CDC Grants for Public Health Research Dissertation (R36)

In FY 2008, CDC awarded 24 public health dissertation research grants for $845,131. The purpose of the public health dissertation research program (R36) is to provide support for research undertaken as part of an academic program to qualify for a doctorate. Grant support is designed to encourage doctoral candidates from a variety of academic disciplines and programs to conduct research in areas of interest to CDC. It is hoped that this program will ultimately facilitate the entry of promising investigators into the field of public health research.

ARCHIVED: PAR-07-231: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-07-231.html

Individual funded projects include:

PI Name	Institution	Title	CO/NC LEGEND	Abstract
Karoun Heidi Bagamian	Emory University	Hantavirus Transmission in Natural Populations of Deer Mice in Outdoor Enclosures	CK	Project Abstract
Sanjay Basu, MS, MSc	Yale University	Mathematically modeling the transmission and control of extensively drug resistant (XDR) tuberculosis	CI	Project Abstract
Candice Miriam Belanoff, DSc, MPH	Harvard University School of Public Health	Population Disparities in Breastfeeding in the United States	DP	Project Abstract
Janne Boone, MPH	University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill	Do active communities support activity or support active people?	EH	Project Abstract
Gina Conenello, PhD	Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York University	Contribution of PB1-F2 to transmission in the guinea pig model	IP	Project Abstract
Kiyah Duffey, AB	University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill	You are what you eat: Longitudinal associations between the neighborhood food environment, away from home eating patterns, obesity and diabetes	EH	Project Abstract
Simone Gray, PhD, MS	Duke University	Spatial Modeling of Air Pollution Exposure and Uncertainty with Application to Adverse Birth Outcomes	EH	Project Abstract
Margaret Adele Hennessey	University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill	The Role of Airway Surface Tethered Mucin 1 in Influenza Virus Infection	IP	Project Abstract
Erin Hennessey, MPH, MS	Tufts University	Understanding childhood obesity in a diverse population of low income children livening in rural America	DP	Project Abstract
Suellen Hopfer, MS	Pennsylvania State University	Employing Narrative Forms of Communication for Cervical Cancer Prevention Message	CD	Project Abstract
Lee Scott Katz, PhD, MS	Georgia Institute of Technology	Microbial Genome Informatics Platform: a computational resource for comparative genomics and multi-locus sequencing typing of Neisseria	GD	Project Abstract
Brian Alexander King, PhD, MPH	Roswell Park Cancer Institute Corporation	Intervention for Enhanced Adoption of Smoke-Free Apartment Building Policies	DP	Project Abstract
Christopher Edward Kline, MS	University of South Carolina, Columbia	Exercise: A Novel Treatment for Obstructive Sleep Apnea	CD	Project Abstract
Eileen S Krenzel, MPH	Boston University Medical Campus	Preventing Kernicterus: Serum Albumin-Bilirubin Binding	DD	Project Abstract
Susan S Marshall, MPH	University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill	Residential Segregation, Neighborhood Social Environment, and Preterm Birth among 14 Ethnic Groups in New York City	DP	Project Abstract
Jill McClain, MA	University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill	Mediation and moderation of the effects of obesity on coronary heart disease in a bi-ethnic cohort: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study	DP	Project Abstract
Beth Marie McManus, MPH, MS, PT	Harvard University School of Public Health	Social Determinants for Early Intervention Participation and Efficacy	DD	Project Abstract
Alysha Rose Meyers, MS, AB	University of Iowa	Association between musculoskeletal disorders and physical exposures	OH	Project Abstract
Lanay Marie Mudd, MS	Michigan State University	Physical Activity during Pregnancy, Fetal Growth, and Toddler Body Size	DP	Project Abstract
Reena Oza-Frank, MS, MPH, RD	Emory University	Migration and Diabetes Risk among the U.S. Foreign-Born	SH	Project Abstract
Julia E Painter, MPH	Emory University	Attitudes toward influenza vaccination and vaccine uptake among rural adolescents	IP	Project Abstract
Bonnie Pedersen, PhD, MPH	University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill	Genetic Susceptibility to Mother-To-Child Transmission of HIV	PS	Project Abstract
Erica Singer Solway, PhD, MSW, MPH	University of California, San Francisco	Tobacco Free for Recovery: Reducing Smoking Among People with Mental Illness	DP	Project Abstract
Marie Thoma	Johns Hopkins University	The Natural History of Bacterial Vaginosis and Modes of Transmission Among Women	PS	Project Abstract

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Page last modified: October 20, 2008
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