2026 Student Lightning Talks
Student Lightning Talks 2026
As part of UIC’s 2026 Research Week, SPH will host its fifth year of Lightning Talks. Explore the groundbreaking research SPH students of all levels are working on.
Undergraduate Presentations
From Farm to Table but Under What Conditions?
Masters Presentations
Expanding the Illinois Health Care Sanctity and Privacy Act: An Implementation Framework Beyond Hospitals
Amplifying Community Voices in Prioritizing Equity-Centered Cannabis Research and Community Action Projects
Shaping the Future of Campus Lactation Spaces: Findings from a Needs Assessment to Support Student-Parents at the University of Illinois Chicago
Flood Exposure and Impacts on Pregnancy Outcomes
The Relationship between Distance Traveled to Care and Emergency Department Utilization Among Maternal Mortality Cases in South Carolina (2018-2023)
Integrating Genotype & Phenotype Network-Derived Weights to Enhance Power in Gene Based Association Tests
Musculoskeletal Injury amongst Hospital Workers in Illinois
Analysis of Food Safety Inspection Data to Identify Risk Factors in Campus Dining Operations
Doctoral Presentations
Causal Multilevel Multiple Mediation Analysis
Bayesian Variable Selection with Applications to High-dimensional Cancer Data
Housing Instability and Transitions Among People Who Inject Drugs in Chicago and Surrounding Suburbs: A Hidden Markov Model Analysis
Does Medicaid Expansion Lead to Income Adjustment? Evidence from the Survey of Income Program Participation
Prevalence and Behavioral Factors Associated with Penile and Rectal HPV Infection among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Kenya
Training After Dobbs: Geographic and Policy-Related Mobility Between Medical School and Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency
Implications of AI on Qualitative Research Data Quality: A Case Study
The Power of Moral Framing in Storytelling