GREMAP member Kristen Kelly has been accepted as a pre-doctoral trainee in the Genome Science Training Program at the University of Michigan. This program provides advanced training in statistical, computational, and molecular genetics.
Congratulations Kristen!
We are pleased to announce that we will be presenting a poster our evaluation of the YMCA Diabetes Control Program at the 2017 American Diabetes Association Scientific Sessions in San Diego, California (June 9 – 13)!
Our abstract entitled “Evaluating a Community-Based Diabetes Self-Management Program: Lessons Learned from an Academic–Community Research Partnership” will be displayed in the Diabetes Education section of the poster session.
The American Diabetes Association Scientific Meeting is the world’s largest and most prominent meetings on diabetes. It is attended by over 13,000 diabetes experts, physicians, nurses, researchers, and public health practitioners from around the world. Our poster will be one of 3,000 presentations at the meeting.
Attending this meeting will give our team an opportunity to engage with leaders in the field and other community-engaged research groups. We are excited to share our work, and to learn from others as we work to improve diabetes prevention and control in our community.
For more information about this conference, click here.
Congrats to McKenzie Stokes for being awarded an Underrepresented Minority Internship by the American Diabetes Association for her work with the Richmond Stress & Sugar Study (ADA grant 1-16-ICTS-082)! Ms. Stokes’ award (ADA grant 1-17-MUI-003) will support her continued work as an interviewer and recruiter for the Study, as well as additional roles with the YMCA Diabetes partnership. She is currently an undergraduate at VCU completing dual-majors in Psychology and African American Studies.
Boston Debate League is celebrating its 10th anniversary. This non-profit organization is dedicated to making debate available to public school students from all backgrounds.
GREMAP’s Dr. Briana Mezuk, a former debater and coach, has studied the impact of debate programs in schools, and has found participation to be associated with improvements in a variety of outcomes including GPAs, standardized test scores, and graduation rates. Students participating in such programs have described them as an opportunity to build their confidence, skills, and understanding of their own and others’ identities.
Dr. Briana Mezuk’s research has been featured in Richmond Magazine’s recent article, “Is Stress Killing Black Men?“. This article, which discusses current research on the relationship between stress and health disparities, includes quotes from an interview with Dr. Mezuk about her research on stress and diabetes.
GREMAP member Viktoryia Kalesnikava has been awarded a Jessie Hibbs/Marian Waller scholarship by the VCU/MCV Women’s Club and the Graduate School of Virginia Commonwealth University. This scholarship is awarded to two female graduate students each year in recognition of outstanding academic achievement.
Congratulations Viktoryia!!
GREMAP member Elizabeth Do was one of 28 PhD students accepted nationwide to attend a two-week NIH training course in Clinical and Translational Research. After her return to VCU, she shared what she learned at a student talk hosted by the VCU Center for Clinical and Translational Research. Details regarding the talk and the training course can be found in the VCU CCTR blog.
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