In celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, the BU community is invited to a presentation of research talks highlighting scholarship from changemaking student researchers.
Every year, Boston University awards a small number of prestigious graduate fellowships (honoring Clare Booth Luce, Martin Luther King, Jr., Whitney Young, Jr., and Lu Lingzi) to a select cohort of exceptional incoming and current graduate students. The criteria for these awards honors the University’s commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and academic excellence, as well as its ongoing efforts to build a stronger and more diverse research workforce at BU and beyond.
This virtual event will feature research and insights from two recent BU graduate fellows:
- Annell Ovalles is a clinical psychology PhD student at the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences and recipient of the prestigious 2023 Martin Luther King, Jr. Fellowship, which is awarded to outstanding incoming graduate students who are committed to the social justice principles espoused by Dr. King. Ovalles’s research interests include examining the mechanisms of tailored treatments for pain, depression, anxiety, and PTSD, while focusing on marginalized communities and bridging the gap in mental health research, advocacy, and access. Her presentation will focus on non-pharmacological interventions for the treatment of co-occurring pain and anxiety and how psychosocial factors among ethnic and racial minorities affect both anxiety and PTSD pathology. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in psychology from Barnard College and a Master’s of Public Health from the CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy.
- Kaye-Alese Green, an MD/JD candidate, received the highly competitive 2022 Whitney Young, Jr. Fellowship, which is awarded in recognition of the civil rights pioneer’s outstanding contributions in the fields of social work, urban studies, and African American studies. Green’s research interests include pediatric trauma, medical education reform, and upstream drivers of health disparities. Her presentation will focus on the intersection of law and medicine, specifically how different kinds of structural oppressions are based on medical theory and applied through legal doctrine. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in psychology and a Master’s degree in interdisciplinary studies with a dual concentration in public health and urban education from the University of Central Florida.
This event is co-sponsored by BU Graduate Affairs and the Office of Research Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee. View event slides from Annell Ovalles and Kaye-Alese Green.
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