Robert Clinton Memorial Scholarship
Elizabeth Delorme, Health Promotion and Policy
Elizabeth Delorme is a PhD student in the Community Health Education program in the Department of Health Promotion and Policy.
I am thrilled to be selected as a recipient of the Robert Clinton Memorial Scholarship and am truly grateful for your generous support. Your contribution will significantly impact my academic journey and allow me to continue pursuing my passion for public health research. I am preparing to take my qualifying exams in the Fall 2023 semester. Your support will help me fulfill my goals in making a difference for those struggling with substance use disorder.
My current research is focused on resilience and stress among transitional-aged, pregnant, and parenting women with substance use disorder who are seeking or are in recovery. I am interested in how to better support young women in recovery as they face social and systematic barriers to improve their own well-being and that of their children. My goal is to focus my dissertation on the experiences and voices of this vulnerable population. In the future, I wish to continue working as a researcher and explore the impact of an intervention that builds emotional regulation skill for these young mothers. Further, I hope to examine whether these emotional regulation skills are passed down to their young children, cultivating resilience not only for the mothers but also their children. I appreciate your support and cannot express my gratitude enough. I am honored to be selected as a recipient of this scholarship.