Public Health Research@Maryland 2016 took place on Tuesday, April 5, 2016, at the University of Maryland's Stamp Student Union. The day-long event featured speakers and panel discussions on the theme: From Community Engagement to Population Health. The event also showcased dozens of research posters that displayed student, faculty and external researchers' work, as well as networking tables to stimulate collaborations.
Presentations and Panel Discussions
Welcoming Remarks
Jane E. Clark, PhD, Professor and Dean, UMD School of Public Health
Mary Ann Rankin, PhD, Senior Vice President and Provost, UMD
Jay S. Magaziner, PhD, MS Hyg, Professor and Chair, Dept. of Epidemiology and Public Health, UM School of Medicine
Opening Lecture: Seeing the "Bigger Picture" in Diabetes Prevention: How a Youth-Oriented Health Literacy Campaign is Changing the Conversation around Type 2 Diabetes
Dean Schillinger, MD, Professor of Medicine and Founding Director of the Center for Vulnerable Populations, University of California San Francisco
Co-moderators:
Dushanka V. Kleinman, DDS, MScD, Professor and Associate Dean for Research, UMD School of Public Health
Sheri Parks, PhD, Associate Dean for Research, Interdisciplinary Scholarship and Programming; Associate Professor, College of Arts and Humanities, UMD
Presentation: A Framework and Measures to Build a Culture of Health
Carolyn E. Miller MA, MS, Senior Program Officer, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Moderator:
David Chae, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, UMD School of Public Health
Panel: Cancer Prevention and Population Science (Establishing a Maryland Cancer Survivorship Cohort)
Panelists:
Co-Leaders of the University of Maryland Greenebaum Cancer Center’s Population Science Program
Cheryl Holt, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Behavioral and Community Health, UMD School of Public Health
Joanne F. Dorgan, MPH, PhD, Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, UM School of Medicine
Ms. Rhonda Boozer-Yeary, Community Health Educator, University of Maryland Greenebaum Cancer Center
Panel: Population Health in Maryland
Panelists:
Maryland's All-Payer Approach to Health Care Delivery
Joshua Sharfstein, MD, Associate Dean for Public Health Practice and Training, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Health Enterprise Zones: An Emerging Maryland Model
David A. Mann MD, PhD, Epidemiologist, Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities, Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; Instructor, Epidemiology and Public Health, UM School of Medicine
Building Population Health Capabilities Across a Statewide Health System
Walter Ettinger Jr., MD, MBA, Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, University of Maryland Medical System
Co-moderators:
J. Kathleen Tracy, PhD, Associate Professor, Epidemiology and Public Health; Director of Clinical Translational Research and Informatics Center, UM School of Medicine
Robert S. Gold PhD, Professor and Chair, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, UMD School of Public Health
Panel: On the Ground in Maryland Communities — Public Health Leaders Identify Opportunities for Population Health Improvement
Panelists:
Dianna E. Abney, MD, Health Officer, Charles County
Uma S. Ahluwalia, MSW, Department of Health and Human Services, Montgomery County
Pamela B. Creekmur, RN, Health Officer, Prince George’s County
Olivia Farrow, JD, Deputy Health Commissioner for Youth Wellness and Community Health, Baltimore City
Moderator:
Sandra C. Quinn, PhD, Professor and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, UMD School of Public Health
Closing Remarks and Presentation of Poster Awards
Jane E. Clark, PhD, Professor and Dean, UMD School of Public Health
Jay S. Magaziner, PhD, MS Hyg, Professor and Chair, Dept. of Epidemiology and Public Health, UM School of Medicine
2016 Research Poster Winners
A panel of expert judges evaluated all of the research poster presentations by students and awarded prizes for undergraduate, masters, and doctoral student posters at the 2016 Public Health Research @ Maryland day.
Doctoral Student Winners
Honorable Mentions
- Daisy Le (UMD School of Public Health, Dept. of Behavioral and Community Health), "WMN4HLTH: Development of a Spiritually-Based SMS Text Messaging Pilot Intervention to Increase Cervical Cancer Awareness and Pap Test Screening Intention among African American Women"
- Jennifer Guida (UMD SPH Dept. of Epidemiology and Biostatistics), "Variations of Clinical Characteristics and Breast Cancer Risk Factors by Tumor Subtype in a South-East Asian Population"
1st Place (tied)
- Lily Fountain (UMD College of Education, Human Development and Quantitative Methodology), "Improving Maternal Child Health through Improved Prediction of Critical Thinking in Maternity Nurses"
- Theresa Smith (UMD SPH, Dept. of Kinesiology), "Individuals with MCI Exhibit Stronger Posterior Functional Connectivity than Healthy Elders after a 12-Week Walking Intervention"
Master’s Student Winners
Honorable Mentions
- Elizabeth Bell, (UMD SPH, Dept. of Kinesiology), "Limb Strength and Limb Initiation During a Step Forward to Upright Standing Task"
- India James (UMD SPH, Dept. of Epidemiology and Biostatistics), Diamond Greene (UMD SPH, Dept. of Family Science), McAllister Ebgire-Molen (UMD), Amanda Pumphrey (UMD SPH, Dept. of Behavioral and Community Health), & Lucianna Assidi-Meytin (UMD SPH, Dept. of Behavioral and Community Health), "Utilizing Black Barbershops and Salons to Conduct a Family Health History Intervention to Promote Colorectal Cancer Screening Among African Americans"
1st Place
- Katherine Campbell (UMB SPH, Dept. of Epidemiology and Public Health), "An Ecological Momentary Assessment Study Examining the Association between Television Usage and Physical Activity among Low-Income Mothers of Toddlers"
Undergraduate Student Winners
Honorable Mention
- Joselin Bravo (UMD SPH, Public Health Science), "Knocking Down Walls and Forming Bridges: Identifying Barriers and Facilitators of System of Care Expansion for Children, Youth and Young Adults with Serious Emotional Disturbances and Their Families"
1st Place
- Elena Tran (UMD SPH, Dept. of Behavioral and Community Health), "Pilot Strategies Used in Performance Improvement in Physician Practices Research to Enhance Field Study Protocols"