AWARDS | Fellowships2009-10 l 2008-09 l 2007-08 l 2006-07 l 2005-06 l 2004-05 l 2003-04 2009-10 Carmen Arriola, DVM
Fifth year student, Department of International Health
Field of study: The status of pig farming in Peru: a comparative analysis of the public health and environmental impact of small, medium, and large-scale pork production.
Doctoral advisors: Lawrence Moulton, PhD, professor, Department of International Health; Robert Gilman, MD, professor, Department of International Health, and Ellen Silbergeld, PhD, professor, Department of Environmental Health Sciences Ricardo Castillo, DVM
First year student, Department of Epidemiology
Field of Study: The health problems related to the close interactions between animals and humans, especially as they play out in the chain of food production.
Doctoral advisor: William Moss, MD, MPH, associate professor, Department of Epidemiology Julia DeBruicker, MHS
Fourth year student, Department of Health, Behavior and Society
Field of study: An examination of the fundamental determinants of consumer demand and appetite for meat in order to inform relevant behavior change campaigns
Doctoral advisor: Peter Winch, MD, MPH, associate professor, Department of International Health. Beth Feingold, MPH
Third year student, Department of Environmental Health Sciences
Field of study: An examination of the contribution of Confined Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) to large-scale ecosystem and human health burdens of pollution and disease.
Doctoral advisor: Ellen Silbergeld, PhD, professor, Department of Environmental Health Sciences Jillian Parry Fry, MPH
Third year student, Department of Health Policy & Management
Field of study: An analysis options aimed at addressing the impact of industrial food animal production in the Chesapeake Bay watershed.
Doctoral advisors: Robert Lawrence, MD, Center for a Livable Future Director and professor, Department of Environmental Health Sciences; and Daniel Webster, MPH ScD, associate professor, Department of Health Policy and Management. Lauren Gibbons, MS
Third year student, Department of Health Policy & Management
Field of study: An examination of the associations between the local food environment and childhood obesity, with a focus on how public policy can be used to create healthier communities.
Doctoral advisor: Keshia Pollack, PhD, Department of Health Policy and Management Kristen Gibson
Fourth year student, Department of Environmental Health Sciences
Field of study: The environmental and public health impacts of industrial animal production through surface and groundwater transport of emerging human and animal pathogens.
Doctoral advisor: Kellogg Schwab, PhD, associate professor, Department of Environmental Health Sciences Jennifer Hartle, MHS
Second year student, Department of Environmental Health Sciences
Field of study: Developing measurement methods that can be utilized to inform policymaking and consumer choices and to transform the current food production system.
Doctoral advisor: Robert Lawrence, MD, Center for a Livable Future Director and professor in the Department of Environmental Health Sciences Holly Henry, MHS
Second year student, Department of Health, Behavior & Society
Field of study: An examination of the influence of social cohesion and neighborhood satisfaction, food and activity environments, and media use on children’s diet and physical activity.
Doctoral advisors: Dina Borzekowski, EdD, EdM, assistant professor, Department of Health, Behavior and Society; and Jonathan Ellen, MD, professor, Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health and Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine Nkemdiri Iruka, MPH
Second year student, Department of Health, Behavior & Society
Field of study: An examination of the contribution of unhealthy eating, as a behavioral and structural problem, to disparities in cancer, especially as it affects African Americans in urban settings.
Doctoral advisor: David Holtgrave, PhD, professor and chair, Department of Health, Behavior and Society Lisa Krain, ScM
Second year student, Department of Epidemiology
Field of study: An investigation of the role of industrial livestock farms in animal-to-human disease transmission to antibiotic-resistant infections in rural U.S. communities; an examination of whether residential and occupational exposures to large farms are linked to increased risk of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections.
Doctoral advisors: Ellen Silbergeld, PhD, professor, Environmental Health Sciences, and Kenrad Nelson, MD, professor, Department of Epidemiology Seung Hee Lee
Second year student, Department of International Health
Field of study: Preventative approaches to fighting obesity, specifically increasing healthy food options in low-income neighborhoods in Baltimore.
Doctoral advisor: Joel Gittelsohn, PhD, MS, associate professor, Department of International Health Riina Raudne, MS
Third year student, Department of Health, Behavior & Society
Field of study: The role of private sector and social enterprises in disease prevention and health communications: an evaluation of the farm-to-school program in Baltimore City’s public school district.
Doctoral advisor: David Holtgrave, PhD, professor and chair, Department of Health, Behavior and Society Andrea S. Smith, MPH, MA
Fifth year student, Department of Health, Behavior & Society
Field of study: Behavioral and cultural factors, social constructs, and environmental factors that influence health behavior change, as it relates to chronic disease prevention and food insecurity.
Doctoral advisor: Carl Latkin, PhD, professor, Department of Health, Behavior and Society Patti Truant, MPH
First year student, Department of Health Policy & Management
Field of study: The health, safety and environmental effects of biofuels.
Doctoral advisor: Tom Burke, PhD, MPH, associate dean for Public Health Practice and Training and professor, Department of Health Policy and Management and Department of Environmental Health Sciences D’Ann Williams, MS
Part-time DrPh student, Department of Environmental Health Sciences
Field of study: Community exposures to contaminants emitted by dairy Confined Animal Feeding Operations in Yakima, Washington, traffic-related pollutants, environmental allergens, bioaerosols, and GIS spatial analysis.
Doctoral advisor: Alison Geyh, PhD, associate professor, Department of Environmental Health Sciences 
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