2019 Symposium
Presenters & Projects
Joseph Starnes, MD, MPH
Under-five Mortality in the Rongo Sub-County of Migori County, Kenya: Experience of the Lwala Community Alliance
Alexander Sherry, MD
Rayos Contra Cancer: an Organization for International Collaboration in Radiation Oncology
Isabel Taylor
Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip: Care Practices of Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgeons in North America
Katherine Gelfand
Unite For Sight Internship Experience
Miller Morris, MPH
An Evidence-for-Policy Brief on Community Engagement and Empowerment as a Mechanism for Universal Health Coverage: a WHO Study
Sharo Costa, MeD & Hope Wiggs, MEd
UNZA Mentorship Programme
Adam Daily, MD
Reaching the Forgotten Millions: Refugees in Jordan Need More Healthcare
Sameeksha Malhotra
Global OACS Ecuador Cohort
Taylor Matherly, MEd, MPH
Assessing the Nutrional Needs of Primeros Pasos
Subash Gutti, MD
Homelessness & Health: Ethnography, Medication Adherence, and Assessment of Clinical Practices
Andrea Zhang
iReach: Reducing HIV Vulnerability Through a WebApp
Sarah C. Lotspeich, PhD
A Comparison of Self-Audits as Alternatives to Travel-Audits in Improving Data Quality in the Caribbean, Central and South America Network for HIV Epidemiology
Doug Heimburger, MD, MS
Effects of HIV and ART on Diabetes in Tanzanian Adults
Frances Knight, PhD
Immigration & Infectious Disease: Public Health Challenges and Political Attitudes
Justin Banerdt, MD
Delirium Prevalence and Outcomes at a Referral Hospital in Lusaka, Zambia
Lauren Lambert & Britt Hatcher
Access to Reproductive Health Services and Maternal Perceptions on Family
Sarah Heerboth, MD
Knowledge of Obstetric and Neonatal Danger Signs Among Community Health Workers in the Rongo sub-County of Migori County, Kenya: Results of a Community-Based Cross-Sectional Survey
Lara Harvey, MD, MPH
Experience with a Novel Laparoscopic Gynecologic Curriculum in Haiti: Lessons in Implementation
Laura Zeigler, MD
A Prospective Observational Study of Postoperative Complications at a Non-Profit, Internationally Supported Surgery Center in Guatemala
Kelsey Minix, MPH
MIHOW: Experiencing a Maternal, Child Health Home-Visiting Program
Benjamin Acheampong, MPH
Evaluation of the Feasibility of Focused Cardiac Training for Medical Residents in Ghana
Danny Sack, PhD
Empathy and Depression in Zambézia Province, Mozambique
Tom Klink, MPH
Development and Implementation of a Monitoring and Evaluation Protocol for a Nutrition Outreach Program in Guatemala
Fei Wang, MD, PhD
Adherence to Dietary Recommendations Among Long-Term Breast Cancer Survivors and Its Association with Cancer Recurrence or Mortality: Results from the Shanghai Breast Cancer Survival Study
Celso Give, MPH
Neurodevelopment and Vector-Borne Diseases: Building a Research Capacity in the Tropics
Didier Mugabe, MPH
Clinical Research Training at Barretos Cancer Hospital, Barretos, Brazil
Neena Kapoor
Wisdom of the Elders: Narratives Enhancing Trainees’ Attitudes Towards Aging
Katherine Konvinse, PhD
Making Antiretrovirals Safer in South Africa: Defining the Genetic Risk and Immunopathogenesis of Nevirapine-Induced Stevens Johnson Syndrome/Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis
Muna Muday, MPH & Sylvie Muhimpundu, MPH
ImPACT Africa Simulation Center Monitoring & Evaluation Tool
Delaney Lackey, MPH
From Getting to Giving in the World of Nonprofit Funding
Mindy Leelawong, PhD
Molecular Assessment of Antimalarial Drug Resistance Using Sentinel L-DNA Thermal Probes
Anastasia Lendel
Risk factors and Barriers to Treatment Among HIV-Positive Individuals that Patronize Traditional
Healers in sub-Saharan Africa
Zack Zimmers, PhD
Design of a Nucleic Acid-Based Optical Signal for Adaptive PCR Detection of Malaria
Anna Wolfe
Development of a Low-Resource Nucleic Acid Extraction Device Based on High-Gradient Magnetic Separation
Christia Victoriano
Influenza Detection with No Sample Preparation Using Adaptive RT-PCR