Research and Scholarship Week
Welcome to the UIC School of Public Health (SPH) Research and Scholarship Week webpage! The purpose of this annual event, at its core, is to bring us together as a community to recognize and support the superb public health research that takes place in the school - across all levels.
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On behalf of the SPH Office of Research Services, we would like to extend a warm and enthusiastic THANK YOU to the poster competition participants, judges from our SPH faculty, community members, doctoral students, IHRP, and alumni, and the school-wide staff that helped with the competition. With such a unique virtual showcase again this year, we were excited to see such a great swell of support and rich exchange of knowledge.
An additional thank you goes out to the sponsors of our special competitions for DrPH Practice Based Research, Global Health, CCTS Translational Science, Community Engaged Research, and Maternal and Child Health.
Please find below information on the poster awardees, a list of the judges, and information about the SPH Research Article Award winners who generously contributed videos about their papers as part of Research and Scholarship Week.
We hope everyone has a warm and relaxing summer! Please contact us here if you have any questions.
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Congratulations to the following awardees of the School of Public Health’s 16th annual poster competition.
Main Competitions
Undergraduate Level Scholarly Public Health Practice
Best Poster: Denine Cochran, Sharon Reyes, Denise Rojas
Poster Title: Education and COVID-19: Difficulties for Diverse Learners at CPS
Undergraduate Level Public Health Research
Best Poster: Shreyas Shastri, Nidhi Khare, Feda Taha, Xiaoyun Chen
Poster Title: COVID-19 Barriers to Legal Services in Chicago
Master’s Level Scholarly Public Health Practice
Best Poster: Ebenezer Enchia
Poster Title: A Descriptive Analysis of Illinois Law Enforcement Officers Motor Vehicle Collisions according to Responsible Party
Honorable Mention: Madison Offstein
Poster Title: Lessons Learned from CPS Parents: Understanding Parent Engagement and Integration of the WSCC Model in the Implementation of Healthy CPS
Master’s Level Public Health Research
Best Poster: Kendall Thiede
Poster Title: Early childcare directors’ qualitative perspectives on Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) sponsors: Preliminary findings
Honorable Mention: Sasha Johnson
Poster Title: Exploring an advanced team-based care model in primary care
Doctoral Level Scholarly Public Health Practice
Best Poster: Trang Pham
Poster Title: Design and Implementing Automated Data Collection System Using Short-Message-Service (SMS) Texting in Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Management in Vietnam
Honorable Mention: Genevieve Rizzo
Poster Title: Best practices for evidence-based intervention implementation to improve breast cancer screening rates at a federally qualified health center
Doctoral Level Public Health Research
Best Poster: Sierra Upton
Poster Title: Evidence of Disparities in Achieving Viral Load Suppression Among Young Black MSM
Honorable Mention: Soumya Sahu
Poster Title: Probabilistic forecasting of anti-VEGF treatment frequency in neovascular age-related macular degeneration
Additional Competitions
CCTS Translational Science Competition
Best Poster: Genevieve Rizzo
Poster Title: Best practices for evidence-based intervention implementation to improve breast cancer screening rates at a federally qualified health center
Community Engaged Research
Best Poster: Genevieve Rizzo
Poster Title: Best practices for evidence-based intervention implementation to improve breast cancer screening rates at a federally qualified health center
DrPH Competition
Best Poster: Mikal Giancola
Poster Title: Navigating the Adaptive Cycle during COVID-19 through Systematic Document Review
Global Health Competition
Best Poster: Trang Pham
Poster Title: Design and Implementing Automated Data Collection System Using Short-Message-Service (SMS) Texting in Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Management in Vietnam
Maternal and Child Health Competition
Best Poster: Genevieve Rizzo
Poster Title: Best practices for evidence-based intervention implementation to improve breast cancer screening rates at a federally qualified health center
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A huge thanks to all our judges!
Amy Anderson
Anders Abelmann
Anh Ngo
Arden Handler
Barbara Braun
Bob Brewer
Casey Morgan Luc
Catherine Zurybida
Cathi Ortiz
Chibuzor Abasilim
Chris Barker
Colleen Everett
Daniel Friend
David DuBois
Demetrius Porter
Derrick Tung
Erica McNamara
Eve Pinsker
Fran Jaeger
George Salter
Huu Nguyen
Jennifer Kwok
Jim Sredzinski
Joseph Rittmann
Joseph Ruskiewicz
Juliet VanEenwyk
Karen Peters
Kevin Sherin
Kris Zimmerman
Leslie Carnahan
Leslie Williams
Mark Bresnik
Mary Ellen Mackesy-Amiti
Michael Petros
Michelle Mc
Naoko Muramatsu
Samantha Marinello
Santina Wheat
Shaveta Khosla
Steve Thompson
Sydney Fouche
William Werner
Yan Gao
Yuan Shao
View our student poster showcase
Congratulations to our research publication awardees!
These awards recognize and highlight outstanding peer-reviewed journal articles published by faculty, students, postdoctoral trainees, and staff in the School of Public Health.
Social context, networks and perceived social functioning with health-related quality of life among rural female cancer survivors
Category: multidisciplinary
Citation: Carnahan LC, Rauscher GH, Watson KS, Altfeld S, Zimmermann K, Ferrans CE, Molina Y. (2020). Comparing the roles of social context, networks, and perceived social functioning with health-related quality of life among rural female cancer survivors. Supportive Care in Cancer. Advance online publication. Doi: 10.1007/s00520-020-05497-
Explaining excess preterm birth among US-born black women
Category: student first-authored
Citation: DeSisto CL, Hirai A, Collins J, Rankin K. Deconstructing a disparity: Explaining excess preterm birth among US-born black women. Annals of Epidemiology. 2018; 28(4): 225-230. doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2018.01.012
Mexican immigration and improved workplace safety for U.S. natives
Category: early career
Citation: Dillender, M., & McInerney, M. (2020). The role of Mexican immigration to the United States in improved workplace safety for natives from 1980 to 2015. Journal of Health Economics, 70, 102280.
Beverage taxes and employment
Category: faculty-student collaboration
Citation: Marinello, Samantha, Julien Leider, Oksana Pugach, and Lisa M. Powell (In Press, 2020) The impact of the Philadelphia beverage tax on employment: A synthetic control analysis. Economics and Human Biology, 100939.
Sweetened beverage taxes in Cook County, IL
Category: open
Citation: Powell, Lisa M., Julien Leider, Pierre Thomas Leger (2020) The Impact of a Sweetened Beverage Tax on Beverage Volume Sold in Cook County, Illinois, and Its Border Area. Annals of Internal Medicine,172:390-397.
Poster Competition Information and Requirements
Poster Competition Information and Requirements
Poster Competition Information and Requirements
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Virtual Competition Information
To learn more about each of the competitions students may enter for Research & Scholarship Week, click the link below:
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Poster Instructions
- Abstracts should be no more than 2500 characters (including spaces) and should fit in the box on the first page of your combined poster and abstract submission. Elements of abstracts should include the following: Background, Aims, Methods, Results, and Conclusion.
- We recommend creating your poster and abstract submission in PowerPoint using a Widescreen format. You may use this poster template or create your own template. PowerPoint is recommended, but not required.
- If you would like to download a PowerPoint template, please see below.
- After you have created your submission in PowerPoint, save it as a PDF file.
- Upload your poster and abstract in PDF format to the poster and abstract submission form. Other file types will not be accepted. The maximum file size is 14MB.
- There are many formats for scientific posters. Posters must include the following sections to be eligible:
Sections
Section Description Background Contextual information/Problem definition/Rationale for study or evaluation Aims Goals/Objectives/Choice of a particular solution for evaluation Methods Design/Procedures for data collection/Procedures for implementation Results Findings Conclusion Implications/Interpretation/Impact of results and findings Poster Instructions
- Click here to view and download a blank poster template to edit in PowerPoint.
- Click here to see a compilation of tips and tricks sheet which you may choose to apply to your poster.
- Feel welcome to contact us with any questions.
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Abstract Instructions
What to expect as a virtual poster judge
- Poster judging assignments will be emailed out the week of April 15th. Each judge will be assigned 2-4 posters.
- Posters and abstracts will be posted to Google Drive by the morning of April 19th.
- Judges will log on, read, and add comment any questions they may have between April 19th and COB April 21st. Judges will be limited to a set number of questions in order to allow time for students to respond to multiple judges.
- Students will have until COB April 23rd to respond to questions. Students are responsible for checking their own poster for questions that need responses. Judges are responsible for checking to see if there is a response to their questions. Students are not required to respond but are highly encouraged. More information regarding this format, including precise directions, will be forthcoming with the assignments.
- Please note, there will not be an oral component to the poster competitions this year.
- Evaluations will be due April 25th through a Qualtrics form that will be provided with the judging instructions. There will be an opportunity through the form to leave feedback, but it will not be used in determining final scores.
- Scores will be averaged to determine award recipients and awardees will be announced on May 5th, 2021.
When LOI submissions close on March 29th, 2021, we will email you with updates on next steps and necessary documents for judging.
Helpful Research & Scholarship Day Documents
Past Poster Competition Award Winners
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Award Winners
Please see our permanent 15th Annual SPH Research and Scholarship Day Showcase.
Undergraduate Level Scholarly Public Health Practice
- Best Poster: Sumbul Shakeel, Hiba Shaikh, Abha Mahajan, Rachel Simon, Yasmeen Abdallah, Khadijah Ahmed, Shivani Dhebar, and Maura Julian: “Investing in the Health and Well-Being of Young Adults”
Master’s Level Scholarly Public Health Practice
- Best Poster – Mary Cleary: “Healthy CPS WSCC Network Initiative: Developing a Network Specialist Position and Toolkit”
- Honorable Mention – Angelica Cabrera: “Improving Childhood Vaccinations: A Quality Improvement Project Among the Latino Populations at PrimeCare Community Health”
Master’s Level Public Health Research
- Best Poster – Victoria Winslow: “Characterizing Acute Post-Surgical Pain Trajectories of Patients Treated at a St. Louis Area Hospital”
- Honorable Mention – Katherine Boss: “Association between drinking water source, water quality, and incidence of recent diarrheal illness in children under five years old in rural western Kenya”
- Honorable Mention – Yi-Ling Cheng: “Finding Microplastics in the Sediment of Lake Michigan”
Doctoral Level Scholarly Public Health Practice
- Best Poster – Cameron Estrich: “Billing Illinois Medicaid for Abortion Services”
- Honorable Mention – Trang Pham: “High Burden of Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Viral Hepatitis in Southern and Central Vietnam Experience of a Large Tertiary Referral Center, 2010 to 2016”
Doctoral Level Public Health Research
- Best Poster – Ayokunle Olagoke: “Associations Between Exposure to Coronavirus News on Mainstream Media and Depression: The Mediating Role of Risk Perceptions”
- Honorable Mention – Olivia Sappenfield: “Postpartum visit receipt and risk of severe maternal morbidity in the subsequent delivery, Michigan 2009-2015”
Global Health Competition
- Master’s Level Best Poster – Colin Hendrickson: “Assessment of a Solar-Powered Decentralized Water System Using Microplasma-Generated Ozone Disinfection in Ahero Village, Kenya”
- Doctoral Level Best Poster – Trang Pham: “High Burden of Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Viral Hepatitis in Southern and Central Vietnam Experience of a Large Tertiary Referral Center, 2010 to 2016”
Maternal and Child Health Competition
- Master’s Level Best Poster – Angelica Cabrera: “Improving Childhood Vaccinations: A Quality Improvement Project Among the Latino Populations at PrimeCare Community Health”
- Doctoral Level Best Poster – Cameron Estrich: “Billing Illinois Medicaid for Abortion Services”
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Award Winners
Undergraduate Level Scholarly Public Health Practice
- Best Poster: Kat Mercado, Nancy Rayas, Vaidehi Panchal, Beatriz Figueroa, Hope Opuada, Yensi Gonzalez, Driana Sanchez, Amanda Rizkallah, Katherine Villanueva, and Athena Ratilla: “Projection of UIC Undergraduate Food Insecurity.”
Master’s Level Scholarly Public Health Practice
- Best Poster – Zoie Sheets: “Impact of Physician Attitudes on Primary Care Access for Disabled Patients.”
- Honorable Mention: Anna Yankelev: “Public Health and Precarious Work: Challenges and Opportunities.”
Master’s Level Public Health Research
- Best Poster – Virginia Mason: “Impact of Partner Support and Partner Communication on Use of Prescribed Provider Contraception within Heterosexual Relationships in Kisumu, Kenya.”
- Honorable Mention – Daniel Drzewiecki: “The Association Between Educational Attainment and Perceived Resilience to Natural Disasters in St. Kitts & Nevis.”
Doctoral Level Scholarly Public Health Practice
- Best Poster – Katherine Vergara: “What is after polio? Priorities & Adaptability in Angola, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, Somalia, and South Sudan.”
- Honorable Mention – Sophie Wenzel: “Integrating reproductive intention screening, contraceptive counseling and contraceptive provision into primary care at Federally Qualified Health Centers: a case study.”
Doctoral Level Public Health Research
- Best Poster – Perla Chebli: “Exploring cancer risk perceptions in Arab Americans in Chicago: a mixed methods study.”
- Honorable Mention – Yu-Hsuan Shih: “Exposure to metal mixtures and growth-related traits in Bangladeshi children aged 5-7 years.”
CCTS Translational Science Competition
- Shaveta Khosla: “Head and Neck Cancer in South Asian Diaspora Living in the US, 2004 – 2013.”
Global Health Competition
- Master’s Winner – Virginia Mason: “Impact of Partner Support and Partner Communication on Use of Prescribed Provider Contraception within Heterosexual Relationships in Kisumu, Kenya.”
- Doctoral Winner – Katherine Vergara: “What is after polio? Priorities & Adaptability in Angola, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, Somalia, and South Sudan.”
Maternal and Child Health Competition
- Cara Bergo: “Women’s preferences for postpartum care and the possibility of a two-generation approach.”
DrPH Practice Based Award
- Sophie Wenzel: “Integrating reproductive intention screening, contraceptive counseling and contraceptive provision into primary care at Federally Qualified Health Centers: a case study.”
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Award Winners
Undergraduate Level
- Edlynzia Barnes, Erendira Calderon, Iman Daoud, Anabelen Diaz, Leah Givhan, and Urszula Tyl: “Examining the Social Determinants of Early Childhood Opportunities in Austin and Cicero”
- Angelica Ehioba: “Perceptions of Barriers and Benefits to Adolescent Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Utilization and Clinical Trial Participation: A Study of African American Mothers and Their Daughters”
Master’s Level
- Rosalinda Fitts, MD (EOHS): “Temperature Related Injuries, Illinois 2011-2013”
- Krista Schaefer (EPI-BIO): “Integration of Reproductive Health into Environmental Organizations in Kenya”
Doctoral Level
- Abhilasha Shrestha, MPH (EOHS): “Beach water monitoring and notification at Chicago beaches using rapid molecular method”
- Jacob Kresovich (EPI-BIO): “Assessment of airborne heavy metal exposures with breast cancer characteristics in Chicago, IL”
CCTS Translational Science Competition
- Alexandra Ibrahim and Sarah Agamah (CHS): “The Impact of Potential Obesogenic Environments on Urban Adolescents with Limited Mobility”
Global Health Competition
- Ping Ji (HPA): “Self-perceived Risk for Domestic Foodborne Disease among People Living with HIV in China”
Maternal and Child Health Competition
- Amy Solsman (EPI-BIO): “Small Area Estimation: Wisconsin County Estimates of National Performance Measures”
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Award Winners
Undergraduate Level
- Sabrina Rodriguez, Katherine Ostrowski, and Ksenia Kopylova (collaborative poster): “Assessment and Evaluation of Integrated Pest Management in Urban Child Care Facilities”
Master’s Level
- Sweta Basnet, Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics: “Prevalence and Risk Factors of Sexually Transmitted Infection Symptoms Among Women in Far-Western, Nepal”
- Jiana Calixto, Division of Community Health Sciences: “Impact of Education and Bed Net Distribution on Malaria Prevention and Treatment Behaviors in Iganga District, Uganda”
Doctoral Level
- Yi Li, Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics: “Relational and Spousal Factors in Association with Intimate Partner Violence Against Women Living with HIV/AIDS in Ruili, China”
- Anna Beckmeyer-Borowko, Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics: “The Effect of Time on Racial Differences in Epithelial Ovarian Cancer Stage at Diagnosis Among Cases Identified Through the National Cancer Database (1998-2011)”
CCTS Translational Science Award
- Izumi Chihara, Division of Community Health Sciences: “Intergenerational Influence of Maternal Low Birthweight on Recurrent Preterm Birth of Offspring”
Global Health Award
- Yi Li, Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics: “Relational and Spousal Factors in Association with Intimate Partner Violence Against Women Living with HIV/AIDS in Ruili, China”
- Sweta Basnet, Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics: “Prevalence and Risk Factors of Sexually Transmitted Infection Symptoms Among Women in Far-Western, Nepal”
Maternal and Child Health Award
- Izumi Chihara, Division of Community Health Sciences: “Intergenerational Influence of Maternal Low Birthweight on Recurrent Preterm Birth of Offspring”