The Delta Omega Honorary Society in Public Health sponsors an annual Student Poster Session through the Academic Public Health Caucus during the American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting and Exposition each year. This year, 28 students nominated by local chapters of Delta Omega from CEPH-accredited Schools and Programs of Public Health were selected to present their scholarship and research at the APHA meeting in Atlanta, GA.  The sessions will be held on Monday, November 6,  from 12:30 – 1:30 p.m.  and Tuesday, November 7 from 2:30 – 3:30 p.m.

• Alaeddin Abukabda – Gamma Mu, West Virginia University, Maternal Effects of Exposure to Particulate Matter and Potential Impacts on Fetal Development
• Denny Fe Agana – Beta Upsilon, University of Florida, Characteristics of University of Florida Family Medicine Patients Frequently Readmitted to the Hospital in 2016
• Brook Araya – Upsilon, University of Alabama at Birmingham, An mHealth intervention to help African American adolescents make informed sexual health decisions
• Keith Brazendale – Mu, University of South Carolina, Children’s Obesogenic Behaviors during Summer versus School
• Karen Callahan – Delta Theta, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Heterogeneity in Heart Disease and Stroke Mortality among Mexican, Puerto Rican, Dominican, Cuban, South and Central American Hispanics
• Ninad Chaudhary – Upsilon, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Engaging providers with telehealth technology: Training modules and communication strategies to increase access to care for rural patients
• Joanne D’Silva – Beta Tau, University of Maryland, Marijuana Risk Perceptions are Associated with Past Month Marijuana Use among First Year College Students
• Kecia Ellick – Gamma Zeta, University of Maryland College Park, Teen mother parenting stress
• Saruna Ghimire – Delta Theta, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Can Low Serum Selenium Concentrations Increase Risk for Depression in U.S. adults?: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2011-2014
• Marcella Hernandez – Lambda, University of Illinois at Chicago, Understanding Precarious Work from a Community Perspective Utilizing Concept Mapping
• Colin Kunzweiler – Lambda, University of Illinois at Chicago, Factors associated with previously or newly diagnosed out-of-care HIV infection at baseline among men who have sex with men enrolled in a longitudinal cohort in Kisumu, Kenya: The Anza Mapema Study
• Jean Lim – Alpha Rho, Tufts University, Integrated Connection to Health Storytelling Network, Health Literacy, and Health Information Behaviors among Residents in South Korea
• Queena Luu – Lambda, University of Illinois at Chicago, Navigating the Chicago Public School vision referral system: Addressing parent vision disorder knowledge and access to specialty eye care
• Rachel Mainord – Gamma Alpha, Wright State University, How effective is the Diabetes Prevention Program at preventing diabetes? A survey of YMCA’s Diabetes Prevention Program participants five-years post-completion
• Rachel Mnuk – Gamma Epsilon, University of New Mexico, Perspectives on a Quality Abortion Care Experience: A Patient-Centered Approach
• Olusegun Popoola – Alpha Iota, UTHealth, Continuity of care in the management of the psychiatry patient: An assessment of post discharge care support for in-patient psychiatry facilities in the US
• Liza Powell (Nathan-Serio) – Alpha Gamma, University at Albany, Use of telephone reminders to increase colorectal cancer screening rates in the New York State Medicaid managed care population
• Musarrat Rahman – Delta Alpha, New York Medical College, Watching your back: How much do people at increased risk actually know about the human papillomavirus (HPV) and its association with anal cancer?
• Sritha Rajupet – Beta Omicron, Mount Sinai, To What Extent do Hospitals in NYC Lose Money Caring for Patients Covered by Medicaid and the Uninsured?
• Lindsey M. Russo – Rho, University of Massachusetts Amherst, A Prospective Study of Physical Activity and Fecundability
• Paul Shafer – Theta, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Effect of advertising for a state-based health insurance marketplace on information-seeking behavior
• Caitlin Wolfe – Tau, University of South Florida, Addressing EVD contact tracing challenges in Liberia: Making the case for enhanced monitoring methods
• Meaghan Wostbrock – Alpha Beta, Boston University, Racial Disparities in Sepsis Mortality in United States Academic Medical Center-Affiliated Hospitals
• Diana Yusim – Beta Iota, SUNY Downstate, Pilot Evaluation of Parents as Teachers and Healers (PATH), a Childhood Obesity Program
• Shahrzad Zamani – Tau, University of South Florida, Role of Baby Boxes in Lowering Infant Mortality Rate
• Ting Zeng – Gamma, University of Hawaii, Increasing Physical Activity via Group and Environmental interventions in Hotels: The Work Weight and Wellness (3W) Trial
• Xiao Zhang – Alpha Tau, Texas A&M University, Serum folate level and arsenic methylation in the US population: NHANES, 2003-2012
• Yan Zhang – Alpha Phi, University of Iowa, Where antipsychotics are prescribed for nursing home residents

The poster session will showcase the excellent scholarship and research of our students. This opportunity was created by Delta Omega to encourage and recognize the public health leaders of tomorrow.