Alumni
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Eminet Abebe Gurganus
Senior Strategic Advisor for Health Equity, Insurance Industry
Rudd Graduate Assistant (2018-2023)
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Brooke Bennett
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Clemson University
Rudd Postdoctoral Fellow (2021-2023)
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Salma Gudaf
M.S. Student, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Heath
Rudd Research Assistant (2022-2023)
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Mary Himmelstein
Assistant Professor, Psychological Sciences, Kent State University
Rudd Postdoctoral Fellow (2016-2019)
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Melissa Jensen
Professor, School of Nutrition, University of Costa Rica
Rudd Postdoctoral Research Associate (2020-2022)
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Samantha Lawrence
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota
Rudd Research Assistant (2020-2022)
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Rebecca Nemec Boehm
Senior Economist, Immediate Office, USDA Office of the Chief Economist
Rudd Postdoctoral Fellow (2016-2018)
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Ellen Pudney
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Eastern Virginia Medical School
Rudd Research Assistant (2017-2021)
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Aditi Rao
Ph.D. Candidate, UConn Department of Communication
Rudd Communications Assistant (2018-2022)
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Xiaohan Sun
Assistant Professor of Business and Economics, Allegheny College
Rudd Research Assistant (2016-2021)