Public Health Research Day 2023
Welcome! The research presented on Public Health Research Day represents collaborative work from across the Brown University School of Public Health. We encourage visitors to explore the posters and interact with poster authors.
Posters may be sorted by last name and number below. Please use the search tool to find authors, titles, or topics of interest (e.g. alcohol, child health, aging, pandemics, health disparities, diabetes, tobacco, etc.).
Enjoy the conference!
| Degree | # | Last Name | First Name | Other Authors/Advisors | Poster Title | Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undergrad | 1 | Villalobos | Zephelline | Barton Laws, PhD | Analyzing and Understanding the Process of Decision Making in Ambulatory Healthcare | Ambulatory care; health services |
| Undergrad | 2 | Lu | Alison | Jessica Tardif, BA; Erin Thompson, MPH; Michelle McKenzie, MPH; Traci Green, PhD; Ju Nyeong Park, PhD | Characteristics of Drug Checking Programs in 2022: Findings from the North American Drug Checking Program Survey | Drug checking programs; drug use; drug overdoses; harm reduction; drug samples; addiction |
| Undergrad | 3 | Nguyen | Lana | Celeste Corcoran, MD; Susan Duffy, MD, MPH; Stephanie Ruest, MD, MPH | A Pediatric Emergency Department-Based Electronic Food Insecurity Intervention Program | Food insecurity; pediatric emergency department; social determinants of health; intervention program; follow-up contact; electronic screening |
| Undergrad | 4 | Conrad | Ryan | Ellen McCreedy, PhD; Laura Dionne, ScM; Vincent Mor, PhD | Factors Associated With the Use of a Personalized Music Intervention for Nursing Home Residents With Dementia | Nursing home; dementia; music therapy; pragmatic trial; neuropsychiatric symptoms; implementation; adherence; aging |
| Undergrad | 5 | Zhu | Ennie | Ellen McCreedy, PhD, MPH; Joan Teno, MD, MS | Bereaved Family Member Perceptions of Quality of Care by Site of Death and Palliative Care Utilization in the Last Month of Life | Palliative care; end-of-life care; quality of care; alternative payment models; bereavement |
| Undergrad | 6 | Tidwell Torres | Melina | Amelia Bailey, MPH; Patricia Risica, DrPH; Rosemarie Martin, PhD; Augustine Kang, PhD | A Systematic Literature Review of Recent Obesity Interventions with Black Women in the United States | Obesity; overweight; Black women; interventions; physical activity; health |
| Undergrad | 7 | Davy | Ciciely | Christopher Knoepke, PhD | “Keep your activism out of the exam room”: Healthcare Providers’ Opinions About Firearm Safety Conversations on a Medscape Message Board | Firearm safety counseling; healthcare providers (HCPs); pediatric settings; adult settings; firearm safety; guns |
| Undergrad | 8 | Yeh | Jasper | Hailey Dorsainvil; Melissa Pielech, PhD | Teen and Parent Perceptions of Opioid and Non-Opioid Analgesic Use After Wisdom Tooth Extraction Surgery | Opioids; adolescents; oral surgery; pain; substance use; qualitative; intervention development; addiction |
| Undergrad | 9 | Hailemariam | Yemi | Shira Dunsiger, PhD; Jennifer Pellowski, PhD | The Dangers of Justification: Examining IPV and Associated Attitudes as a Risk Factor for Maternal Depression and Associated Negative Antenatal Health Behaviors and Outcomes in Ethiopia | Maternal depression; intimate-partner violence; child health outcomes; mental health |
| Undergrad | 10 | Ramush | Geat | Courtney Johnson, MPH; Kristin Konnyu, MSc, PhD | Exploring the Barriers and Facilitators of Cancer Screening Among Immigrants in New York City: A Systematic Review | NYC; immigrant health; cancer screening; barriers |
| Undergrad | 11 | Manokaran | Kethural | Alexandria Nylen, PhD; Ahad Bashir; David Polatty, MA; Adam Levine, MD, MPH | Civil-Military Coordination in the US’ National Response to COVID-19: Perspectives from Civil and Military Key Informants | Civil-military coordination; COVID-19; pandemic response; emergency response; policy |
| Undergrad | 12 | McGlinchey | Brynn | Ellen McCreedy, PhD; Laura Dionne, ScM; Kali Thomas, PhD; Vincent Mor, PhD | Using Nursing Home Residents’ Preferences to Inform Care: How Standardized Assessment Data Can Help Tailor Reminiscence Therapies | Older adults; Alzheimer's disease and related dementias; nursing homes; implementation science; reminiscence therapy; elderly; elder care; aging |
| Undergrad | 13 | Saito | Kyoko | Abinash Gabbeta; Evan Mulvihill; Lina Al-Jaberi; Timothy Beukelman; James Lewis; Carlos Rose; Brian Strom; Daniel Horton | Validation of New Medication Use Algorithms as Proxies for Worsening Disease Activity in Patients with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis | Pharmacoepidemiology; juvenile idiopathic arthritis; algorithm; administrative claims databases; electronic health records |
| Undergrad | 14 | Ortiz | Suraya | Jeffery Proulx, PhD | Can Mindfulness-Based Interventions treat PTSD-derived GI Disruptions in Black Women? | Chronic stress; mindfulness; health disparities; racial equity |
| Undergrad | 15 | Warner | Rachel | Jasjit Ahluwalia; Take Naseri; Muagututi‘a Sefuiva Reupena; Nicola Hawley; Stephen McGarvey | Longitudinal Predictors of Tobacco Cessation and Initiation in Samoa: Implications for Interventions | Samoa; tobacco cessation; tobacco initiation; sex-differences; alcohol use |
| Undergrad | 16 | Olafsson | Otto | Jennifer Pellowski, PhD; Maricruz Rivera-Hernandez, PhD | Analysis of Puerto Rico’s Opioid Overdose Surveillance System: A Qualitative Study | Opioid; overdose; Puerto Rico; surveillance; qualitative; addiction |
| Undergrad | 17 | Kolbasov | Liza | Minchae Kim; Ellie Karniadakis; Jordy Vergara, BA; Cara Murphy, PhD | Impulsivity and Smoking Motives among Individuals who Smoke Cigarettes and are Obese or Overweight | Smoking; overweight; obesity; impulsivity; motivation; tobacco |
| Undergrad | 18 | Hwang | Jihwan | William Goedel, PhD; Patricia Risica, DrPH | Association between Neighborhood-Level Indices of Socioeconomic Status and Breast, Cervical, and Colorectal Cancer Screenings in Rhode Island | Socioeconomic disadvantage; cancer screening; neighborhood-level indices; women's health |
| Undergrad | 19 | Rafat | Aseel | Joan Brazier, MS; Amy Meehan, MPH; Emily Gadbois, PhD | Relationships among Skilled Nursing Facility Size, Layout, and Location and COVID-19 Experiences: Findings from Interviews with Administrators Across the United States | Skilled nursing facility; nursing home; COVID-19; pandemic; nursing home characteristics; elderly; elder care; health services; aging |
| Undergrad | 20 | Lin | Nelson | Zahra Atai; Elise Riley, PhD | Hypertension Control Among People Living with HIV with Prior or Current Stimulant Use | Hypertension; stimulant use; HIV; cardiovascular health; antihypertensive medication |
| Undergrad | 21 | Malone | Mona | Jaqueline Avila; Dale Maglalang; Sangah Lee; Riley Suh; Urvi Binjrajka; Nicole Nollen; Jasjit Ahluwalia | Using ANDS to Reduce Harm for Low SES Cigarette Smokers (Tri-PEC Study) | E-cigarettes; nicotine pouches; harm reduction; socioeconomic status; ANDS |
| Undergrad | 22 | Malone | Mona | Dale Dagar Maglalang, PhD, MA, MSW; Jaqueline Avila, PhD; Riley Suh; Urvi Binjrajka; Kiana Beheshtian, BA; Sangah Lee, BA;Jasjit Ahluwalia, MD, MPH, MS | Tri-PEC Study: Facilitators & Barriers to Switching to Alternative Nicotine Delivery Systems in Adults with Low Socioeconomic Status Who Use Combustible Cigarettes | ANDS; e-cigarettes; nicotine pouches; socioeconomically disadvantaged; ENDS; qualitative research |
| Community | 23 | Kunchay | Gayatri | Junhie Oh, MPH | Rhode Island Department of Health Hospital Discharge Database | N/A |
| Community | 24 | Kunchay | Gayatri | Junhie Oh, MPH | Non-fatal Injury Related Emergency Department Visits, Rhode Island Hospital Discharge Database 2016-2019 | N/A |
| Community | 25 | Barkley | Johnathan | Rhode Island Violent Death Reporting System (RIVDRS), 2004-2021 | N/A | |
| Community | 26 | Seymour | Cheyenne | Karine Monteiro, MPH; Krystina Brodeur; Samara Viner-Brown, MS | Rhode Island Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (RIPRAMS) | N/A |
| Community | 27 | Monteiro | Karine | Samara Viner-Brown, MS | Rhode Island Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) | N/A |
| Community | 28 | Monteiro | Karine | Samara Viner-Brown, MS | Rhode Island Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) | N/A |
| Doctoral | 29 | Philips | Alexander | Yoojin Lee, MS, MPH; Hannah James, MS; Jim Lucht, MCP; Ira Wilson, MD, MSc | How All-Payer Claims Databases (APCDs) Can Be Used to Examine Changes in Professional Spending: Experience from the Rhode Island APCD | APCDs; health system performance monitoring |
| Doctoral | 30 | Bailey | Amelia | Siena Napoleon; Augustine Kang; Rosemarie Martin | An Implementation Science Framework to Contextualize an Innovative Intervention Integrating Medications for Opioid Use Disorders in the Probation System | Opiod use; probation system; addiction |
| Doctoral | 31 | Shakya | Iju | Caitlin Mandel; Janette Baird | Characteristics of SNAP Recipients Aged 65 and Older Living in Rhode Island | SNAP; aging; elder care; elderly |
| Doctoral | 32 | Yangchen | Tenzin | Michelle Rogers; George Papandonatos; Stephen Buka | Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) Partially Account for Racial Disparities in Lifetime Cocaine Disorders Among US Adults Entering Midlife: A 35-year Prospective Study | ACEs; racial disparities; drug use |
| Doctoral | 33 | Yun | Hyunkyung (Yulia) | Jin Kim; Aishwarya Gandhe; Brianna Nelson; Jim Hu; Vikas Gulani; Daniel Margolis; Bruce Schackman; Ali Jalali | Cost-Effective Biopsy Strategy in Prostate Cancer Detection Among Medicare Eligible Men: Annual MRI and potential MRI-Guided Biopsy vs. Transrectal Ultrasonography-guided (TRUS) biopsy | Cancer screening; Medicare |
| Doctoral | 34 | Hall | Amber | Jillian Ashley-Martin; Chun Lei Liang; George Papandonatos; Tye Arbuckle; Michael Borghese; Jessie Buckley; Kim Cecil; Aimin Chen; Mandy Fisher; Bruce Lanphear; Jana Palaniyandi; Dorothea Rawn; Kimberly Yolton; Joseph Braun | Personal Care Product Use and Perfluoroalkyl Substances in Pregnant and Postpartum Women and Adolescents: The MIREC and HOME Studies | Personal care products; pregnancy; women's health |
| Doctoral | 35 | Yu | Chang | Zhijin Wu | Accurate Detection of MicroRNAs from NanoString nCounter with a Latent Mixture Model | NanoString; nCounter |
| Doctoral | 36 | Fortnam | Taylor | Laura Chambers; Alyssa Bilinski; Ewa King; Ellen Amore; Lisa Gargano; James McDonald; Philip Chan; Richard Huard; Joseph Hogan | A Method for Vaccine Effectiveness Surveillance with Application to the BA.1 and BA.2 sub-lineages of the Omicron Variant | Vaccine effectiveness; COVID19; pandemics |
| Doctoral | 37 | Feng | Shuo | Alyssa Bilinski | Parallel Trends in Unparalleled Pandemics: Difference-in-Differences for Infectious Disease Policy Evaluation | Pandemic; infectious disease; policy |
| Doctoral | 38 | Zielinski | Robert | Ani Eloyan | Principal Manifold-Based Longitudinal Smoothing of Subcortical Surfaces | Subcortical surfaces |
| Doctoral | 39 | Balkan | Em | Gray Babbs, MPH; Theresa Shireman, PhD; Jaclyn Hughto, PhD, MPH; David Meyers, PhD, MPH | Receipt of Gender-Affirming Surgery Among Medicare Beneficiaries | Gender affirming surgery; Medicare; transgender; trans health; LGBTQ |
| Doctoral | 40 | Skinner | Alexandra | Victoria Jent, MAS; William Goedel, PhD; Bennett Allen, PhD, MPA; Kathryn Leifheit, PhD, MSPH; Abigail Cartus, PhD; Alexandria Macmadu, PhD; Yu Li, MD, PhD, MPH; Claire Pratty, MS; Elizabeth Samuels, MD; Jennifer Ahern, PhD, MPH; Magdalena Cerdá, DrPH, MPH; Brandon Marshall, PhD, MSc | Neighborhood-Level Relationship Between Residential Eviction and Overdose Death in Rhode Island | Overdose deaths; eviction rates |
| Master's | 41 | Zionskowski | Kelsey | Madina Agénor, ScD, MPH; Samantha Rosenthal, PhD, MPH | Assessing Intersectional Disability-Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Cervical Cancer Screening Among Women in the United States | Health equity; disability; women's health |
| Master's | 42 | Fischbach | Sarah | Shira Dunsiger, PhD; Alison Tovar, PhD | The Burden of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Association between Ethnicity and Breast Cancer Screening | Breast cancer screening; COVID-19 healthcare; cancer disparities; women's health |
| Master's | 43 | Ahmed | Neelam | Steven Cohen, DrPH, MPH | Rural-Urban Variation in the Association Between Primary Language and Health: Evidence from a National Sample | Primary language; diabetes; obesity; healthcare access; rural; urban; health policy |
| Master's | 44 | Liu | Yanchen | William Goedel, PhD | Association between Historical Redlining and COVID-19 Accumulated Infection Rate in Rhode Island | COVID-19; historical redlining; Rhode Island; health disparities; racial segregation; social determinants of health |
| Master's | 45 | Zablon | Jeremiah | Goel Varun, PhD; David Giesbrecht, PhD; Charles Mbogo, PhD; William Goedel, PhD; Damaris Matoke-Muhia, PhD; Jeffrey Bailey MD, PhD | The Effect of Climate Parameters and Spatial Analysis of Mosquitoes in Malaria Prevalence in Kenya | Anopheles funestus; Anopheles gambiae; climate factors |
| Master's | 46 | Ramos | Cristian | E. Whitney Evans, PhD; Katherine Darling, PhD | Understanding the association between adolescent-specific adverse experiences and weight status among U.S. high school students. | Adolescent adverse experiences; overweight; obesity; weight status; ACEs; BMI |
| Master's | 47 | Shiozawa | Youki | Chirag Patel, PhD | Assessing the Robustness of the Association between Glucose Levels and Telomere Length in a Nationally Representative Sample of US Adults | Vibration of effects; model specification; biostatistics; observational association; confounding; Type 2 diabetes; telomere attrition |
| Master's | 48 | Ordinola | Yarsuka | Michael Byrns, PhD; Diana Grigsby-Toussaint | Historical Manufacturing Sites, Chlorinated Solvents, and Links to Birth Defects in Rhode Island | Spatial analysis; environmental health; Rhode Island; birth defects |
| Master's | 49 | Che | Ray | Barton Laws, PhD; Brandon Marshall, PhD; David Zelaya, PhD | Examining the Association between Sexual Orientation and Usage of Health Services: Findings from the 2019 National Health Interview Survey | LGBT; health services; sexual orientation; healthcare utilization; disparities |
| Master's | 50 | Scott | Ty | Shufang Sun, PhD | Identifying Unique Determinants for Behavioral Risk, HIV/STI Testing, PrEP Utilization, and Mental Health Utilization Between Black and White YMSM | Health disparities; HIV risk; PrEP; equity; LGBTQ+ |
| Master's | 51 | Noh | Madeline | Jaclyn Hughto, PhD, MPH; Madina Agénor, ScD, MPH | Promoting Equitable Sexual Health Communication among Patients with Minoritized Racial/Ethnic, Sexual Orientation, and Gender Identities: Strategies, Challenges and Opportunities | Sexual health equity; racial/ethnic minorities; sexual and gender minorities; patient-provider communication; assigned female at birth; qualitative |
| Master's | 52 | Johnson | Alexandra (Yaya) | Erica Walker, PhD; Elizabeth Tobin-Tyler, JD, MA | Light, Blight, Sight. Billboard Inequity in Jackson, Mississippi | Environmental justice; visual pollution; billboards; health equity; policy; vulnerability; Jackson, Mississippi |
| Master's | 53 | Kalfus | Joshua | William Goedel, PhD | The Impact of New York City’s OnPoint Overdose Prevention Centers on Drug-Related Arrests | Harm reduction; overdose prevention; GIS; health policy; addiction |
| Master's | 54 | Koehm | Kristin | Joseph Rosen, PhD, MSPH; Jessica Tardif, BA; Erin Thompson, MPH; Jesse Yedinak, MPA; Ju Nyeong Park, PhD, MHS | Stakeholders’ Perspectives on the Moderating Role of Stigma in Authorizing and Implementing Safe Consumption Sites in the United States: A Qualitative Study | Safe consumption sites; stigma; policymaking; stakeholders perception |
| Master's | 55 | Jackson | Katia | Diana Grigsby-Toussaint; Deborah Pearlman; Julius Searight; Candace Harper | Using GIS to Explore Food Access in a Racially and Ethnically Diverse Neighborhood in Providence, RI | Food access; food environment; food availability; low-income communities; race/ethnicity |
| Master's | 56 | Toma | Emily | Brooke Rogers, PhD, MPH; Jade Bajic; Philip Chan MD, MS | "If you get HIV it's 'cause you're doing something wrong:" Qualitative perspectives on family and sociocultural beliefs that impact HIV prevention among Latino men who have sex with men" | HIV; PrEP; Latino MSM; prevention; qualitative research; sociocultural barriers |
| Master's | 57 | Reed | Grace | Emily Gadbois, PhD; Elyse Couch, PhD; Emmanuelle Belanger, PhD | Perceptions of End-of-Life Care Quality in Assisted Living: A Qualitative Study of Bereaved Next of Kin | Aging; gerontology; end of life care; assisted living; hospice; multi-morbidity; elder care |
| Master's | 58 | Arango | David | Silvia Chiang, MD, ScM; Elmer Altamirano; Milagros Wong; Liz Senador; Catherine Beckhorn; Thomas Coates; Chelsie Cintron, MPH | Analyzing Adolescent-Friendly TB Services in Lima, Peru: A Qualitative Study | Equity; global health; tuberculosis; adolescents; qualitative |
| Master's | 59 | Wilson | Bailee | Stacey Springs, PhD | “This Terrible Sickness”: Perceptions of Health in the Warsaw Ghetto and Implications for Contemporary Praxis in Low-Resource, Highly-Stigmatized Communities | Public health history; health behaviors; health information; Holocaust ghettos |
| Master's | 60 | Rosenfield | Maayan | Laura Chambers, PhD, MPH; Francesca Beaudoin, MD, PhD; Rachel Gaither, BS; Brandon Marshall, PhD | Enrollment in Substance Use Treatment Among a Cohort of Individuals at Risk of Opioid Overdose with Comorbid Chronic Pain or Mental Illness | Opioid use; overdose; chronic pain; mental illness; comorbidity; substance use; substance use treatment; addiction |
| Master's | 61 | Gao | Yifei | Nina Joyce, PhD; Shira Dunsige, PhD | Association between BMI Status and Self-Reported Mental Health among Young Adults: Analysis of a Nationally Representative Sample | BMI; underweight; obese; suboptimal health; self-reported mental health; frequent mental distress |
| Master's | 62 | Ma | Emily | Brooke Rogers; Jasjit Ahluwalia; Emily Toma; Matthew Murphy | Characterizing the Interest in and Uptake of HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Among Men in a US State Correctional System | HIV prevention; incarcerated men; PrEP interest; PrEP uptake |
| Master's | 63 | Zhang | Amy | Deborah Pearlman, PhD; Shira Dunsinger, PhD | Examining the Relationship between Food Insecurity and Smoking Cessation among Adult Smokers during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Rhode Island | Tobacco Control; smoking cessation; food insecurity; quitline; COVID-19; addiction |
| Master's | 64 | Hackert | Daniel | Shilo McBurney, PhD; William Goedel, PhD; Laura Bauman, RN, MPH; Dayna Brimley, MPH | Exploring the Relationship Between COVID-19 Vaccination and Response to Alternative Case Investigation Methods | COVID-19; vaccinations; communication; contact tracing; distrust; survey; vaccines |
| Master's | 65 | Tang | Heming | William Goedel, PhD; Samantha Rosenthal, PhD; Brooke Rogers, PhD | The Predictors of Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) Diagnosis After Starting Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Among Men Who Have Sex With Men (MSM) | STI Diagnosis; PrEP; MSM; hazard ratio; Gonorrhea; Chlamydia; Syphilis; sexual health |
| Master's | 66 | Stanislaus | Jalisa | Tyler Wray, PhD; Katie Biello PhD | Examination of Barriers to PrEP Uptake, Including Medical Mistrust Among Black/African American and Hispanic/Latino MSM | PrEP barriers; MSM; medical mistrust; HIV prevention; sexual health |
| Master's | 67 | Burnett | Don-Pierre | Molly Magill, MSW, PhD; Thomas Trikalinos, MD | Exploring the Impacts of CBT Interventions for Substance Use by Demographic and Contextual Factors | Substance use; SUD; demographic; context; meta-analysis; addiction |
| Master's | 68 | Britton | Kristopher | Deborah Pearlman, PhD; Shira Dunsiger, PhD | Examining the Relationship between Moderate/Severe Pediatric Asthma and Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) among Children ages 5-17 Years Old During the COVID-19 Pandemic | Asthma; pediatrics; chronic stressors, ACEs; severity; social determinants; built environment; child health; children |
| Master's | 69 | Davis | Tori | Jaclyn Hughto; José Bauermeister; Pablo Valente; Lisa Hightow-Wedman; Kenneth Mayer; Katie Biello | The Association between Police Violence and Condomless Sex in Young Men Who Have Sex with Men | Police violence; young MSM; risky sexual behaviors; condomless anal sex; HIV risk; quantitative methods; sexual health |
| Master's | 70 | Parent | Hannah | Samantha Rosenthal, PhD; Jennifer Swanberg, PhD | Associations between Self-Compassion and Substance Use among Sexual and Gender Minorities | Substance use; cannabis; alcohol; LGBTQ+; sexual-gender minorities (SGM); self-compassion; addiction |
| Master's | 71 | Manokaran | Kethural | Deborah Pearlman, PhD; Ramu Kharel, MD, MPH, DTM&H; Adam Levine MD, MPH | A Mixed-Methods Assessment of a Virtual COVID-19 Vaccine Training-of Trainers Course Implemented by an Academic–Humanitarian Partnership | Public health education; COVID-19; vaccine delivery; global health; mixed methods; pandemics |
| Master's | 72 | Smith | Kristen | Jen Bunker, MPH; Kim Gans, PhD, MPH, LDN; Kali Thomas, PhD, MA | Developing an Intervention to Address Social Isolation and Loneliness among Homebound Older Adults | Intervention development; theories of behavior change; social isolation and loneliness; home-delivered meals; homebound older adults |
| Master's | 73 | Bo | Yuchen | Ilana Gareen, MPH, PhD | The Effect of Social Determinants of Health on Lung Cancer Mortality among US Adults | Social determinants of health; lung-cancer mortality; prognostic factor; NLST; cancer screening |
| Master's | 74 | Ezealaji | Kelechi | The Association between Financial Health and Health Insurance Quality in the US Medicare Program | ADI; insurance; Medicare; healthcare; finance; CAHPS; satisfaction | |
| Master's | 75 | Tat | Darlene | Kaley Hayes, PharMD, PhD; Andrew Zullo, PharMD, PhD | Sliding Scale Insulin Use in Nursing Homes Before and After Onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic | Insulin; long term care; nursing home; diabetes; elder care; elderly; aging; pandemics |
| Master's | 76 | Allman | Arianna | Meghan Cupp; Nina Joyce; Andrew Zullo | Concomitant Use of Tramadol & Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors in those who have experienced a Hip Fracture | Pharmacoepidemiology; Medicare; hip fracture; Serotonin Syndrome; risk hazards; racial disparities |
| Master's | 77 | Xiang | Lucille | Cole Exline; Francesca Beaudoin, MD, MS, PhD; Ian Saldanha, MBBS, MPH, PhD | Socio-Economic Impacts of Long COVID and Policies and Programs to Mitigate these Impacts: Systematic Review | Long COVID; systematic review; social impacts; economic impacts; pandemics |
| Master's | 78 | Thomas | Cedonia | Kevin Nguyen, PhD, BSPH, MS; Amal Trivedi, MD, MPH | Screening for Social Determinants of Health within Healthcare Settings: A Review | Social determinants of health; screening tools; health policy |
| Master's | 79 | Hassinger | Olivia | Ann Reddy, MPH; Rosa Baier, MPH | Embedded Pragmatic Interventions Being Implemented In Long-Term Care Settings: A Scoping Review | Pragmatic; interventions; implementation; nursing homes; long-term care; scoping review |
| Master's | 80 | Benadjaoud | Youri | Mark Lurie; Scott Rivkees | COVID-19 Bivalent Vaccination and Availability of Immunization Centers | COVID-19; vaccination; immunization; vaccine hesitancy; availability; pandemics |
| Master's | 81 | Xi | Kevin | Ilana Gareen, MPH, PhD; Jorean Sicks, MS | Assessing Risk Factors Associated with Incidental Findings in Low-Dose CT Lung Cancer Screenings | Screening; lung cancer; incidental findings; smoking; emphysema; risk factors |
| Master's | 82 | Negash | Seraphina | Mollie Monnig, PhD | Plasma Biomarker Concentration Changes in a Sample of Healthy, Heavy Alcohol Consumers Who Used a Probiotic Supplement for 30 Days | Alcohol; probiotics; inflammation; inflammatory markers; cytokines; cirrhosis |
| Master's | 83 | Bergeron | Elizabeth | Examining the dynamics of food insecurity, stress, and social networks in recent Afghan refugees in the U.S. | Food insecurity; Afghan; refugees; stress; social connectedness | |
| Master's | 84 | Liu | Qinming | Tongzhang Zheng | The Association between Prenatal Exposure of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substance (PFAS) and Adverse Birth Outcome | PFAS; adverse birth outcome; pregnancy; age categories; prenatal exposure; FPAS serum concentration |
| Master's | 85 | Sunday | Joyce | Shira Dunsiger, PhD; Samantha Rosenthal, PhD | Regional Variations in Nigeria's Healthcare Workforce Availability and its Effects on Maternal Mortality | Maternal death; maternal mortality, international community and culture; Nigeria; healthcare workforce |
| Master's | 86 | Bugbee | Caroline | Annie Gjelsvik PhD; Shira Dunsiger PhD | Assessing the Association Between the COVID-19 Pandemic and Breastfeeding Initiation and Duration Among Black Women in the United States: Results from the 2019-20 Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) | COVID-19; pandemics; breastfeeding; minority; breastfeeding duration; breastfeeding intention; African American; women's health |
| Master's | 87 | Goggins | Annika | Melissa Clark, PhD; Dora Dumont, PhD, MPH | Examining the Association Between Maternal Adverse Childhood Experiences, Social Support During Childhood, and Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes | ACEs; preterm birth; low birth weight; preeclampsia; PRAMS; adversity; maternal and child health |
| Master's | 88 | Ochieng | William | Susan Cu-Uvin; Omenge Orang’o; Katina Robison | Survival Outcomes of Cervical Cancer Patients Living with HIV and Those Not Living with HIV in Western Kenya. | Retrospective; cohort study; survival outcomes; cervical cancer; secondary data; AMPATH; Western Kenya |
| Master's | 89 | Okaalo | Faith | Susan Cu-Uvin; Omenge Orang’o; Juddy Wachira | Factors Associated with Retention in Care among Patients Receiving Treatment for Cervical Dysplasia in Western, Kenya | Qualitative; facilitators; barriers; cervical dysplasia; retention in care |
| Master's | 90 | Desir | Arielle | Jennifer Pellowski PhD; Maria Steenland SD, MPH | Preconception Health Care Receipt among Immigrant Women in the United States | Women's health; preconception care; reproductive justice; immigrant populations; health policy |
| Master's | 91 | Suzuki | Kento | Jeffery Proulx, PhD; Margaret Bublitz, PhD | A Feasibility Study: Adaptation of a Web-Based Mindfulness Program for Mothers of NICU Graduates in Japan | Mindfulness; NICU; self-compassion; pilot study; mixed-method; mHealth |
| Master's | 92 | Baig | Muhammad | Miremad Moafi-Madani; Mary Roberts; Charles Eaton | Biomarker-Calibrated Dietary Protein Intake and the Risk of Heart Failure in Post-Menopausal Women | Heart failure; dietary protein; biomarker calibrated |
| Master's | 93 | Piontkowski | Kimberly | Shira Dunsiger, PhD, Jaclyn Hughto, PhD, MPH | The Impact of COVID-19 on the relationship between mental health and routine cervical cancer screening | Screening, cervical cancer, mental health, anxiety, covid-19, women's health; pandemics |
| Master's | 94 | Davis | Madison | Katharine Howe, MPH; Jaclyn Hughto, PhD, MPH | Preliminary analysis of Harm Reduction Vending Machine transaction data December 2021 to October 2022 | Harm reduction; substance use disorder; opioids; fentanyl; substance abuse; health disparitie |
| Master's | 95 | Zhang | Yurui | Aditya Khanna; Tori Davis; Patricia Cioe; Rosemarie Martin; Christopher Kahler | Investigating the Syndemic of Incarceration, Tobacco Smoking, and Alcohol Use: A Modeling Study | Incarceration; tobacco smoking; alcohol use; stochastic modeling; network analysis, agent-based modeling |
| Master's | 96 | Petrillo | Sophia | Laura Sanapo; Jaejoon Shin; Annaly Aldana; Ashanti Avalos; Melissa Guillen; Nadine Wehbe; Ghada Bourjeily | Validation of Predictive Tools for Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Comparison to Optimal Threshold Scores Among Pregnant Women with Overweight and Obesity | Obstructive sleep apnea; pregnancy; maternal health; validation; screening; obesity; women's health |
| Master's | 97 | Tran | Huy | William Goedel, PhD | Understanding Community Patterns of Accessing Green Spaces in Rhode Island | Green space; maternal and child health; spatial analysis; physical activity; census, parks; health equity |
| Master's | 98 | Antinozzi | Dana | Benjamin Hallowell, PhD, MPH; Patience Moyo, PhD, MS | Differences in Opioid Prescribing for End-of-Life Care among Rhode Island Residents who Died of Cancer, 2018-2021 | Opioids; cancer; end-of-life care; health disparities; health services; health policy |
| Master's | 99 | Henry | Marcus | Erica Walker, MSc, ScD | Impact of Contextual and Non-contextual Noise and Anxiety on Brain Signaling | EEG; anxiety; noise pollution; contextual; noncontextual; sound |
| Master's | 100 | Yang | Xinhui | Jie Li; Andrea Glenn | Intake of Dietary Proteins and Risk of Hypertension in Postmenopausal Women: Findings from the Women’s Health Initiative | Major dietary protein sources; animal protein intake; plant-based protein intake; hypertension; WHR |
| Master's | 101 | Williams | Levell | Kristin Konnyu, PhD | Facilitating engagement with harm reduction centers among individuals who use drugs | Harm reduction; harm reduction center; Rhode Island Department of Health; people who use drugs; supervised injection; addiction; opioids; health policy |
| Master's | 102 | Vance | Emily | Amii Kress; Deborah Pearlman | Evaluating the Effect of County-Level Racial and Ethnic Segregation on Preterm Birth | Social epidemiology; residential segregation; preterm birth; dissimilarity; isolation; entropy; obstetrics; child health; social equality; maternal and child health |
| Master's | 103 | Blackmore | Lucas | Tamara Jimah; Zizipho Bota; Joseph Daniels; Andrew Marino; Mark Lurie | Tuberculosis Prevention in South Africa: Understanding User Experience and Feasibility with Geolocation Tracking Using a Mobile Device | Tuberculosis; infectious disease; digital health; transmission prevention; geospatial; mixed-methods |
| Master's | 104 | Wahl | Jenna | Emily Gadbois, PhD | Analysis of Public Comments & Qualitative Interviews to Understand the Impact of CMS’ National Coverage Determination of Monoclonal Antibodies for the Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease | Qualitative analysis; public comments; aducanumab; Alzheimer’s disease; CMS; FDA |
| Master's | 105 | Frey | Madelyn | Jennifer Pellowski, PhD; Wiza Kumwenda, MSc; Shaphil Wallie; Sophie Lazar; Denzel Matiya; Angela Bengtson, PhD | Intimate Partner Violence & HIV Care Engagement among Peripartum Women Living with HIV in Lilongwe, Malawi | Intimate partner violence; HIV; care engagement; perinatal; Sub-Saharan Africa; Malawi; women's health; maternal and child health |
| Master's | 106 | Chandler-Lee | Jordyn | Angela Bengtson, PhD | Systematic Review of the Effect of Physical-Patient Racial Concordance on Black Maternal Mortality Rates | Maternal mortality; physician-patient racial concordance; maternal health; black maternal health; maternal morbidity |
| Master's | 107 | Dewji | Aleena | Nicola Bulled | A Syndemic Analysis of HIV and Cardiovascular Diseases Using the 2016 South Africa Demographic and Health Survey | HIV; cardiovascular diseases; South Africa; syndemic; demographic and health survey; hypertension |
| Master's | 108 | Schueler | Jessica | Katie Biello | Peripartum Depression in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review of Interventions | Systematic review; peripartum depression; interventions; Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Master's | 109 | Stern | Kendall | Angela Bengtson, PhD; Heather Zar, MBChB, FCPaeds, PhD; Jennifer Pellowski, MA, PhD | Examining Engagement in HIV Care and Antiretroviral Adherence Among South African Women During Pregnancy and Motherhood | HIV; women's health; ART adherence; engagement in care; pregnancy; postpartum |
| Master's | 110 | Kopeka | Mamaswatsi | Abigail Harrison; Lucia Knight; Zanele Rini; Nokwazi Tsawe; Jennifer Pellowski | “I Hustle to Put Food on the Table for My Children”: A Longitudinal Qualitative Analysis Of Financial (In)Security And Resilience Among Pregnant And Postpartum Women Living With HIV In Cape Town, South Africa | HIV; AIDS; resilience; Black feminist thought; intersectionality; postpartum; global health; women's health |
| Master's | 111 | Nash | Katherine | Adam Lewkowitz, MD, MPH; Abigail Cartus, MPH, PhD; Madina Agénor, ScD, MPH | Examining the Association Between Intimate Partner Violence Around the Time of Pregnancy and Postpartum Care Attendance: An Analysis of PRAMS Participants, 2016-2020 | Intimate partner violence; postpartum; obstetrics; reproductive health; PRAMS; access |
| Master's | 112 | Feragne | Megan | Richard Tucker, BA; Julia Mayne, MD; Betty Vohr, MD | Language Development of Preterm Infants from Spanish- and English-Speaking Homes | Language development; Latinx; prematurity; neonatal follow-up; health equity; maternal and child health |
| Master's | 113 | Nkoudou | Nancy | Madina Agénor, ScD, MPH; Jennifer Pellowski, PhD | The Impact of Doula Interventions on Cesarean Section Rates within Lower-Middle Income Countries, A Systematic Review | Cesarean section; doula, LMICs; reproductive health; improving birth outcomes |
| Master's | 114 | Owusu-Sekyere | Joleen | Diana Grigsby-Toussaint, PhD, MPH; Alison Field, ScD | Mental Health Help-Seeking Behavior Among Emerging Black College Students: A Systematic Review | Mental health service use; facilitators and barriers; Black college students; help-seeking; culture; stigma |
| Master's | 115 | Lee | Sangah | Dale Dagar Maglalang; Samantha Rosenthal; Jasjit Ahluwalia | Reasons for E-Cigarette Use by Race and Ethnicity in Adults from California: The Moderating Role of Years Lived in the U.S. | E-cigarettes; race and ethnicity; acculturation; reasons for e-cigarette use; years lived in the U.S.; ENDS |
| Master's | 116 | Brown | Zoe | Talia Vasaturo-Kolodner; Molly Magill; Joshua Brown; Patricia Cioe; Robert Swift; Lorenzo Leggio; Carolina Haass-Koffler | Mifepristone as a Pharmacological Intervention for Stress-Induced Alcohol Craving: A Human Laboratory Study | Alcohol use disorder; opioid use disorder; substance use disorder; pharmaceutical treatments; translational research; randomized controlled trials |
| Master's | 117 | Smith | Madison | Kristina Jackson, Ph.D.; Alexander Sokolovsky, Ph.D.; Helene White Ph.D. | Alcohol and Cannabis Co-Use and Consequences and Their Relationship to Stress and Anxiety: Moderation by Family Substance Use History in College Students | Alcohol; cannabis; co-use; substance use; stress, anxiety; college students |
| Master's | 118 | Mangelsdorf | Laurel | Kaley Hayes, PharMD, PhD | Observational Studies of the Effects of Deprescribing Medications on Clinical Outcomes in Older Adults: A Systematic Review of Methods | Deprescription; systematic review; methods; geriatrics; bias |
| Master's | 119 | Toffey | Arnelle | Elizabeth Tobin-Tyler, JD, MA; Jesse L Yedinak, MPA, BS | Examining The Impact Of Structural Racism On The Utilization Of SUD Treatment Among Black Populations In America | Structural racism; substance use treatment; health disparities; substance abuse; barriers ; addiction |
| Master's | 120 | Foley | Isaiah | Benjamin Berey, PhD; Jennifer Merrill, PhD | Drinking Motives and Their Relations With Student Status and Negative Alcohol Consequences | Alcohol; motives; consequences; drinking; high-intensity drinking; addiction |
| Master's | 121 | Lee | Khiara | Tayla von Ash, ScD, MPH; Patricia Risica, DrPH, MPH | Explain Breastfeeding Rates Across Race and Ethnicities Using National PRAMS Dataset | Breastfeeding initiation; disparities; racial/ethnic; maternal; maternal and child health; women's health |
| Master's | 122 | Blau | Sarah | Alison Tovar, MS, MPH, PhD; Kate Bauer, MS, PhD; Deborah Pearlman, PhD | “I Just Feel No Matter What You Lack, Nobody Should be Treated Differently”: Understanding Discrimination in Food Assistance Programs | Food assistance; food insecurity; discrimination; families; mistreatment |
| Master's | 123 | Iosepovici | Skylar | Eric Jutkowitz, PhD | Planning the Implementation of a Digital Dementia Caregiver Intervention as Supplemental Managed Care Benefit | ADRD; dementia; digital health; implementation science; insurance; caregivers |
| Master's | 124 | Coleman | Justin | Momotazur Rahman, PhD; Shira Dunsiger, PhD | An Evaluation of how the Access to APC Care at the End of Life Varies Across the United States (Regionally) for African American with ADRD | Health services; nursing home; dementia; Medicaid; APC; aging; elder care |
| Master's | 125 | Kyrychenko | Nataliya | Shira Dunsiger, PhD | Impact of a New Payment Model at Primary Care Level on Tuberculosis Treatment in Ukraine: Mixed Methods Study | Tuberculosis; treatment adherence; pay-for-performance; payment method; Ukraine |
| Master's | 126 | Carrara | Rebecca | William Goedel, PhD; Brandon Marshall, PhD | The Influence of a Pandemic on an Epidemic: The Impact of COVID-19 on Overdose Deaths in Rhode Island | COVID-19, overdose, substance misuse, Rhode Island, spatial research; pandemics |
| Master's | 127 | Latham | Jennifer | A Novel Approach to Evaluating Health Equity: Contributory Complex System Equity-based (CCSE) Evaluation | Health Equity, Evaluation, contributory complex system equity-based evaluation | |
| Master's | 128 | Murdock | Abigail | Michelle Rogers, PhD; Tracy Jackson, PhD, MPH; Karine Monteiro, MPH; Laura Chambers, PhD, MPH | Mental Health Status of Rhode Island Middle School and High School Students Before Versus During the COVID-19 Pandemic | Mental health; COVID-19; Rhode Island; pandemics |
| Master's | 129 | Khoo | Kylie | Samuel Zwetchkenbaum, DDS, MPH; Michelle Rogers, PhD | Oral Health Concerns among Rhode Island High School Students: Examining the Role of Physical and Mental Health | Oral health concerns; adolescence; physical health; mental health; dental health; Rhode Island |
| Master's | 130 | Sukhbaatar | Surenmaa | Eric Loucks, PhD | Effects of the Mindfulness Based Blood Pressure (MB-BP) Program on Depression in Participants with Elevated Blood Pressure | Mindfulness; meditation; high blood pressure; depression; childhood abuse |
| Master's | 131 | Burks | Shaunessey | Erica Walker MSc, ScD | Indoor Air Intervention in Home-based Daycare Centers in Providence, Rhode Island | Exposure assessment; particulate matter; indoor air; intervention; aerosol |
| Master's | 132 | Kumar | Anusha | Ani Eloyan, PhD | White Matter Hyperintensity Trajectories and Their Use in Prediction of Diagnosis in Alzheimer’s Disease | Neuroscience; brain imaging; longitudinal data analysis; machine learning; white matter hyperintensities; trajectory analysis; biomarkers |
| Master's | 133 | Seshaiah | Talia | Christopher Schmid, PhD | Impact of Sequential N-of-1 Trials on Self-Determination of Triggers of Atrial Fibrillation and the Participant Decision-Making Process | N-of-1; sequential N-of-1; posterior probability; trial sequence; atrial fibrillation; event trigger |
| Master's | 134 | Hedspeth | Timothy | Stavroula Chrysanthopoulou, PhD | Complex Predictive Models for Bladder Cancer | Bladder cancer; microsimulation; decision analysis; systematic review; variance reduction |
| Master's | 135 | Yu | Zexuan | Christopher Schmid, PhD; May-Tal Sauerbrun-Cutler, MD | Impact of the FP Coverage Mandate on FP Consultations, Evaluations, and Procedures Among Commercially Insured Reproductive-Aged Females in Rhode Island | Interrupted time series; fertility preservation; breast cancer; APCD; insurance mandate; women's health; health policy; maternal and child health |
| Master's | 136 | Ojiambo | Rophence | Jon Steingrimsson, PhD; Joseph Hogan, ScD; Rajesh Vedanthan, MD; Jemima Kamano, MM, ED | Generalizing Cluster Randomized Control Trial Results to a Target Population | Study design; generalizability; transportability; cluster randomized trial; causal inference; inverse odds of trial participation weighting; cardiovascular diseases |
| Master's | 137 | Richards | Breanna | Stavroula Chrysanthopoulou, PhD | Calibrating Probabilities of Transition in Use of Combustible Cigarettes and E-Cigarettes with Multi-state Modeling | Markov multi-state modeling; transition probabilities; tobacco use; ENDS/e-cigarettes; calibration; microsimulation; longitudinal data analysis |
| Master's | 138 | Liu | Abraham | Stavroula Chrysanthopoulou, PhD; Constantine Gatsonis, PhD | Simulation Model for Advanced Breast Cancer Screening and Survival | Simulation study; breast cancer; sensitivity analysis; Monte Carlo; model selection; women's health; maternal and child health |
| Master's | 139 | Cui | Tianye | Roee Gutman, PhD | Assessing Effects of Meal Delivery Methods on Nursing Home Placement for People with Dementia by Incorporating Historical Data in A Randomized Controlled Trial | Causal inference; propensity score; Bayesian inference; power prior; randomized controlled trial |
| Master's | 140 | Okutse | Amos | Joseph Hogan | Machine Learning for Precision Optimization and Bias Correction in Randomized Trials with Missing Data | Machine learning; covariate adjustment; bias correction; precision optimization; model specification; missing data; randomized trials |
| Master's | 141 | Liu | Nancy | Arman Oganisian | Estimation of Causal Effects in the Presence of Competing Events | Causal estimation; g-computation; competing events; hip fractures |
| Master's | 142 | Yan | Yufei | Christopher Kahler; Tao Liu | Analysis of an Alcohol Use Intervention (ReACH) Study: Factorial Design, Orthogonal Contrasts, Incomplete Data, and Model Selection | Alcohol use intervention; factorial design; orthogonal contrasts; incomplete data; model selection |
| Master's | 143 | Basso | Antonella | Alice Paul; Jon Steingrimsson | Realizing Fairness in an Unfair World: A Causal Approach to Fair Predictive Modeling via Penalized Maximum Likelihood Estimation | Algorithmic fairness; predictive modeling; causal inference; path-specific effects; maximum likelihood estimation; Lasso regularization; constrained optimization |
| Master's | 144 | Zhou | Yingjie | Ani Eloyan, PhD; Lorin Crawford, PhD | Texture Analysis of Alzheimer’s Disease PET scans via Smooth Euler Characteristic Transform | Alzheimers; ADNI-3 tau PET scans; topological data analysis; functional data analysis; sensitivity analysis |
| Master's | 145 | Finlayson | Kyla | Predicting and Profiling Long COVID Using Machine Learning Methods | Long COVID; COVID-19; binary classification; unsupervised clustering; machine learning; prediction algorithms; pandemics | |
| Master's | 146 | Girard | Anthony | Arman Oganisian; Patience Moyo | Causal Estimation of Recurrent Event Rates Under Censoring | Causal inference; opioid; Medicare; chronic pain; recurrent events; G-computation; censored data |
| Master's | 147 | Dong | Zhejia | Youjin Lee, PhD | Bias Amplification when Instrumental Variables are Related to Measured Confounding | Bias amplification; instrumental variable; causal inference; simulation studies; linear models |
| Master's | 148 | Liao | Yanru | Li-Xuan Qin; Zhijn Wu | Comparison of 16S rRNA and repurposed host Whole Transcriptome Sequencing data and impact of data pre-processing | 16S rRNA; Whole Transcriptome Sequencing; pre-processing; concordance; microbiome |
| Master's | 149 | Zhao | Yifan | Ani Eloyan, PhD | Dimensional Reduction and Regularization on Resting-State fMRI data and Predictions in Behavioral Science | fMRI; neuroimaging; machine-learning; dimension-reduction; autoencoder; classification |
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