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Predoctoral Trainees
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- Daniel Adkins, M.A.
- Email:
dbadkins@email.unc.edu
Ph.D. Candidate, Sociology
Dissertation proposal successfully defended, May 2007
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Phone: (919) 843-4448
525 CPC East
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- Research focus:
- Environmental and genetic influences on aging
CPC Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Guang Guo, Sociology
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- Alpna Agrawal, M.P.H.
- Email:
aagrawal@email.unc.edu
Ph.D. Candidate, Maternal and Child Health
Dissertation proposal successfully defended, December 2007
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Phone: (919) 843-6907
202 CPC South
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- Research focus:
- HIV/AIDS, gender inequality, and human rights issues in Uttar Pradesh, India
CPC Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Shelah Bloom, Maternal and Child Health
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- Timothy Baird, M.A.
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Email:
tbaird@email.unc.edu
Graduate Student, Geography
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Phone: (919) 966-9264
201 CPC South
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Research focus:
- Conservation, risk, and livelihood diversification in East Africa
CPC Faculty Preceptor:
Dr. Paul Leslie, Anthropology
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- Emily Bobrow, Ph.D.
- Email: ebobrow@email.unc.edu
Ph.D. Candidate, Maternal and Child Health
Dissertation successfully defended, March 2008
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Phone: (919) 966-9264
201 CPC South |
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- Research focus:
- Maternal and child health issues in international HIV/AIDS and nutrition
CPC Faculty Preceptors: Drs.
Linda Adair, Nutrition and
Gustavo Angeles, Maternal and Child Health
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- Laura Brewington
- Email: laura@sdf.lonestar.org
Graduate Student, Geography
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Phone: (919) 966-8797
104 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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- Tyson Brown, M.A.
- Email: thbrown@email.unc.edu
Ph.D. Candidate, Sociology
Dissertation proposal successfully defended, January 2007
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Phone: (919) 843-4443
401I CPC East |
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- Research focus:
- Life course and aging stratification; population health; determinants of wealth and health trajectories; race and gender disparities; marital trajectories and well-being
CPC Faculty Preceptor:
Dr. Glen Elder, Sociology
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- Jelena Mastilovic Cali, M.S.
- Email: jelenamc@email.unc.edu
Graduate Student, Nutrition
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Phone: (919) 966-9264
106 CPC South |
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- Research focus:
- Land use and population effects on nutrition, subsistence patterns, and HIV/AIDS incidence in Sub-Saharan Africa
CPC Faculty Preceptors: Drs.
Linda Adair, Nutrition and
Paul Leslie, Anthropology
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- Maggie Carrel, M.A.
- Email: mcarrel@email.unc.edu
Graduate Student, Geography
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Phone: (919) 843-6140
101M 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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- Ashley Carse, M.A.
- Email: acarse@email.unc.edu
Ph.D. Candidate, Anthropology
Dissertation proposal successfully defended, August 2007
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Phone: (919) 966-6749
305D CPC East |
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- Research focus:
- Population and environment interactions in Latin America
CPC Faculty Preceptor:
Dr. Flora Lu, Anthropology
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- Michelle Cheuk, M.A.
- Email: cheuk@email.unc.edu
Graduate Student, Sociology
Comprehensive exams completed, February 2006
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Phone: (919) 843-6907
202 CPC South |
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- Research focus:
- Aging and health -- impact of disability on residential mobility, living arrangements, social activities, and social support
CPC Faculty Preceptor:
Dr. Peter Uhlenberg, Sociology
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- Darren Dahly, M.H.S.
- Email: dahly@email.unc.edu
Ph.D. Candidate, Nutrition
Dissertation proposal successfully defended, February 2007
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Phone: (919) 966-6835
107B CPC South |
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- Research focus:
- Maternal and child nutrition in resource poor settings; developmental origins of health and disease; the impact of urban environments on health
CPC Faculty Preceptors: Drs.
Linda Adair, Nutrition and
Michael Emch, Geography
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- Emily Danforth
- Email: eed7@email.unc.edu
Graduate Student, Sociology
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Phone: (919) 966-8797
104 CPC South |
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- Research focus:
- Direct and indirect affects of public policy on child and maternal health
CPC Faculty Preceptor:
Dr. Philip Cohen, Sociology
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- Jonathan Daw
- Email: jondaw@email.unc.edu
Graduate Student, Sociology
Comprehensive exams completed, February 2008
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Phone: (919) 966-6286
202J CPC East |
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- Research focus:
- Stratification, education, health, and the biological components of behavior
CPC Faculty Preceptor:
Dr. Ted Mouw, Sociology
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- Daniel de Vries, Ph.D.
- Email: devries@email.unc.edu
Ph.D. Candidate, Anthropology
Dissertation successfully defended, February 2008
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Phone: (919) 966-1115
304I CPC East |
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- Research focus:
- Monitoring and evaluation of risk and the impact of disasters among historically vulnerable population groups
CPC Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Paul Leslie, Anthropology
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- Christine Erlien
- Email: erlien@email.unc.edu
Ph.D. Candidate, Geography
Dissertation proposal successfully defended, February 2005
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Phone: (919) 966-7881
202B CPC East |
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- Research focus:
- Population-environment interactions in the Ecuadorian Amazon
CPC Faculty Preceptor:
Dr. Steve Walsh, Geography
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- Veronica Escamilla, M.A.
- Email: escamill@email.unc.edu
Graduate Student, Geography
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Phone: (919) 843-6145
101J 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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- Emily Evens, M.P.H.
- Email: eevens@email.unc.edu
Ph.D. Candidate, Maternal and Child Health
Dissertation proposal successfully defended, February 2008
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Phone: (919) 966-6286
202J CPC East |
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- Research focus:
- International reproductive health and family planning; infertility and pregnancy intentions; quality of reproductive health care services
CPC Faculty Preceptor:
Dr. Sian Curtis, Maternal and Child Health
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- Caryl Feldacker, M.P.H.
- Email: feldacke@email.unc.edu
Graduate Student, Health Behavior and Health Education
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Phone: (919) 843-6140
101N CPC South |
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- Research focus:
- The role of environmental factors on cholera outbreaks; fertility and HIV/AIDS linkages in Sub-Saharan Africa
CPC Faculty Preceptor:
Dr. Michael Emch, Geography
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- Sophia Giebultowicz
- Email: sgiebult@email.unc.edu
Graduate Student, Geography
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Phone: (919) 843-6145
101I 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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- Clark Gray, Ph.D.
- Email:
cgray@email.unc.edu
Ph.D. Candidate, Geography
Dissertation successfully defended, March 2008
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Phone: (919) 966-4848
305G CPC East |
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- Research focus:
- Population-environment interactions in Latin America
CPC Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Richard Bilsborrow
, Biostatistics
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- Jessica Hardie, M.A.
- Email: jhardie@unc.edu
Ph.D. Candidate, Sociology
Dissertation proposal successfully defended, February 2008
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Phone: (919) 843-2509
526 CPC East |
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- Research focus:
- Work and family transitions in emerging adulthood, educational attainment and timing, and economic mobility
CPC Faculty Preceptors: Drs.
Barbara Entwisle, Sociology and
Lisa Pearce, Sociology
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- Abigail Haydon, M.P.H.
- Email: ahaydon@email.unc.edu
Graduate Student, Maternal and Child Health
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Phone: (919) 966-8797
104 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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- James Hull, M.A.
- Email: jrhull@email.unc.edu
Graduate Student, Sociology
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Phone: (919) 966-9861
530 CPC East |
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- Research focus:
- Population and environment dynamics and the determinants and consequences of internal migration in the context of rural Nang Rong, Thailand
CPC Faculty Preceptor:
Dr. Barbara Entwisle, Sociology
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- Elizabeth Jackson, M.H.S.
- Email: elizjack@email.unc.edu
Ph.D. Candidate, Epidemiology
Dissertation proposal successfully defended, January 2007
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Phone: (919) 843-6296
107A CPC South |
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- Research focus:
- Social determinants of reproductive health, particularly HIV/AIDS, female genital cutting, and fertility in Africa
CPC Faculty Preceptor:
Dr. Sharon Weir, Epidemiology
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- Yinjchun Ji
- Email: ycji@email.unc.edu
Graduate Student, Sociology
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Phone: (919) 966-7572
539 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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- Andrea Lazar, M.A.
- Email: alazar@email.unc.edu
Graduate Student, Sociology
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Phone: (919) 966-7572
539 CPC East |
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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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- Dohoon Lee
- Email: dohoon@unc.edu
Ph.D. Candidate, Sociology
Dissertation proposal successfully defended, November 2006
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Phone: (919) 966-2179
531 CPC East |
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- Research focus:
- Immigration, labor force, poverty, and school-to-work transition for adolescents
CPC Faculty Preceptor:
Dr. Kathleen Mullan Harris, Sociology
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- Hedwig Lee, M.A.
- Email: hedylee@email.unc.edu
Ph.D. Candidate, Sociology
Dissertation proposal successfully defended, January 2008
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Phone: (919) 966-1713
521 CPC East |
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- Research focus:
- Social demography, race and ethnicity
CPC Faculty Preceptor:
Dr. Kathleen Mullan Harris, Sociology
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- Nanette Lee
- Email: nlee@email.unc.edu
Ph.D. Candidate, Nutrition
Dissertation proposal successfully defended, March 2008
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Phone: (919) 966-0286
400A CPC East |
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- Research focus:
- Long-term intergenerational effects of malnutrition; diet and chronic disease association among Filipino women
CPC Faculty Preceptor:
Dr. Linda Adair, Nutrition
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- Jamie Lewis
- Email: jamieml@email.unc.edu
Graduate Student, Sociology
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Phone: (919) 966-1716
540A CPC East |
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- Research focus:
- Family formation/dissolution; gendered division of labor; intergenerational transmission; the second demographic transition
CPC Faculty Preceptors: Drs.
Philip Cohen, Sociology and
Lisa Pearce, Sociology
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- Jessica Levy
- Email: jklevy@email.unc.edu
Graduate Student, Maternal and Child Health
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Phone: (919) 843-6144
101G CPC South |
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- Research focus:
- Contraceptive continuation and unmet need in family planning; gender dynamics and reproductive health in Latin America
CPC Faculty Preceptor:
Dr. Sian Curtis, Maternal and Child Health
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- Yi Li
- Email:
yili@email.unc.edu
Graduate Student, Sociology
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Phone: (919) 843-6144
101B CPC South
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- Research focus:
- Social demography and social stratification
CPC Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Guang Guo, Sociology
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- Matthew Loyd
- Email: loydm@email.unc.edu
Graduate Student, Sociology
Comprehensive exams completed, October 2006
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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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- Susan Marshall Mason, M.P.H.
- Email: ssmars@email.unc.edu
Ph.D. Candidate, Epidemiology
Dissertation proposal successfully defended, September 2007
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Phone: (919) 843-6907
202 CPC South |
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- Research focus:
- Racial disparities in preterm birth; social determinants of reproductive and perinatal health outcomes
CPC Faculty Preceptor:
Dr. Jay Kaufman, Epidemiology
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- Amy Norman McCleary, M.A.
- Email: alnorman@email.unc.edu
Graduate Student, Geography
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Phone: (919) 966-8174
205C CPC West |
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- Research focus:
- Population-environment interactions in Latin America
CPC Faculty Preceptor:
Dr. Stephen Walsh, Geography
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- Brian Miller
- Email: bwmiller@email.unc.edu
Graduate Student, Ecology
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Phone: (919) 843-4674
105 CPC South |
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- Research focus:
- Population-environment interactions in Tanzania and the consequences of parks for land-use and biodiversity in East Africa
CPC Faculty Preceptor:
Dr. Paul Leslie, Anthropology
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- Shu Wen Ng, M.P.H.
- Email: shuwen@unc.edu
Ph.D. Candidate, Health Policy and Administration
Dissertation proposal successfully defended, September 2007
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Phone: (919) 966-1734
406E CPC East |
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- Research focus:
- Relationships between nutritional change and economic development; intra-household changes in diet; food price policy
CPC Faculty Preceptor:
Dr. Barry Popkin, Nutrition
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- Russell Nichols
- Email: nicholmr@email.unc.edu
Graduate Student, Sociology
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Phone: (919) 843-6907
202 CPC South |
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- Research focus:
- Aging; health trajectories; health insurance; viability of aging societies and economies
CPC Faculty Preceptor:
Dr. Peter Uhlenberg, Sociology
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- Tia Palermo, M.S.
- Email: tpalermo@email.unc.edu
Ph.D. Candidate, Public Policy
Dissertation proposal successfully defended, December 2007
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Phone: (919) 966-8174
205C CPC West |
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- Research focus:
- Maternal and child health in Latin America
CPC Faculty Preceptor:
Dr. Sudhanshu Handa, Public Policy
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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) 843-2492
102B 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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- Lisa Patel, M.P.H.
- Email: lisa_patel@unc.edu
Ph.D. Candidate, Maternal and Child Health
Dissertation proposal successfully defended, December 2007
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Phone: (919) 966-7016
306A CPC East |
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- Research focus:
- Safe motherhood in India
CPC Faculty Preceptor:
Dr. Carolyn Halpern, Maternal and Child Health
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- Stephanie Potochnick
- Email: potochni@email.unc.edu
Graduate Student, Public Policy
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Phone: (919) 843-6140
101L CPC South |
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- Research focus:
- Immigration policy and processes related to settlement patterns, the educational system, and health care
CPC Faculty Preceptor:
Dr. Krista Perreira, Public Policy
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- Elisabeth Root, M.A.
- Email: eroot@email.unc.edu
Ph.D. Candidate, Geography
Dissertation proposal successfully defended, November 2007
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Phone: (919) 843-2492
102B CPC South |
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- Research focus:
- Disease ecology; population-environment interactions and the impact on chronic disease; spatial epidemiology of infectious disease
CPC Faculty Preceptor:
Dr. Michael Emch, Geography
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- Ghazaleh Samandari
- Email: g.samandari@gmail.com
Graduate Student, Maternal and Child Health
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Phone: (919) 843-6144
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) 966-9264
209 CPC South |
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- Research focus:
- Demography, immigration, and urbanization
CPC Faculty Preceptor:
Dr. Sudhanshu Handa, Public Policy
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- Tetyana Shvydko
- Email: tshvydko@email.unc.edu
Ph.D. Candidate, Economics
Dissertation proposal successfully defended, May 2007
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Phone: (919) 966-6178
527 CPC East |
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- Research focus:
- Economics of aging
CPC Faculty Preceptor:
Dr. David Guilkey, Economics
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- Alexis Silver
- Email: alexissilver@unc.edu
Graduate Student, Sociology
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Phone: (919) 966-9264
106 CPC South |
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- Research focus:
- International migration, social and economic repercussions of Mexico-US migration, and transnationalism
CPC Faculty Preceptor:
Dr. Ted Mouw, Sociology
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- Aubrey Spriggs, M.A.
- Email: spriggs@email.unc.edu
Ph.D. Candidate, Maternal and Child Health
Dissertation proposal successfully defended, March 2008
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Phone: (919) 966-8797
101-H CPC South |
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- Research focus:
- Determinants, trajectories, and life course implications of adolescent sexual relationships and intimate partner violence experiences
CPC Faculty Preceptor:
Dr. Carolyn Halpern, Maternal and Child Health
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- Yuying Tong, Ph.D.
- Email: yytong@email.unc.edu
Ph.D. in Sociology, conferred December 2007
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Phone: (919) 843-5549
536 CPC East |
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- Research focus:
- The effect of remittance on return migration in Nang Rong, Thailand
CPC Faculty Preceptor:
Dr. Barbara Entwisle, Sociology
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- Eve Veliz, M.A.
- Email: veliz@email.unc.edu
Ph.D. Candidate, Sociology
Dissertation proposal successfully defended, September 2007
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Phone: (919) 966-9264
209 CPC South |
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- Research focus:
- Social demography, race and ethnicity, marriage and the family, and adolescent sexual behavior
CPC Faculty Preceptor:
Dr. Kathleen Mullan Harris, Sociology
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- Ashton Verdery
- Email: verdery@email.unc.edu
Graduate Student, Sociology
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Phone: (919) 843-6144
101D CPC South |
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- Research focus:
- Demography, geography, political sociology, and social networks with particular emphasis on the subfields of
migration, conflict, and development
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) 843-4674
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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- Lin (Victor) Wang, M.A.
- Email: victorw@email.unc.edu
Ph.D. Candidate, Sociology
Dissertation proposal successfully defended, April 2008
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Phone: (919) 966-7016
306A CPC East |
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- Research focus:
- Adolescent development, aging, and the life course
CPC Faculty Preceptor:
Dr. Kenneth Bollen, Sociology
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