Tufts Institute
of the Environment is pleased to announce the 2007– 2008
recipients of the Environmental Graduate and Undergraduate
Student Fellowships. We received a record number of applications
this year and the decisions were quite difficult. Thank
you to all who applied, and congratulations to this year's
Fellows!
2007–
2008 Environmental Graduate Student Fellowships
Evaluation
of a Novel Water Recreation Area as an Effective Tool for
the Reduction of Schistosomiasis in Rural Ghana. Karen
Claire Kosinski (School of Engineering).
Using
PCR Technology for the Rapid and Definitive Detection of
Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Mycobacterium bovis and
Mycobacterium avium in Cattle and Buffalo Populations
of Chitwan District, Nepal. Sujata
Desai (Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine).
Traffic
Pollution and Systemic Inflammation: Do genetic variability
and pre-existing conditions (diabetes, hypertension, and
obesity) mediate the inflammatory response to traffic pollution
for older residents living in close proximity to major highways
in Boston, Lowell, and Lawrence, Massachusetts? Christine
Rioux (Interdisciplinary Doctoral Program).
The
EU and Global Climate Leadership. Cristiana
Pasca (The Fletcher School).
Impacts
of Climate Change on Andean Communities: Preparing for a
Not-So-Distant Future. Catherine
Ross (The Fletcher School).
Water
Resource Management and Social-Ecological Resilience in
Samunge, Tanzania. Ayron Strauch
(School of Arts and Sciences, Dept. of Biology).
Geochemical
Controls on Uranium Mobility to Inform Human Health Exposure
Assessment in the Church Rock Mining District: Navajo Nation,
NM. Jamie deLemos (School of
Engineering).
Asthma
in Connecticut Schools Study: An Examination of Proximity
to Environmental Triggers at School and Prevalence of Asthma.
Kevin Lane (School
of Arts and Sciences, Dept. of Urban and Environmental Policy
and Planning).
Overcoming
Political Obstacles to Mitigating Air Pollution in Tehran.
A. Nicholas Gossen (The Fletcher
School).
