Tagged: Grad Student News

From the College of Social Work

Congratulations to alumna Dr. Erin Tebben (PhD ’23) who was honored as the recipient of the 2024 Society for Social Work and Research Outstanding Social Work Doctoral Dissertation Award.

Piao Yang a grad student from the Ohio State Plant Pathology program has recently participated in several publications around research into detecting, diagnosis and prevention of plant pathogens. 

Yang, who completed a BS and MS from Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University in China has been very active working in research labs here at Ohio State under Ye Xia and recently Shuai Huang with research interest in plant immunity, plant-microbe interactions, bioinformatics, cell biology, and biochemistry. 

Congratulations to Alberto Vega Rivera, who is the recipient of the Lápiz de Acero 2023 design award in the video game category. 

From the College of Public Health

Stacy Endres-Dighe focuses on HIV prevention among rural Appalachian Ohioans who inject drugs.

Stacy Endres-Dighe was a child when she learned about the chilling impact of stigma on health. Her uncle died during the height of the HIV/AIDS epidemic after delaying testing and treatment because of the way society viewed AIDS patients at the time. 

“It had this ripple effect on my family,” she said. “I knew…that something, this stigma and the reason behind him not pursuing health care, was a serious public health problem.”

From the College of Social Work

Elon Simms – a two-time social work graduate, Hall of Famer and world-changer extraordinaire – will serve as Mayor Andrew J. Ginther’s next chief of staff. Simms will succeed Ken Paul. The transition will occur in early 2024.

“Columbus is in the midst of unprecedented growth, and I look forward to serving alongside the mayor and leading a team committed to ensuring that growth is equitable and inclusive.”

The Graduate School is happy to announce the 2023-2024 Presidential Fellowship recipients. The Presidential Fellowship is the most prestigious award given by the Graduate School to recognize the outstanding scholarly accomplishments and potential of graduate students entering the final phase of their dissertation research or terminal degree project.

Each year the Graduate School recognizes the outstanding leadership of graduate associates through the Graduate Associate Leadership Award (GALA).  Read more about the award, nomination eligibility and selection criteria on the GALA page.

More information about GALA

The Graduate School is happy to announce the 2023-2024 Alumni Grants for Graduate Research and Scholarship (AGGRS) recipients.

The AGGRS program provides small grants up to $5,000 to support the research and scholarship of doctoral or terminal master’s degree candidates for their dissertations or theses.

Congratulations to this exceptional cohort of recipients!

From Ohio State Alumni Magazine

This research center and Nationwide Children’s Hospital are working together to create virtual reality training that will help staff calm patients.