Harleen Kaur

Ms. Harleen Kaur

University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
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Biography

Harleen Kaur is a pre-doctoral fellow in the Department of Nutrition Sciences at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and has had the opportunity to assist on multiple NIH-funded diet and exercise research studies under the mentorship of Wendy Demark-Wahnefried, Ph.D., RD. She graduated with a Master of Science in Nutrition Sciences from the University of Alabama at Birmingham in 2021. She was awarded the Cecile Clardy Satterfield Award for Humanism in Health Care for humanitarianism, professionalism, and commitment to health care in 2022. Her research focus is to explore potential mediators and moderators of web-based interventions on lifestyle behaviors (diet and physical activity) among cancer survivors. Her research will improve our understanding of how web-based intervention(s) work and for whom they work best.

Affiliations

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Birmingham, Alabama, USA

Honors and Awards

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Blazer Graduate Research Fellowship

University of Alabama at Birmingham

The purpose of this fellowship is to aid in the pursuit of my graduate studies.

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Cecile Clardy Satterfield Award for Humanism in Health Care.

University of Alabama at Birmingham

This award recognizes an outstanding student for humanitarianism, professionalism, and commitment to health care.

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National Cancer Institute (NCI)-funded Cancer Prevention and Control Training Program (CPCTP) (T32)

University of Alabama at Birmingham

The purpose of the UAB Cancer Prevention and Control Training Program (CPCTP) is to train individuals who are committed to becoming independent researchers in the following areas: cancer prevention (including epidemiology, chemoprevention, and behavioral science); cancer early detection; cancer outcomes, survivorship, and palliative care

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