Ijebusonma Agundu

Ijebusonma Agundu, MPH '24

ISSO Student Assistant Staff

Pronouns
she, her, hers
Department
International Student & Scholars Office
Office
Graduate and Professional Studies Center, Room 255

Expertise

Cholera research, international students support, sexual & domestic violence advocacy, research advocacy, behavioral & social sciences, biology

Research Interests

Water borne diseases (cholera) in 3rd world countries, Hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy at Tufts Medical, Sexual violence prevention at UML campus with Office of Violence & Prevention.

Education

  • MPH: Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of Massachusetts Lowell, 2024
  • B.S.: Biology, Pre-Med, University of Massachusetts Lowell (Chancellor's Medal for Student Service recipient), 2022
  • A.S.: Life Science Biology, Middlesex Community College (Commencement speaker & Valedictorian), 2020

Selected Awards and Honors

  • Commencement speaker at MCC 2020 Graduation
  • Best Graduating Student at MCC 2020 Graduation
  • Chancellor's Medal for Student Service at UMass Lowell
  • Provost Graduate Scholarship
  • International Student Scholarship
  • Distinguished Student Award from OMA
  • Omicron Delta Kappa Inductee- Leadership Society
  • Best Graduate Poster Presenter at 27th Annual Student Research & Community Engagement Symposium for ZCHS in April 2024
  • Honorary Award for cholera research by the Commissioner of Public Health in Nigeria

Selected Publications

Currently in the process of publishing first paper.

Selected Presentations

  • NSBE Soiree Symposium - April 2024
  • 2nd Annual Lawrence community research - April 2024
  • 27th Annual Student Research & Community Engagement Symposium - April 2024
  • Rita Colwell's Research Symposium - 2023

Selected Contracts, Fellowships, Grants and Sponsored Research

Hellenic American University study abroad, 2019
Queens University Belfast study abroad, Medical Research, Summer 2024

Research Currently in Progress

Sexual Violence Prevention at UML