2021 Funded Distinguished Dissertation Awards
Healthy Communities Research Institute Distinguished Dissertation Awards
Mutlaq Albugmi
College of Public Health
Doctoral Candidate in Health Policy and Management
Project: The Effects of Predisposing, Enabling, and Need Factors on the Use of Health Services among Non-Citizen Employees in the Private Sector in Saudi Arabia
Amount: $1,900
Dissertation Chair: Dr. John Hoornbeek
Anthony Coetzer-Liversage
College of Public Health
Doctoral Candidate in Prevention Science
Project: A grounded theory to address improving the implementation of evidence-based substance use prevention interventions
Amount: $2,485
Dissertation Chair: Dr. Peggy Stephens
Amarasooriya Jayawardhana
College of Arts and Sciences
Doctoral Candidate in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Project: Development of Photoactivatable Platinum Therapeutics to Eradicate Ovarian Cancer Stem Cells
Amount: $2,468
Dissertation Chair: Yaorong Zheng
Emily Nelson
College of Public Health
Doctoral Candidate in Health Policy and Management
Project: Whole Child, Whole Classroom: Teachers’ Evaluations of School Environments for Supporting Student Mental Health
Amount: $2,000
Dissertation Chair: Dr. Deric Kenne
April Ruther
College of Public Health
Doctoral Candidate in Prevention Science
Project: Assessing the Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child Model as a Predictor of Obesity among Ohio Middle School Students
Amount: $2,310
Dissertation Chair: Dr. Peggy Stephens