2020-2021 PEAK Awards

Fall 2020 Recipients

Valerie Do Vale, CSSH’21
Title: “Immigrants’ Healthcare Access Under Shifting Public Policies”
Mentor: Professor Tiffany Joseph, Sociology and Anthropology

Ascent Award

Maya Rabow, COS’23
Title: “Crisis Responses in Early Childhood Mental Health during COVID-19: The Importance of Systems-Building”
Mentor: Professor Beth Molnar, Health Sciences

Base Camp Award

Angelica Fuiza, Bouvé’22
Title: “Twenty Seconds a Day: The Impact of Tiktok Diet Culture Content on Young Women”
Mentor: Professor Rachel Rodgers, Applied Psychology

Summit Award

Jasper Duval, CSSH’23
Title: “The Shame of the Slum: An Exploratory Study of Territorial Stigma and Mental Wellbeing in a Non-Notified Settlement in Mumbai”
Mentor: Professor Liza Weinstein, Sociology and Anthropology

Ascent Award

Kevin Dunne, CSSH’21
Title: “COVID-19 and Domestic Violence”
Mentor: Professor Bilge Erten, Economics

Base Camp Award

Anisa Amiji, Bouvé’22
Title: “Examining Information-Seeking During COVID-19”
Mentor: Professor Miso Kim, Art + Design

Base Camp Award

Cate Henning, Bouvé’23
Title: “Drug-Induced Homicides: The Solution or the Problem?”
Mentor: Professor Leo Beletsky, Health Sciences

Base Camp Award

Gal Nissan, Bouvé’22
Title: “The Longitudinal Effects of Body Image Concerns on  Health Outcomes”
Mentor: Professor Rachel Rodgers, Psychology

Base Camp Award

Cullen Bober, Bouvé’21
Title: “Exploring DIH Charges and Carceral Budgets”
Mentor: Professor Leo Beletsky, Health Sciences

Ascent Award

Meghna Iyer, Bouvé’22
Title: “Improving Guardrail Damage Reporting to Promote Injury Prevention in Motor Vehicle Accidents”
Mentor: Professor Alisa Lincoln, Health Sciences

Summit Award

Kenadi Kaewmanaprasert, Bouvé’24
Title: “Influence of Documentation Status and Race on Immigrant Healthcare Access”
Mentor: Professor Tiffany Joseph, Sociology and Anthropology

Ascent Award

Rayna Haque, Bouvé’22
Title: “A Qualitative Review of Mental Health and Exposure to Violence in Resettled Refugees”
Mentor: Professor Carmel Salhi, Health Sciences

Ascent Award

Shurobhi Nandi, COS’22
Title: “Improving Access to Early Childhood Mental Health Services in Child Welfare”
Mentor: Professor Beth Molnar, Health Sciences

Ascent Award

Winnie Li, Bouvé’21
Title: “Digital Media Use and Mental Health in College Students”
Mentor: Professor Lichuan Ye, Nursing

Ascent Award

Spring 2021 Recipients

Jasper Duval, CSSH’23
Title: “The Shame of the Slum: An Exploratory Study of Territorial Stigma and Mental Well-Being in a Non-Notified Settlement in Mumbai”
Mentor: Professor Liza Weinstein, Sociology and Anthropology

Ascent Award

Connor Holmes, Bouvé’21
Title: “Exploring Transgender, Non-binary, and Genderqueer Dating App Use”
Mentor: Professor Laura Senier, Health Sciences

Summit Award

Lujane Barakat, Bouvé’21
Title: “Oral Health Behaviors and Self-Image”
Mentor: Professor Rachel Rodgers, Applied Psychology

Ascent Award

Summer 2021 Recipients 

Yechan Yang, COS’22 
Title: “LGBTQ Health Care Disparities in Telemedicine”
Mentor: Professor Alisa Lincoln, Bouvé College of Health Sciences, Health Sciences

Base Camp Award

Morgan Wong, Bouvé’24
Title: “Un-Masking the Origins of Maternal Mortality/Morbidity Inequities (UMOMMI)”
Mentor: Professor Collette Ncube, Bouvé College of Health Sciences, Health Sciences

Base Camp Award

Ciara Sosnowski, CAMD’23
Title: “Arts, Health, and Wellbeing: A Literature Review”
Mentor: Professor Rebekah Moore, CAMD, Music

Summit Award

Thao-Mi Nguyen, Bouvé’25
Title: “Un-Masking the Origins of Maternal Mortality/Morbidity Inequities (UMOMMI)”
Mentor: Professor Collette Ncube, Bouvé College of Health Sciences, Health Sciences

Base Camp Award

Nikita Murli, COS’23,
Title: “Tracking Drug-Induced Homicide (DIH) Charges in the United States”
Mentor: Professor Leo Beletsky, Bouvé College of Health Sciences, Law and Public Policy

Base Camp Award

Jasper Duval, CSSH’23
Title: “‘We Live in Garbage’: Legal Exclusion in a Non-Notified Settlement in Mumbai”
Mentor: Professor Liza Weinstein, CSSH, Sociology and Anthropology

Summit Award

Kevin Dunne, CSSH’22
Title: “COVID-19 and Mental Health”
Mentor: Professor Bilge Erten, CSSH, Economics

Ascent Award