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Graduate Student Research Benefits North Carolina

Each year, The Graduate School honors graduate students in programs throughout our University for their powerful discoveries that contribute to a better future for people and communities in North Carolina. We're pleased to present 11 Impact Awards for 2022.

The longstanding Impact Award, made possible through the generous support of the Graduate Education Advancement Board, recognizes discoveries with a direct impact on our state in the present time.

The 2022 Impact Award winners describe their research

Improving readability for COVID-19 documents from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Sofia Benson-Goldberg

Speech and hearing sciences

Impact Award

Sofia Benson-Goldberg

Understanding financial assistance processes in rural and non-rural oncology care settings in North Carolina

Caitlin Biddell

Health policy and management

Impact Award

Caitlin Biddell

The effects of diet and drinking well water on lower birth weight

Jeliyah Clark

Environmental sciences and engineering

Impact Award

Jeliyah Clark

How precipitation affects the risk of car crashes in rural and urban parts of North Carolina

Montana A. Eck

Geography

Impact Award

Montana A. Eck

Effects of e-cigarettes on respiratory immune health

Elise Hickman

Toxicology and environmental medicine

Impact Award

Elise Hickman

The role of psychologists in improving outcomes for North Carolinians experiencing mental illness

Phillip Hughes

Pharmaceutical sciences

Impact Award

Phillip Hughes

Improving water quality in North Carolina

Irene Mulloy Manning

Chemistry

Impact Award

Irene Mulloy Manning

The sheepshead fish and its contributions to our coastline and our state

Lewis Naisbett-Jones

Biology

Impact Award

Lewis Naisbett-Jones

“Friendly folks in robes”: white nationalist women and organized terror in the Triad, 1979

Irene Newman

American studies

Impact Award

Irene Newman

Addressing environmental racism and asphalt plant pollution

Lindsay Savelli

Public health

Impact Award

Lindsay Savelli

Reducing unintended pregnancies in North Carolina by exploring non-hormonal contraception

Suruchi Shrestha

Microbiology and immunology

Impact Award

Suruchi Shrestha

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