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Blen Yohannes, a Spring 2025 recipient of the Srinivasan Family Awards for Projects in Emerging Markets, spent the summer partnering with Ethiopia's Ministry of Health to strengthen the country's Maternal Death Surveillance and Response program.

Dahlia Broberg and Heidi Ho, Spring 2025 recipients of the Srinivasan Family Awards for Projects in Emerging Markets, launched a music therapy program in Shandia, Ecuador, to address adolescent mental health challenges through structured musical engagement and community partnership.

Lydia Adobea Dampare Addo, a Fall 2024 recipient of the Srinivasan Family Awards for Projects in Emerging Markets, has spent the past six months leading a student innovation competition in Ghana aimed at helping young people move their ideas from concept to impact.

Fahdi Alew, a Fall 2024 recipient of the Srinivasan Family Awards for Projects in Emerging Markets, has spent the past several months in Kenya's Baringo County researching the comorbidities between visceral leishmaniasis and diseases like HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria.

Carolina Pacheco-Balcazar, a fourth-year Economics and Political Science major from Puebla, Mexico, is investigating how solar energy can alleviate poverty in these communities with support from the Center for Emerging Markets' Srinivasan Family Awards program.

Victoria McCray, a Fall 2023 recipient of the Srinivasan Family Awards for Projects in Emerging Markets, organized an Open Science Neuro Hackathon at Lilongwe University in Malawi to make computational neuroscience more accessible to underrepresented researchers. With support from the Srinivasan Family Award, she created an inclusive learning environment where participants gained hands-on experience in neuroimaging, machine learning, and open-source research tools.

Abigail Binkley, a Spring 2024 recipient of the Srinivasan Family Awards for Projects in Emerging Markets, has spent several months in Kenya's Baringo County researching gender-specific vulnerabilities to visceral leishmaniasis, a neglected tropical disease with a 95% fatality rate if untreated. Partnering with the TERMES Center and ACCIH, her work aims to illuminate the challenges faced by women in remote communities and improve disease prevention through education and accessibility.

Abigail Williams, a Spring 2024 recipient of the Srinivasan Family Awards for Projects in Emerging Markets, is working with the African Center for Community Investment in Health to address maternal health challenges in Kenya's North Rift Valley. Through qualitative research and on-the-ground support, she aims to combat preventable injuries like obstetric fistula and improve healthcare outcomes for women in underserved pastoral communities.

As a Fall 2023 recipient of the Srinivasan Family Awards for Projects in Emerging Markets, Dhwani Bhatt, a third-year honors Chemical Engineering student at Northeastern University, has spent the past year developing a biogas system to meet the energy needs of Sadhguru School in Fort Portal Uganda.

As a Fall 2023 recipient of the Srinivasan Family Awards for Projects in Emerging Markets, Saraïna Ulysse, a third-year Public Health student at Northeastern University, has spent the past four months making critical contributions to improving community health education efforts in Baringo County, Kenya.