The Spring 2024 Public Health Innovations Conference | Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences

Thursday and Friday, April 18th and 19th

This conference is hosted by the Master of Public Health Program in the School of Medicine's Department of Population & Quantitative Health Sciences. It is the primary forum through which MPH students present the results of their community-based practical experiences and research projects. These experiences - collectively referred to as the Culminating Experience - are the centerpiece of the CWRU MPH program. The conference gives students the opportunity to apply the knowledge and skills they have acquired through their academic coursework to a problem involving the health of the community. Bringing together students, faculty, alumni, and community partners, the Public Health Innovations Conference is an opportunity for students to showcase the results of that work.

Schedule of Events

Thursday, April 18: Virtual Session

In-person option in Wood Building, WG-73

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Meeting ID: 955 7300 3565
Passcode: MPH

Time	Virtual Session
8:00 am - 8:15 am	Opening Remarks
8:15 am - 12:00 pm	Oral Presentations
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm	Break for Lunch
12:30 pm - 4:15 pm	Oral Presentations

Friday, April 19: In-Person on CWRU Campus

Live stream Guest Presentation and Keynote Presentation

Biomedical Research Building
Auditorium 105 and Lobby
2109 Adelbert Road

Time	Session
9:00 am - 9:15 am	Breakfast, Welcome, and Opening Remarks
9:15 am - 10:15 pm	Oral Presentations
10:30 am - 11:15 am	Guest Presentation: Framing the Future: Education for Public Health 2030 Shan Mohammed MD, MPH Clinical Professor, Department of Health Sciences Assistant Dean for DEIB (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging) Educational and Student Initiatives Bouvé College of Health Sciences, Northeastern University
11:15 am - 12:00 pm	Poster Session
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm	Keynote Presentation: On Contextology and Sense-Making: Evolving Skills for a Changing Public Health Landscape Scott Frank, MD, MS Associate Professor Emeritus, Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences Associate Professor Emeritus, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health Director Emeritus, Master of Public Health Program School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University Dr. Frank Biography
1:00 pm - 1:45 pm	Lunch
1:45 pm - 5:00 pm	Oral Presentations

Downloadable Agenda

For more information about the Spring 2024 Public Health Innovations Conference, please be in contact with Andrew Morris, MPH, Director of Community Based Education at andrew.morris@case.edu.

Practicum Posters

Presenter	Title
Harlie Custer	Can the Federal Incident Command System Be Used to Address Racism as a Public Health Crisis?: Laying the Groundwork
Sumyukta Dore	Learning to Work with Big Data: A Practicum Geared Toward Understanding Racial and Socioeconomic Disparities in Psychiatric Readmission Risk
Justin Dvorak, MD	Adult Solid Organ Injury: Who Needs Admission?
Ava Fan	Promoting Health through Education for 6-8th Graders
Viraj Gorthi	Intersections of Naturopathy and Science
Rohan Govind	Identifying Factors and Interventions Contributing to Nutritional Inaccess Across Varying Socioeconomic Status Backgrounds
Estefania Hernandez	Substance Use, Sleep Duration, and Health among Adults in Ohio
Elena Igic	Impact of Simple Intervention on Hand Hygiene Compliance from Two Hospital Units Using Electronic and Manual Data Collection Methods
Julia Joo	Familiarizing with TriNetX and Open-Angle Glaucoma
Erika Kura	Centering Lived Experiences of Human Trafficking Survivors to Close Wraparound Service Gaps
Bhavya Mahesh	The Role of Community Engagement in Increasing Prostate Cancer Screening Rates
George W. Matar, MD	Assessing Satisfaction with Care for Sexual Minority Groups in an Urban Clinic
Sarah Mathew	Surveying OB/GYN Prescribing Practices for Postpartum Patients
Drake McFaul	Exploring the Relationship between Social Vulnerability and Influenza Vaccine Uptake: Insights from Ohio’s 2023-2024 Flu Season
Sekinat Mumuney	Understanding the Role of Antibody-bound Microbes in the Female Reproductive Tract during Vaginal Dysbiosis
Anirudh Muralidharan	Nourish: Utilizing Food Resource Management Techniques and the Social Cognitive Theory to Improve Cooking Skills among SNAP-Eligible Adults
Joe O'Brien	The Use of Ultrasound in the Diagnosis of Acute Dyspnea in the Emergency Department
Chineme Onwubueke	MamaStrong
Liz Stanley	Gap in Sexual Dysfunction Management between Men and Women Seen in Primary Care
Zenobia Tayeb, MD	Assessing the Effectiveness of a Train-the-Trainer Model of a Family- and Community-based Research Intervention for At-risk Youth with Type 1 Diabetes
Shilpa Thandla	Improving Utility Assistance and Resource Access