COMMENCEMENT2018 GILLINGS SCHOOL of GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH

The UNIVERSITY of NORTH CAROLINA at CHAPEL HILL

COMMENCEMENT

MAY 12, 2018

Above: THE OLD WELL IS SURROUNDED BY AZALEAS IN SPRING.

Front and back cover students: RIDA SHAMS, MALIHA KHAN, PARTH PATEL, JELIYAH CLARK, DHARITRI SHAH, ADRIANNA LOPACZYNSKI, CAITLIN HARRAH, RAWAN AJEEN, AZRAA AYESHA

2 | THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL Photo by Dan Sears MESSAGE FROM THE DEAN COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER BARBARA K. RIMER, DrPH CAMARA PHYLLIS JONES, MD, MPH, PHD SENIOR FELLOW AT MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE’S SATCHER HEALTH LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE AND CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE Congratulations, new UNC Gillings School You made friends of Global Public Health graduates! We welcome and colleagues who you as our newest alumni and colleagues. Many will be with you long Camara Phyllis structural causes of the differences. people helped you get here today – family, into the future. You Jones, MD, As a teacher, her allegories on “race” and friends, faculty, staff, other students and people enjoyed events at the MPH, PhD, past racism illuminate topics that are otherwise from your communities. No one arrives at this School, on campus president of the difficult for many Americans to understand finish line alone. and beyond. American Public or discuss. She hopes through her work to To our guests, thank you for sharing the You go forward Health Association initiate a national conversation on racism journey with our graduates and for joining us to into a world that is senior fellow at that will eventually lead to a National celebrate them. holds many public Morehouse School Campaign Against Racism Graduates, we celebrate your accomplishments! health challenges, After earning a bachelor’s degree in Dean Barbara K. Rimer of Medicine’s As students, you conducted inspiring research, including scarcity of Satcher Health molecular biology from Wellesley College, mastered challenging courses, passed difficult water, income and health inequality, infectious and Leadership Jones earned a Doctor of Medicine from exams, won case and other competitions, noninfectious diseases, obesity and malnutrition, Stanford University School of Medicine, Camara Phyllis Jones Institute and garnered awards and recognition, held leadership high cost of lifesaving medicines, the opioid Cardiovascular and Master of Public Health and Doctor of roles, volunteered on and off campus, completed epidemic, and too many people lacking quality Research Institute. Philosophy degrees in epidemiology from capstones, juggled many responsibilities, taught, health care. You can be effective community leaders, Dr. Jones is a family physician and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of presented at conferences, co-authored papers whatever your professional roles. Reaching out, epidemiologist whose work focuses on Public Health. She completed residency for major journals, had children, lost sleep, and beyond simplistic labels, to treat every person with naming, measuring and addressing the training in general preventive medicine wrote master’s theses and doctoral dissertations. dignity and respect, will enable you to become part impacts of racism on health and well-being. at Johns Hopkins and in family practice at You helped solve urgent public health of the solutions the world desperately needs. You She has broadened the national health debate Montefiore Hospital. problems, even as students, a special part of can be on the cutting edge for civil society and use to include both universal access to high- Prior to her work at Morehouse, she was your Gillings School training. We are proud that your knowledge and skills to make a better world. quality health care and attention to the social assistant professor at Harvard T.H. Chan you received seven of the Graduate School’s 22 As you leave Gillings to make the world and determinants of health and equity, including School of Public Health from 1994 to 2000 Impact and Horizon Awards, which recognize your communities safer, healthier and more just, poverty and racism. and a medical officer at the Centers for the positive benefit of students’ research for remember that your education was supported, in As a methodologist, she has developed new Disease Control and Prevention from 2000 North Carolinians. part, through the generosity of North Carolinians. methods for comparing full distributions of to 2014. You contributed to improving the environment Give back, however you can, when you can. The data, rather than simply comparing means “Dr. Jones is an inspiring, incredibly and health, strengthening communities and School and Carolina always will be your home. or proportions, in order to investigate accomplished health professional with a creating greater understanding of our world's Mentor our students and support the School. population-level risk factors and propose compelling personal story and a motivating, biggest challenges. Committed to being a global Come back to visit and share your stories. As Gillings population-level interventions. awesome speaker with a powerful message” school, as a public school of public health, we are School alumni and Tar Heels, you are forever As a social epidemiologist, her work on said Barbara K. Rimer, DrPH, dean and first for North Carolina. one of us. “race”-associated differences in health Alumni Distinguished Professor at the You have spoken out about injustice and stood Congratulations and best wishes, wherever outcomes goes beyond documenting those Gillings School. “We are so grateful that she for health equity and broader equity. You made your journeys take you! Go Heels! differences to vigorously investigating the agreed to join us for commencement.” our School and communities better. You are energetic, optimistic, committed, passionate, With appreciation and gratitude, determined and resilient, qualities that will serve you well throughout life!

4 | THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL GILLINGS SCHOOL OF GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH | 2017 COMMENCEMENT | 5 THE COMMENCEMENT PROGRAM THE OFFICIAL PARTY

Please stand for the processional of the Official Party, ceremony participants chairs faculty honorees Members of the Faculty and Candidates for Degrees. Barbara K. Rimer, DrPH Michael Kosorok, PhD Carmen Samuel-Hodge, RD, PhD academic procession The Official Party Dean Biostatistics Department of Nutrition Candidates for Baccalaureate Degrees Harriet Hylton Barr Distinguished Barbara Turpin, PhD Alumni Award Candidates for Masters Degrees Laura Linnan, ScD Senior Associate Dean for Environmental Sciences Candidates for Doctoral Degrees Academic and Student Affairs and Engineering Amanda Holliday, MS, RD, LDN Department of Nutrition presiding Barbara K. Rimer Todd Nicolet, PhD Til Stürmer, MD, PhD Bernard G. Greenberg Alumni Dean, Gillings School of Global Public Health Vice Dean Epidemiology Endowment Award for Teaching, Research, and Service welcome Barbara K. Rimer Margaret Bentley, PhD Kurt Ribisl, PhD Associate Dean for Global Health Health Behavior Jeffrey Simms, MSPH, MDIV recognition of faculty Laura Linnan Department of Health Policy Senior Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs Katherine Gora Combs Morris Weinberger, PhD and Management Adante Hart Health Policy and Management John E. Larsh Award for Mentorship recognition of students Katherine Gora Combs Co-presidents, Student Government Carolyn Halpern, PhD Co-President, Student Government Maternal and Child Health introduction of Camara Phyllis Jones, MD, commencement speaker Adante Hart MPH, PhD Beth Mayer-Davis, PhD Co-President, Student Government Senior Fellow, Satcher Health Nutrition commencement speaker Leadership Institute and Camara Phyllis Jones Cardiovascular Research Institute Anna Schenck, PhD Senior Fellow, Satcher Health Leadership and Cardiovascular Morehouse School of Medicine Director, Public Health Research Institute, Morehead School of Medicine Past President, American Public Leadership Program Past President, American Public Health Association Health Association recognition of degrees Barbara K. Rimer Todd Jones, BSPH, JD Chair, Gillings School Naya Villarreal Alumni Association Coordinator, Gillings Research, Innovation and Global Solutions Naya Villarreal, MPH Coordinator, Research, Innovation William Vizuete and Global Solutions Associate Professor, Environmental Sciences and Engineering congratulatory remarks William Vizuete, PhD Todd Jones Associate Professor, Chair, Gillings School Alumni Association Environmental Sciences closing remarks and Engineering Barbara K. Rimer academic recessional Please remain in place for the recessional of the official party, faculty members and our newest alumni.

After the recessional, we invite graduates and their guests to a reception at the Gillings School. Shuttle buses are waiting outside of the Carmichael Arena on South Street and will run continuously.

Music by the Amalgam Brass Quintet

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The following information, condensed from An Academic APRICOT: Nursing BACHELOR OF SCIENCE Samuel Nyako-Agyakwa, HPM DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY Costume Code and Ceremony Guide, published by the BROWN: Fine Arts IN PUBLIC HEALTH Mary Katherine Pyle, PHLP American Council on Education, identifies academic CITRON: Social Work Audra Joyce Reiter, PHLP Sally Bullock, NUTR attire worn during today’s ceremony. CRIMSON: Journalism Ranjitha Ananthan, HPM Michael Kolinski Robinson, PHLP Greta Alleyne Bushnell, EPID Kristan Ryan Rosenthal, MCH The bachelor’s gown, designed to be worn closed, has DARK BLUE: Philosophy Mary Kate Crawford, ESE Ebonee N. Butler, EPID Amy Burrier Sanchez, PHLP Jingxiang Chen, BIOS pointed sleeves. The master’s gown, which may be worn GOLDEN YELLOW: Science Angel Luis Lopez-Collazo, HPM Makayla Ashleigh Nichols, HPM Eleanor Farley Saunders, PHLP Wan Suk Choi, BIOS open or closed, has an oblong sleeve, open at the wrist, GREEN: Medicine Stephanie Kyoungchun Yu, ESE Kelli Ann Shortt, PHLP Ryan D. Cronk, ESE LEMON YELLOW: that hangs nearly to the ground; the back part of its Library Science Gillian S. Smelick, PHLP Ayodele Ayoka Gomih, EPID oblong shape is cut square, and the arc in the front is cut LIGHT BLUE: Education MASTER OF HEALTHCARE Hollie Storie, PHLP Shakia Tranece Hardy, EPID away. Bachelors’ and masters’ gowns are untrimmed. LILAC: Dentistry Garrett S. Thompson, PHLP ADMINISTRATION Erika Sarah Helgeson, BIOS The doctor’s gown may be worn open or closed, and OLIVE GREEN: Pharmacy Eric Tran, PHLP Laura Leigh Hester, EPID ORANGE: Al-Mounawara Abiodoun Yaya, PHLP Amy Nicole Huber, EPID has bell-shaped sleeves. Doctors’ gowns are usually faced Engineering Margaret Jean Lowery, HPM Everett Glenn Young, PHLP Prahlad Jat, ESE with black velvet, with three bars across the sleeves, PEACOCK BLUE: Public Administration Rumana Rabbani, HPM although the color of the velvet may vary according to PINK: Music Jayne K. Jeffries, HB the field of study. Some doctoral candidates may wear a PURPLE: Law MASTER OF SCIENCE Cassandra M Johnson, NUTR MASTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH unique Carolina blue gown that features dark blue facings SAGE GREEN: Physical Education Jennifer S. Lee, EPID Ching-Ching Lin, HPM SALMON PINK Justin Daniel Hart, ESE and crossbars outlined in white piping and bearing the : Public Health Ray G. Antonelli, PHLP Kathleen J. McDermott, ESE Gandarvaka Loka Miles, EPID University’s shield supported by torches of learning. SCARLET: Theology Carrie Bette Martin Blanchard, HPM Claire Carter Tipton, ESE Charles Muiruri, HPM Hoods, which differ in length for the three degrees, are YELLOW BROWN: Commerce, Business, Accountancy Ryan Matthew Bradley, PHLP Zhe Wang, ESE Rachel Charlotte Nethery, BIOS lined with official colors of the university or college that WHITE: Arts, Letters, Humanities Richard Oldfield Broadhurst, PHLP Xinruo Zhang, NUTR Damon Floyd Ogburn, EPID conferred the degree, usually with one color forming a Hannah Byun, PHLP Jennifer Rebeles, NUTR chevron pattern over the other. Ana Cabello-De la Garza, MCH Emily L. Rossi, NUTR MASTER OF SCIENCE IN Hoods also are edged and bound with velvet in the Peter Jonathan Mcalea Ceponis, HPM Eric Rubenstein, EPID CLINICAL RESEARCH color appropriate to the field of study. The colors in the Helena Chung, NUTR Parth Dilip Shah, HB

hoods and gowns of faculty represent the following fields Danielle Elizabeth Day, PHLP Marie Stoner, EPID Yutaka Endo, HPM Nicholas Wise, EPID in which degrees were earned: Gina Lauren Tripicchio, NUTR Taylor Anne Fie, PHLP Vidya Venkataramanan, ESE KEY TO ABBREVIATIONS Christine Post Field, PHLP MASTER OF SCIENCE Nadja Alexandra Vielot, EPID Dynela Louise Garcia-Baran, PHLP IN PUBLIC HEALTH Lindsay Almquist Williams, EPID Herodes Garzon Guzman, PHLP Joseph Walter Zabinski, ESE BIOS Biostatistics Laurie Aileen Heagy, PHLP Elizabeth Poole Kelly, EPID ESE Environmental Sciences and Engineering Andrew Alberto Herrera, PHLP Eleanor Mary Fenn Richards, MCH DOCTOR OF PUBLIC HEALTH EPID Epidemiology Christopher Samuel Iskander, PHLP Rebecca Cox Stebbins, EPID HB Kiran Nawaz Khan, PHLP Health Behavior Jennifer Nicole Styles, ESE Douglas James Ball, HPM HPM Health Policy and Management Kane Daniel Morgan, PHLP Adrien Ann Wilkie, EPID MCH Maternal and Child Health Hannah Helton Noah, PHLP NUTR Nutrition PHLP Public Health Leadership Program

(L. TO R.) REBECCA SLIFKIN, PHD, ASSOCIATE CHAIR AND PROFESSOR, HEALTH POLICY AND MANAGEMENT; JEFFREY SIMMS, MSPH, PUBA Public Administration ASSISTANT PROFESSOR HEALTH POLICY AND MANAGEMENT; AIMEE SILS School of Information and Library Science MCHALE, JD, MSPH, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, PUBLIC HEALTH LEADERSHIP; MORRIS WEINBERGER, PHD, CHAIR AND DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR, HEALTH POLICY AND MANAGEMENT; KRISTIN REITER, FOR UNDERGRADUATES ONLY PHD, ASSOCIATE CHAIR AND PROFESSOR, HEALTH POLICY AND MANAGEMENT; MARISA DOMINO, PHD, PROFESSOR, HEALTH POLICY * Graduating with Honors AND MANAGEMENT; PAULA SONG, PHD, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, HEALTH POLICY AND MANAGEMENT; PEGGYE DILWORTH-ANDERSON, ** Graduating with Highest Honors PHD, PROFESSOR, HEALTH POLICY AND MANAGEMENT. † Graduating Phi Beta Kappa

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BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN Karen Alene Duckworth, NUTR Nurain Mohammed Fuseini, EPID BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN Kay Soonmin Hwang, BIOS Sahana Raghunathan, HPM† PUBLIC HEALTH Nicole Taylor Evans, PHLP PUBLIC HEALTH Yaser Iftikhar, NUTR ** Magdalena Alexandra Rainey, NUTR ** Chelsea Gailey, PHLP MASTER OF SCIENCE IN Nupur Jain, HPM * Sharath Rama, BIOS† Grahme Ericson Taylor, HPM Manuel Girault Viesca, HPM ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING Cyrus Paul Adams-Mardi, NUTR ** Nicholas Robert Jennings, ESE Saleha Rana, HPM Paola Andrea Gonzalez Machado, NUTR Anam Ahmad, BIOS Lily Jewel Jones, NUTR * Caroline Brock Reed, ESE Kali Madeline Hackett, MCH Elaine Kaye Kearney, BIOS ** Sarah Suzanne Renfro, ESE † MASTER OF HEALTHCARE Weixuan Wu, ESE Taylor Anne Alfonso, HPM Lori Ann Hendrickson, MCH Maire Jean Amlicke, HPM Brigid Ellen Kelly, ESE Taruni Sharada Santanam, HPM ADMINISTRATION Chenhao Zhao, ESE William David Holden, PHLP Norman Trevor Archer, NUTR ** Simran Khadka, ESE Ryan Christopher Schmedding, ESE Madeline Koines Kapur, MCH Emma Marie Astrike-Davis, NUTR Elaine Marie King, BIOS Alexa Rae Schulte, HPM** Nicole Lynne Angeli, HPM MASTER OF SCIENCE IN Kevin Correll Keith, HPM Lawrence Alsthon Guira Bacudio, NUTR *† Kara Emily Kochek, ESE Abhinav Sehgal, NUTR * Chase Patrick Angelino, HPM Saif Khairat, HPM PUBLIC HEALTH Paige Chandler Balint, HPM Padam Kumar, NUTR ** Nasir Faheem Siddique, NUTR Shanna Denese Gillis, HPM Iman Abrahim Khatib, PHLP Lindsey Elizabeth Barden, BIOS Jack Dougherty Lawton, NUTR ** Rohanit Singh, ESE † Lisa Rene Gilpin, HPM Mimi Kim, PHLP Josie Jacqueline Caves, EPID Griffin J. Bell, BIOS *† Samuel Jae Hwan Lee, HPM * Arvind Sivashanmugam, BIOS Christopher J. Hancock, HPM Mary Elizabeth Koenig, MCH Jane Shihmei Chen, EPID Mohit Singh Chandi, NUTR ** Rachel Lempp, ESE ** Hannah Josephine Smith, ESE Walter Frisby Hendricks IV, HPM Ellen C. McDermott, NUTR Ida Jane Griesemer, HB Jeliyah Shaquan Clark, ESE Michelle Liang, HPM Ella Marie Smoak, HPM Jeffrey Todd Jackson, HPM Erika Joy Meier, NUTR Rachel Nicole Long, ESE Catrin Elizabeth Newman Corrie, HPM Dennis Danning Lin, NUTR * Katherine Jill Starr, NUTR Christian Blakeslee Lloyd, HPM Marcia Angiulli Morgenlander, PHLP Arbor Jessica Lauren Quist, EPID Emily Kate Cziraky, HPM Kelly Liu, NUTR **† Lucy Su, HPM Maxwell Olszewski Mason, HPM Bo Chigozie Nebolisa, PHLP Helen Valerie Toma, MCH Anna Elizabeth Dodson, HPM † Sydney Christine Lockhart, ESE Brian Christopher Tanner, HPM Janice Louise Mcdonald, HPM Luke J. Newton, PHLP Mallory Wolfe Turner, MCH Jordan Paul Drake, HPM Adrianna Lopaczynski, ESE Ahmad Nasir Tejan-Sie, NUTR Michelle Cooper Nettles, HPM Maria Belen Ocampo Ordonez, NUTR Caitlin Rain Williams, MCH Allison Eames, ESE Johnathon Scott Lueck, NUTR Julia Bennett Thompson, BIOS Raj S. Pruthi, HPM Erin Adelaide Glennon O'Hare, NUTR Leiana Edwards, HPM Eric Mai, ESE † Nicholas Coleman Toole, ESE Jordan Lee Rapp, HPM Ashley Marie Perrone, NUTR Hiwot Abena Ekuban, HPM Ana Maria Matan, HPM Gaddamanugu Uma, HPM Christine G. Reed, HPM DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY Rebecca Joy Price, NUTR Leah Grace Everist, HPM Kristen M. McGreevy, BIOS Madeleine Rose Valier, ESE Terriss R. Richardson, HPM Millicent N. Robinson, MCH Samantha Louise Farley, HPM Aakash Mehta, ESE † Leigha Vilen, HPM ** Samuel Isaac Ritter, HPM Candice Lynette Alick, NUTR Allison Marie Russell, NUTR Andrea Marie Fitzgerald, HPM Alexis Victoria Millan, HPM Sarah Elizabeth Vossers, ESE Jeremy Robertson, HPM Gabriela Arandia, HB Jaisabrish Sankarkumar, HPM Brandon S. Friedman, HPM ** Venkatesa Prasad Muruganandam, BIOS* Madeline Virginia White, NUTR Erica Lea Savage, HPM Magdalene Marie Assimon, EPID Laura Rosenthall Schultz, PHLP Kylie R. Fultineer, BIOS * Emily Margaret Nash, HPM Reece Wheaton Williams, ESE Ayana Nicole Simon, HPM Loneke Tafewa Blackman Carr, NUTR Amy Michelle Shipow, MCH Sanjay Raaj Venkata Gadi, NUTR ** Violet Simmons Noe, NUTR ** Clark Alexander Williamson, ESE † Christopher Casimir Skowronek, HPM Mitchell Mark Conover, EPID David Robert Steeb, PHLP Bridget Grace Gallagher, NUTR Misbah Noor, HPM Walter Warren Winslow, HPM Beth Turner, HPM Fei Gao, BIOS Cheyenne Elizabeth Stewart, MCH Tyler Scott George, NUTR Hemali Harish Oza, ESE ** Jordan Scott Wise, HPM Jenilyn Turner, HPM Aleksandra Eva Jakubowski, HPM Julia Lynn Sundermann, NUTR Franklin Richard Gergoudis, ESE † Holly Elizabeth Ozgun, HPM**† Dayoung Rebekah Yu, BIOS Azure Laarletta Utley, HPM Emily Learner, EPID Megan Marie Sweeney, NUTR Zachary A. German, ESE** Kevin Parham, HPM ** Quan Yuan, HPM ** Edith Fang Winter, HPM Brettania Lorraine Lopes, EPID Viveca Nathalie Taylor, NUTR Shouri Venkata Gottiparthi, HPM † Aashay Patel, HPM Chloe Elise Zacher, BIOS Jennifer Pei-Shing Wu, HPM Stephanie Lynn Mazzucca, NUTR Anna Elizabeth Vanderleest, NUTR Eliot Stephen Meyer, ESE Joseph Tienjet Gung, NUTR * Parth Kiran Patel, BIOS Sarah Elizabeth Zelasky, ESE Jeffrey T. Walker, NUTR Jennifer C. Morgan, HB Samuel O. Haddad, NUTR * Samip Mukund Patel, NUTR Helen Zhang, BIOS MASTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH Ridley Stewart Zook, NUTR Rebecca Naumann, EPID Michael Gregory Harley, NUTR ** Matthew Patetta, NUTR ** Randa Zoubairi, HPM Nadia Lan Quyen Nguyen, EPID Caitlin Rae Harrah, ESE Katherine Louise Plampton, HPM MASTER OF HEALTHCARE Samantha Al-Hassan Adam, HPM Charlotte Zuber, NUTR Peter Samuel Samai, EPID Courtney Diane Hoffmeister, ESE Madison Ponder, ESE ADMINISTRATION Karthik Adapa, HPM Rachel Kloss Silverman, BIOS Emma C. Holcomb, HPM * Caroline Madison Pope, HPM Heather Jean Archambault, BIOS MASTER OF SCIENCE Harlyn Gynette Skinner, NUTR Julia Hu, HPM Arunima Punjala, NUTR ** Lauren Leree Ahlers, HPM Walter Lee Ball Jr, HPM Briana Joy Kennedy Stephenson, BIOS Benjamin Riley Bushman, HPM Julia Barfield, MCH Allison Nicole Fechter, ESE Yael R. Symes, HB John Quayle Cannon, HPM Justin Michael Barnes, NUTR Lisa Fleming, ESE Aaron Nicholas Winn, HPM Jillian Marie Cauwels, HPM Jessica Nicole Beliveau, MCH Sean Doyle McCabe, BIOS Kin Yau Wong, BIOS Megan Chambard, HPM Kathryn Elizabeth Bernstein, NUTR Crystal Thuy-Tien Nguyen, BIOS Jenny Hang Yang, BIOS Oluomachukwu Sterling Chukwu, HPM Sarah Cecile Buisson, MCH Tara Bandreddi Rao, BIOS Jennifer Mary Yourkavitch, EPID Thomas Maxwell Fairclough, HPM Erin Elizabeth Burks, MCH Geard Charles Fossett, HPM Caroline Elizabeth Chandler, MCH Nicolas Felipe Hernandez, HPM MASTER OF SCIENCE DOCTOR OF PUBLIC HEALTH (L-R) RYAN GOEPPINGER, Julia Marie Considine, PHLP Andrew Ho, HPM IN CLINICAL RESEARCH SAJA AL-FALAHI, Taryn Elizabeth Cullen, NUTR BRANDON BISHOP, Megan Victoria Jarrell, HPM Monica Chaudhari, BIOS Meghan Quigg Cutherell, MCH NASTACIA PEREIRA, Lauren Jordan, HPM Pearlie P. Chong, EPID Bradley Saul, BIOS Michelle Patricia Davis, NUTR EMMA ASTRIKE-DAVIS

10 | THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL GILLINGS SCHOOL OF GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH | 2017 COMMENCEMENT | 11 Austin Kellett Letson, HPM Ellison Henry, MCH Jaclyn Shea, HB Ao Liu, HPM Leah Brooks Herity, PHLP Imari Smith, HB Jordan Walker Massey, HPM Laura Brooke Higginbotham, EPID Daijah Charnelle Street, MCH Monica Mazzoli, HPM Hanaleah Hoberman, HB Varsha Subramanyam, HB Britta Albina Mccombie, HPM Jillian Urban Hobson, PHLP Leah Kate Taraskiewicz, HB Brett Donovan Pinnix, HPM Anna Marie Hoffmeyer, PHLP Stephanie Marie Tepperberg, HB Tiffany Randolph, HPM Lindsey Nicole Horrell, HB Reana S. Thomas, HB Dharitri Yogeshkumar Shah, HPM Michelle Tzu-Ming Huang, HB Hannah Marie Tuttle, HB Carly Sherrod, HPM Wesley M. Jackson, PHLP Candace Anisa Vance, HB Steven Anthony Tew, HPM Shynah James, HB Alexi-Rae Ellington Webb, PHLP Casandra Delaney Thomas, HPM Shaundreal D. Jamison, PHLP Hayley Welgus, HB Joseph Hobbs Warburton, HPM Heejoon Jo, BIOS Michelle Joette White, HPM Robert James White, HPM Julie Michelle Kafka, HB Nae Yeon Won, PHLP Mwanza Kasambay, PHLP Jonathan Doo Young Yun, PHLP MASTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH Renee Georgia Stephanie Kleris, PHLP Amanda N. Kotey, HB MASTER OF SCIENCE David Anthony Allan-Matheson, PHLP Samuel Aaron Lazoff, PHLP Left: SUB-COMMITTEE CHAIRS FOR THE 2018 STUDENT-RUN MINORITY HEALTH CONFERENCE. Right: 2018 MINORITY HEALTH CONFERENCE CO-CHAIRS MELISSA LUONG AND SHIKIRA THOMAS Jenny Ora Anand, MCH Raney Elizabeth Lee, MCH Elizabeth Marie Ajazi, BIOS Kaitlyn Atkins, HB Kirsten Elizabeth Leloudis, HPM Bryan Blette, BIOS Allison Marie Balmes, HB Katherine Helen Lemasters, MCH Kayla Nicole Boley, NUTR ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING Abhishek Venkatratnam, ESE Resham Basnet, MCH Breanne Lesnar, PHLP Jenna Abigail Cody, BIOS Christina Amber Smith, HPM Laura Patricia Villa-Torres, HB Cherese Nicole Beatty, HB Katherine Scott Lewandowski, MCH Cheynna Anne Crowley, BIOS Charles Newell Cofield, ESE Kelsey Marie Sumner, EPID Julia Bennett Ward, EPID Kristin Bergman, MCH Melissa Luong, HB Julie Dorais, BIOS Elisabeth Anne Rehak, ESE Caitlin Anne Venable, HPM Emily J. Werder, EPID Anna Louise Bernstein, MCH Lauren Yu-Lien Maldonado, MCH Gabriella N. Gallo, ESE Imaan Taghavi, ESE Dennis Di Xuan, HPM Sarah Jeanette Willis, EPID Heather Elizabeth Biehl, MCH Seidu Malik, PHLP Derek Ryan Gazis, BIOS Gar Michael Yeung, ESE Carol Jisseth Zarate Ardila, HPM Xuan Zhou, BIOS Amber Monique Bivins, HPM Joanna Miranda Marroquin, PHLP Wenwen Guo, BIOS Joshua John Boegner, HB Alison Marie Mcclay, MCH Jimin Kim, BIOS MASTER OF SCIENCE IN DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY DOCTOR OF PUBLIC HEALTH Kendra Lynn Braudt, HB Jenna Draper Mccready, MCH Yi Li, BIOS PUBLIC HEALTH Pamela Renee Brown, PHLP Meagan Rebecca Meekins, HB Yiling Liu, BIOS Brian G. Barkley, BIOS David Adler, HPM Manuela Maria Bullo, EPID Huanhuan Meng, BIOS Stephanie Marie Lobaugh, BIOS Miriam Monique Aziz, HPM Samuel Isaac Berchuck, BIOS Zara Ahmed, HPM Meredith Gentry Lasater Byrd, NUTR Aaron Philip Mitchell, EPID Jennifer Mei Lyu, NUTR Eileen A. Baca, HPM Devika Chawla, EPID Laurie L. Bronson, HPM Elizabeth G. Cassidy, HB Alexandra Munson, HB Mutian Ma, ESE William Scott Bayliss, HPM Michael Andrew Close, HB Evan Simpson, HPM Jonathan L. Chang, PHLP Fekir Negussie, MCH Nicholas J. Perrone, BIOS Lesley Eva Bristol, HPM Alyssa Joy Cozzo, NUTR Rebbecca Patrice Wilson, BIOS Theodore John Cieslak, PHLP Sarah Neil, MCH Omar Abdelnaser Labib Rezk, NUTR Jessica Taylor Broadus, HPM Christine Leigh Godwin, MCH Janell Erica Wright, HPM James Coleman, HB Tetsu Ohnuma, EPID Ilana Marie Trumble, BIOS Kathryn Lee Buckland, HPM Christine Lynn Gray, EPID Jacob Wulff, BIOS Natasha Renee Collins, PHLP Colin James Orr, PHLP Alisa Urbano, BIOS Eun Kyo Cho, HPM Bryna June Harrington, EPID Channon Conner, HB Dianna Paula Padilla, MCH Xiao Zhang, NUTR Alina N. Clarke, HPM Breanne Elizabeth Holmes, ESE Obinna Emmanuel Daniel, HB Christina Michele Palazzo, PHLP Haotian Zou, BIOS Andrew William Elkins, HPM Marie-Josephe Horner, EPID Alexandra Dest, HB Claudia Elisa Pamanes Duran, PHLP Khaylah Rosalind Epps, HPM Sydney Allison Jones, EPID Emily Marie Donovan, HB Megan Peters, HB MASTER OF SCIENCE IN Blake Fulton, ESE Nicole Fran Kahn, MCH Deren Vance Pulley, HB Alyse Vail Dorman, HB CLINICAL RESEARCH Krystal Gail Garcia, HPM Brystana Kaufman, HPM Adeline Elise Dorough, HB Kristin Reed, PHLP Alexandra Noelle George, ESE Sarah Kowitt, HB Emma Richard, HB Belinda Pung Ear, PHLP Charles A. Austin III, EPID Zaire Symone Graves, HPM Suzanne Landi, EPID Shelby Maria Rimmler, HB Stephen Albert Eaton, PHLP Katherine Shoush Cools, EPID Colleen Rose Higgins, HPM Daniel Jamison Luckett, BIOS Meagan O'Neill Robichaud, HB Ebehiwele Ebhohon, PHLP Michael Kevin Dougherty, EPID Emily Jane Jewell, ESE Poulami Maitra, BIOS Emily L. Rossi, PHLP Caroline Ruth Efird, HB Kimberly Fryer, EPID Peter Kane, ESE Kathleen Mcclain Massimino, EPID Claire Jon Sadeghzadeh, HB Marwa Abdelmoneim Elnagheeb, MCH Kamal Henderson, EPID Kathleen Elizabeth Knocke, HPM Laura McGuinn, EPID Iman Saleh, MCH Mikaela Nerea Freundlich, MCH Brianna M. Lyttle Schumacher, EPID Holly Anderson Mcdonnell, HPM Dana Kristine Pasquale, EPID Brianna Marie Salmon, MCH Seyram Susan Fudzie, PHLP Craig Conover Reed, EPID Meghan Miller, ESE Elyse S. Powell, NUTR David Garcia, PHLP Alexandria Marie Sanchez, MCH Katelyn Clark Mote, HPM Samantha Puvanesarajah, EPID Gabriele Gardenal, PHLP Nikhil Sanon, HB Christina Michelle Nichols, EPID Katherine B. Rucinski, EPID MASTER OF SCIENCE IN Tanya Rehmat Ghaziani, MCH Lauren Schein, HB Dmitriy Nikitin, HPM Samuel T. Savitz, HPM Rebecca L. Gittelson, HPM Maria Johanna Melanie Schubert, PHLP Precious Eberechukwu Ogbuefi, HPM Kate Sheahan, HPM Michelle Bo Gonzales, HB Ashley Schultz, HB Eun Young Oh, HPM Jean Marie Strelitz, EPID Emily Adams Green, HB Brittany Schwartz, HB Elizabeth Nicole Orlan, HB Karen Swietek, HPM Lauren K. Green, HPM Amy Kristen Shadron, MCH Mya-Lee Roberson, EPID Zhenyu Tian, ESE Caroline Gaither Heller, MCH Sarah Elizabeth Shaughnessy, HB Christina E. Simpson, HPM Kea L. Turner, HPM

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BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN James Remington, PHLP Blake Fulton, ESE GLOBAL HEALTH INTERDISCIPLINARY PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATICS PUBLIC HEALTH Sara Scarlet, PHLP Manami Hongo, MCH HEALTH DISPARITIES William Schreiner, PHLP Nusiebeh Redpath, MCH Eun Kyo Cho, HPM Srividya Kalyanaraman, BIOS Tobin Bader, BIOS Francisco Schlottmann Pozzi, PHLP Melissa Ann Stockton, EPID Channon Conner, HB Caroline Efird, HB Nikhil Sanon, HB Emily Grafflin Browning, ESE* Siyuan Peter Sheng, PHLP Michael Dougherty, EPID Alexandra George, ENVR Ebehiwele Ebhohon, PHLP Aarti M. Thakkar, PHLP Ebehiwele Ebhohon, PHLP Lauren Alexandra Eaves, ESE DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY Richelle Grogg, PUBA Ryan Farrell, NUTR Avni Kirit Varia, HPM Andrew Elkins, HPM Alison Hilton, HB Talia Adena Shoval, ESE Kevin Wall, PHLP Emma Green, HB Shaundreal D. Jamison, PHLP Leslie B. Adams, HB Kristen M Westfall, PHLP Arshya Gurbani, SOJ Matthew Johnson, SILS Lisa M. Albert, EPID Edwin W. Woodhouse, PHLP Breanne Lesnar, PHLP Tara Nattress, PUBA MASTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH Amir Alishahitabriz, HPM Jennifer Zeng, PHLP Cheyenne Stewart, MCH Nae Yeon Won, PHLP Seri Anne Link Anderson, HPM Nae Won, PHLP Saja Alaa Abdulridha Al-Falahi, MCH Alexander Samuel Breskin, EPID MASTER OF SCIENCE Yasmin Mohamed Ali, PHLP Sujey Mojica Carro, ESE Andreas Antono, PHLP Sujatro Chakladar, BIOS Liyong Cui, ESE Sophia Nicole Brancazio, PHLP Nathaniel De Bono, EPID Amy Z. Guo, ESE Meredith Diane Carroll, PHLP Stephanie Marie Delong, EPID Eleanor Bailey Holmes, ESE Kelsey Lewis Corrigan, PHLP Yanire Estrada Del Campo, NUTR Andrew Joseph Koltun, ESE Katherine Stuart Dickson, PHLP Jane Der, EPID Ryan Eric Leighton, ESE, Monique De Araujo, PHLP Katie Camille Friedman, ESE ONLINE CERTIFICATES Sarah Elizabeth Ashley Long, ESE Eugenie Du, PHLP Elizabeth Marie Garry, EPID Megan Elizabeth Jane Lott, ESE Martina Gaggl, EPID Mihaela Vladimirova Georgieva, HPM Cassandra Jean Meakin, ESE Sydney Elizabeth Hartsell, PHLP Ruchir Nishikant Karmali, HPM Muhammad Omar Nawaz, ESE Ingrid Elizabeth Hoden, PHLP Dmitry Kats, EPID Hang Thanh Nguyen, ESE Edward Iglesia, PHLP Kaitlin Elise Kelly-Reif, EPID Salma Abdelnaser Rezk, PHLP Alicia Carolyn Richards, ESE GLOBAL HEALTH COMMUNITY PREPAREDNESS AND Shaundreal Jamison, PHLP Meredith Alexis Kirk, HPM Lily Sintim, PHLP Caitlin Anne Rose, ESE DISASTER MANAGEMENT Audrey Lan Khoury, PHLP Ciao-Kai Liang, ESE Zoemma Kerr Steffen, PHLP Emily Ora Tully, ESE Erica Brierley, PHLP Renee George Kleris, PHLP Cynthia Jean Lin, EPID Shelley Stewart, PHLP Lindsay Claire Wickersham, ESE Caitlin Paige Culbreth, PHLP Catrin Corrie, HPM Jung Hyun Ko, PHLP Vanessa E. Miller, EPID Matthew Trujillo, PHLP Zhexi Zeng, ESE Sivi Detwiler, PHLP Ian Jaffe, Robertson Scholar Robert P Kurzydlowski, HPM Cara J. Person, HB Amy L. Weinberg, PHLP Corinne Goudreault, PHLP Britta Mccombie, HPM Amalia Osborne Lee, PHLP Anna Poon, EPID MASTER OF SCIENCE IN Falesha S. Houston, PHLP Emily Nash, HPM Hyun Jung Lee, PHLP Bianka Monique Reese, MCH FIELD EPIDEMIOLOGY ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING Gail Massari, PHLP Edward Purchase, IV, HPM Meredith Lindsey Lewis, PHLP Sarah McCormick Rhodes, ESE Caroline Nagle, PHLP Johanna Schubert, PHLP Daniel Macauley, PHLP Zachary Gordon Robbins, ESE Emily Dawn Lee, PHLP William Jarred Noffsinger, ESE Alicia Nelson, PHLP Carly Sherrod, HPM Anthony McClenny, PHLP Elisabeth Michaela Schaffer, HPM Rachel W. Long, PHLP Yashvi Jigneshbhai Patel, ESE Adeyemi Olufolabi, PHLP Lisa Wilcox-Brooke, HPM Megan Meade, PHLP Uma Shankar, ESE Felix Kofi Zowonoo, PHLP Rebecca B. Wentzel, ESE Sonya Patel-Nguyen, PHLP Diane Yorke, HPM Jonathan Alex Miles, PHLP Ann F. Von Holle, EPID Holly Mallett Richter, PHLP Joseph Mosnier, PHLP Elizabeth Geneva Wood, HPM OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH NURSING MASTER OF SCIENCE Lisa Stevens, PHLP CORE PUBLIC HEALTH CONCEPTS Max Nagle, PHLP James George Xenakis, BIOS IN CLINICAL RESEARCH Sarah Elizabeth Swanson, PHLP Tosin Ogunsiakan, PHLP Xiaofan Xu, NUTR Jennifer Louise Carr, PHLP Suzann Wagner, PHLP Lauren Elise Burroughs, PHLP Daniel Olson, PHLP Ye Zhu, HPM Kelly Marie Cox, PHLP Yun-Chen Chiang, EPID Debora Jean Weaver, PHLP Fransico Castelblanco, PHLP Emily O'Mara, PHLP Diane Marie Doyker, PHLP Candice Chambers, PHLP Prutha Rohit Pathak, MCH DOCTOR OF PUBLIC HEALTH Michelle Renee Edwards, PHLP PUBLIC HEALTH LEADERSHIP Jennifer Emerson, PHLP Erin Frey Pearson, PHLP MASTER OF SCIENCE Karr Farrell-Johnson, PHLP Mariana Elise Hernandez, PHLP Chelsea Perfect, PHLP IN PUBLIC HEALTH Jill Elizabeth Powelson, HPM Marie Poteet Frazier, PHLP Jennifer Foster McCracken, PHLP Elana Felice Jaffe, PHLP Abbey Pfister, PHLP Muswamba Aime Mwamba, HPM David Michael Magnotta, PHLP Helen Bobbitt Powell, PHLP Claudia J. Salazar, PHLP Joshua Kennedy, PHLP Mahnoor Baloch, ESE Laurie Layne Bronson Stradley, HPM Linda Miller-Almeida, PHLP Jamie Michelle Prince, PHLP Shay Elizabeth Slifko, PHLP Zahra Munther Mahbooba, PHLP Benjamin Aaron Banasiewicz, MCH Xiaoqiang Xue, BIOS Joanne Miller Steimel, PHLP Benjamin R. Quigley, PHLP Ekaterina Medynskaya, PHLP Juan Carlos Camacho, ESE Alexandra Catherine Zuber, HPM Candy Sue Wright, PHLP Paraneedharan Ramachandran, PHLP Thomas Porter, PHLP Linda Ann Chamiec-Case, MCH Terry Katherine Ramey, PHLP

14 | THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL GILLINGS SCHOOL OF GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH | 2017 COMMENCEMENT | 15 MICHEL A. IBRAHIM FELLOWSHIP LARRY KUPPER DISSERTATION GILLINGS MERIT AWARD AWARD Danielle Gartner, EPID HONORS AND AWARDS Yunwei Chen, HPM Lu Mao Holly Deng, HPM MIRIAM L. COLE SCHOLARSHIP FUND Katherine Dickson, PHLP MOHBERG SCHOLARSHIP Shara Evans, MCH Adrianna Warner, PHLP William Green, NUTR Chalmer Tomlinson GILLINGS SCHOOL OF Fei Gao, BIOS Alison McClay, MCH Sydney Hartsell, PHLP ROBERT AND KRISTEN GRECZYN GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH Alexandra George, ESE Brittany Schwartz, HB Mandy Horner, PHLP SCHOLARSHIP IN PUBLIC HEALTH REGINA C. ELANDT-JOHNSON Christine Gray, EPID Nae Won, PHLP Andy Koltun, ESE MASTER'S PAPER Amalia Osborne Lee, PHLP ATKINSON SCHOLARSHIP FUND Emma Green, HB Laura Zhou, BIOS Justin Barnes, NUTR Herodes Guzman, PHLP Charlotte Zuber, NUTR Molly Remch, EPID Laura Zhou John Sperger, BIOS Marcus Spearman, BIOS Bryna Harrington, EPID ROBERT VERHALEN ENDOWED Miriam Tardif-Douglin, HPM Lori Hendrickson, MCH DELTA OMEGA UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP IN INJURY PREVENTION MINDEL C. SHEPS FELLOWSHIP Aurore Victor, NUTR ALUMNI ASSOCIATION SPIRIT OF Leah Herity, PHLP RECOGNITION AWARD AND TRAUMA MANAGEMENT Yuzhu Xia, HPM GIVING SCHOLARSHIP Sydney Jones, EPID Gilson Honvoh Belinda-Rose Young, HB Julie Kafka, HB Griffin Bell, BIOS Elizabeth Daly, HPM Nicole Kahn, MCH Brandon Friedman, HPM Adrianna Warner, PHLP GREENBERG AWARD FOR Brystana Kaufman, HPM Sanjay Gadi, NUTR SANDRA WINN GREEN SCHOLARSHIP DEPARTMENT OF EXCELLENCE IN DOCTORAL ANN CYNTHIA PRICE ENDOWED Jimin Kim, BIOS Sharath Rama, BIOS ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES RESEARCH FUND FOR STUDENT TRAVEL Amanda Kotey, HB Rohanit Singh, ESE Adrianna Warner, PHLP AND ENGINEERING Kirsten Leloudis, HPM Jonathan Crocker, ESE Caroline Reed, ESE Kate Lewandowski, MCH DEREK AND LOUISE WINSTANLY SUSANNE MOULTON AND THOMAS FRANK H. BARR MEMORIAL FUND Rachel Long, ESE SCHOLARSHIP WONG ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP Chi-Tsan Wang, ESE HARRY A. GUESS- Jennifer Lyu, NUTR FUND IN PUBLIC HEALTH Andy Koltun Poulami Maitra, BIOS MERCK SCHOLARSHIP IN ANNUAL FUND AWARD Andy Koltun, ESE PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY Britta McCombie, HPM Luzita Francis, HPM FRASER SCHOLARSHIP Rebecca Naumann, EPID Christopher Akiba, HB DONALD AND JENNIFER Hannah Noah, PHLP Mitchell Conover, EPID Melissa Atlas, HPM HOLZWORTH MERIT SCHOLARSHIP UNIVERSITY CANCER RESEARCH FUND Blake Fulton Rebecca Price, NUTR Susannah Butters, HPM Mary Pyle, PHLP JAMES IMHOTEP IRVING PUBLIC Jie Chen, BIOS Ebehiwele Ebhohon, PHLP Christine Hsu, EPID DONALD AND JENNIFER Jordan Rapp, HPM SERVICE SCHOLARSHIP Ben Foster, ESE Douglas Wilson, BIOS HOLZWORTH PREMIER Claire Sadeghzadeh, HB Charles Gaber, EPID DONALD N. AND MILDRED K. SMITH FELLOWSHIP Samuel Savitz, HPM Sequoia Leuba, EPID Julie Hasken, NUTR PUBLIC HEALTH TRAVEL AWARD WILLIAM THOMAS SMALL, JR. Johanna Schubert, PHLP Elynn Kann, MCH AND ROSA WILLIAMSON SMALL Katie Mulvaney Parth Shah, HB JAMIE KIMBLE SCHOLARSHIP FOR Anthony McClenny, PHLP Jeffrey Walker, NUTR SCHOLARSHIP Laurie Stradley, HPM COURAGE Khristopher Nicholas, NUTR ALAN AND LINDA RIMER Garrett Thompson, PHLP Jamie Prince, PHLP DR. CURTIS GLENN Edith Amponsah, MCH SCHOLARSHIP Zhenyu Tian, ESE Mikaela Freundlich, MCH Bryce Rowland, BIOS SOUTHARD AWARD Nadja Vielot, EPID Corinne Wiesner, ESE Elisa Rehak Edith Winter, HPM Lauren White Gibson, PHLP JEAN T. LASSITER SCHOLARSHIP DEPARTMENT OF Kin Yau Wong, BIOS BRENDLE BROTHERS SCHOLARSHIP BIOSTATISTICS ALVIS TURNER ENDOWMENT Joseph Walter Zabinski, ENVR FOR VETERANS DR. JESSE SATIA SCHOLARSHIP Lydia Swartz, PHLP Randa Zoubairi, HPM BARRY MARGOLIN AWARD FOR Mark Radin JILL KAFRISSEN AND MICHAEL David Allan-Matheson, PHLP Manami Hongo, MCH EXCELLENCE IN DOCTORAL RESEARCH DELTA OMEGA ACADEMIC KAFRISSEN SCHOLARSHIP IN AGING B.B. PARKER FELLOWSHIP EXCELLENCE AND PUBLIC HEALTH CLASS OF 1958 SCHOLARSHIP ELIZABETH REAVES MARTIN MOORE Matthew Psioda SCHOLARSHIP Emma Kelly Ray Antonelli, PHLP Kathryn Wessell, PHLP Adrianna Warner, PHLP BERNARD G. GREENBERG FELLOWSHIP Mutian Ma Lauren Maldonado, MCH Ana Sofia Pottella Parez, BIOS Holly McDonnell, HPM KERR L. WHITE AND EDWARD H. DELTA OMEGA, THETA CHAPTER Madeline Kowalski CALLIS ATKINS AWARD Sarah Rhodes, ESE WAGNER SCHOLARSHIP IN HEALTH GARY G. AND CAROLYN J. KOCH Viveca Taylor, NUTR CARE RESEARCH MERIT SCHOLARSHIP IN PUBLIC DAVID AND LUCY HARDISON Lauren Joca Zara Ahmed, HPM Ilana Trumble, BIOS Magdalene Assimon, EPID HEALTH AWARD BIOINFORMATICS SCHOLARSHIP Julia Ward, EPID Sydney Hartsell, PHLP Sally Bullock, NUTR CHEN-YU AND RAY-WHAY YEN Greta Bushnell, EPID DELTA OMEGA RECOGNITION Michael Nodzenski, BIOS Michael Nodzenski FELLOWSHIP Theodore Cieslak, PHLP MARY S. THOMPSON SCHOLARSHIP OF SERVICE AWARD Alina Clarke, HPM GILLINGS DISSERTATION AWARD JAMES E. GRIZZLE DISTINGUISHED Ghanja O'Flaherty Alyssa Cozzo, NUTR Rodrigo Costa Liao, HB ALUMNI AWARD Samuel Baxter, HPM Megan Cutherell, MCH Maribel Sierra, HB Alyssa Grube, ESE Emily Mangone, HPM Emily Donovan, HB Kaitlin Kelly-Reif, EPID Briana Stephenson, BIOS Seunggeun Lee

16 | THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL GILLINGS SCHOOL OF GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH | 2017 COMMENCEMENT | 17 DANIEL A. OKUN SCHOLARSHIP SCHOLARSHIP DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH JACOB KOOMEN PUBLIC HEALTH CAROLINA GLOBAL BREASTFEEDING CYNTHIA KAY REESER POLICY AND MANAGEMENT PRACTICE AWARD INSTITUTE SCHOLARSHIP SCHOLARSHIP Charles Cofield Chelsea Anderson Benjamin Foster ARTHUR B. HOLZWORTH Lynell Hodges Jenna McCready Rebecca Dobosy Beverly Medina NANCY A. DREYER SCHOLARSHIP IN ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP IN Ghanja O'Flaherty EPIDEMIOLOGY HEALTH LEADERSHIP JAMES P. DIXON AWARD FOR CYNTHIA H. CASSELL DOCTORAL ETHEL J. COLEMAN SCHOLARSHIP Elisa Rehak EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION DISSERTATION AWARD IN NUTRITIONAL BIOCHEMISTRY Rebecca Wentzel Alexander Breskin Innocent Ibegbunam Sarah Hart Yanica Faustin Liyang Zhao EDWARD KUENZLER FUND IN FIELD REBECCA JAMES BAKER AUPHA/MCGAW Hannah Saggau Nicole Kahn ECOLOGY SCHOLARSHIP MASTER'S SCHOLAR Amelia Mackenzie LAUREL E. ZAKS GLOBAL PUBLIC JEAN G. YATES HEALTH POLICY Bianka Reese HEALTH NUTRITION MPH Kirsten Studer Jessica Islam Oluomachukwu Chukwu AWARD SCHOLARSHIP EARL AND GLADYS SIEGEL EMIL T. CHANLETT AWARD ROBERT C. MILLIKAN CANCER AUPHA/MCGAW UNDERGRADUATE Emily Gamble STUDENT SUPPORT Mackenzie Reeser EPIDEMIOLOGY AWARD SCHOLARSHIP Alexandra Zizzi Zahra Al Hamdani Meghan Cutherell MARYANN C. FARTHING Nicole Niehoff Rachel Bonesteel JEAN G. YATES OUTSTANDING Mikaela Freundlich SCHOLARSHIP HERMAN G. BAITY BICENTENNIAL DOCTORAL STUDENT AWARD FELLOWSHIP SHULTS INJURY PREVENTION AUPHA/MCGAW UNDERGRADUATE EDEM EFFIONG MEMORIAL Kathryn Bernstein SCHOLARSHIP SCHOLARSHIP Laura Pinheiro SCHOLARSHIP FOR Michelle Davis Charles Cofield STUDENT TRAVEL Casey Evans Beverly Medina Rebecca Naumann Stephanie Chien MARGARET DARDESS AND T.E. SMITH Daniela Pimentel Hang Nguyen SCHOLARSHIP Anna Bernstein Allison Russell BARBARA SORENSON HULKA BENJAMIN RODIN SCHOLARSHIP Sarah Neil Megan Sweeney LINDA WEST LITTLE RESEARCH DISSERTATION AWARD Jen Stutsman Caitlin Williams ENDOWMENT IN WASTE Lauren Ahlers NAOMI R. KOEHLER ENDOWMENT MANAGEMENT Katelyn Holliday SANDRA B. GREENE SCHOLARSHIP JIMMIE LEE RHYNE SCHOLARSHIP FOR PROFESSIONAL CHARLES A. VEATCH ENDOWED IN HEALTH LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT IN NUTRITION AND David Holcomb SIDNEY KARK AWARD FOR SCHOLARSHIP IN HEALTH Jessica Beliveau WOMEN’S HEALTH DISTINGUISHED TEACHING LEADERSHIP Jamie Howgate Amy Shadron ASSISTANT Mallory Turner Omar Rezk DEPARTMENT OF Janell Wright THE TERESE S. AND MARK H. EPIDEMIOLOGY Sarah Hoffman MERRILL AWARD JOHN AND SALLIE SHUPING-RUSSELL CLIVE BOXHILL JR. SCHOLARSHIP IN SCHOLARSHIP IN GLOBAL HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH BERTON H. KAPLAN STUDENT HEALTH POLICY Gina Thompson LEADERSHIP PROGRAM PUBLICATION AWARD DEPARTMENT OF Lori Hendrickson HEALTH BEHAVIOR Lesley Bristol W.N. ZELMAN SCHOLARSHIP IN IMOGENE PENCE KLINGENFUS Rahul Gondalia HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION KATHERINE ANN WILDMAN ENDOWMENT FUND DOROTHY DUNN SCHOLARSHIP DENIESE MAY CHANEY FELLOWSHIP MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP SCHOLARSHIP CORNONI-HUNTLEY SCHOLARSHIP Justin Dunham IN EPIDEMIOLOGY Erika Redding Mohamed Ismail Katherine Lewandowski Grace Greene

Sydney Jones KATHRYN J. KERR ED MCCAULEY SCHOLARSHIP DEPARTMENT OF MATERNAL MELINDA KELLNER BROCK RACHEL STEVENS SCHOLARSHIP MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP AND CHILD HEALTH SCHOLARSHIP H. MICHAEL AND BARBARA ARRIGHI Benjamin Bushman Tran Thi Quynh Hoang ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP Leah Taraskiewicz Holly McDonnell MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH Jenny Anand Robert White KAFRISSEN TRAVEL AWARD ASSOCIATION OF N.C. BOARDS Thibaut Davy-Mendez LANSKY FAMILY SCHOLARSHIP SARAH TAYLOR MORROW OF HEALTH VAUGHN UPSHAW GERALD D. STUDER Saja Al-Falahi SCHOLARSHIP SCHOLARSHIP HARRY A. GUESS SCHOLARSHIP Leah Taraskiewicz UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT Anna Austin AWARD Kristin Bergman Caroline Chandler Victoria Taffe Suzanne Landi LUCY S. MORGAN Heather Biehl FELLOWSHIP AWARD Ashley Gaines Erin Burks ASSOCIATION OF N.C. BOARDS JAMES A. MERCHANT FAMILY Caroline Heller DEPARTMENT OF NUTRITION OF HEALTH AWARD SCHOLARSHIP Cherese Beatty HARRY T. PHILLIPS AWARD FOR Ellison Henry Lauren Schein OUTSTANDING TEACHING BY A Alison McClay A. HUGHES BRYAN OUTSTANDING Erin Frey Pearson Emily Werder Varsha Subramanyam DOCTORAL STUDENT Dianna Padilla DOCTORAL AWARD Eleanor Richards MARILYN AND AL TYROLER Karen Swietek Fei Dong Gina Tripicchio

18 | THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL GILLINGS SCHOOL OF GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH | 2017 COMMENCEMENT | 19 ABOUT THE GILLINGS SCHOOL WELCOME TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH OF GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH ALUMNI ASSOCIATION!

Ranked #1 public school of public health by U.S. News EIGHT ACADEMIC UNITS Congratulations! You are now a graduate of the The Gillings School’s Alumni Association also & World Report and tied for #2 overall (ranked in 2015 for Biostatistics Gillings School of Global Public Health at The University offers many opportunities to stay involved in the life the 2016 edition) Environmental Sciences and Engineering of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. Graduation entitles of the School, regardless of where you live or work. Epidemiology you to a free lifetime membership in the Gillings Visit sph.unc.edu/alumni to learn more about alumni Founded in 1940 as the first public health school within a Health Behavior School’s Alumni Association! events, student mentoring, professional development state university and the fourth school of public health in Health Policy and Management Since 1974, the Association has grown into an activities, continuing education opportunities and the U.S. Maternal and Child Health invaluable network of more than 19,000 alumni, living other benefits and services available for Gillings Nutrition and working in all 100 N.C. counties, all 50 states in the School alumni. One of 64 schools and 117 programs of public health in the Public Health Leadership Program U.S., and in more than 100 countries around the world. As your careers develop, please keep in touch United States, Puerto Rico and Mexico accredited by the Please take advantage of this vast alumni network of with the Gillings School. Make sure your contact Council on Education for Public Health 240 full-time faculty members (fall 2017) renowned public health leaders, whose expertise can be information is up-to-date so you do not miss important UNC is one of only a few universities in the nation 1,548 students (fall 2017) found in every aspect of public health research, teaching, events, news and updates. When you move or have with all essential health science schools (public health, 67 percent – residents of North Carolina practice and service. You can connect with these news to share, please let us know at sph.unc.edu/ medicine, pharmacy, nursing and dentistry) on the 46 percent – identified as a race/ethnicity other than alumni and stay in touch with classmates by visiting our alumni-update. same campus. Caucasian/white online community, Tar Heel Connect, at sph.unc.edu/ Congratulations on your achievements! We look 11 percent – international online-directory. forward to staying connected with you!

Visit sph.unc.edu/alumni to learn how to stay to the Gillings School beyond graduation.

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20 | THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL GILLINGS SCHOOL OF GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH | 2017 COMMENCEMENT | 21 THANK YOU!

SHUTTLE BUS SERVICES TO THE GILLINGS SCHOOL RECEPTION

If you prefer not to walk back to the Gillings School, shuttle buses will be available from Carmichael Arena to the Gillings School. Nine shuttle buses will run between the South Street curbside of the Carmichael Arena to the front of the Gillings School. We appreciate your patience as you wait to board the shuttle buses. Buses will make several trips back and forth. There will be some wait time involved (15-20 minutes). Buses also are available for guests who would like to return to Carmichael Arena/ South Street/Belltower after the reception.

Above: THANKS FOR ALL YOU DO, STUDENT SERVICES AND STUDENT AFFAIRS STAFF!

STUDENT SERVICES Every effort has been made to ensure AT THE RECEPTION OFFICE OF STUDENT AFFAIRS the accuracy of the information in Carrie Aldrich, MCH Gregory Bocchino this program and every attempt has Immediately following the commencement ceremony, there will Jonathan Earnest, NUTR Trinnette Cooper been made to include all graduates' Michele Fulton, PHLP be a reception at the Gillings School (2:30 – 4:00 p.m.). Camille Mason names by the production deadline. Wake Harper, ESE Please visit your assigned room first to pick up your food/water, and then Charletta Sims Evans We apologize for any omissions or Melissa Hobgood, BIOS Johnston King errors. Graduation is contingent upon proceed to sit in any of our classrooms/common areas. Valerie Hudock, EPID Natiaya Neal completion of all requirements. Kristen Hurdle, PHLP biostatistics 133 Rosenau Hall Lynnette Jones, HPM FACILITIES Jennifer Moore, EPID environmental sciences and engineering 133 Rosenau Hall Cathy Padgett, HPM epidemiology 133 Rosenau Hall Amy Alves Cindy Reilly, PHLP health behavior Lower Atrium of Michael Hooker Research Center Gloria Thompson Kim Sieler, HPM William White Jackie Siler, HPM health policy and management Main Atrium of Michael Hooker Research Center Brent Wishart Veronica Stallings, BIOS maternal and child health 2005 Michael Hooker Research Center Karla Townley-Tilson, ESE COMMUNICATIONS nutrition 2005 Michael Hooker Research Center public health leadership 2005 Michael Hooker Research Center David Pesci Linda Kastleman Branson Moore Jennie Saia

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