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Geography Colloquium: Setting a bottom-up research agenda to improve community health – An inclusive mixed-methods approach in Northern Uganda

Speaker: Nick Dowhaniuk (he/him) PhD Student, Department of Geography, University of Florida Thursday, April 1, 2021 2:50-3:50 PM (Period 8) Turlington Hall 3018 and Zoom, livestreamed on YouTube University of Florida All are welcome to attend. Nick Dowhaniuk is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Geography, University of Florida. With a M.H.S. in Environmental […]

Exploring country-wide equitable government health care facility access in Uganda

DOWHANIUK – Exploring country-wide equitable government health care facility access in Uganda Nicholas Dowhaniuk Article first published online: 18 JAN 2021 International Journal for Equity in Health DOI: 10.1186/s12939-020-01371-5 ABSTRACT: Background Rural access to health care remains a challenge in Sub-Saharan Africa due to urban bias, social determinants of health, and transportation-related barriers. Health systems […]

Setting a research agenda to improve community health: An inclusive mixed-methods approach in Northern Uganda

DOWHANIUK – Setting a research agenda to improve community health: An inclusive mixed-methods approach in Northern Uganda Nicholas Dowhaniuk, Susan Ojok, Sarah L. McKune Article first published online: 7 JAN 2021 PLOS One DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0244249 ABSTRACT: Background The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals stress the importance of equitable partnerships in research and practice that integrate […]

Park isolation in anthropogenic landscapes: land change and livelihoods at park boundaries in the African Albertine Rift

DOWHANIUK, GOLDMAN, RYAN – Park isolation in anthropogenic landscapes: land change and livelihoods at park boundaries in the African Albertine Rift Jonathan Salerno, Colin A. Chapman, Jeremy E. Diem, Nicholas Dowhaniuk, Abraham Goldman, Catrina A. MacKenzie, Patrick Aria Omeja, Michael W. Palace, Rafael Reyna-Hurtado, Sadie J. Ryan, Joel Hartter Article first published online: 14 NOV 2017 Regional […]

Sleeping on fire: A trip to Africa’s most dangerous volcano, in an active conflict zone

UF Geography PhD student and National Geographic Explorer Mr. Nick Dowhaniuk‘s writing on Mount Nyiragongo in the Democratic Republic of Congo was recently featured by National Geographic. Nick wrote about the impact of an eruption of Mount Nyiragongo on a remote and war torn region in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Read the full story at National […]

Industrial Oil Development, Human Population Growth, and Post-Conflict Regrowth in Conservation Landscapes

Industrial Oil Development, Human Population Growth, and Post-Conflict Regrowth in Conservation Landscapes Speaker: Mr. Nick Dowhaniuk PhD Student, Department of Geography, University of Florida Thursday, October 6, 2016 12:45-1:45 PM (Period 8) Grinter Hall Room 471 University of Florida UF’s Center for African Studies’ Natural Resource Management in Africa working group is proud to host Nick Dowhaniuk to […]

Dr. Nick Dowhaniuk

he/him nick.dowhaniuk@ufl.edu 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 […]