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Awards

Governmental

Research grants

The University of Chicago

Other

Marshall Scholar
Her Majesty's Government

2016. Support for 3 years of graduate education in the United Kingdom from Her Majesty's Government's Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission (approx. £150,000).

Truman Scholar
United States Government

2015. $30,000 for graduate education from the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation.

The Ebola Medal for Service in West Africa
Her Majesty's Government

2015. Campaign medal awarded by Her Majesty's Government for service in West Africa during the 2014 - 2015 Ebola outbreak response in Sierra Leone.

Research grant
US State Department Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration

2019. $300,000 for multi-year research project in DRC, Jordan, and the Philippines.

Travelling Fellowship
The Chadwick Trust, UCL

2018. £5,000 for field research in Sierra Leone.

Research Degree Travelling Scholarship
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

2018. £5,000 for field research in Sierra Leone.

Research Degree Travelling Scholarship
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

2017. As above.

African Studies Fellow

2014 - 2016. Selective fellows program for students interested in the study of Africa, September 2014 - June 2016.

Health Policy Scholar

2013 - 2016. Selective scholar program for students interested in careers central to health policy design and implementation, September 2013 - June 2016.

Best BA Thesis Prize in Public Policy Studies

2016. Recognition and a financial award for having written the best BA thesis in the Department of Public Policy at the University of Chicago for students graduating in 2016.

Dean's List

2016, 2014, 2013. For consistently achieving a GPA above 3.25 each quarter in a minimum of nine courses over an academic year (note: in 2015 was not in full time studies due to deployment to the West Africa Ebola Epidemic).

Humanitarian Award

2016. Financial award from the University of Chicago for excellence and recognition in humanitarian endeavors.

African Studies Research Grant

2014. $4,000 for conducting summer research in Africa during the summer of 2014.

The Jeff Metcalf Award

2014. $5,000 for summer work with the University of Chicago's Center for Global Health.

African Studies Research Grant

2013. $4,000 for conducting summer research in Africa during the summer of 2013.

Bernard O Brown Service Learning Award

2013. $1,000 for conducting a service learning project during the summer of 2013.

International Achievement Summer Delegate
The Academy of Achievement

2017. Delegate to the Academy of Achievement’s 2017 International Achievement Summit.

Inductee & member
The Phi Beta Kappa (ΦΒΚ) Society

2016. Inductee and member of the Phi Beta Kappa honour society.

Massachusetts State Alpine Ski Champion
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

2010. Massachusetts State Alpine Ski Championship.

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