Gates Cambridge Scholarship / en Mishika Mehrotra awarded a Gates Cambridge Scholarship /celebrates/mishika-mehrotra-awarded-gates-cambridge-scholarship <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Mishika Mehrotra awarded a Gates Cambridge Scholarship</span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-type/academic-achievement" hreflang="en">Academic Achievement</a></div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>lanthierj</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2021-05-19T16:39:47-04:00" title="Wednesday, May 19, 2021 - 16:39" class="datetime">Wed, 05/19/2021 - 16:39</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-people field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-people/alumni" hreflang="en">Alumni</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-campus field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/mississauga" hreflang="en">Mississauga</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/department-psychology" hreflang="en">Department of Psychology</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/gates-cambridge-scholarship" hreflang="en">Gates Cambridge Scholarship</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/u-t-mississauga" hreflang="en">¸ŁŔűĽ§×ÔÎżMississauga</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image-orientation field--type-list-string field--label-hidden field__item">landscape</div> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/2023-04/Mishika.jpeg" width="750" height="500" alt="Mishika Mehrotra"> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><strong>Mishika Mehrotra </strong>has been awarded a Gates Cambridge Scholarship. The University of Toronto Mississauga alumna is one of 74 scholars from 30 countries to receive the prestigious scholarship this year.</p> <p>Mehrotra, who graduated in 2019, will pursue a PhD in psychology at the University of Cambridge.</p> <p>“I will study how parent–child conversations relate to young children’s self-regulation, which is an important predictor of their school success, social competence and health,” Mehrotra says. “As part of the Gates Cambridge community, I hope that my research can inform low-cost interventions that equip caregivers with the tools to promote children’s self-regulation.</p> <p>“I also want to focus on knowledge translation to make research findings more accessible to caregivers, and encourage them to promote children’s wellbeing through evidence-based approaches.”</p> <p>While at ¸ŁŔűĽ§×ÔÎżMississauga, Mehrotra worked as a research assistant at <a href="http://www.tinamalti.com/">Professor <strong>Tina Malti</strong>’s lab</a>.&nbsp;</p> <p>“I examined why some children feel guilty after violating social norms but others feel happy. The findings of my final-year thesis prompted me think about the role that caregivers can play in promoting children’s development.”</p> <p>The top graduating student in science at ¸ŁŔűĽ§×ÔÎżMississauga in 2019, Mehrotra says she is grateful to Malti and Professor Emeritus <strong>Glenn Schellenberg</strong> for their supervision and guidance and&nbsp;<strong>Sebastian Dys</strong> for his mentorship.&nbsp;</p> <h3><a href="https://www.utm.utoronto.ca/main-news/utm-grad-awarded-gates-cambridge-scholarship-examine-role-caregivers-child-development">Read the ¸ŁŔűĽ§×ÔÎżMississauga story</a></h3> <p>&nbsp;</p> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-source field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">UTC</div> <div class="field field--name-field-top-story-hub-page- field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Top Story (Hub page)</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Wed, 19 May 2021 20:39:47 +0000 lanthierj 301443 at Jillian Sprenger awarded Gates Cambridge Scholarship /celebrates/jillian-sprenger-awarded-gates-cambridge-scholarship <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Jillian Sprenger awarded Gates Cambridge Scholarship</span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-type/academic-achievement" hreflang="en">Academic Achievement</a></div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>lanthierj</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2021-04-19T11:18:41-04:00" title="Monday, April 19, 2021 - 11:18" class="datetime">Mon, 04/19/2021 - 11:18</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-people field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-people/students" hreflang="en">Students</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-people/alumni" hreflang="en">Alumni</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-campus field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/st-george" hreflang="en">St. George</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/alumni" hreflang="en">Alumni</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/faculty-arts-science" hreflang="en">Faculty of Arts &amp; Science</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/gates-cambridge-scholarship" hreflang="en">Gates Cambridge Scholarship</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/graduate-students" hreflang="en">Graduate Students</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/munk-school-global-affairs-public-policy" hreflang="en">Munk School of Global Affairs &amp; Public Policy</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image-orientation field--type-list-string field--label-hidden field__item">landscape</div> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/media/jillian-sprenger.jpg" width="750" height="500" alt="Jillian Sprenger"> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-cutline-long field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>(Photo courtesy of Jillian Sprenger)</p> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><a href="https://www.gatescambridge.org/biography/18447/">The University of Toronto’s </a><strong><a href="https://www.gatescambridge.org/biography/18447/">Jillian Sprenger</a> </strong>has been named <a href="https://www.gatescambridge.org/about/news/class-of-2021-announced/">a Gates Cambridge Scholar</a>.</p> <p>A <a href="/news/talent-creativity-and-commitment-u-t-students-faculty-and-staff-receive-awards-excellence">former John. H. Moss Scholarship winner</a>, Sprenger is one of 74 scholars from 30 countries to receive the prestigious scholarship this year.</p> <p>“At Cambridge, I'll be pursuing a master of philosophy&nbsp;in environmental policy, with a focus on environmental law,” Sprenger says. “I&nbsp;plan to study how the law at both national and international levels may be used effectively to address the climate crisis.</p> <p>“We need new and creative ways of addressing this defining challenge of our time, and I think the law will be a powerful tool in this regard. Whether through the pursuit of litigation to hold governments and organizations accountable for their environmental records, or through the creation of legal mandates to enable transition to a net-zero economy, the law may play a vital role&nbsp;in precipitating the wide-reaching societal change we need to protect our planet.”</p> <p>As an undergraduate at ¸ŁŔűĽ§×ÔÎżmajoring in global health, <a href="http://reachalliance.org/">Sprenger was part of the Reach Alliance</a> at the Munk School of Global Affairs &amp; Public Policy. She studied such issues as food insecurity, forced migration, and antimicrobial resistance – conducting research that took her to Myanmar, Taiwan, Ecuador, Ethiopia&nbsp;and Sri Lanka.&nbsp;She will graduate&nbsp;this year&nbsp;with a master of science in biophysics.</p> <h3><a href="https://munkschool.utoronto.ca/news/making-most-one-students-journey-through-munk-school">Read more about Sprenger</a></h3> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-source field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">UTC</div> <div class="field field--name-field-top-story-hub-page- field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Top Story (Hub page)</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Mon, 19 Apr 2021 15:18:41 +0000 lanthierj 169133 at