2023 Douglas Passaro Global Horizons Scholarship Awardees
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Elise Dressel (Chicago) partnered with UIC College of Medicine faculty on research in an NIH- funded trial comparing two tuberculosis screening strategies for people living with HIV and newly entering HIV care in Kampala, Uganda.
Elijah Marder (Antioquia,Colombia) worked with faculty from La Universidad de Antioquia assisting in psychosocial and youth development activities with at-risk adolescents who are victims of commercial sexual exploitation and other rights abuses.
Tigist Mersha (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia) worked with Ethiopia’s Ministry of Health and Maternal and Child Health Department to survey the extent of preconception care education and develop a family planning toolkit in the native Amharic language.
Sandra Morales-Mirque (Guatemala) collaborated with Guatemala Village Health to develop an intervention to address domestic violence in indigenous communities.
Thea Santiago (Alcantara, Cebu, Philippines) worked with Child Family Health International, collecting data on epidemiological surveillance capacity and facilitating discussions on factors and barriers affecting capacity.
Samantha Smith (Lalitpur, Nepal) partnered with the Research Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Laboratory on a study to improve understanding of water quality issues in low- and middle-
income countries, identify sources of fecal pollution and improve laboratory methods for analyzing water quality.