<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/blog/2026/chandira-malla-cretella-scholarship.php" dsn="blogs"><type>Internal</type><external_link/><featured/><category>The Charger Blog</category><pubDate>06/29/2026</pubDate><title>University of New Haven Graduate Student Awarded Prestigious Scholarship for Supporting Mental Health Advocacy</title><description>Chandira Malla '27 MPH reflects on receiving Bridges Healthcare’s Stella Cretella Scholarship, an award recognizing students committed to mental health advocacy and policy reform, and how her experiences in the WeEmbody Lab have shaped her passion for advancing health equity.</description><hide-description/><author>Chandira Malla '27 MPH</author><author-details/><hide-author/><date>June 30, 2026</date><image><img src="https://newhaven.edu/_resources/images/news/general/2026/cretella-scholarship-group.jpg" alt="Jamesha Barrett"/></image><image-caption>Chandira Malla '27 MPH (second from left) was awarded the Bridges Healthcare’s Stella Cretella Scholarship.</image-caption><hide-image/><tags><tag>News</tag><tag>class-of-2026</tag><tag>college-health-sciences</tag><tag>lab-weembody</tag><tag>name-alvin-tran</tag><tag>news-all</tag><tag>news-blog</tag><tag>program-grad-public-health</tag><tag>year-2026</tag></tags></item>