This year, the IPRC launched its first Injury and Violence Prevention (IVP) Fellowship Program for the 2018-19 academic year. We had an extraordinary response to the call for applications, both in the large number and the high quality of the applications. We received 34 very strong applications from all over the UNC campus. Many excellent students with outstanding track records in the field of injury and violence prevention applied for this inaugural year of the IVP Fellowship. Selecting a diverse group of Fellows, including a balance between research and practice interests, as well as a mix of doctoral and master-level students, was important to us, and these factors were considered during the selection process.
This is an exciting opportunity for students from diverse academic, professional, and demographic backgrounds to gain hands-on experience in IVP, including skills in a broad range of methodological approaches for IVP-related research, programs, and policy design; and translating research to practice for policymakers, health care providers, community organizations, and other partners in IVP.
IVP Fellows will work with IPRC-affiliated faculty mentors to identify opportunities to get experience conducting IVP-related research, programming, or policy. The fellowship provides $3,000 per year to support travel, conference and meeting attendance, and other professional development or training opportunities. Limited, additional funding may be available for specific activities or opportunities on an ad hoc basis.
CONGRATULATIONS to the IPRC’s ten new Fellows!
Master-level IVP Fellows:
- Jessica Bousquette, MPH candidate, Health Behavior
- Kathleen Schumaker, MPH/MSW candidate
- Venera Urbaeva, MPH candidate, Maternal and Child Health
Doctoral-level IVP Fellows:
- Anna Austin, PhD candidate, Maternal and Child Health
- Natalie Blackburn, PhD candidate, Health Behavior
- Venita Embry, PhD candidate, Health Behavior
- Alex Gertner, PhD candidate, Health Policy and School of Medicine
- Laurie Graham, PhD candidate, School of Social Work
- Catherine Paquette, PhD candidate, Clinical Psychology
- Sara Treves Kagan, PhD candidate, Health Behavior