GWSPH Faculty, Staff and Students Presenting at APHA 2019


October 21, 2019

Are you headed to Philadelphia for APHA's Annual Meeting, November 2-6, 2019? Be sure to check out the presentations of GWSPH faculty, staff and students:
 

Sunday, November 3

Crystal Harrell, MPH/PhD Student, Epidemiology

Presentation: Addressing health inequities Among African Americans

Time and location: 2:00-3:00 p.m., 2033.0

 

Amita N Vyas, Associate Professor, Prevention and Community Health

Presentation: APHA Film Festival Opening Kick-off Event - Sustainability: Within Our Means, Within Our Reach (Feature Film)

Time and location: 2:00-4:30 p.m., FF01
 

Imran Bari, Research Program Associate

Presentation: Physical Violence during Pregnancy and Infant Mortality:Evidence from Pakistan Demographic and Health Survey 2012-13

Time and location: 3:30-4:30 p.m., 2074.0 

 

Carine Wellington, MPH student, Prevention and Community Health

Presentation: Pilot testing “Take Charge, Get Cured” with methadone patients: A mHealth tool addressing HCV treatment initiation

Time and location: 5:00-6:00 p.m., 2091.0
 

 

Monday, November 4

Ans Irfan, Professorial Lecturer, Environmental and Occupational Health

Presentation: Emerging Leaders: Climate & Health Equity

Time and location: 8:30-10:00 a.m., 3009.0

 

Anna Tanaglia, Student

Presentation: A Closer Look at High Risk Populations: Closing the Gap to Achieve Health and Nutrition Equity

Time and location: 8:30-10:00 a.m., 3035.0

 

Sabrina McCormick, Associate Professor, Environmental and Occupational Health

Presentation: Special Session : Communicating Science to Lay Audiences (organized by HCWG)

Time and location: 8:30-10:00 a.m., 3061.0

 

Carine Wellington, MPH student, Prevention and Community Health

Presentation: Listening to the voices of women about PrEP: Lessons learned and applications for programs and interventions

Time and location: 8:30-10:00 a.m., 3070.0

 

Ichhya Pant, DrPH Student, Prevention and Community Health

Presentation: Health Information Seeking among Second Generation Chinese American Emerging Adults: Perceived Needs, Preferred Sources, and Their Recommendations to Improve Access and Availability

Time and location: 10:30-11:30 a.m., 3072.0

 

Leana Wen, Visiting Professor of Health Policy and Management

Presentation: Public Health and Social Justice Issues for the 2020 Elections

Time and location: 10:30-12:00 p.m., 3116.0

 

Liz Borkowski, Senior Research Scientist, Health Policy and Management

Presentation: When bad and junk science impede action and harm health

Time and location: 1:00-2:30 p.m., 3289.0
 

GWSPH Reception

Join us for the GWSPH Alumni & Friends Reception on Monday, Nov. 4

Time and location: 6:00-8:30 p.m. | Register here

Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

 

 

Tuesday, November 5

Wendy Ellis, Director of Building Community Resilience Collaborative and Networks

Presentation: Tackling the Biggest Public Health Epidemic: Making Meaningful Change Through Public Policy to Address Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)​

Time and location: 8:30-10:00 a.m., 4006.0



Erica Sedlaner, Doctoral Student

Presentation: Application of the life course approach to MCH Synopsis

Time and location: 8:30-10:00 a.m., 4048.0

 

Cassandra Allen, Student

Presentation: Yes we can!: Innovative methods for advancing women's health equity

Time and location: 9:10-9:30 a.m., 4067.0

 

Aubrey Villalobos, Director, Cancer Control & Health Equity

Presentation: Breastfeeding in Context: African American Women’s Descriptions of Cultural and Normative Influences on Infant Feeding

Time and location: 10:30-11:30 a.m., 4090.0

 

Amanda Castel, Associate Professor, Epidemiology

Presentation: AIDSVu and HepVu: Visualizing Data on HIV and Viral Hepatitis to Inform and Mobilize Public Health Actions

Time and location: 10:30-12:00 p.m., 4146.0

 

Tony Yang, Professor, Health Policy and Management

Presentation: Increasing Vaccination Rates through School Vaccination Laws

Time and location: 10:30-12:00 p.m., 4163.0

 

Rachel Sadlon, Assistant Director of Research and Evaluation, Prevention and Community Health

Presentation: Health and Education Equity in Schools: Collaborating for Success

Time and location: 1:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m., 4221.1

 

Edwin Flores, Student
Presentation: Health of the Vulnerable
Time and location: 1:00-2:30 p.m., FF10

 

Ichhya Pant, DrPH Student, Prevention and Community Health

Presentation: Translating Research into Practice for Global Health

Time and location: 1:00-2:30 p.m., 4260.0

 

Carlos Rodriguez-Diaz, Associate Professor, Prevention and Community Health

Presentation: Role of primary care in HIV prevention for Spanish-speaking gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men

Time: 3:00-4:00 p.m., 4296.0

 

 

Wednesday, November 6
Alicia Stillman, MPH Student

Presentation: Why take the chance: the importance of Meningitis B prevention as told by two mothers

Time and location: 10:30-12:00 p.m.