SOPHE / CDC Student Fellowship

Past SOPHE/CDC Injury Prevention Fellowship Recipients

2005-2006

• Katherine Karriker-Jaffe, M.S., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  Exploration of moderators and mediators of neighborhood effects on trajectories of violence during adolescence
• Ying Li, MS, MEd, University of Florida
  Study of college students' cell-phone use while driving
• Michelle Price, MEd, University of Texas
  Evaluation of the Texas Driver Responsibility Program and its impact on rates of alcohol-related crash deaths
• Tracy Witte, BS, Florida State University
  Development of a standardized approach for suicide hotline phone counselors to use when assessing suicide lethality

Honorable Mentions:

• Nagesh Borse, MS, Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health
• Debra Patterson, MSW, CSW, Michigan State University

2004-2005

• Richard Boles, M.S., University of Kansas
  Supervising Children During Parental Distractions
• Jhumka Gupta, M.S., Harvard School of Public Health
  College Dating Violence Among South Asian College Students in Greater Boston
• Kari Stephens, M.S., University of Washington
  The Efficacy of Sexual Assault Prevention with College Men: The Roles of Sexually Aggressive Histories and Culture

Honorable Mentions:

• Gwendolyn Bergen, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
• Elizabeth A. Circo, Howard University School of Social Work

2003-2004

• Carmela G. Lomonaco, MA, University of Southern California
  Evaluation of the effect of the Connecting the Dots to Prevent Youth Violence: A Training and Outreach Guide for Health Professionals— a curriculum on provider knowledge, attitudes and behaviors related to violent injury prevention counseling for pediatric patients and their families.
• Mary L. Moser, MA, University of Maryland in College Park
  Evaluation of the effectiveness of the Checkpoint Strikeforce program within the state of Maryland by measuring public perceptions and behaviors regarding seatbelt use and drinking and driving
• Lakeesha Renee Smith, Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health
  Investigation of the relationship between low-income Black women’s exposure to community violence and their health behaviors as well as how they cope with violence that surrounds them

Honorable Mentions

• Emily A. Greytak, University of Pennsylvania
• Irene Pintado, University of South Florida

2002-2003

• Celinda P. Evitt, MA, PT, GCS, University of South Florida
  The Fear of Falling in Older Veterans
• Renee M. Johnson, MPH, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  Decision-Making about Household Firearm Ownership and Storage
• Pamela Jean Surkan, MS, Harvard School of Public Health
  Prevalence of childhood injuries among low income communities in Northeast Brazil
• Maranda C. Ward, BA, Tulane University, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
  Identifying Risk Factors Associated with Intimate Partner Violence and Other Forms of Violence Among Youth

2001-2002

• Lara Triffiletti, MA, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
  Utilizing the Precaution Adoption Model for understanding parent’s safety practices related to car safety use, poison storage, and smoke alarm use
• Karen Benjamin, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, School of Public Health
  Evaluation of whether participants of a car seat check-up event will show a change in their ability to correctly install their child’s safety seat
• Faith A. Yingling, MS&Ed, University of Toledo
  Assessment of public health department activities to reduce injuries from non-motorized small-wheel forms of recreation

2000-2001

• Kelli J. England, Virginia Tech
  Implementation and evaluation of the KIDS process, an innovative program designed to promote the proper use of child safety seats through behavior-change agent training of sales associates who sell child safety seats
• Ray Marks, Teachers College, Columbia University
  Potential determinants for falls among older adults and examining the short-term outcomes of a multidimensional risk intervention program
• Suzette M. Rochat, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  Implementation of parenting education classes for Latino-Hispanic women with young children to address basic safety measures and unintentional injury prevention

1999-2000

• Heather A. Jacobsen, St. Louis University
  Evaluating the impact of tailoring injury prevention messages for parents to help prevent childhood injuries
• Beth T. Stalvey, University of Alabama at Birmingham
  Examining the application of the transtheoretical model to an educational program targeting older drivers

Honorable Mentions

• Kelli J. England, Virginia Tech
• Ana Validzic, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill