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IDS Director Professor Peter Koehn received the 2011 Michael P. Malone International Leadership Award. The award, presented annually by the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities’ Commission on International Programs, recognizes faculty and staff who do not have international activities or programs as a primary responsibility, but through their advocacy and leadership have made an outstanding contribution to furthering international education. Koehn was chosen for the award, in part, for his incorporation of international considerations in scholarship, program development, and teaching both at home and abroad.
IDS STUDENT KAYLA HOGGART RECIEVES UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH AWARD
Kayla Hoggart, a senior in Political Science with a minor in International Development Studies, received an Undergraduate and Faculty Research Award. The award of $1000 was used by Kayla and Professor Peter Koehn for work on the development of an approved minor in Global Public Health as well as by Kayla for the conducting her own research. Kayla’s research focused on the World Health Organization (WHO) 2008 prediction that the number of deaths by non-communicable diseases will increase by 17% in the next ten years. In order to determine why chronic diseases are on the rise, Kayla examined the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) to explore trends associated with the prevalence of chronic (non-communicable) and infectious (communicable) diseases in developing countries. In particular, Kayla was interested in the effects that development and globalization have on the prevalence of chronic diseases as well as the continuous spread of infectious diseases. Kayla presented the results of her research at the UM Undergraduate Research Conference in April 2011.
Marisa Griffith Recieves Undergraduate Research Scholarship
IDS student Marisa Griffith received a UM Undergraduate and Faculty Research Award for research on U.S.-African higher-education partnerships supported by USAID funding. The research was conducted jointly with Professor Peter Koehn of the Political Science Department. Undergraduate student and faculty research is a great way for students interested in graduate research to develop foundational research skills. After completing the research project, Marisa presented her findings at the Undergraduate Research Conference in April 2011.
