Predoctoral FellowshipsThe Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future (CLF) announces the seventh year of its Predoctoral Fellowship Program. Each predoctoral fellowship provides one year of support in an amount up to $60,000 to be used for tuition, stipend, and/or research expenses depending on individual needs. Students are eligible for support during any stage of their doctoral program including those who are applying to a doctoral program at the time of this application. Students must be enrolled in any one of the divisions of Johns Hopkins University in a PhD, ScD, or DrPH program. Each year, CLF will awards Predoctoral Fellowships to Johns Hopkins University predoctoral students who are committed to the discovery and/or application of knowledge in the following CLF CLF’s main program areas - Farming for the Future and Eating for the Future. The Request for Proposals is released each year in February, with applications due in April. Exact dates will be posted when the RFP is active. For more information, please review last year’s applications: For further information contact Amanda Behrens
Fellowships Awarded: 2009-10 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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