{"id":57658,"date":"2016-05-19T11:00:57","date_gmt":"2016-05-19T16:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.olemiss.edu\/?p=57658"},"modified":"2016-05-19T13:14:44","modified_gmt":"2016-05-19T18:14:44","slug":"recent-um-graduate-awarded-prestigious-health-fellowship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/recent-um-graduate-awarded-prestigious-health-fellowship\/","title":{"rendered":"Recent UM Graduate Awarded Prestigious Health Fellowship"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Gigi Bastien, has been awarded a Fogarty Global Health Fellowship from the National Institutes of Health for her research in the African nation of Liberia.<\/p><\/div>\n

OXFORD, Miss. \u2013 A recent graduate of the University of Mississippi’s Department of Psychology<\/a>,\u00a0Gigi Bastien, has been awarded a Fogarty Global Health Fellowship from the National Institutes of Health for 11\u00a0months of research in the African nation of Liberia.<\/p>\n

The research will focus on both the mental health and psychosocial impacts of\u00a0Ebola virus disease. Bastien, a native of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, who moved to the United States at age 8, will also study the existing strengths, resiliency and\u00a0resources among Ebola survivors in Liberia.<\/p>\n

“I am thrilled to have been offered\u00a0the opportunity to contribute in some\u00a0small way to the growing body of literature around evidence-based global mental\u00a0health disaster\/emergency response,” Bastien said. “I look forward to working with\u00a0and learning from the people of Liberia, whose resilience in facing one of the\u00a0greatest epidemics of our lifetime\u00a0is truly inspiring.”<\/p>\n

From a psychological standpoint, Bastien’s research will address the lack of\u00a0knowledge surrounding resiliency in the aftermath of large-scale emergencies. It\u00a0will help professionals understand strategies to support knowledge exchange, mental\u00a0health literacy and interventions in ways that are respectful of communities.<\/p>\n

Ebola is a virus that causes hemorrhagic fever in humans, leading to death in about 50 percent of cases. The disease was first identified in 1976 in Africa.<\/p>\n

The deadliest epidemic of the disease since its discovery began in March 2014, when outbreaks of Ebola were reported in West Africa. From\u00a0that time until January 2016, Liberia accounted for more than 4,800 Ebola-related\u00a0deaths. Of all countries affected by the virus, Liberia had the most\u00a0fatalities.<\/p>\n

“The award of the NIH Fogarty Global Health Fellowship to\u00a0Gigi for\u00a0intervention research in Liberia is exciting and satisfying news,” said Laura Johnson, a UM associate\u00a0professor of psychology. “It\u00a0is an excellent accomplishment in\u00a0international psychology and\u00a0reflects well on our department, given the competitive\u00a0nature and prestige of the Fogarty\u00a0awards.”<\/p>\n

Bastien, who earned her master’s degree in 2011 and her doctorate in 2013, both from UM in clinical psychology, has previously conducted research in similar areas. Her dissertation\u00a0involved the research of disaster response and resilience following the devastating\u00a02010 earthquake in Haiti.<\/p>\n

International research cases of this nature are rare in the\u00a0clinical research field, but are increasingly valued and called upon.<\/p>\n

“I am particularly proud\u00a0that\u00a0Gigi’s project in Liberia is\u00a0an outgrowth of work\u00a0she began as a\u00a0student at the University of Mississippi, where her dissertation\u00a0focused on resilience and culturally responsive interventions among\u00a0displaced\u00a0persons\u00a0in the aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti,” Johnson said.<\/p>\n

“I could not be\u00a0more\u00a0excited about Gigi’s upcoming project and\u00a0I am also happy to have ongoing,\u00a0international collaborations with a great\u00a0colleague.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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