MACH Pilot Proposal Grants Awarded

Two winners were awarded approximately $25,000 in research funds from the Maternal, Adolescent and Child Health committee at DGHI for a pilot proposal funding period of July 1, 2015 – June 30, 2016.

The first grant was awarded to Melissa Watt  (DGHI) for the project “Understanding contraceptive use among South African women at high risk for alcohol-exposed pregnancies.”

The second grant was awarded to Lavanya Vasudevan (CHPIR) for the project “mHealth-assisted conditional case transfers to improve timeliness of childhood vaccinations.”

Congratulations to the two grant recipients!