Robinson Durst Scholarship
The Center for Global Health coordinates the scholarship that was founded by Professor Emeritus William Robinson, MD, PhD and Denver sculptor/ceramicist Peter Durst. Since 1997, the scholarship has provided more than 50 health sciences graduate students from the University of Colorado Denver an opportunity to enjoy a culturally diverse clinical or research experience. Philosophically, the scholarship committee and its founders strongly believe in the long-lasting, positive value of global health endeavors in broadening personal and academic perspectives.
Application Deadline: April 1, 2014 - application cycle will become active after the first of the year, 2014.
Requirements for 2013 Scholarship
Application for 2013 Scholarship
2013 Scholarship Recipients:
- Levi Bonnell and Denise Hartsock (Colorado School of Public Health - MPH)– Reducing Health Risk from Mercury and Arsenic through Health Promotion Education and Training for Artisanal Gold Miners and Community Health Workers, Geita District, Tanzania
- Kathryn Dovel (College of Liberal Arts and Sciences - PhD)– Gender and the implementation of high-risk PITC: Is PITC really gender neutral?, Southern Malawi
- Robert Flick (School of Medicine - MD) – Tingathe TB - a prospective evaluation of the impact of a community health worker-based program to improve active case finding, contact tracing, and treatment supervision in HIV-affected populations, Malawi
- Heather Hageman (College of Nursing - MSN)– Improving Breastfeeding Initiation and Exclusivity in the Hospital Arco Iris through Nursing Staff Training, La Paz, Bolivia
- Abigail Nimz (School of Medicine - MD) – Extended Daily Neviraphine Prophylaxis in HIV exposed Breastfeeding Infants, Western Kenya
Rotary Scholarship
Students for Global Health initiated the Scholarship in 2005 with financial backing from several Denver metropolitan area Rotary clubs. All graduate students in the health professions are eligible for the award, provided their proposed projects fits with the cores values of rotary, including fellowship, service, and ethical conduct. The Center administers the scholarship in close collaboration with Rotary leadership.
Application Deadline: April 1, 2014 - application cycle will become active after the first of the year, 2014
Requirements for 2013 Scholarship
Application for 2013 scholarship
2013 Scholarship Recipients:
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Jessica Boat and Igor Shumskiy (School of Medicine - MD)– Responding to community needs: development, implementation and evaluation of an enhanced WHO IMCI strategy for educating community healthcare workers, Iquitos, Peru
- Levi Bonnell and Denise Hartsock (Colorado School of Public Health - MPH)– Reducing Health Risk from Mercury and Arsenic through Health Promotion Education and Training for Artisanal Gold Miners and Community Health Workers, Geita District, Tanzania
- Kathryn Dovel (College of Liberal Arts and Sciences - PhD)– Gender and the implementation of high-risk PITC: Is PITC really gender neutral?, Southern Malawi
- Robert Flick (School of Medicine - MD) – Tingathe TB - a prospective evaluation of the impact of a community health worker-based program to improve active case finding, contact tracing, and treatment supervision in HIV-affected populations, Malawi
- Heather Hageman (College of Nursing - MSN)– Improving Breastfeeding Initiation and Exclusivity in the Hospital Arco Iris through Nursing Staff Training, La Paz, Bolivia
- Brittney Macdonald (School of Medicine - MD) – Early language assessment for young children from poor communities, Southwest Guatemala
- Karen Hampanda (College of Liberal Arts and Sciences - PhD) – Investigating the relationship between intimate partner violence and utilization of prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) or other pediatric HIV services – Lusaka, Zambia
- Abigail Nimz (School of Medicine - MD) – Extended Daily Neviraphine Prophylaxis in HIV exposed Breastfeeding Infants, Western Kenya
Questions?
Contact Michelle Shiver, Program Manager, Center for Global Health
michelle.shiver@ucdenver.edu