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Mishika Mehrotra awarded a Gates Cambridge Scholarship

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Mishika Mehrotra awarded a Gates Cambridge Scholarship

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lanthierj Wed, 05/19/2021 - 16:39

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Department of Psychology

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U of T Mississauga

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Mishika Mehrotra has been awarded a Gates Cambridge Scholarship. The ��Ƶ Mississauga alumna is one of 74 scholars from 30 countries to receive the prestigious scholarship this year.

Mehrotra, who graduated in 2019, will pursue a PhD in psychology at the University of Cambridge.

“I will study how parent–child conversations relate to young children’s self-regulation, which is an important predictor of their school success, social competence and health,” Mehrotra says. “As part of the Gates Cambridge community, I hope that my research can inform low-cost interventions that equip caregivers with the tools to promote children’s self-regulation.

“I also want to focus on knowledge translation to make research findings more accessible to caregivers, and encourage them to promote children’s wellbeing through evidence-based approaches.”

While at U of T Mississauga, Mehrotra worked as a research assistant at Professor Tina Malti’s lab.

“I examined why some children feel guilty after violating social norms but others feel happy. The findings of my final-year thesis prompted me think about the role that caregivers can play in promoting children’s development.”

The top graduating student in science at U of T Mississauga in 2019, Mehrotra says she is grateful to Malti and Professor Emeritus Glenn Schellenberg for their supervision and guidance and Sebastian Dys for his mentorship.

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Jillian Sprenger awarded Gates Cambridge Scholarship

lanthierj — Mon, 19 Apr 2021 15:18:41 +0000

Jillian Sprenger awarded Gates Cambridge Scholarship

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lanthierj Mon, 04/19/2021 - 11:18

Faculty of Arts & Science

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Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy

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The ��Ƶ’s Jillian Sprenger has been named a Gates Cambridge Scholar.

A former John. H. Moss Scholarship winner, Sprenger is one of 74 scholars from 30 countries to receive the prestigious scholarship this year.

“At Cambridge, I'll be pursuing a master of philosophy in environmental policy, with a focus on environmental law,” Sprenger says. “I plan to study how the law at both national and international levels may be used effectively to address the climate crisis.

“We need new and creative ways of addressing this defining challenge of our time, and I think the law will be a powerful tool in this regard. Whether through the pursuit of litigation to hold governments and organizations accountable for their environmental records, or through the creation of legal mandates to enable transition to a net-zero economy, the law may play a vital role in precipitating the wide-reaching societal change we need to protect our planet.”

As an undergraduate at U of T majoring in global health, Sprenger was part of the Reach Alliance at the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy. She studied such issues as food insecurity, forced migration, and antimicrobial resistance – conducting research that took her to Myanmar, Taiwan, Ecuador, Ethiopia and Sri Lanka. She will graduate this year with a master of science in biophysics.

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Mishika Mehrotra awarded a Gates Cambridge Scholarship

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