Public Health Research at Maryland 2018

Welcoming Remarks 

Wallace Loh, PhD, JD, President of the University of Maryland, College Park

Jay Perman, MD, President of the University of Maryland, Baltimore

Boris D. Lushniak, MD, MPH, Dean and Professor, University of Maryland School of Public Health

E. Albert Reece, MD, PhD, MBA, Executive Vice President for Medical Affairs, University of Maryland; John Z. and Akiko K. Bowers Distinguished Professor and Dean, University of Maryland School of Medicine
Jay S. Magaziner, PhD, MSHyg, Professor and Chair, Department of Epidemiology & Public Health; Director, Center for Research on Aging

Keynote Address: Changing How America Thinks About Health

Richard E. Besser, MD, President and CEO, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Panel 1: How can technology support healthy behaviors?

Co-moderators:

Ritu Agarwal, PhD, Professor, Senior Associate Dean for Research and Director, Center for Health Information and Decision Systems, Robert H. Smith School of Business

Mark Zubrow, MD, Associate Professor and Vice President, Telemedicine, School of Medicine

Panelists:

Nanette Steinle, MD, RDN, Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Chief Endocrinology and Diabetes Section, Maryland Veterans Affairs Medical Center

Angela Evatt, Chief, Health Information Exchange, Maryland Health Care Commission

Praduman Jain, Founder and CEO, Vibrent 

Panel 2: Health and science literacy for trust-building with the public

Co-moderators:

Lisa Bress, RDH, MS, Clinical Assistant Professor & Perryville Clinic Coordinator, School of Dentistry

Cynthia Baur, PhD, Endowed Professor and Director, Herschel S. Horowitz Center for Health Literacy, School of Public Health

Panelists:

Megan E. (Smith) Humphries, Senior Vice President, Edelman Federal Government Services

Leni Preston, Vice-President, Consumer Health First 

Elsie M. Stines, DNP, CRNP, Assistant Vice President, UMB Special Projects and Initiatives

Walkiria E. Pool, President and Founder, Center for Assistance to Families

Panel 3: Do data matter? Informing personal and community decision-making

Co-moderators:

Soren Bentzen, PhD, DMSc
Professor and Division Director, Biostatistics and Bioinformatics,
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine

Barbara Curbow, PhD, MA, BA, Professor and Chair, Department of Behavioral and Community Health, University of Maryland School of Public Health

Panelists:

Luisa Franzini, PhD, Professor and Chair, Department of Health Services Administration, University of Maryland School of Public Health

Edward Sondik, PhD, Former Director, National Center of Health Statistics, CDC; Member, DHHS Secretary's Advisory Committee on National Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Objectives

Quynh Nguyen, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Maryland School of Public Health

Panel 4: Widening the Lens on the Opioid Epidemic

Co-moderators:

Amelia Arria, PhD, Associate Professor and Director, Center on Young Adult Health and Development, School of Public Health

Nicole Brandt, PharmD, MBA, BCPP, CGP, FASCP, Professor of Pharmacy Practice and Science & Executive Director, Peter Lamy Center on Drug Therapy and Aging, School of Pharmacy

Panelists:

Kim Burton, Director of Older Adult Programs, Mental Health Association of Maryland 

Kathleen A. Cameron, MPH, Senior Director, Center for Healthy Aging, National Council on Aging

Laura Place, MSW, LCSW-C, Coordinator of Substance Use Intervention and Treatment programs, University of Maryland Health Center, Staff Advisor, Terps for Recovery

Joan Webb Scornaienchi, Executive Director, HC DrugFree

Eric D. Wish, PhD, Director, Center for Substance Abuse Research (CESAR) , University of Maryland College Park

Closing Remarks 

Boris D. Lushniak, MD, MPH, Dean and Professor, University of Maryland School of Public Health

Jay S. Magaziner, PhD, MSHyg., Professor and Chair, Department Of Epidemiology & Public Health; Director, Center for Research on Aging

Laurie Locascio, PhD, University of Maryland Vice President for Research 

Posters were submitted by more than 100 researchers from many campuses around the region and across the country, together with research partners from federal, state and local organizations and private and NGO research groups. Undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral level presenters received awards.

Doctoral Student Awards

1st Place

• Deanna Barath (UMD School of Public Health, Dept. of Health Services Administration), "Health Matters: Where do Mid-Shore Residents Go For Care?"

Honorable Mention

• Jessica Chopyk (UMD SPH, Maryland Institute for Applied Environmental Health), "Agricultural Freshwater Pond Supports Diverse and Dynamic Bacterial and Viral Populations"
• Priscilla Novak (UMD SPH, Dept. of Health Services Administration), "Hospital Care Coordination to Connect to Behavioral Health Services"

Masters Student Awards

1st Place

• Natasha Hurwitz (UMD College of Information Studies, Information Management), "Data Analysis of Digital Health Disease Management Program"

Honorable Mention

• Daniel Marthey (UMD SPH, Dept. of Health Services Administration), "Barriers and Utilization of Routine Dental Services Among Children in Qualified Health Plans Compared to Medicaid"
• Rebecca Patterson (UMD SPH, Maryland Institute for Applied Environmental Health), "Antimicrobial Resistance of Enterococci in Recycled and Surface Water in the Mid-Atlantic"

Undergraduate Student Awards

1st Place

• Aubree Driver (UMD SPH, Maryland Institute for Applied Environmental Health), "Maryland Environmental Justice Screening Tool"

Honorable Mention

• Usha Singh (UMD SPH/Westat), "Holistic Multisector Approaches to Improving Population Health: Lessons Learned from a Health Equity Roundtable"
• Daniel Callow (UMD SPH, Dept. of Kinesiology), "Acute Exercise Improves Neural Efficiency Independent of Exercise Intensity in Younger Adults"