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 Office of Undergraduate Research 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.