Trainees secure fellowships to pursue research abroad

Tue, 03 Dec 2013 19:00:00 -0500

A couple of our cohort 2 trainees used their IGERT-related research proposals to win prestigious fellowships. Matt Stasiewicz was awarded a $14,990 USAID Borlaug Fellowship for his project, “Local Hammer Mills as the Focal Point for Mycotoxin Control in Kenya”. Jessica Bliss won a Fulbright-Hays award to pursue work on factors influencing participation in Severe Acute Malnutrition programs in Kenya. The research was originally to have taken place in Niger. But this was ultimately deemed too risky due to political insecurity in the region so her research has moved to Zambia.