SPH Congratulates Presidential Graduate Research Fellows

Six School of Public Health Joint Doctoral students have been awarded the Presidential Graduate Research Fellowship. The Presidential Graduate Research Fellowship is a university-wide competition designed to recruit nonresident graduate students who demonstrate outstanding potential for achievement in research or creative activity and provides tuition waivers for a year of graduate studies.

SPH Awardees in the academic year 2022-2023 include Doreen Tuhebwe Jegede Oluwatosin, Samantha Shinder , Kristina Brandveen, Jyotsna Negi, and Jocelyn Burridge . The multistep selection process is highly competitive. Recipients are selected based on baccalaureate and other academic accolades and additional awards, achievements, and departmental recommendations.

The School of Public Health would like to highlight two of the recipients, Doreen Tuhewbe and Jyotsna Negi.

At Makerere University, Doreen excelled in teaching, examination, research, and community service. From the years 2015 to 2020 she steered the Makerere School of Public Health graduate student mentorship program aimed at supporting students as they journey through their training. Doreen has written grants and led her own research through small grant programs. She is a founder member of Women in Global Health- Uganda Chapter and the MakSPH (Makerere School of Public Health)-Master of Public Health Alumni Association. Doreen has an interest in adolescent reproductive health and autonomy, disease control including HIV/AIDS and neglected tropical diseases, and models of service delivery for vulnerable populations in urban poor settings, cross-border, and fishing communities.

Over the past decade, she has worked in the aforementioned domains with regional, national, and global healthcare organizations with diverse data sets such as national sample surveys, demographic health surveys, and Health Income and Expenditure surveys of India, Sri Lanka, and Timor-Leste. Her current academic area of interest is in using social networks and social norms theories as an equity lens in health promotion and behavior research.

The School of Public Health congratulates all of the Presidential Graduate Research Fellows!