UG Student Accomplishments

Dr. G’s classes routinely provide undergraduate students the opportunity to engage in original research.

The Blum Center served as the judge for Fall 2014 PH005 Global Public Health Posters that were part of the class’ final research projects. The goal of this project was to link Merced or SJV health issues to larger global health problems.
1st place: Diabetes Pertaining to the San Joaquin Valley and Worldwide by Trevor Bailon, Theresa Li, and Laura Wu
2nd place: Global and Local Nitrate Contamination of Drinking Water by Sumeet Bhardwaj and Justin Lor
3rd place: Water crisis in the san joaquin valley by Cinthia Duenas and Rosa Lopez
Tori Palmberg. 2014. Type 2 Diabetes Research and Analysis Paper: Insight into Effective Treatment in Merced County. UC Merced Undergraduate Research Journal 6(1):73-79. This paper was begun as the final research project for PH 113: Social Epidemiology (Fall 2013).