Six College of Public Health doctoral students have been accepted into Mason’s Doctoral Research Scholars program and will receive funding for the 2024-25 school year – one from Health Administration and Policy (HAP), and five from Global and Community Health (GCH).
The Mason Doctoral Research Scholars program provides funding to awardees both full- and part-time, offering up to full tuition coverage and stipends up to $25,000. The program allows graduate students to advance their research without worrying about funding their work through outside sources.
“This grant will be crucial in helping me complete my dissertation,” said Amara F. Orji, PhD in Public Health student and Doctoral Research Scholars recipient.
Grace Nyambura, also a PhD in Public Health student and Doctoral Research Scholars recipient, agreed: “Receiving this dissertation scholarship has greatly reduced my financial burden, allowing me to concentrate wholeheartedly on my dissertation.”
Congratulations to the following CPH students in the Doctoral Research Scholars 2024-25 program:
Carolyn Faith Hoffman (PhD in Health Services Research)
Dissertation: “Examining Health Care Disparities and Lived Experiences of Individuals Diagnosed with Endometriosis in the United States: A Mixed-Methods Approach”
Julia Mandeville (PhD in Public Health, Social and Behavioral Sciences)
Dissertation: Mixed methods analysis of endometriosis and uterine fibroids on the quality of life of Barbadian women. Specifically: (1) the association between adverse obstetric outcomes and endometriosis and/or uterine fibroids in Barbadian women (2) the association between mental health outcomes and stigma in Barbadian women who have endometriosis and/or uterine fibroids and (3) how these experiences with adverse obstetric outcomes and infertility are perceived and the impact on Barbadian women who have endometriosis and/or uterine fibroids.
Joanna Marroquin (PhD in Public Health, Epidemiology)
Dissertation: How per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) affect reproductive health and what role menstruation plays in the excretion of these substances.
Grace Nyambura (PhD in Public Health, Social and Behavioral Sciences)
Dissertation: “Refugee Mental Health: Social Support and Mental Health Outcomes of Emerging Adults from the Democratic Republic of Congo”
Amara F. Orji (PhD in Public Health, Epidemiology)
Dissertation: “An Intersectional Approach to Understanding the Impact of Marginalized Identities on Cervical Cancer Prevention and Outcome”
Cheyu Sarah Zhang (PhD in Public Health, Epidemiology)
Dissertation: “How do disability and infertility affect intimate partner violence (IPV) and IPV acceptance among communities and individuals in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs)?”
Learn more about the PhD in Public Health program.
Learn more about the PhD in Health Services Research program.