维多利亚•Kwentua第六fellow for Sharma family endowed scholarship

休斯顿博士生维多利亚·克温特（Victoria Kwentua），MPH，已被选为2021年秋季Sharma研究员，并得到了德克萨斯大学卫生科学中心的Sharma Endowed Community Nutrition，Health＆Wealtness in Sharma Exclore Fund的支持（休斯顿大学休斯顿大学（University of Texas Health Science Center）（UTHealth）。

In 2017, faculty member and alumna Shreela Sharma, PhD, RDN, along with her husband, Vibhu Sharma, established the $200,000 scholarship endowment, which includes a matching donation from the UTHealth Game Changers initiative. The fellowship program is administered through the Michael & Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living atUTHealth School of Public Health.

研究员每学期获得2,000美元的津贴，有资格获得州内学费，并与更明亮的叮咬, a nonprofit whose mission is to create communities of health through fresh food. Brighter Bites channels surplus produce and nutrition education materials into underserved communities with the goal of changing behavior among children and their parents to prevent obesity and achieve long-term health. The program operates in Houston, Dallas, Austin, Southwest Florida, Washington D.C., and New York City. The competitive fellowship program requires a research commitment of two semesters, at 200 hours per semester.

Kwentua正在休斯敦Uthealth公共卫生学院获得健康促进和行为科学博士学位，并获得了流行病学的未成年人，并获得了孕产妇和儿童健康证书。她获得了沃思堡北德克萨斯大学健康科学中心的孕产妇和儿童健康的硕士学位。

“Vibhu and Shreela Sharma have shown their commitment to public health, as well as to students such as Ms. Kwentua, through this fellowship. The student support and related work experiences not only expand Ms. Kwentua’s education, but also increase her skills in community-based nutrition research,” saidDeanna Hoelscher，RDN博士，RDN，迈克尔和苏珊·戴尔健康生活中心主任奥斯汀校园Uthealth公共卫生学院的区域院长。

“I plan to use the fellowship funds primarily to expand my knowledge on childhood obesity and nutrition,” said Kwentua. “I am excited to learn about the innovative programs available to address the needs of children who are just beginning their experiences with healthy foods. This is an important time in their health trajectories, and the ability to be a part of this intervention is a privilege.”

“过去，我主要致力于预防婴儿和儿童死亡率，因此在健康促进方面工作是新鲜空气。我喜欢学习新事物，这是我作为母亲和儿童专业人士和未来教授的经历的一个话题，” Kwentua说。“我想到有多少我认识的孩子长大后可以通过学习营养并开放尝试新食物来从较轻的叮咬中受益。我很高兴能向社区学习，并为他们提供他们继续增强健康和强大所需的任何工具和研究。”beplay苹果手机能用吗

Shreela Sharma是Uthealth公共卫生学院流行病学，人类遗传学和环境科学系的教授，并与该校的Michael＆Susan Dell健康生活中心合作。她与丽莎·赫尔夫曼（Lisa Helfman）一起是Brighter Bines的联合创始人。Vibhu Sharma是Innovent Technology的首席执行官，Innovent Technology是制造行业的自动化和数字解决方案公司。