Overview
The Michael & Susan Dell Health Scholar program was founded in 2011 with funding from the Michael & Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living, part of The University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston School of Public Health (UTHealth School of Public Health) Austin Campus. The Dell Health Scholar program was a merit-based pre-doctoral program for students interested in nutrition, physical activity, obesity, and /or tobacco prevention. The Dell Health Scholar program was intended to provide training and research opportunities for doctoral-level students in health research enrolled at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health Austin Campus. The Dell Health Scholar position has been under the direction of Drs. Deanna Hoelscher and Alexandra van den Berg.
Pre-doctoral position opportunities are available through project funding, see the project listing here. Please contact the project PI should you be interested in pre-doctoral funded position availability. Other pre-doctoral funding opportunities are available through the National Cancer Institute, please visit the School of Public Health website.
Past Dell Health Scholars
- Shelby Flores-Thorpe, MEd
- Brittany Buchanan, MPH
- Amelia Roebuck, BS
- Margaret "Marnie" Moore, JD, LLM, MPH
- Christine Jovanovic, MPH
- Allen Hallett, MS
- Leigh Ann Ganzar, MPH
- Eun Me Cha, MPH
- MeLisa Creamer, MPH, PhD
- Eileen Nehme, MPH, PhD
- Kim Wilson, MPIA, DrPH
- Meliha Salahuddin, MBBS, MPH
- Felicia Carey, MPH, BS, BA
- Anna Porter, MPH
