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Postdoctoral Fellowship
- The UCSD CRCHD is proud to announce the CRCHD Postdoctoral Fellowship in
Applied Research and Program Evaluation. Please download the application
file for more information.
New application and instructions
coming soon.
Graduate Students
- KaMala Thomas PhD
KaMala Thomas PhD, was a graduate student supported by the original San Diego
EXPORT Center. Under the direction of Dr. Joel Dimsdale, Professor of Psychiatry,
Ms. Thomas completed a master's degree in public health with an emphasis in
health promotion. She then completed the requirements for a PhD in Clinical
Psychology at UCSD. A study that she conducted while completing her doctoral
studies, "Job Strain, Ethnicity and Sympathetic Nervous System," examines the
relationship between neighborhood socioeconomic status and alpha adrenergic
responsiveness to an alpha agonist, phenylephrine. Dr. KaMala Thomas is
currently conducting a postdoctoral fellowship at the Cousins
Center for Psychoneuroimmunology at UCLA.
- Alisa Olshefsky
The original San Diego EXPORT Center also supported Alisa Olshefsky, a
SDSU Public Health Masters Student, through the HIV Core. Under the
direction of HIV Core researcher, Mary Caffery, R.N., and Dr. Michael
Peddecord graduate advisor at SDSU, Ms. Olshefsky concluded her master's
thesis project which involved the modification of a continuous quality
improvement (CQI) curriculum and teaching of a 40-hour workshop. The
overall goal of his internship was to gain experience and skills necessary
to develop and conduct community-based research in the field of health promotion
and prevention. Ms. Olshefsky graduated in December of 2005 with a MPH
from SDSU, GSPH in health services administration and immediately was
hired as bureau chief for the chronic disease bureau of the Delaware
State Health Department. Ms. Olshefsky wrote in a letter stating the
impact our EXPORT Center had on her professional development:
"Through my affiliation with the UCSD EXPORT Center I have gained the
knowledge of health disparities and more importantly I have learned what
part I can play as a change agent. Through the mentorship of the Center I
have shifted my focus and am committed to applying my knowledge and skills
to projects that have a focus on minority health and reduction in health
disparities. In my new position as a section chief for the chronic disease
bureau of the Delaware State Health Department I will work on programs
and interventions that address health disparities among those of
ethnic/racial minority groups."
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