Presidential Fellows

CHAMBERLINE OZIGBU-2016 Scholar
major & degree: Health Services and Policy
Management, Ph.D.
hometown: Abuja, Nigeria
contact: ozigbu@gmail.com
What brought you to USC?: Born and raised in Nigeria with patches of
grey hair at my young age, I received my bachelor’s in Medicine (MD)
from Windsor University School of Medicine, St. Kitts and Nevis, and
a Master of Public Health from Walden University, Minnesota. I chose
to study my Ph.D. at USC because of their high impact publications
and research in Public Health in the area of health insurance coverage,
healthcare financing, health disparity and HIV, which is in line with my research interests. Also, USC
gives graduate students teaching opportunities, which enables them to impart knowledge to other
students, in line with my long term goal as a prospective teacher.
Research Key Words: health disparity, primary health care, quality healthcare, healthcare financing,
infectious diseases, child health, reproductive health
IVAN PANCHENKO-2012 Scholar
major & degree: Computer Science & Engineering, Ph.D.
hometown: Lviv, Ukraine
contact: panchenk@email.sc.edu
What brought you to USC?: Basically, USC, though not my top choice,
finally gave me the most long lasting and financially stable offer.
Other than that, my advisor was quite friendly and was a good match
in research interests.
What do you hope to accomplish while you pursue your degree?: My
personal expectations for graduate school are not limited to scientific research and getting a degree.
It is also about networking, meeting people who can lead me into the realms of American hi-tech industry
and engineering academia. I believe this kind of attitude is the most common among us grad
students.
Fun fact about yourself: Too funny to disclose, so I’ll just leave it like that.
Research Key Words: FPGA, SoC, robotics, embedded systems, digital hardware, HDL, measurements,
computer architecture, distributed computing, AC/DC converters
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