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Public Health Research Day

The School of Public Health’s annual poster conference showcases the public health research of Brown students at all levels, along with our trainees and partners.

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Public Health Research Day

The School of Public Health’s annual poster conference showcases the public health research of Brown students at all levels, along with our trainees and partners.

Public Health Research Day (PHRD) is an annual conference hosted by the Brown University School of Public Health that highlights the research accomplishments of our students, trainees, and partners. It is our flagship event to celebrate National Public Health Week. This year's Public Health Research Day was held on April 4, 2023.

The 2023 National Public Health Week theme was "Centering and Celebrating Cultures in Health." 149 posters by students and trainees at all levels showcased the breadth of public health research being conducted at Brown. Along with our awards for outstanding undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral research posters, we offered a new award this year for the student research poster that demonstrated significant efforts to center cultures and communities. The winner of this award was determined by local community leaders and SPH staff who will serve as guest judges.

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Public Health Research Day

2023 Award Winners

A team of faculty reviewers and judges evaluated the PHRD posters on the merits of the research or review conducted and its presentation, both visually and verbally, and awarded the following posters with PHRD Best Poster Awards. The first place posters are displayed in the School’s student lounge.

Undergraduate Poster Award

First Place: Ennie Zhu

Bereaved Family Member Perceptions of Quality of Care by Site of Death and Palliative Utilization in the Last Month of Life

Runner-up (tie): Jihwan Hwang

Association between Neighborhood-Level Indices of Socioeconomic Status and Breast, Cervical, and Colorectal Cancer Screenings in Rhode Island

MPH Poster Award

First Place: Kylie Khoo

Oral Health Concerns among Rhode Island High School Students: Examining the Role of Physical and Mental Health

Runner-up: Kristin Koehm

Stakeholders’ perspectives on the moderating role of stigma in authorizing and implementing safe consumption sites in the United States: a qualitative study

Ph.D./MD/Postdoctoral Poster Award

Runner-up: Tenzin Yangchen

Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) partially account for racial disparities in lifetime problematic cocaine use among US adults entering early midlife: A 35-year prospective study

ScM in Biostatistics Award

Centering Community and Cultures Award

Khiara Lee

Explain Breastfeeding Rates Across Race and Ethnicities Using National PRAMS Dataset

Scenes from 2023 Public Health Research Day

With 150 presenters, this was our largest Public Health Research Day ever

Taylor Fortnam
1 of 15

Taylor Fortnam: A Method for Vaccine Effectiveness Surveillance with Application to the BA.1 and BA.2 sub-lineages of the Omicron Variant

Amelia Bailey
2 of 15

Amelia Bailey: An Implementation Science Framework to Contextualize an Innovative Intervention Integrating Medications for Opioid Use Disorders in the Probation System

Amos Okutse
3 of 15

Amos Okutse: Machine Learning for Precision Optimization and Bias Correction in Randomized Trials with Missing Data

Jeremiah Zablon
4 of 15

Jeremiah Zablon: The Effect of Climate Parameters and Spatial Analysis of Mosquitoes in Malaria Prevalence in Kenya

Kristopher Britton
5 of 15

Kristopher Britton: Examining the Relationship between Moderate/Severe Pediatric Asthma and Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) among Children ages 5-17 Years Old During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Marcus Henry
6 of 15

Marcus Henry: Impact of Contextual and Non-contextual Noise and Anxiety on Brain Signaling

Grace Reed
7 of 15

Grace Reed: Perceptions of End-of-Life Care Quality in Assisted Living: A Qualitative Study of Bereaved Next of Kin

Arielle Desir
8 of 15

Arielle Desir: Preconception Health Care Receipt among Immigrant Women in the United States

Sophia Petrillo
9 of 15

Sophia Petrillo: Validation of Predictive Tools for Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Comparison to Optimal Threshold Scores Among Pregnant Women with Overweight and Obesity

Amber Hall
10 of 15

Amber Hall: Personal Care Product Use and Perfluoroalkyl Substances in Pregnant and Postpartum Women and Adolescents: The MIREC and HOME Studies

Ryan Conrad
11 of 15

Ryan Conrad: Factors Associated With the Use of a Personalized Music Intervention for Nursing Home Residents With Dementia

Suraya
12 of 15

Suraya Ortiz: Can Mindfulness-Based Interventions treat PTSD-derived GI Disruptions in Black Women?

Jasper Yeh
13 of 15

Jasper Yeh: Teen and Parent Perceptions of Opioid and Non-Opioid Analgesic Use After Wisdom Tooth Extraction Surgery

Gayatri Kunchay
14 of 15

Gayatri Kunchay: Rhode Island Department of Health Hospital Discharge Database

Alumnae Hall
15 of 15

About 150 posters were presented at Alumnae Hall

Focused on community needs

Public Health Research Day offers students the opportunity to discuss how their research projects center communities.

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