Research Interaction Day
The spring semester 2023 event was an exciting opportunity that highlighted public health research and
practice activities through poster presentations and lightning round talks. Poster submissions included undergrad and graduate students, and lightning round talks were given by community partners as well as students, staff and faculty.
Award Winners
Gold Public Health Innovation Award
1st Place: Vivek Ravichandran (poster #13) - Maryland Institute for Applied Environmental Health
Utilization of the Maryland Environmental Justice Screening and Mapping Tool (MD EJSCREEN) to Supplement Hyperlocal Air Quality Monitoring in Cheverly, Maryland
2nd Place: Jianyu Lai (poster #43) - Epidemiology and Biostatistics
N95 Respirators Provide Superior Source Control of SARS-COV-2
3rd Place: Alexis Hunter (poster #21) - Behavioral and Community Health
Rosie the Chatbot: Designing a Health Information Intervention Through the Lived Experiences of Pregnancy Among New Mothers of Color
Mitchell Stewart Health Disparities Award
1st Place: Shuo Jim Huang (poster #30) - Health Policy and Management
Redlining and Health in Baltimore and Beyond: Association of Century Old Policy with Health Outcomes Today
2nd Place: Nathaniel Woodard (poster #29) - Behavioral and Community Health
Structural Racism and Alcohol and Tobacco Use Behaviors in a National Sample of African Americans
3rd Place: Yesenia Lemus Avila (poster # 25) - Behavioral and Community Health
The Impact of the 2022 Formula Shortage on Latina Mothers’ Formula-Feeding Experiences
Undergraduate Students
1st Place: Yesenia Lemus Avila (poster # 25) - Behavioral and Community Health
The Impact of the 2022 Formula Shortage on Latina Mothers’ Formula-Feeding Experiences
2nd Place: Janay Johnson (poster # 31) - Family Science
A Qualitative Evaluation of Determinants of Health in Varanasi, India
Graduate Students
1st Place: Jianyu Lai (poster # 43) - Epidemiology and Biostatistics
N95 Respirators Provide Superior Source Control of SARS-COV-2
2nd Place: Angshuman Kashyap (poster # 35) - Behavioral and Community Health
Examining if and how Different Media Platforms Affect Nigerian Children’s Reception of Content
3rd Place: Emily Healey (poster # 14) - Maryland Institute for Applied Environmental Health
Basement Backups and Bacteria: Evaluating the Risk of Residential Exposure to Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria from Sanitary Sewer Overflows and Basement Backups
4th Place: Shayla Stringfield (poster # 44) - Behavioral and Community Health
Implementation of a Social Needs Screening Tool Across Multiple Settings for Children with Asthma
People's Choice Award
Olayinka Olamilekan Ogbara (poster # 44)
Age and Sex-Related Differences in Mitochondria Quality Control Proteins