Awards and Recognition

Rick Hooper Scholarship Recipient
June 2010
Evelyn’s paper entitled ” Women’s Human Rights and Access to Health Care in Muslim Societies of Northern Nigeria” received a $1,450 scholarship.

UCSC News Article
May 2010
UCSC published a news article entitled “Health sciences student wins $10,000 award to support her work in Nigeria” describing the Strauss Foundations grant for eHealth Nigeria

UCSC Business Plan Competition Finalists
May 2010
eHealth Nigeria made it to the Finals in the UCSC Business Plan Competition.

Strauss Foundation Scholarship Recipient
May 2010
Evelyn won this $10,000 scholarship to continue her work on eHealth in Nigeria.

Honorable Mentions at CITRIS Big Ideas Competition
April 2010
“Instant EMR” won $1,000 for Honorable Mention at this years competition.

International Health Interest Group Conference at UCSF
March 2010
At the IHIG Conference at UCSF, eHealth took 2nd place in the student poster competition.

MedInfo 2010 Submission Accepted: Experience Implementing OpenMRS to Support Maternal and Reproductive Health in Northern Nigeria
February 2010
Our teams report submission has been accepted for oral presentation to the 13th World Congress on Medical and Health Informatics Medinfo 2010 to be held from 12-15th September 2010 at the Cape Town International Convention Centre, Cape Town, South Africa.

SC Sentinel Story: Santa Cruz duo aims to make a difference in Nigeria
January 2010
Jennifer Welsh published a story about eHealth Nigeria in the Santa Cruz Sentinel.

UCSC Press Release: “Students forging a new frontier in global health”
December 2010
On December 16, 2009 Roger Sideman wrote a piece about our eHealth Nigeria project and GIIP in the UCSC Monthly newsletter.

Honorable mention at the CITRIS Big Ideas Competition
April 2009
The eHealth Nigeria Team received honorable mention at UC Berkeley’s Big Ideas Competition for technology in the interest of society (sponsored by CITRIS).