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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 2023.

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 2023 Impact Award winners describe their research

Predicting stroke risk using ultrasound technology

Keerthi S. Anand

Biomedical engineering

Impact Award

Keerthi S. Anand

Who benefits from business attraction? Three essays

Adams Bailey

Public policy

Impact Award

Adams Bailey

Drivers of tidal creek accretion over the last century

Molly Bost

Marine sciences

Impact Award

Molly Bost

Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on access to fruits and vegetables for North Carolina WIC participants

Emily Duffy

Nutrition

Impact Award

Emily Duffy

Innovative approaches to triple-negative breast cancer cells

Emily Fennell

Pharmacology

Impact Award

Emily Fennell

On-site sanitation in North Carolina: Barriers to safe sanitation and associated adverse health outcomes

Amy Kryston

Public health

Impact Award

Amy Kryston

Produce distributed in urban and rural areas through the Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina

Anna Naples

Public administration

Impact Award

Anna Naples

How harmful cyanobacterial blooms affect air quality

Haley Plaas

Environmental sciences and engineering

Impact Award

Haley Plaas

Pediatric obesity among U.S. Latinos

Sophie Ravanbakht

Health policy and management

Impact Award

Sophie Ravanbakht

How perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contribute to platinum resistance in ovarian cancer

Brittany Rickard

Toxicology and environmental medicine

Impact Award

Brittany Rickard

Gestational exposure to coal-fired power plant-related air pollution and adverse birth outcomes

Adrien Wilkie

Epidemiology

Impact Award

Adrien Wilkie

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