Department of Nutrition
Awards and Scholarships
Applying for scholarships and fellowships during graduate school is very important because it not only provides recognition and substantial funding for students, but also brings clout to the research group, department, and university. The UNCG Nutrition graduate students are extremely competitive in both academics and research. Their accomplishments have been recognized at local, national, and international levels. Below is a list of our graduate students and the awards they have received.
Carinthia Cherry
2007 ADA Solona C. McDonald Memorial Scholarship
2007 Rossie Henley Lindsey Graduate Fellowship
2006 American Society for Nutrition/FASEB Travel Award
2006 Graduate Student Association Travel Award
2006 Jefferson-Pilot Corporation Fellowship
2005 Graduate UNC Campus Scholarship
Heather Colleran
2009-2010 Sally and Alan Cone Student Grant for Special Projects in Women's and Gender Studies
2009-2010 Recipient of the Betty Feezor Scholarship
2009-2010 Recipient of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro School of Human
Environmental Sciences: Jefferson Pilot Corporation Fellowship Fund
2009 Recipient of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro School of Human
Environmental Sciences and Department of Nutrition: Outstanding Graduate Student
Summer 2009 Recipient of a Graduate Service Appointment at the University of North Carolina at
Greensboro– Research Assistant Stipend
2009 Graduate Student Association Travel Award– ACSM Seattle, WA
2009 The University of North Carolina at Greensboro School of Human Environmental Sciences
Travel Award – ACSM Seattle, WA
2008-2009 Recipient of the ADA Foundation’s 2008 Frances E Fischer Memorial Scholarship
2008-2009 Recipient of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro Graduate School’s Reverend and Mrs. G. Albanese Fellowship
2008 Graduate Student Association Travel Award– Experimental Biology San Diego, CA
2008 The University of North Carolina at Greensboro School of Human Environmental Sciences
Travel Award – Experimental Biology San Diego, CA
2008 The Human Milk and Lactation (HML) Research Interest Section (RIS) of the American Society for Nutrition and the International Society for Research in Human Milk and Lactation Travel Award - Experimental Biology San Diego, CA
Summer 2007 Recipient of a Graduate Service Appointment at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro- Research Assistant Stipend
2007-present Kappa Omicron Nu Honor Society: UNC-Greensboro
2007-2008 Recipient of the NCDA Supervised Practice Scholarship
2007-2008 Recipient of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro School of Human Environmental Sciences: Sue Ramsey Johnston Ferguson Scholarship
2007 Graduate Student Association Travel Award- ACSM New Orleans, LA
2006-2007 ADA Foundation American Dietetic Association Scholarship
2006 Rossie Henley Lindsey Graduate Fellowship
2005 New Graduate Scholarship
Mri Datta
2008 UNCG Faculty Grant “Food based lycopene supplementation during radiation therapy in men with prostate cancer”
2009-2010 Naomi G. Albanese Doctoral Fellowship
2009 Dora E. Colver memorial American Dietetic Association Foundation scholarship
2009 Get Healthy Guilford Emerging Leader Award
2009 Graduate Student Association travel award
2009 North Carolina Dietetic Association Graduate Scholarship
2009 Human Environmental Sciences travel award
2009 MD Anderson Cancer Center (Houston, Texas) travel award to attend “Medical issues in cancer survivors”
Bradley Ferguson
2009-2011 NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award of Individual Predoctoral Fellowships (F31) to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research for Project titled ‘Role of DUSPs in adipocytes in response to inflammatory stress’
2009-2010 HES Scholarship Recipient
2009 ASN FASEB Marc Travel Award Recipient for EB2009, New Orleans, LA
2008 ASN Clinical Emerging Leader Award
2007-2008 Jefferson Pilot Scholarship Recipient
1998-2002 Veteran Affairs Scholarship Recipient
1998-2002 North Carolina Teaching Fellows Scholarship Recipient
Kristina Martinez
2009-2011 NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award of Individual Predoctoral Fellowships (F31) to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research for Project titled ‘Conjugated Linoleic Acid Promotes Inflammation in Human Adipocytes’
2009 ASN FASEB Marc Travel Award Recipient for EB2009, New Orleans, LA
2009 ASN Clinical Emerging Leader Award
2008 Keystone Travel Scholarship for the Keystone Symposia entitled “Molecular Control of Adipogenesis and Obesity” in Banff, Canada
2007-2008 Student Government Association, Representative of the Year Award, UNCG
2008-2009 Mildred B. Davis Scholarship
2007 Keystone Travel Scholarship for the Keystone Symposia entitled “Nuclear Receptor Pathways to Metabolic Control” in Steamboat Springs, CO
2007 Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB)/Minority Access to Research Careers (MARC) Program Travel Award for the Experimental Biology meeting, Washington, DC
2007 Winner (1 of 3) of the EB07 American Society of Nutrition (ASN) Nutritional Immunology Research Interest Section (RIS) Graduate Student Poster Competition Award
2007-2008 Jefferson Pilot Fellowship