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engaged leaders S c h o l a r s h i ps h e l p s t u d e n t s f o l l o w d i v e r s e pat h s t o i m p r o v e h e a lt h B y S a l ly W o l f f K i n g 7 9 G 8 3 P h D
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Building on life experiences Before enrolling at Rollins last fall, Dean’s Council Scholar Jacqueline Cutts founded SAFE (Safe Mothers, Safe Babies), a nonprofit organization in Uganda. Her scholarship, supported by the RSPH Dean’s Council—an advisory body of business and community leaders—to help cover tuition, has allowed her to continue studying the effect of electricity, especially the absence of it, on birth outcomes in Uganda. She installed “Solar Suitcases” in hospitals, including those with no electricity. Without the solar units, doctors often cannot see clearly enough to detect complications, perform urgent surgeries, identify and stop bleeding, and address other problems. Cutts is now analyzing data from her experiment to gauge impact. Her preliminary findings suggest that the installation of solar electricity led to a 35% increase in monthly delivery of babies. 24
public health magazine
spring 2013
The Rollins School of Public Health prepares students to change lives through improved health. Students are attracted to Rollins by the promise of hands-on experience that is relevant to current problems and the opportunity to be part of a community that works together to create solutions. Scholarship gifts to Campaign Emory help students, like those featured on the following pages, pursue life-changing work locally and globally.