Population Health

June 16, 2022

Awardees announced for 2021-22 undergraduate research travel funds

Image of student presenting her research posterThe Population Health Initiative announced three awardees for the Undergraduate Research Travel Awards for the 2021-22 academic year.

These awards were granted through a partnership with the Undergraduate Research Program as part of its annual 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 following table details the three awardees, their majors and the conferences attended.

Name Major Conference
Joanne Liu Bioengineering The Liver Meeting 2021
Kylee Tawara Public Health – Global Health Health Care Systems Research Network
Kimiam Waters Public Health – Global Health Society of Hospital Medicine Converge 2022

Please visit our funding page to learn more about these awards.