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Predoctoral Trainees
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- Timothy Baird, M.A.
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Email:
tbaird@email.unc.edu
Ph.D. Candidate, Geography
Dissertation proposal successfully defended, September 2009
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Phone: (919) 966-4763
530 CPC East
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Research focus:
- Conservation, resilience, complex adaptive systems, and livelihood diversification in East Africa
CPC Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Paul Leslie, Anthropology
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- Laura Brewington
- Email: laura@sdf.lonestar.org
Ph.D. Candidate, Geography
Dissertation proposal successfully defended, May 2009
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Phone: (919) 843-4695
106 CPC South |
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- Research focus:
- Population dynamics, sustainable development, environmental resilience/vulnerability, and the political ecology of the Galapagos Islands
CPC Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Stephen Walsh, Geography
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- Susan Caplow
- Email: scaplow@email.unc.edu
Graduate Student, Ecology
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Phone: (919) 843-4695
104 CPC South |
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- Research focus:
- Population-environment interactions in East Africa
CPC Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Paul Leslie, Anthropology
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- Maggie Carrel, M.A.
- Email: mcarrel@email.unc.edu
Ph.D. Candidate, Geography
Dissertation proposal successfully defended, October 2009
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Phone: (919) 843-4695
202 CPC South |
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- Research focus:
- Infectious diseases and population-environment interactions in Asia
CPC Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Michael Emch, Geography
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- Benjamin Danforth
- Email: btd5@email.unc.edu
Graduate Student, Political Science
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Phone: (919) 843-4695
101I CPC South |
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- Research focus:
- Population aging, intergenerational relationships, and welfare states in Europe
CPC Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Peter Uhlenberg, Sociology
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- Emily Danforth, M.A.
- Email: eed7@email.unc.edu
Graduate Student, Sociology
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Phone: (919) 843-4448
525 CPC East |
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- Research focus:
- Women's employment and fertility behaviors, as well as welfare state policies and their relationship to women's labor force participation
CPC Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Philip Cohen, Sociology
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- Jonathan Daw
- Email: jondaw@email.unc.edu
Ph.D. Candidate, Sociology
Dissertation proposal successfully defended, May 2009
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Phone: (919) 966-7881
202B CPC East |
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- Research focus:
- Inequalities in the labor market, health, and education; biology-environment-behavior connections
CPC Faculty Preceptors: Drs. Guang Guo and
Ted Mouw, Sociology
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- Heather Edelblute, M.P.H.
- Email: edelblut@email.unc.edu
Graduate Student, Sociology
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Phone: (919) 966-6178
527 CPC East |
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- Research focus:
- Migration and health in international settings; the
environment surrounding maternity for immigrant women, neighborhoods and health
CPC Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Barbara Entwisle, Sociology
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- Kim Engie
- Email: kim@snowyotter.com
Graduate Student, Geography
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Phone: (919) 843-4695
101L CPC South |
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- Research focus:
- Population-environment
interactions, resilience, and natural resource management in Asia
CPC Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Stephen Walsh, Geography
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- Veronica Escamilla, M.A.
- Email: escamill@email.unc.edu
Graduate Student, Geography
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Phone: (919) 843-4695
201 CPC South |
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- Research focus:
- Population-environment interactions in rural Bangladesh
CPC Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Michael Emch, Geography
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- Yilan Fu
- Email:
yilanfu@email.unc.edu
Graduate Student, Sociology
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Phone: (919) 843-4695
207 CPC South
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- Research focus:
- Adolescent health behavior and consequences, genetic - social interactions, and quantitative methods
CPC Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Guang Guo, Sociology
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- Anisha Gandhi, M.P.H.
- Email: anishadgandhi@gmail.com
Graduate Student, Epidemiology
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Phone: (919) 843-4695
101D CPC South
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- Research focus:
- Social and structural determinants of reproductive health in international contexts.
CPC Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Sharon Weir, Epidemiology
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- Sophia Giebultowicz
- Email: sgiebult@email.unc.edu
Graduate Student, Geography
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Phone: (919) 843-4695
201 CPC South |
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- Research focus:
- Population-environment interactions in rural Bangladesh
CPC Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Michael Emch, Geography
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- Gretchen Gooding
- Email: ggooding@unc.edu
Graduate Student, Sociology
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521 CPC East |
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- Research focus:
- Transition to adulthood, union formation, and women's marital naming choices
CPC Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Lisa Pearce, Sociology
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- Liza Guzman
- Email: lguzman@email.unc.edu
Graduate Student, Ecology
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Phone: (919) 843-4695
104 CPC South |
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- Research focus:
- Population-environment interactions in the Galapagos Islands
CPC Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Stephen Walsh, Geography
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- Aiko Hattori
- Email: hattori@email.unc.edu
Graduate Student, Maternal and Child Health
Comprehensive exams completed, May 2008
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Phone: (919) 843-4695
103 CPC South |
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- Research focus:
- Impact evaluation of public health programs in low income countries
CPC Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Gustavo Angeles, Maternal and Child Health
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- Abigail Haydon, M.P.H.
- Email: ahaydon@email.unc.edu
Graduate Student, Maternal and Child Health
Comprehensive exams completed, May 2009
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Phone: (919) 843-4695
302 CPC South |
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- Research focus:
- Trajectories in adolescent health and transitions to adulthood
CPC Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Carolyn Halpern, Maternal and Child Health
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- Kelly Houck, M.A.
- Email: khouck@email.unc.edu
Graduate Student, Anthropology
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Phone: (919)843-4695
209 CPC South |
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- Research focus:
- Historical demography; disease-specific mortality and health effects of industrialization and urbanization
CPC Faculty Preceptor: Drs.
Paul Leslie and Amanda Thompson, Anthropology
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- Laili Irani
- Email: lirani@email.unc.edu
Graduate Student, Maternal and Child Health
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Phone: (919) 843-4695
101J CPC South |
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- Research focus:
- Contraceptive use among urban dwellers in Bangladesh
CPC Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Ilene Speizer, Maternal and Child Health
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- Yingchun Ji
- Email: ycji@email.unc.edu
Ph.D. Candidate, Sociology
Dissertation proposal successfully defended, April 2009
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Phone: (919) 966-2179
531 CPC East |
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- Research focus:
- Dynamics of marriage and family, social family structure, and economic mobility
CPC Faculty Preceptors: Drs.
Philip Cohen, Sociology and
Lisa Pearce, Sociology
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- Jessica Jones-Smith, M.P.H.
- Email: jessejonessmith@gmail.com
Ph.D. Candidate, Nutrition
Dissertation proposal successfully defended, September 2009
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Phone: (919) 966-1499
406G CPC East
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- Research focus:
- Socioeconomic position and health outcomes during times of rapid economic change
CPC Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Barry Popkin, Nutrition
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- Andrea Lazar, M.A.
- Email: alazar@email.unc.edu
Graduate Student, Sociology
Comprehensive exams completed, October 2007
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Phone: (919) 843-6296
107A CPC South |
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- Research focus:
- Family demography; social factors in health outcomes
CPC Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Kathleen Mullan Harris, Sociology
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- Jamie Lewis, M.A.
- Email: jamieml@email.unc.edu
Graduate Student, Sociology,
Comprehensive exams completed, March 2008
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Phone: (919) 966-6835
107B CPC South |
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- Research focus:
- Work/family conflict; family formation/dissolution; gendered division of labor; and personal religiosity
CPC Faculty Preceptors: Dr. Lisa Pearce, Sociology
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- Yi Li
- Email:
yili@email.unc.edu
Graduate Student, Sociology
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Phone: (919) 843-4695
101K CPC South
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- Research focus:
- Interplay between social environment and genetics; social demography
CPC Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Guang Guo, Sociology
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- Matthew Loyd
- Email: loydm@email.unc.edu
Ph.D. Candidate, Sociology
Dissertation proposal successfully defended, April 2009
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Phone: (919) 966-4174
401H CPC East |
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- Research focus:
- Work/family responsibilities over the life course; Japanese society
CPC Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Glen Elder, Sociology
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- Amy McCleary, M.A.
- Email: alnorman@email.unc.edu
Ph.D. Candidate, Geography
Dissertation proposal successfully defended, June 2008
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Phone: (919) 843-4695
106 CPC South |
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- Research focus:
- Population-environment interactions in Latin America
CPC Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Stephen Walsh, Geography
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- Jane Messina
- Email: jmessina@email.unc.edu
Graduate Student, Geography
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Phone: (919) 843-4695
101M CPC South |
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- Research focus:
- Population-environment interactions and infectious diseases in the Democratic Republic of Congo
CPC Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Michael Emch, Geography
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- Brian Miller
- Email: bwmiller@email.unc.edu
Graduate Student, Ecology
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Phone: (919) 843-4695
105 CPC South |
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- Research focus:
- Population-environment interactions in Tanzania; rangeland ecology and natural resource management; pastoralist livelihood diversification
CPC Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Paul Leslie, Anthropology
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- Ashley Naimi
- Email: ainaimi@email.unc.edu
Graduate Student, Epidemiology
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Phone: (919) 843-4695
104 CPC South |
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- Research focus:
- Genetics of cardiovascular disease; social epidemiology; quantitative methodology; history, philosophy, and social aspects of science
CPC Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Arjumand Siddiqi, Health Behavior Health Education
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- Megan Parker
- Email: parkerm@email.unc.edu
Ph.D. Candidate, Nutrition
Dissertation proposal successfully defended, December 2007
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Phone: (919) 843-4695
305 CPC South |
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- Research focus:
- HIV/AIDS and feeding practices in Malawi
CPC Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Margaret Bentley, Nutrition
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- Jessica Pearlman
- Email: pearlman@email.unc.edu
Graduate Student, Sociology
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Phone: (919) 843-2509
526 CPC East |
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- Research focus:
- Labor market inequality and health disparities; relationships between demographic and economic change
CPC Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Philip Cohen, Sociology
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- Niobra Peterson
- Email: nmpeters@email.unc.edu
Graduate Student, Sociology
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Phone: (919) 843-4695
540A CPC East |
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- Research focus:
- The mechanism(s) by which neighborhood-level pollution influences health
outcomes
CPC Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Kyle Crowder, Sociology
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- Stephanie Potochnick
- Email: potochni@email.unc.edu
Graduate Student, Public Policy
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536 CPC East |
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- Research focus:
- Immigration policy and processes related to settlement patterns, the educational system, and health care
CPC Faculty Preceptors: Dr. Krista Perreira, Public Policy
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- Cheryl Roberts
- Email: carobert@email.unc.edu
Graduate Student, Sociology
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Phone: (919) 843-4443
401I CPC East |
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- Research focus:
- Inequality and health; social determinants of health and mental health; life course; adolescent risk behavior
CPC Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Glen Elder, Sociology
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- Ghazaleh Samandari
- Email: g.samandari@gmail.com
Ph.D. Candidate, Maternal and Child Health
Dissertation proposal successfully defended, March 2009
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Phone: (919) 843-4695
101C CPC South |
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- Research focus:
- Regional adolescent fertility trends in Latin America
CPC Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Ilene Speizer, Maternal and Child Health
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- Anand (Andy) Sharma
- Email: asharma1@email.unc.edu
Graduate Student, Public Policy
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Phone: (919) 843-6257
304A CPC East |
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- Research focus:
- Aging, later-life migration, and health disparities
CPC Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Peter Uhlenberg, Sociology
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- Shradha Shrestha
- Email: shradhashresth@gmail.com
Graduate Student, Sociology
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Phone: (919) 843-4695
101F CPC South |
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- Research focus:
- TBD
CPC Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Lisa Pearce, Sociology
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- Tosha Smith
- Email: tosha@email.unc.edu
Graduate Student, Nutrition
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Phone: (919) 843-4695
209 CPC South |
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- Research focus:
- Gene-environment interactions and socioeconomic determinants of obesity
CPC Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Penny Gordon-Larsen, Nutrition
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- Kelly Strutz
- Email: strutz@email.unc.edu
Graduate Student, Maternal and Child Health
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Phone: (919) 843-4695
101N CPC South |
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- Research focus:
- Social context of pregnancy, behaviors, and outcomes
CPC Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Jon Hussey, Maternal and Child Health
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- Amanda Traud
- Email:
altraud@email.unc.edu
Graduate Student, Mathematics
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Phone: (919) 843-4695
103 CPC South
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- Research focus:
- Mathematical modeling and analyses of social and epidemiological networks
CPC Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Audrey Pettifor, Epidemiology
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- Christine Tucker, M.P.H.
- Email: chrisytucker@gmail.com
Graduate Student, Maternal and Child Health
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Phone: (919) 843-4695
101G CPC South |
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- Research focus:
- Social determinants of reproductive health among Latino adolescents
CPC Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Carolyn Halpern, Maternal and Child Health
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- Katherine Tumlinson, M.A.
- Email: ktumlin@email.unc.edu
Graduate Student, Epidemiology
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Phone: (919) 843-4695
101H CPC South
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- Research focus:
- Improving access to family planning in East Africa; quality of reproductive health services
CPC Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Sharon Weir, Epidemiology
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- Ashton Verdery
- Email: verdery@email.unc.edu
Graduate Student, Sociology
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Phone: (919) 843-4695
302 CPC South |
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- Research focus:
- Social network research, statistical methodologies, agent based modeling, human environment interactions, and causes and consequences of human migration; particular emphasis on the development of new methodologies to
deal with missing social network data, sample hidden and hard to reach populations, and understand human-environment relationships
CPC Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Barbara Entwisle, Sociology
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- Brandon Wagner
- Email: bgwagner@email.unc.edu
Graduate Student, Sociology
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Phone: (919) 843-4695
105 CPC South |
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- Research focus:
- Social-biological interactions, determinants of adolescent health trajectories, and peer influence
CPC Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Kathleen Mullan Harris, Sociology
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- Philip Weickert
- Email: pweickert@gmail.com
Graduate Student, Sociology
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Phone: (919) 843-4695
209 CPC South |
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- Research focus:
- Migration and social mobility in the United States
CPC Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Ted Mouw, Sociology
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- Jennifer Winston
- Email: jwfuller@email.unc.edu
Graduate Student, Geography
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Phone: (919) 843-4695
202 CPC South |
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- Research focus:
- Population-environment interactions, water quality, and water-borne illness
CPC Faculty Preceptors: Drs. Michael Emch and Stephen Walsh, Geography
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