Scholar Profiles
Steven Cohen
2003 - 2004 University Scholar
Mentor: John Hall
Warrington College of Business
"I applied to the USP to research and develop new ways to ensure that current and future cancer patients have access to the best possible cancer care available."
Steven is a senior majoring in business administration with a specialization in Spanish. He is chairman of the national board of Friends for Life of America, a student organization devoted to helping pediatric patients and their families. Steven also serves as an associate justice of the UF Student Honor Court, representing the College of Business. He has served as a Student Government Senator, executive cabinet director for Campus Safety, and director of honorary members for Golden Key International Honor Society. An Anderson Scholar of Highest Distinction, Steven has received several scholarships, including three from his college. He has received a Governor’s Points of Light Award for community service, and was the 2001 UF Student Volunteer of the Year.
Research Description:
Benefits of Extending Medicare Coverage of Oral Anti-Cancer Drugs
This project is designed to gain a better understanding behind the cultural and biological components of death perception in the Yucatán Peninsula, México. This research is being conducted on several levels. These levels currently include the following: interviews with cemetary keepers, interviews with locals, data collection from tombstones, analysis of variation in style of tombs, variation from cemetary to cemetary, observation of the care of human remains and possible comparision to historical references/data. At the conclusion of the research, I will write a thesis describing the multifactorial mechanisms behind death perceptions and ritual in the Yucatán. If possible, I hope to broadly compare this research to other mechanisms of cemetary ritual in the world.
Back to Profiles
Back to the Journal of Undergraduate Research
