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National Geographic Young Explorer and Graduate School Fellow, National Geographic Society
Country of Origin: Canada
Degree Program: PhD
Entered Program: Fall 2016
Expected Graduation: Fall 2020
Current Course of Study:
- Graduate Certificate in Tropical Conservation and Development
- Graduate Certificate in Trauma and Resiliency Informed Approaches in Public Health
Dissertation Topic: Illness, Health-Seeking Behavior, and Community Health in Northern Uganda: A Community-Based Participatory Approach
Areas of interest: Community-Based Participatory Research, Community Engagement, Conservation, Global Health, International Development, Translational Research, Alcohol-Use Disorders
Adviser: Dr. Greg Glass
Educational Background
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B.A. in Geography, University of New Hampshire, Durham
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M.S. in Natural Resources: Environmental Conservation, University of New Hampshire
- Graduate Certificate in Industrial Statistics, University of New Hampshire
- CPH, 2019
- M.H.S. in Environmental and Global Health: One Health Concentration, University of Florida
Recent Publications
Dowhaniuk N, Ojok, S, McKune SL. In Press. Setting a Research Agenda to Improve Community Health: An Inclusive Mixed-Methods Approach in Northern Uganda. PLOS ONE. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0244249
Dowhaniuk N. In Press. Exploring country-wide equitable government health care facility access in Uganda. International Journal for Equity in Health
Dowhaniuk N, Hartter J, Ryan SJ, Palace MW, Congalton RG. 2018. The Impact of Industrial Oil Development on a Protected Area Landscape: Demographic and Social Change at Murchison Falls Conservation Area, Uganda. Population and Environment. DOI: 10.1007/s11111-017-0287-x
Salerno, J., Chapman, C.A., Diem, J.E. et al. Park isolation in anthropogenic landscapes: land change and livelihoods at park boundaries in the African Albertine Rift. Reg Environ Change (2017). DOI: 10.1007/s10113-017-1250-1
Hartter J, Dowhaniuk N, MacKenzie CA, Diem JE, Palace MW, Ryan SJ, Chapman CA. 2016. Perceptions of risk in communities near parks in an African biodiversity hotspot. Ambio. 45(6). 692-705. DOI: 10.1007/s13280-016-0775-8
Ryan SJ, Southworth J, Hartter J, Dowhaniuk N, Fuda RK, Diem JE. 2015. Household level influences on fragmentation in an African park landscape. Applied Geography. 58: 18-31.DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2015.01.005
Hartter J, Ryan SJ, MacKenzie CA, Goldman A, Dowhaniuk N, Palace M, Diem JE, Chapman CA. 2015. Now there is no land: a story of ethnic migration in a protected area landscape in western Uganda. Population and Environment. 36(4): 452-479. DOI: 10.1007/s11111-014-0227-y
Jacob AL, Bonnell TR, Dowhaniuk N, Hartter J. 2014. Topographic and spectral data resolve land cover misclassification to distinguish and monitor wetlands in western Uganda. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. 94: 114-126. DOI: 10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2014.05.001
Dowhaniuk N, Hartter J, Ryan SJ. 2014. Implications of spatial data variations for protected areas management: An example from East Africa. Environmental Management. 54(3): 596-605 DOI: 10.1007/s00267-014-0305-z