The NIEHS Center for Environmental Health Sciences at UC Davis has three fellowships available for each year for Master's or Ph.D. students. Graduate students from any discipline may apply as long as their research interests are related to human health effects of chemicals, such as molecular biology of dioxins, epidemiology of pesticide effects on farmworkers, or effect of calcium intake on susceptibility to lead. First-year students are given preference for fellowships. Each award includes a stipend of approximately $16,000 for one year (Fall, Winter and Spring quarters). Students must already be admitted to a UC Davis graduate program, must have at least a 3.5 undergraduate or graduate GPA. Preference is given to students who have identified a Center faculty member that they would like to work with (faculty members are listed on-line at http://www.envtox.ucdavis.edu/cehs/faculty). These are highly competitive fellowships; students are chosen on the basis of their academic record and interest in the area of environmental health science. Non-California residents must obtain supplemental funding to cover their out-of-state tuition. These fellowships are sponsored by the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, the School of Medicine, and the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.

Applications for fellowships for the Fall are closed.

Fellowship Application

The following students are the Center's 2004-05 fellows:

Laurie Hopkins, Pharmacology & Toxicology Graduate Group. Researh Interest: Lipid metabolism and harmful effects associated with the bioaccumulation of environmental contaminants.

Shaojun Zhou, Pharmacology & Toxicology Graduate Group. Research Interest: Molecular and Cellular Toxicology. CEHS Advisor: Marion Miller.

Aysha Taff, Comparative Pathology Graduate Group; Research Interest: Characterization of gene expression changes in response to the pulmonary toxicant, naphthalene; CEHS Advisors: Charles Plopper and Alan Buckpitt.

Poh-Sin Yap, Epidemiology Graduate Group; Research Interest: The effects of air pollutants on allergic diseases especially for children with a family history of hypersensitivity; CEHS Advisor: Ellen Gold.

Past Fellows of the NIEHS Center for Environmental Health Sciences:

Arrieta, Daniel

Bartell, Scott

Bohonowych, Jessica

Brown DuTeaux, Shelley

Castro, Shawn

Chow, Drin

Donham, Rachel

Finkelstein, Erik

Huang, Hsin (Meg)

Garcia, Edward

Greene, Jessica

Jaeger, Lynn

Jelkes, Karen

Kido, Horatio

Le, Jennie

Mathrani, Vivek

Meharg, Emily

Meloy, Trena

Monk, Scott

Newman, John

Phan, Chau

Pincetich, Christopher

Ramsey, Amy

Rider, Cynthia

Rogers, Jane

Schwaebe, Gaea Joanna

Smiley, Suzette

Stanton, Rebecca

Stewart, Barbara

Tong, Warren

Van Winkle, Laura

Wampler, Marian

Wang, Frances

Wei, Alfreda

Wong, Scott William

Yeh, Geoffrey