Research and Scholarship Event Awardees
Congratulations to the following awardees and thank you to all participants of our Research and Scholarship events.
For questions, contact us at sph-research@uic.edu.
Congratulations to the 2024 Awardees!
Poster Competition
Congratulations to the following awardees!
Core Competitions
Undergraduate Competition
Outstanding Poster: Jannie Diaz, Yebin An, Laurissa Portillo, and Abhi Arulanandan
Poster 32: Race Education Development Through Targeted Interviewing of Community Leaders
Outstanding Poster: Mahum Rahman
Poster 15: Factors Associated with Alcohol Abuse in Teenagers
Master’s Level Public Health Research
Outstanding Poster: Elise Dressel
Poster 7: Outcomes of adults with HIV receiving TB preventive therapy in Kampala, Uganda
Honorable Mention: Samantha Smith
Poster 6: Evaluating Ambient Temperature DNA Preservation Techniques for Microbial Source Tracking Markers in River Water from Nepal
Master’s Level Scholarly Public Health Practice
Outstanding Poster: Natalie Burda
Poster 28: Physical and Psychosocial Safety Hazards for Grocery Workers’
Honorable Mention: Veronica Castillo
Poster 14: Formative Research to Adapt a Responsive Parenting Intervention for Latino/a/x Families of Children in Chicago
Doctoral Level Public Health Research
Outstanding Poster: Ashlee Van Schyndel
Poster 1: A Multilevel Analysis of Pregnant Medicaid Beneficiaries Receiving Dental Cleanings and State-Level Dental Benefit Coverage Levels
Honorable Mention: Allissa Desloge
Poster 10: Change in Psychological Distress among Pregnant Persons Participating in a Group Antenatal Care Randomized Controlled Trial in Blantyre District, Malawi
Doctoral Level Scholarly Public Health Practice
Outstanding Poster: Sierra Upton
Poster 20: Preliminary Efficacy and Acceptability of an Avatar-based Mobile Phone App Promoting Food Safety Education in YBMSM Living with HIV
Honorable Mention: Marjorie Kersten
Poster 17: Centering Community Engagement in Graduate Public Health Education: Impacts of and Recommendations to Sustain the Community Engaged Teaching (CEnT) Initiative
Special Competitions
Master’s Level Global Health
Outstanding Poster: Elise Dressel
Poster 7: Outcomes of adults with HIV receiving TB preventive therapy in Kampala, Uganda
Doctoral Level Global Health
Outstanding Poster: Allissa Desloge
Poster 10: Change in Psychological Distress among Pregnant Persons Participating in a Group Antenatal Care Randomized Controlled Trial in Blantyre District, Malawi
Master’s Level Community Engaged Research
Outstanding Poster: Veronica Castillo
Poster 14: Formative Research to Adapt a Responsive Parenting Intervention for Latino/a/x Families of Children in Chicago
Doctoral Level Community Engaged Research
Outstanding Poster: Marjorie Kersten
Poster 17: Centering Community Engagement in Graduate Public Health Education: Impacts of and Recommendations to Sustain the Community Engaged Teaching (CEnT) Initiative
Master’s Level Maternal and Child Health
Outstanding Poster: Veronica Castillo
Poster 14: Formative Research to Adapt a Responsive Parenting Intervention for Latino/a/x Families of Children in Chicago
Doctoral Level Maternal and Child Health
Outstanding Poster: Ashlee Van Schyndel
Poster 1: A Multilevel Analysis of Pregnant Medicaid Beneficiaries Receiving Dental Cleanings and State-Level Dental Benefit Coverage Levels
Master’s Level Policy, Practice, Systems and Environmental Change-Oriented Research
Outstanding Poster: Madeleine Davison
Poster 13: Care and Capital: Ownership Type and Nursing Home Quality in Illinois
Doctoral Level Policy, Practice, Systems and Environmental Change-Oriented Research
Outstanding Poster: Ashlee Van Schyndel
Poster 1: A Multilevel Analysis of Pregnant Medicaid Beneficiaries Receiving Dental Cleanings and State-Level Dental Benefit Coverage Levels
SPH Community Choice Award (Most Voted Poster)
Undergraduate MVP
Awardees: Charlotte Neal, Erin Dashnaw, Emmanuel Carrera, Anthony Rodriguez, Ayesha Khan, Mila Eller, Sanya Deol, Anas Abushamt
Poster 9: Teaching Module: Chicago’s Palestinian Community Structural Racism Experiences
Master’s MVP
Awardee: Natalie Burda
Poster 28: Physical and Psychosocial Safety Hazards for Grocery Workers
Doctoral MVP
Awardee: Marjorie Kersten
Poster 17: Centering Community Engagement in Graduate Public Health Education: Impacts of and Recommendations to Sustain the Community Engaged Teaching (CEnT) Initiative
Lightning Talks
Outstanding Lightning Talks
Undergraduate Awardee
Sarah Elnatour: Association Between Current Marijuana Use and Asthma in a National Sample of Adults in the United States
Master’s Awardee
Anum Ijaz: Exploring Factors Related to Pediatric Patients’ Caries Experience: University-Based Infant Oral Health Clinic Study
Doctoral Awardee
Allissa Desloge: Implications of Group Antenatal Care on Perinatal Mental Health in Malawi