Congratulations to the latest recipients of the Dr. Carol S. Gleich Development Award! This award is available to faculty members and graduate students in the College of Public Health to support travel expenses to perform an official function at a national or international meeting.

Applications for this award are reviewed twice yearly, on or around October 1 and March 1. Award details, eligibility, and submission guidelines are available here.

October 2025 Recipients

Students

Mojirade Adetoba PhD Student, Occupational and Environmental Health
Meeting: American Public Health Association Annual Meeting
Location: Washington, DC
Meeting Dates: November 2-5, 2025 
Purpose: Presentation, “Seasonal impact on bacterial contamination in infant food supplements in Kisumu, Kenya: A one health perspective to infant food safety”

Benita Amos MS Student, Epidemiology
Meeting: American Public Health Association Annual Meeting
Location: Washington, DC
Meeting Dates: November 2-5, 2025 
Purpose: Presentation, “Zoonotic Spillover and Disease Emergence: A Mini Review of Treatment and Toxicity”

Oluwaseun Badru PhD Student, Community and Behavioral Health
Meeting: American Public Health Association Annual Meeting
Location: Washington, DC
Meeting Dates: November 2-5, 2025 
Purpose: Presentations, “The association between antiretroviral therapy medication dispensing types and viral suppression among people living with HIV: A meta-analysis” and “The role of socio-economic and religious factors in early sexual debut among women living with HIV in Cross River, Nigeria: A cross-sectional study Children”

Faith Ibitoye MPH Student, Community and Behavioral Health
Meeting: American Public Health Association Annual Meeting
Location: Washington, DC
Meeting Dates: November 2-5, 2025
Purpose: Presentation, “Gambling disorder and associated factors among people living with HIV: A scoping review”

Chioma Okezie MPH Student, Occupational and Environmental Health
Meeting: American Public Health Association Annual Meeting
Location: Washington, DC
Meeting Dates: November 2-5, 2025 
Purpose: Presentation, “Uptake, barriers, and benefits of multi-month dispensing among people living with HIV and healthcare workers: A qualitative systematic review”  

Erin Wissler Gerdes PhD Student, Epidemiology
Meeting: Marcé of North America (MONA) Biannual Conference
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Meeting Dates: November 5-8, 2025 
Purpose: Presentation, “Under Pressure: Anxiety’s Impact on Mom and Dad Rage” and Participation, MONA Junior Investigators Colloquium”  

Faculty

Julie Lee Assistant Professor, Health Management and Policy
Meeting: American Medical Informatics Association Annual Symposium
Location: Atlanta, GA 
Meeting Dates: November 15-19, 2025
Purpose: Presentation, “Model-based Edge Clustering for Weighted Networks with a Noise Component”