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CPC Interns
Summer 2011
- Jessica Dilday
- Email: dilday@email.unc.edu
Class of 2011, Sociology, UNC-CH
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- Internship research focus:
- Prevalence and social, demographic, and health
correlates of meditation among U.S. adolescents.
CPC Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Lisa Pearce, Sociology
- Future plans:
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- AY 2011-12: Graduate studies in Sociology, UNC-Charlotte
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- Rachel Dukes
- Email: rmdukes@email.unc.edu
Class of 2012, International Studies & Global Health, UNC-CH
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- Internship research focus:
- The relationship between schooling and HIV risk
behavior in adolescents.
CPC Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Audrey Pettifor, Epidemiology
- Future plans:
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- Graduate studies in Global Health
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- Cameron Horne
- Email: hornec34@live.unc.edu
Class of 2013, Geography, UNC-CH
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- Internship research focus:
- The influence of natural disasters on neighborhood change and recovery.
CPC Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Kyle Crowder, Sociology
- Future plans:
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- Mary Kroeger
- Email: mkroeger@email.unc.edu
Class of 2012, Economics, & Political Science, UNC-CH
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- Internship research focus:
- The association between sexual debut and depression among adolescents with intellectual disabilities.
CPC Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Carolyn Halpern, Maternal Health Child Health
- Future plans:
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- Samantha Martinez
- Email: samn216@live.unc.edu
Class of 2013, Sociology, UNC-CH
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- Internship research focus:
- A comparative study of quality of life factors between the migrant-sending areas of mainland Ecuador and the migrant-receiving areas of the Galapagos Islands.
CPC Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Margarita Mooney, Sociology
- Future plans:
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- Denise Mitchell
- Email: mitche.dn@gmail.com
Class of 2012, Psychology, UNC-CH
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- Internship research focus:
- The association between psychosocial stressors, discrimination, and blood pressure.
CPC Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Jon Hussey, Maternal Health Child Health
- Future plans:
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Academic Year 2010-11
- Jessica Dilday
- Email: dilday@email.unc.edu
Class of 2011, Sociology, UNC-CH
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- Internship research focus:
- Collaborative Research and Training in Social Context, Population Processes, and Environmental Change
CPC Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Lisa Pearce, Sociology
- Future plans:
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- Brittany Edens
- Email: bedens@email.unc.edu
Class of 2011, Public Policy, UNC-CH
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Through December 2010
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- Internship research focus:
- Body Image Discordance and the Weight-Related Health Behaviors of Postpartum African American Women
CPC Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Amanda Thompson, Anthropology
- Future plans:
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- Doctoral studies in Public Health
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- Taylor Hargrove
- Email: thargrov@email.unc.edu
Class of 2011, Psychology, UNC-CH
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- Internship research focus:
- The influence of spatial proximity to non-family organizations
and childhood on household fissure
CPC Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Lisa Pearce, Sociology
- Future plans:
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Academic Year 2009-10
- Kate Dickson
- Email: kate.s.dickson@gmail.com
Class of 2011, Geography, UNC-CH
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- Internship research focus:
- Population and environment interactions in Bangladesh
CPC Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Michael Emch, Geography
- Future plans:
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- Doctoral studies in Public Health
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- Taylor Hargrove
- Email: thargrov@email.unc.edu
Class of 2011, Psychology, UNC-CH
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- Internship research focus:
- The influence of spatial proximity to non-family
organizations
and childhood on household fissure
CPC Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Lisa Pearce, Sociology
- Future plans:
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Summer 2009
- Taylor Hargrove
- Email: thargrov@email.unc.edu
Class of 2011, Psychology, UNC-CH
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- Internship research focus:
- The influence of spatial proximity to non-family organizations
and childhood on household fissure
CPC Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Lisa Pearce, Sociology
- Future plans:
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- Rachel Quinto
- Email: qrachel@email.unc.edu
Class of 2010, Sociology, UNC-CH
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- Internship research focus:
- Marriage formation, economics, and health: a comparative study
of selected OECD countries
CPC Faculty Preceptor: Dr.
Claudia Geist
- Future plans:
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Academic Year 2008-09
- Cameron Taylor
- Email: taylorca@email.unc.edu
Class of 2010, Geography, UNC-CH
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- Internship research focus:
- Spatial analysis of bacterial and viral pathogens in
groundwater in Bangladesh.
CPC Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Michael Emch, Geography
- Future plans:
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- Doctoral studies in Public Health
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Summer 2008
- Jillian Casey (through July 2008)
- Email: jscasey@email.unc.edu
Class of 2009, Sociology, UNC-CH
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- Internship research focus:
- Preventive care and economic disparities among urban slum
populations in Bangladesh.
CPC Faculty Preceptor: Dr. John Akin, Economics
- Post-internship activities:
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- 2009-10: Graduate student, Health Behavior Health Eduction,
UNC-CH
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- Clarissa Sellers
- Email: clarissa.sellers@gmail.com
Class of 2008, Statistics, North Carolina State University
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- Internship research focus:
- Mathematical modeling of social and sexual networks using
concurrency, sexually transmitted infections, and other demographic
data to model the spread of HIV infection, and deterministic,
stochastic, and event driven modeling to show significant factors
that explain the spread of HIV. CPC Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Audrey
Pettifor, Epidemiology
- Post-internship activities:
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- Graduate studies in Public Health
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Academic Year 2007-08
- Agustin Abdallah (through April 2008)
- Email: aabdalla@email.unc.edu
Class of 2007, Geography, UNC-CH
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- Internship research focus:
- Agustin's primary research interests focus on development in
Latin America, Hispanic immigrants in North Carolina, and health
disparities. His research practicum is currently focused on issues
related to infectious diseases in Malawi and Bangladesh.
CPC Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Michael Emch, Geography
- Future plans:
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- Niobra Peterson
- Email: nmpeters@email.unc.edu
Class of 2008, Sociology, UNC-CH
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- Internship research focus:
- Niobra is working with the National Children's Study faculty and project staff on
issues focused on community influences on children's health.
CPC Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Barbara Entwisle, Sociology
- Post-internship activities:
- 2009-10: Graduate student (second year), Sociology,
UNC-CH
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- Tasia Smith
- Email: tmsmith4@uncg.edu
Class of 2008, Psychology, UNC-CH
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- Internship research focus:
- Mental health and academic adaptation processes for Latino
immigrant populations in North Carolina.
CPC Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Krista Perreira, Sociology
- Post-internship activities:
- 2009-10: Graduate student, Human Development and Family
Studies, UNC-Greensboro
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Summer 2007
- Candice Gautier
- Email: gautierc@ufl.edu
Class of 2008, Psychology, University of Florida
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- Internship research focus:
- The impact of widowhood and/or divorce on mental health.
CPC Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Glen Elder, Sociology
- Post-internship activities:
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- 2008-09: Graduate student, Northwestern State University
(LA)
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- Jordan Pedraza
- Email: Jordan.Pedraza@pomona.edu
Class of 2009, Sociology, Pomona College
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- Internship research focus:
- The relationship between perceived racial discrimination and
educational adaptation and attainment for Latino/a 1st and 2nd
generation adolescents in North Carolina.
CPC Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Krista Perreira, Public Policy
- Post-internship activities:
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- Public policy research, Mathematica Policy Research, Oakland,
CA
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Academic Year 2006-07
Summer 2006
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- David Parker
- Class of 2008, Biology, Shaw University
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- Internship research focus:
- Issues of health disparities in the South for the period
covering 1960-present
CPC Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Jay Kaufman, Epidemiology
- Future plans:
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Academic Year 2004-2005
2003-2004
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- Henry Ebron
- Class of 2004, Geography and Psychology, North Carolina Central
University
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- Internship research focus:
- Population and pastoral change in rural Tanzania using spatial
analysis methods
CPC Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Paul Leslie, Anthropology
- Post-internship activities:
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- 2007-08: Law student, Thomas M. Cooley Law School
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- Crystal Hall Gibson
- Class of 2004, Geography and Sociology, North Carolina Central
University
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- Internship research focus:
- Land use and land cover change in Nang Rong, Thailand
CPC Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Steve Walsh, Geography
- Post-internship activities:
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- Current position: Town Clerk, Lantanta, Florida --- from the
April-May 2009 Lantanagram
- 2004-2006, Graduate studies in Public Policy, Ohio State
University;
MPA conferred on June 11, 2006.
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