awards | ||
| Hyunkyung Choi | Thailand | International Conference on Chronic Illness |
| Carolyn Lekavich | Japan | Asian Scholars Writing for Publication Institute |
| Faculty Awards | ||
| Debra Barksdale | Japan & Korea | International Family Nursing Conference, also Center for Global Initiatives Award |
| Christina Harlan | Nicaragua | National Autonomous University |
| Faculty Center for Global Initiatives Title 6 Awards | ||
| Cheryl Jones | UNC-CH | Nurse Migration: International Working Group |
| Marcia Van Riper | Thailand, Japan & Korea | International Conference on Chronic Illness, International Family Nursing Conference |