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 2023 Recipients

Kaniz Fatema, PhD Student, Community & Behavioral Health
Meeting: American Public Health Association Annual Meeting
Location: Atlanta, GA
Meeting Dates: November 12-15, 2023
Purpose: Presentation, “Social Norms and Intimate Partner Violence in Peri-urban India: Clarifying the Roles of Masculinity and Gender Roles”

Junjie Gai, PhD Student, Health Management & Policy
Meeting: Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management Fall Research Conference
Location: Atlanta, GA
Meeting Dates: November 9-11, 2023
Purpose: Presentation, “The Impact of Closing Medicare Part D Coverage Gap on Mental Health of Older Adults”

Fadi Martinos, PhD Student, Health Management & Policy
Meeting: Gerontological Society of America Annual Scientific Meeting
Location: Tampa, FL
Meeting Dates: November 8-12, 2023
Purpose: Presentation, “State Variation in Cannabis Regulations Concerning Older Americans”

Kai Wang, Professor, Biostatistics
Meeting: Institute for Mathematical Statistics Asia-Pacific Rim Meeting
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Meeting Dates: January 4-7, 2024
Purpose: Contributed Talk, “An explicit method for SNP-heritability estimation using GWAS summary statistics without heritability modeling”