Doctoral student Dana Watnick awarded $20,000 American Fellowship

Doctoral student Dana Watnick was recently awarded a $20,000 American Fellowship by the American Association of University Women (AAUW) to fund her dissertation work entitled Understanding Acceptability of a Vaginal Ring to Prevent HIV and Pregnancy: Integrating Multiple Qualitative Methods.

The fellowship is awarded on the basis of scholarly excellence; quality and originality of project design; and active commitment to helping women and girls through service in their communities, professions, or fields of research.

“I am so honored to receive this award in support of my dissertation work, which will offer me protected time to conduct my research,” said Watnick. “It felt like a long shot, as fewer than 10% of applicants receive funding, but it was worth it!”