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January 25, 2008

Fall 2007 Framework Program in Global Health award winners announced

The Johns Hopkins Center for Global Health recently announced their Framework Program in Global Health award winners for the fall of 2007. Eleven current Hopkins students were selected to receive the awards, which range in value from $3,000 to $5,000. The objective of the Framework Program in Global Health is to enhance the recruitment of students into global health research and practice careers by providing them the means to work with faculty mentors and to travel overseas to gain valuable experience. All students submitted a research project proposal based in an international location to be considered for the award.

Consistent with the program's goal to support students in a wide range of disciplines necessary to respond to today's global health challenges, this group of eleven awardees features students pursuing degrees in a variety of fields.

The winners, their field of study, and their research locations are as follows:

School of Medicine:
Joseph Crompton, MD candidate, Brazil

School of Nursing:
Amy Goh, Bachelor’s candidate, South Africa

Bloomberg School of Public Health:
Jennifer Armistead, MPH candidate, Zambia
Emily Ciccone, MHS candidate, Uganda
Colleen Hanrahan, PhD candidate, South Africa
Luxme Hariharan, MPH candidate, Niger
Lynn Huynh, DrPH candidate, Vietnam
Jennifer Leigh, MPH candidate, Jordan
Corrine Mazzeo, MHS candidate, South Africa
Kent Stevens, MPH program, Bangladesh
Katherine Vassos, PhD program, Namibia

>> Read the award winners' profiles and project abstracts  
>> Learn how to apply for a Framework Program in Global Health award  

The Johns Hopkins Center for Global Health is joined in its support for the Frameworks Program by the National Institutes of Health's John E. Fogarty International Center. For students interested in applying for a Framework Program in Global Health award, the next deadline is April 1, 2008. Learn more about the Framework Program in Global Health.