Gloria Igihozo, our 3rd year PhD student, received several awards this year for her research on barriers to preventing podoconiosis in rural women in Rwanda.
Gloria won 1st place in the Delta Omega Poster Award Competition and was accepted to the national Delta Omega competition at APHA. She also was this year’s Dean of the WSPH Award for Excellence in Research and Presentation by a WSPH Doctoral Student, and presented at the Tulane Research, Innovation, and Creativity Summit 2025.
In this video Gloria discusses her research on podoconiosis and how she helped one community design and adopt a simple preventive intervention using human-centered design and gender approaches. (https://youtu.be/bUqYAhGKJQs)
Gloria credits the support of Mai Do, MD, DrPH, for encouraging her to present her research, and for her mentorship and support in helping prepare the poster presentations.
