Global Engagement Office announces Student Travel Award Winners

The Global Engagement Office at WVU Health Sciences has announced the winners of its annual Student Travel Award. 

Named in memory of Nancy Sanders, an essential figure of the Global Health Program at WVU who passed away suddenly in 2017, these awards aim to support students and faculty in creating long-term, self-sustaining global activities and participating in globally focused field placements or community-based research projects.  

This is a competitive grant opportunity for students currently enrolled in degree programs at Health Sciences. The intent of each $2,000 award is geared towards promoting a set of basic or community-based research tools that will help the students to objectively and scientifically approach larger and more complex research projects in the future. These awards utilize a self-nomination process and are open to any currently enrolled undergraduate or graduate full-time student in good standing at Health Sciences. 

• Nick Balash, DDS ’21

• Nichalos Dahlheim, DDS ’21

• Parvati Gopalan, DDS ’21

• Brain Lusk, DDS ’21

• Maya Mathai, DDS ’21

• Shayla Stear, DDS ’21

• Elizabeth Strickler, DDS ’21

• Joshua Thorne, DDS ’21

School of Medicine:

• Madison Caja, MD ’20 – Ghana

• Melissa McGowan,  MD ’20 – Guatemala/Fiji

• Elizabeth Pacer, MD ’20  – Ghana

• Jordan Wheatley, BS (ExPhys) ’20 – Bolivia

School of Nursing:

• Giulia Muttillo, BSN ’20 – Brazil 

• Ciara Stewart, BSN ’20 – Brazil

School of Pharmacy: 

• Megan Blackburn, PharmD ’20 – South Africa

• Rachel Rose, PharmD ’20 – South Africa

School of Public Health: 

• Jeevan Murthy, BS ’21 – India