Congratulations to all CPH faculty, staff, students and alumni who attended the American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting & Expo and 150th anniversary celebration in Boston on November 6-9, 2022.
During the conference, several CPH faculty, students and alumni presented papers and posters:
- Thomas Brewer, Ph.D., M.Jur., CHC: “A systematic analysis of literature related to the efficacy of podiatric care for complications of the diabetic foot;”
- Saroj Bista, MPH, BPharm: “Comparing drug use prevalence among school aged youth between two large national studies;”
- Anthony Coetzer-Liversage, Ph.D., MPH: “A Human-centered innovation process for evidence-based substance use prevention intervention implementation;”
- Jeffrey Hallam, Ph.D., FRSPH: “Impact of a grief recovery program on knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors of Black men that experienced loss;”
- Deric Kenne, Ph.D.: “Assessment of use of qualitative research conventions to improve the accuracy of machine learning for detecting substance use-associated content in Twitter;”
- Chelsey Kirkland, Ph.D., MPH, CHW: “Addressing community health worker wellness and self-care: HANS KAI intervention;”
- Rob Kollin, MS, MSM-Healthcare: “Health savings accounts benefits with and experienced economy lens;”
- Bethany Lanese, Ph.D.: “Analyzing Social Determinants of Health Clusters to Inform Prescriptive Programming Through Community Health Workers” and “Evaluating Process Improvement, Productivity, Workforce Development, and Leadership for a County Mental Health and Addiction Board.”
Congratulations to all the CPH faculty, students, research assistants, alumni, and interdisciplinary collaborators who authored papers and posters presented during the APHA meeting, including: Stephanie Abbruzzese, MPH; Megan Anderson, MPH; Olivia Anderson; Eniolufolake Ayoade; Sheryl Chatfield, Ph.D; Siobhan Hicks; Yu-Lin Hsu; Ruoming Jin, Ph.D.; Kaylie Kenne; Reema Kousar, MPH; Waylon Luo; Julina Maharjan; Kayla Marker;Cedric Mubikayi Kabasele; Davida Pantuso; Kiyan Shadmani; Cassidy Shokles; Tara Smith, Ph.D.
Many compliments to CPH staff faculty and staff who had leadership duties at the APHA meeting: Grace Battaglia-Hoffman, MPH; Rob Kollin, M.S.M., M.S.; Andrew Snyder, MPH.
The APHA meeting was also the occasion to present the performance “What We Learned While Alone: Global Voices Speak to the Pandemic”, sponsored by ɫ College of Public Health, Healthy Communities Research Institute, and the Wick Poetry Center, with support from the Ohio Arts Council. The theatrical event, based on the anthology “Dear Vaccine: Global Voices Speak to the Pandemic'' published by The ɫ Press, combines spoken word, music, movement, and digital dialogue to create an innovative interactive experience, culminating in a poem created with performers and the audience that celebrates what we have learned from our loss, what we praise, and what we hope for the future.