Bethany WILLIAMS LIN
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Testing the functional significance of divergent reproductive traits in an African cichlid fish (Pseudocrenilabrus multicolor victoriae)
REFNo: NS52ES
The goal of the proposed research is to better understand the influence of environmental stressors (such as turbidity, hypoxia, and increased temperature) on the divergence of reproductive traits in an African cichlid fish (Pseudocrenilabrus multicolor victoriae).
My specific objectives will be to
(a) determine the functional role of physiological and behavioral trait changes
between populations of P. multicolor, and
(b) test the adaptive significance of trait changes by assessing performance of lab-reared fish on reproductive tasks.
(c) present conservation education materials about the importance of biodiversity to water quality to local schools through The Water Project
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USA |
2018-05-22 |
2021-05-22 |
Natural Sciences |
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Degree Award |
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Anna Stadelman Michelle
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Adverse Events during Therapy for Multidrug Resistant (MDR)-TB with and without HIV co-infection in Uganda
REFNo: HS228ES
The general aim of this study is to describe AEs occurring during and after MDR-TB treatment among HIV-infected and uninfected patients, which includes frequency, grade, and duration.
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USA |
2018-08-22 |
2021-08-22 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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Non-degree Award |
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Krista Milich
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Red Colobus Monkey Reproduction and Conservation
REFNo: NS55ES
Long-term studies of wild primate populations are important for understanding how species adjust to environmental pressures and for examining models of our evolutionary past. My project uses the endangered red colobus monkey (Procolobus rufomitratus) of Kibale National Park, Uganda, as a model to understand how ecological stressors impact reproductive function, sexual behaviors, feeding ecology, and survival. Recent increases in hunting pressure and disease outbreaks have changed the selective pressures facing the Kanyawara red colobus monkeys. My previous work with these monkeys documented differences in behaviors and physiology for red colobus living in different habitats. Conducting further research on these animals will help to answer important questions about both endangered species and evolutionary processes. I request permission to study the behavioral and physiological responses of red colobus monkeys to ecological pressures. Specifically, I aim to: 1) re-evaluate the variation in reproductive and adrenal hormones of individuals living in different habitats, 2) examine behavioral variation over time of individuals in response to pressures from both hunting and disease outbreaks, and 3) monitor demographic changes and the health of this population. Long-term comparisons of the behavior and physiology of these individuals will provide data on the ability for primates to adjust to environmental changes.
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USA |
2018-07-17 |
2021-07-17 |
Natural Sciences |
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Non-degree Award |
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Megan Schmidt-Sane Mila
ID: UNCST-2019-R001043
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A mixed-method study of health vulnerability and social resilience in Kampala, Uganda
REFNo: SS199ES
Aim 1: Quantify individual patterning of key factors such as alcohol use, gambling, knowledge, attitudes, and practices, perceptions of access to resources, job stability, frequency of arrest, bar group membership, economic dependence on FSW, and risky sexual behavior in men’s quotidian lives, through the use of survey methods and regression analysis.
Aim 2: Identify pathways from men’s risk to resilience and/or vulnerability and examine community-level social organization through in-depth interviews and participant observation with men in sex work communities.
Aim 3: Understand the social, political, economic, and legal structures that configure men’s sexual health risk, resilience, and vulnerability, through in-depth interviews and participant observation with men in sex work communities and community service providers.
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USA |
2018-08-14 |
2021-08-14 |
Social Science and Humanities |
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Degree Award |
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Megan Lang
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The Economics of Women Entrepreneurs: Experimental Evidence from Street Business School in Uganda
REFNo: SS223ES
The goal of the proposed study is to answer the questions, “Does a holistic entrepreneurship program lead to increases in income for women?†and "Does allowing women to select into one-on-one mentoring rather than mandating it for all women alter program outcomes?"
In addition, we propose to measure intergenerational spillovers of SBS, as we believe that being closely related to a woman participating in the program may translate into attitudinal and behavioral changes for children that go beyond income effects. We are interested in the following questions relating to intergenerational spillovers: (1) Do current educational and employment opportunities change for children closely connected to SBS women? (2) Do future educational and employment goals change for children closely connected to SBS women? (3) Do children’s social networks change to include more women affiliated with SBS? (4) Are these effects attributable solely to increases in income? (5) Are these effects heterogenous in (i) age of the child at the time of SBS or (ii) gender of the child?
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USA |
2018-08-24 |
2021-08-24 |
Social Science and Humanities |
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Non-degree Award |
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Maruthi Sridhar Balaji Bhaskar
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Geospatial Informatics for Environmental and Natural Resource Management
REFNo: PS5ES
Goals and Objectives:
The goal of the proposed project is to identify the impact of long-term landscape and environmental changes on the water quality of Lake Victoria. Long-term, continuous remote sensing monitoring data will be utilized to quantify and assess the pigment and nutrient distribution in the waters of Lake Victoria. We hypothesize that the variations in pigment and nutrient concentrations will affect the intensity and spectral characteristics of the water and these relevant spectral signatures can be identified and mapped using satellite remote sensing. The specific objectives are to: 1) Analyze and map the spatial and temporal trends in the water quality characteristics of the Lake Victoria; 2) Identify the best water quality indicators for satellite monitoring of the environmental and ecological changes and 3) Monitor and propose remedial measures for the geographical regions within the Lake which are more vulnerable for the environmental and climate changes.
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USA |
2018-09-20 |
2021-09-20 |
Natural Sciences |
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Non-degree Award |
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Stephanie Sweet
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Geospatial Analytics for Improved Tax Compliance
REFNo: SS242ES
This research will attempt to analyze tax evasion and estimate the compliance tax gap (difference between potential and actual revenue) through the use of geospatial analytics in Uganda.
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USA |
2018-10-30 |
2021-10-30 |
Social Science and Humanities |
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Degree Award |
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Kathryn LaRusso E
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Access to Essential Surgical Care and Bellwether Procedures for Children in Uganda: A Public-Sector Evaluation
REFNo: HS231ES
Primary objectives:
1. To conduct a nationwide survey using a convenience sample of two regional and two general referral hospitals in each region (Northern, Eastern, Western, and Central) of Uganda, and the national referral hospital (17 total facilities), using surgical capacity assessments to assess the availability of essential and emergency surgical care (EESC) for children.
i. To pilot the new WHO-PGSSC-GICS Children’s Surgical Assessment Tool (CSAT) and compare the results with PediPIPES to assess the validity, usability and reliability of the new CSAT tool.
2. To identify candidate bellwether procedures for children’s surgery that can be used as a benchmark for essential surgical care for children based on national, regional and general hospital logbook data, surgical capacity assessments, and perioperative mortality if available.
Secondary objectives:
3. To identify if the ratio of emergent surgery to elective surgery (Ee ratio) using logbook data from national, regional and general hospitals can be a simple and valid indicator of access to pediatric surgical care.
4. To verify if a convenience sample of 1-month of logbook data collection can reliability predict perioperative mortality rate vs 3- or 6-months of logbook data collection at MRRH.
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USA |
2019-02-18 |
2022-02-18 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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Non-degree Award |
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Ravinder Bhavnani D
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MERIAM: Modelling Early Risk Indicators to Anticipate Malnutrition
REFNo: HS245ES
The central aim of the MERIAM project is to identify, test and scale up cost-effective means to improve the prediction and monitoring of undernutrition in difficult contexts, in such a way that it enables an effective response to manage and mitigate nutritional risk. The objectives of the overall, multi-year multi-country MERIAM research project include:
(a) the creation of high-quality, relevant research that fills gaps in the evidence base on the prediction of undernutrition in response to shocks (e.g., conflict, drought, spikes in food prices);
(b) the accessibility of results and evidence to both technical and non-technical audiences, including facilitation of audience engagement with data and the predictive model via a user-friendly online platform; and,
(c) the successful uptake of MERIAM research by key stakeholders in policy and practice, with a focus on national-level actors and their utilization of the data and analysis to inform humanitarian response.
The objectives of the Uganda-specific field visit for the computational modelling component include:
(1) Visit locations where nutrition crises have occurred to get an understanding of the context, terrain, conditions, and populations
(2) Administer questionnaires to identify and gauge key attributes, assets, choice sets, behavioral rules and practices (including adaptation and learning), drivers, constraints, and interventions.
(3) Conduct simple vignette-based experiments where interviewees are presented with scenarios to which they answer with how they would respond to or judge various situations
(4) Conduct open-ended discussions to make “explicit†the mental models practitioners use for assessment and decision-making
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USA |
2019-02-26 |
2022-02-26 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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Non-degree Award |
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Ronnie Steinitz
ID: UNCST-2019-R000713
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Food Fights: Competition among fruit-eating primates in Kibale National Park, Uganda
REFNo: NS60ES
To determine whether between-species feeding competition is a significant energetic constraint for red-tailed monkeys – more so than for larger-bodied, competing primate species.
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USA |
2018-08-31 |
2021-08-31 |
Natural Sciences |
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Degree Award |
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Ellison McNutt
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Quantifying Foot Position During Quadrupedal Walking in Semi-Wild Chimpanzees
REFNo: NS65ES
The goal of this project is to be among the first studies to collect biomechanical walking data on a large number of individuals from semi-wild primates, including plantigrade and semi-digitigrade species to connect behavior to skeletal anatomy. Specifically in Uganda, to quantify/characterize the foot strike patterns in semi-wild chimpanzees throughout their gait cycle to assess its impact on their skeletal anatomy with implications for understand fossil primate locomotions.
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USA |
2018-12-20 |
2021-12-20 |
Natural Sciences |
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Degree Award |
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Nicholas Chapoy
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Title of research project: Dual articulation in the communication system of mountain gorillas?
REFNo: NS82ES
The emergence of combinatoriality (phonology and syntax) in human language represents one of the key evolutionary transitions in life (Maynard Smith & Szathmary 1995). Despite its significance, we know very little regarding how unique this capacity is to humans or the evolutionary progression of this trait. By searching for core features of language, such as its combinatoriality, in the communication systems of closely related species to humans, particularly the primates, it is possible to shed light on whether the components of language are de novo evolved traits in humans or whether they have their origins rooted in the primate lineage.
With this project, I aim to shed light on how unique combinatorics is to human language through empirically investigating the presence of linguistic forms of phonology and syntax in one of our closest living relatives, the gorilla.
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USA |
2019-02-05 |
2022-02-05 |
Natural Sciences |
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Non-degree Award |
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Hilary Matfess
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“Gender Norm Change in Contexts of Displacement Through Interviews and Body Map Panels with South Sudanese Women Living in Uganda.â€
REFNo: SS239ES
This project aims to supplement the thin literature on women’s experiences during conflict and displacement by leveraging a variety of qualitative research methods, including oral histories, focus group discussions, and through the introduction of a new form of body map storytelling, called “body map panels.†This project is exploratory in nature, marking one of the first steps in gathering data for a dissertation related to gender and conflict in sub-Saharan Africa. The qualitative data gathered in this project will help ground an empirically-driven research agenda for a dissertation, which will be centered on unpacking how conflict dynamics and features of displacement programming and support impact women’s influence and status in post-conflict African states. Through the collection of qualitative data, this project will develop the foundations of a testable hypothesis related to gender, conflict, and social roles.
This study aims to document and assess the new roles and responsibilities that women take on in post-conflict and displacement settings and to better design programs serving displaces women. The objectives, as paired with the questions posed by the study are to:
Document how different events in the course of conflict and displacement affect women’s roles, and identify some of the most influential, commonly experienced events.
Document how gender norms change by identifying salient norms pre-conflict, during conflict, and in displacement contexts.
Document women’s reactions to the changes in gender norms at these different contexts.
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USA |
2018-10-10 |
2021-10-10 |
Social Science and Humanities |
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Non-degree Award |
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Eve Smeltzer Ann
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Conflict and Consensus: The Impacts of Socio-Ecological Contexts on Vervet Collaborative Movements
REFNo: NS83ES
This research will examine how vervet monkeys (Chlorocebus pygerythrus) use social strategies and democratic processes to mitigate conflicts of interests during collaborative movements and how their decisions are impacted by varying social and ecological contexts.
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USA |
2019-02-19 |
2022-02-19 |
Natural Sciences |
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Degree Award |
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Cristina de la Torre
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Assessing How Changes in District HIV Program Management Capacity Affect HIV Epidemic Control in Uganda
REFNo: HS268ES
• To explore the relationship between management capacity (as measured through the DPMS) and HIV service delivery performance at the district level
• To determine the management capacity domains in the DPMS that were most strongly correlated to improvements in HIV service delivery MER indicators or Outcome indicators
• To understand the pathways that led to changes (increase or decrease) in HIV program management and the service delivery outcomes
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USA |
2019-03-20 |
2022-03-20 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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Non-degree Award |
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Joshua Greenberg
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Governance, Citizenship, and Accountability: Community-Centered Development in the Ugandan Health Sector
REFNo: SS265ES
This study examines the influence of governance structures on health outcomes in Uganda and tests strategies to foster more efficient healthcare delivery in the country. Specifically, the study will use a pilot randomized controlled trial to assess the feasibility and impact of several governance interventions. First, seeking to improve the performance of local leaders in ensuring quality health service delivery, the study will evaluate the following two community-level interventions: (a) quarterly citizen reporting meetings with Local Council III chairpersons on health service delivery and (b) chairperson skills training on monitoring local government health centers. Second, to study the determinants of citizen participation in meetings, the study will evaluate several different household-level encouragement messages within the meetings intervention group. The messages—which will separately emphasize (a) public duty, (b) social aspects, and (c) civic participation—will be aimed at motivating citizens to attend the quarterly reporting meetings. All of the interventions have been developed in collaboration with Progressive Health Partnership (a non-governmental organization) and the Office of the Prime Minister. This pilot study is meant to prepare for a larger study in the future.
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USA |
2019-02-05 |
2022-02-05 |
Social Science and Humanities |
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Degree Award |
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Anthony Fuller
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A Community-Based Cross-sectional Study of Epilepsy Prevalence and Barriers to Epilepsy Treatment in Uganda
REFNo: HS291ES
Main objective: The first objective of this study is to estimate the countrywide prevalence of epilepsy in Uganda. The second objective is to characterize the community-held beliefs and barriers affecting epilepsy treatment in Uganda.
Specific Objectives:
AIM 1: To estimate the countrywide prevalence of epilepsy in Uganda
1A- To describe geographic variation, if any, of epilepsy prevalence
AIM 2: To characterize the community-held beliefs about epilepsy in Uganda.
2A- To assess knowledge, attitudes, and other factors associated with epilepsy treatment barriers in Uganda.
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USA |
2018-12-20 |
2021-12-20 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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Non-degree Award |
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Jose Saenz
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Helicobacter pylori and chronic dyspepsia in eastern Uganda
REFNo: HS305ES
1) Determine the prevalence of dyspepsia and Helicobacter pylori (Hp) infection among residents in a rural community in Eastern Uganda using non-invasive diagnostic means (questionnaire, fecal Hp antigen testing).
2) Correlate dyspepsia with prevalent symptoms identified from questionnaire and results from fecal Hp antigen testing.
3) Identify additional factors associated with dyspepsia using a thorough medical and dietary history.
4) Assess efficacy of Hp eradication following standard-of-care antibiotic treatment of all participants with active Hp infection.
5) Assess efficacy of empiric omeprazole treatment in participants with chronic dyspepsia who are negative for Hp by fecal Hp antigen testing.
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USA |
2019-10-31 |
2022-10-31 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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Non-degree Award |
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Mary Ann Etling
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Ethnographic analysis of children with mobility disabilities and their caregivers in Gulu district of post-conflict northern Uganda
REFNo: HS311ES
Identify ongoing needs of children with mobility disabilities and their caregivers in Gulu district.
Characterize physical, economic, social, and environmental barriers that children with mobility disabilities and their caregivers experience in Gulu district.
Investigate changes in the family and how they impact care for children with mobility disabilities in Gulu district.
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USA |
2020-08-06 |
2023-08-06 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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Non-degree Award |
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Hailey Tiarks Jo
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Testing the role of turbidity on the visual sensitivity of an African cichlid fish (Pseudocrenilabrus multicolor victoriae)
REFNo: NS90ES
The goal of the proposed research is to better understand the influence of turbidity and other environmental stressors on behavior and development of visual and behavioural traits in an African cichlid fish (Pseudocrenilabrus multicolor victoriae). Environmental degradation can introduce persistent environmental stressors that impair many behaviors in fishes that could influence their ability see their environment, which can obscure reproduction, predation, and other inter/intra species visual cues. It is important to understand how species continue to persist in degraded tropical aquatic habitats to help conserve essential biodiversity for the health of aquatic ecosystems. We will investigate how important stressors, such as turbidity, influence the behavior and development of visual traits in a widespread African cichlid in the lakes, rivers, and swamps near Lake Nabugabo, western Uganda.
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USA |
2019-07-01 |
2022-07-01 |
Natural Sciences |
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Degree Award |
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