Population Health
June 7, 2018
Awardees announced for 2017-18 undergraduate research travel funds
The Population Health Initiative today announced six winners of the Undergraduate Research Travel Awards for the 2017-18 academic year. These awards were granted through a partnership with the Undergraduate Research Program as part of its conference travel award program.
The award application process was open to undergraduate students on all three UW campuses who had a population health-related paper, poster or scholarly creative work accepted for presentation at a professional conference.
The six awardees, their majors and the conferences attended are presented in the following table.
| Name | Major | Conference |
| Marisa Borreggine | Oceanography | 2018 Ocean Sciences Meeting |
| Angela Chen | Spanish, International Studies | NYU Policy Memo Case Competition |
| Erin Horn | Microbiology | 2018 Ocean Sciences Meeting |
| Katrina Schrag | International Studies | NYU Policy Memo Case Competition |
| Sierra Simmerman | Biology (Molecular, Cellular & Developmental) | International Neuroethics Society Annual Conference |
| Shida Xu | Aeronautics & Astronautics | 2018 AIAA SciTech Forum |
Please visit our funding page to learn more about these awards.