Congratulations to the 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.

March 2023 Award Recipients

Coltin Ball, MPH Student, Community & Behavioral Health
Meeting: Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco Annual Meeting
Location: San Antonio, TX
Meeting Dates: March 1-4, 2023
Purpose: Poster Presentation, “My Account Is All About My Nic Addiction: Novel Approaches and Findings from an Investigation of E-cigarettes, Identity, and Other Emergent Themes in User-Generated Videos on QueerTok”

Alassandra Bonagura, MPH Student, Community & Behavioral Health
Meeting: The National Association of County and City Health Officials Conference
Location: Denver, CO
Meeting Dates: July 10-13, 2023
Purpose: Poster Presentation, “Intersecting Academics and Practice: Developing Academic Public Health Partnerships in Iowa”

Priyanka Dubey, PhD Student, Community & Behavioral Health
Meeting: Society for Menstrual Cycle Research Conference
Location: Bethesda, MD
Meeting Dates: July 20-23, 2023
Purpose: Oral Presentation, “Lived Experiences of Menstrual Hygiene Management among Transgender and Non-Binary Populations in Urban India: A Qualitative Approach,”, and Poster Presentation: “Menstrual Hygiene Management among Transgender and Non-Binary Populations: A Global Systematic Review”

Alaina Elliott-Wherry, MPH Student, Community & Behavioral Health
Meeting: The National Association of County and City Health Officials Conference
Location: Denver, CO
Meeting Dates: July 10-13, 2023
Purpose: Poster Presentation, “Intersecting Academics and Practice: Developing Academic Public Health Partnerships in Iowa”

Anya Morozov, MPH Student, Epidemiology
Meeting: The National Association of County and City Health Officials Conference
Location: Denver, CO
Meeting Dates: July 10-13, 2023
Purpose: Poster Presentation, “Intersecting Academics and Practice: Developing Academic Public Health Partnerships in Iowa”

Daniel Sewell, Associate Professor, Biostatistics
Meeting: Joint Statistical Meetings
Location: Toronto, Canada
Meeting Dates: August 5-10, 2023
Purpose: Oral Presentation, “Recent Advances in Clustering Methods for Longitudinal and Functional Data”

Morgan Swanson, PhD Student, Epidemiology
Meeting: Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting
Location: Washington, DC
Meeting Dates: April 27-30, 2023
Purpose: Poster Presentation, “Urbanicity and Rurality Among 2019 Pediatric Chronic Kidney Disease Hospitalizations in the United States: Exploring Opportunities to Improve Healthcare Access”