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Students presented papers at APHA 2024 Annual Meeting and Expo in Minneapolis

Student Presentations at APHA Annual Meet and Expo 2024

The APHA Annual Meeting and Expo is the largest public health gathering of the country that bring about 12,000 professionals and partners from around the world to engage, collaborate and grow. This year, the annual meeting will be held in Minneapolis from October 27-30,2024. SPH faculty and students will deliver 27 presentations including both, oral and poster formats at the expo. We are incredibly proud of our presenters and wish them the best as they represent the University of Memphis School of Public Health. The details of presentations with links to their abstracts are as follows:

The details of presentations with links to their abstracts are as follows:

2034.0 - Psilocybin-assisted therapy for treatment-resistant and major depressive disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Easter Protiva Gain, MPharm1, Farah Faizah, MD, MPH1, Naznin Alam, MS1 and Hoimonty Mazumder2
(1)University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, (2)School of Public Health, The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN

Presenter: Easter Protiva Gain
Format: Poster
Session: Global Health and Substance Use Poster Session
Date: Sunday, October 27, 2024
Time: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

2011.0 - Increasing Awareness of Public Health through an Extreme Heat Tabletop Exercise

Kimberly Harrell1, Dawn Ford, PhD, CPH2 and Marian Levy. DrPH, RD3
(1) Tennessee Public Health Association, Hendersonville, TN, (2) Signal Mountain, TN, (3) School of Public Health, The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN

Presenter: Marian Levy, DrPH, RD
Format: Poster
Session: APHA Affiliate Session
Date: Sunday, October 27, 2024
Time: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

2025.0 - Climate change knowledge, perceptions, and actions: A survey of undergraduate college students

Abigail Eydman1, Alina Filandro1, Sarah Lawson, Ph.D1, Alex Parkhouse, Ph.D.2 and K. James Soda, Ph.D.1 
(1)Quinnipiac University, Hamden, CT, (2)University of Memphis, Memphis, TN

Presenter: Abigail Eydman
Format: Poster
Session: Student Achievement Poster Award Track
Date: Sunday, October 27, 2024
Time: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

2080.0 - Does past dental visit and dentist-patient communication affects oral cancer examination behavior among tobacco users in western India?

Nirmal Ahuja, DrPH, MPH1, Nikhil Ahuja, PhD, MDS2, Dimple Bajaj, MDS, BDS3, Mahima Gulabani, PhD, M.Sc.4, Satish Kedia, PhD, MPH5 and Eugene Lengerich, VMD, MS6
(1)Penn State Harrisburg, Middletown, PA, (2)Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, PA, (3)Vaidik Dental College and Research Center, Daman, India, (4)Independent Researcher, Grove City, PA, (5)University of Memphis School of Public Health, Memphis, TN, (6)Penn State University, Hershey, PA

Presenter: Nirmal Ahuja
Format: Oral
Session: Tobacco Interventions in a Global Context
Date: Sunday, October 27, 2024
Time: 3:15 PM - 3:30 PM

2165.0 - Visual communication of public health data: A scoping review

Michael Ofori, MPhil1, Stella Lartey, PhD, MA, MPH, MA2, Polina Durneva, PhD3, Shongkour Roy, PhD Student3, Nidhi Mittal4, Nichole Saulsberry-Scarboro, PhD4, Michelle Taylor, MD, DrPH, MPA5 and Ashish Joshi, PhD3
(1)The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, (2)Germantown, TN, (3)University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, (4)PH- IDEAS, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, (5)Shelby County Health Department, Memphis, TN

Presenter: Michael Ofori
Format: Round Table
Session: Artificial Intelligence Round Table
Date: Sunday, October 27, 2024
Time: 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM

2142.0- The disproportionate impact of housing discrimination on individuals living with sickle cell disease.

Ayesha Mukhopadhyay, PhD MBBS MBA MPH1, Walter Stevens, MPH2, Amanda Young, PhD1, Allison Plaxco, PhD1, Judy Dudley3, Kelly Pimenta, MPH1, Meredith Ray, PhD1, Abu Mohd Naser, PhD, MPH, MBBS1, Andrew Wiese, MPH PhD3, William Cooper, MPH MD3 and Matthew Smeltzer, MStat PhD1
(1) University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, (2) Memphis, TN, (3) Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

Presenter: Matthew Smeltzer, PhD, MStat
Format: Oral
Session: Racism, Colonialism, and White Supremacy on the Health Status of African Americans
Date: Sunday, October 27, 2024
Time: 4:30 PM

2194.0 - Discontinuation of antidepressants and the risk of medication resumption among community-dwelling older adults with depression in the US

Easter Protiva Gain, MPharm1, Xinhua Yu, PhD2, Satish Kedia, PhD, MPH3, Abu Mohd Naser, PhD, MPH, MBBS2, Fawaz Mzayek, MD, MPH, PhD2, Mark'Quest Ajoku, MPH2, Meredith Ray, PhD2, Xichen Mou, PhD3 and Morgan Bromley, MPH2
(1)University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, (2)University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, (3)University of Memphis School of Public Health, Memphis, TN

Presenter: Easter Protiva Gain
Format: Poster
Session: Medical Care, Disease Screening, Management, and Treatment
Date: Sunday, October 27, 2024
Time: 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM

4106.1 - Antisemitism and its threat to public health: A conversation

Marian Levy, DrPH, RD
University of Memphis, Memphis, TN

Presenter: Marian Levy, DrPH, RD.
Format: Oral
Session: Mitigating the Threat of Anti-Semitism to Public Health: A Conversation APHA’s Partner Symposiums
Date: Monday, October 28, 2024
Time: 8:30 AM - 8:45 AM

3151.0 - Predicting hospital readmissions with the epic calculated chance of survival at a large level 1 trauma center

Prachi Chavan, MD, PhD, MPH1, Xinhua Yu, PhD2, Brian C Martin1, Marissa Galicia-Castillo, MD, MSEd, CMD, FACP, AGSF, FAAHPM1, Kanishk Sharma, MD3, Kristin Olson, BS1 and Gerryl Naranjo, BS1
(1)Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA, (2)University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, (3)Phelps Memorial Hospital Center at Northwell Health, Sleepy Hollow, NY

Presenter: Prachi Chavan, MD, PhD, MPH
Format: Oral
Session: Messaging and Explaining Public Health in a Climate of Misinformation and Disinformation
Date: Monday, October 28, 2024
Time: 10:30 AM – 10:45

3118.1 - How the University of Memphis School of Public Health successfully speaks about academic public health

Ashish Joshi, PhD
University of Memphis, Memphis, TN

Presenter: Ashish Joshi, PhD
Format: Oral
Session: Messaging and Explaining Public Health in a Climate of Misinformation and Disinformation
Date: Monday, October 28, 2024
Time: 10:45 AM – 11:00

3273.0 - Contemporary global burden of sickle cell disease: A systematic review

Kelly Pimenta, MPH1, Ombeni Idassi, MHS2, Jeffery Edwards, MPH, MD3, Kathleen Louise Strong4, Jane Hankins, MD MS2 and Matthew Smeltzer, MStat PhD1
(1)University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, (2)St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, (3)Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, (4)World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Presenter: Kelly Pimenta
Format: Oral
Session: Global Learnings from Epidemiology and Practice
Date: Monday, October 28, 2024
Time: 2:30 PM - 2:45 PM

3213.0 - "between- and within-emergency department payer-type variations in the outcomes of an emergency department visit diagnosed with pneumonia"

Kiran Kamble, M.B.B.S., MPH, PhD Candidate1, Satish Kedia, PhD, MPH2, Courtnee Melton-Fant, Assistant Professor Health Systems Management and Policy division1, Meredith Ray, PhD1, Aram Dobalian, Associate Dean of Graduate Studies3 and Kenneth D. Ward4
(1)University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, (2)University of Memphis School of Public Health, Memphis, TN, (3)Ohio State University College of Public Health, Columbus, OH, (4)The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM

Presenter: Kiran Kamble
Format: Poster
Session: Health Administration Section Poster Presentations Group 1
Date: Monday, October 28, 2024
Time: 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM

3250.0 - Patient-centered communication and cancer information-seeking experiences among cancer survivors: A population-based study in the United States

Asos Mahmood, MBChB, MPH, PhD1, Deborah Ogunsanmi, B.Pharm1, Satish Kedia, PhD, MPH2 and Umar Kabir, DVM, MPH, PhD1
(1)University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, (2)University of Memphis School of Public Health, Memphis, TN

Presenter: Deborah Ogunsanmi
Format: Oral
Session: Enhancing Patient Communication to Improve Cancer Outcomes and Disparities
Date: Monday, October 28, 2024
Time: 3:15 PM - 3:30 PM

4034.0 - Fighting stigma with faith: Lessons learned from a community-academic partnership to revitalize faith-based HIV health education

Reighan E. Diehl, MPH1, Erin N. Jewell, MPH1, Andrea Stubbs, MPA2, Bettina Campbell, LMSW3, Carla London, DNP, APRN, CFNP4, Katrina M. Kimble5, Krista Thayer6, Robin S. Briggs7, Tekeima Townsend- Billups8, Gina M. Stewart, DMin, Mdiv, M.Ed9, Memphis Headliners10, Memphis Connect to Protect8 and Latrice C. Pichon, PhD, MPH, CHES11
(1)The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, (2)St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, MEMPHIS, TN, (3)YOUR Center, Memphis, TN, (4)Memphis, TN, (5)Katrina Kimble Consulting, Memphis, TN, (6)Friends For All Memphis, Memphis, TN, (7)Memphis Theological Seminary, Memphis, TN, (8)St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, (9)Christ Missionary Baptist Church, Memphis, TN, (10)Headliners Memphis, Memphis, TN, (11)University of Memphis, Memphis, TN

Presenter: Reighan E. Diehl
Format: Oral
Session: HIV Prevention and Testing II
Date: Tuesday, October 29, 2024
Time: 9:15 AM - 9:30 AM

4070.0 - Attempts to quit waterpipe(hookah) smoking among Lebanese adolescents.

Tony Lugemwa, MSPH1, Ayesha Mukhopadhyay, PhD MBBS MBA MPH2, Shafi Bhuiyan, PhD, MBBS, MPH, MBA2, Taghrid Asfar, MD, MSPH3, Rima Nakkash, DrPH4, Wasim Maziak, MD, PhD5 and Kenneth D. Ward6
(1)Memphis, TN, (2)University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, (3)The University of Miami, Miami, FL, (4)Fairfax, VA, (5)Florida International University, Miami, FL, (6)The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM

Presenter: Tony Lugemwa
Format: Poster
Session: Tobacco Control from a Global Perspective
Date: Tuesday, October 29, 2024
Time: 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

4070.0 - Prevalence and determinants of waterpipe tobacco use in South Africa: a systematic review

Tony Lugemwa, MSPH1, Ayesha Mukhopadhyay, PhD MBBS MBA MPH2, Shafi Bhuiyan, PhD, MBBS, MPH, MBA2, Satish Kedia, PhD, MPH3 and Kenneth D. Ward4
(1)Memphis, TN, (2)University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, (3)University of Memphis School of Public Health, Memphis, TN, (4)The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM

Presenter: Tony Lugemwa
Format: Poster
Session: Tobacco Control from a Global Perspective
Date: Tuesday, October 29, 2024
Time: 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

4079.0 - Best practices for data modernization across the United States public health: A scoping review

Zebunnesa Zeba, PhD Student1, Stella T. Lartey, Ph.D., MPH2, Polina Durneva, PhD3, Shongkour Roy, PhD Student3, Nichole Saulsberry-Scarboro, PhD4, Michelle Taylor, MD, DrPH, MPA5 and Ashish Joshi, PhD3
(1)School of Public Health; University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, (2)The University of Memphis,

Presenter: Zebunnesa Zeba
Format: Poster
Session: Health Administration Section Poster Presentations Group 5
Date: Tuesday, October 29, 2024
Time: 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM

4170.0 - Association between weight-adjusted waist index and cardiovascular disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Kelly Pimenta, MPH1, Edmore Madondo, BSc, MPH2, Matthew Smeltzer, MStat PhD1, Debra Bartelli, DrPH3, Ayesha Mukhopadhyay, PhD MBBS MBA MPH1, Fawaz Mzayek, MD, MPH, PhD1 and Hongmei Zhang1
(1)University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, (2)The University of Memphis School of Public Health, Memphis, TN, (3)The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, Memphis, TN, (3)University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, (4)PH-IDEAS, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, (5)Shelby County Health Department, Memphis, TN

Presenter: Kelly Pimenta
Format: Poster
Session: Poster Session: (12) Epidemiology of Body Composition and Chronic Conditions III
Date: Tuesday, October 29, 2024
Time: 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

4072.0 - A comparative study of household composition on child mental health outcomes- pre and post pandemic

Clarion Harris, MA, Marian Levy, DrPH, RD, Latrice Pichon, PhD, MPH, CHES, Jeni Loftus, PhD and Wesley James, PhD
University of Memphis, Memphis, TN

Presenter: Clarion Harris
Format: Poster
Session: SA Poster Session 7: Mental Health and Substance Use
Date: Tuesday, October 29, 2024
Time: 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

4170.0 - Association between weight-adjusted waist-index and sleep apnea in US adults: Results from 2015-2018 national health and nutrition examination survey.

Edmore Madondo, BSc, MPH1, Paddington Mundagowa, MPH2, Ayesha Mukhopadhyay, PhD MBBS MBA MPH3, Yu Jiang3, Debra Bartelli, DrPH4 and Fawaz Mzayek, MD, MPH, PhD3
(1)The University of Memphis School of Public Health, Memphis, TN, (2)University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, (3)University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, (4)The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN

Presenter: Edmore Madondo
Format: Poster
Session: Poster Session: (12) Epidemiology of Body Composition and Chronic Conditions III
Date: Tuesday, October 29, 2024
Time: 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

4169.0 - Neighborhood household income influence variation in cecum cancer in the United States: Evidence from SEER cohort data

Shongkour Roy, PhD Student and Xinhua Yu, PhD
University of Memphis, Memphis, TN

Presenter: Shongkour Roy
Format: Poster
Session: Poster Session: Cancer Epidemiology
Date: Tuesday, October 29, 2024
Time: 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

4197.0 - Digital health infrastructure challenges to support health equity in the United States: A scoping review

Shongkour Roy, PhD Student1, Stella Lartey, PhD1, Polina Durneva, PhD1, Michael Arthur Ofori, MPhil1, Zebunnesa Zeba, MPH1, Niharika Jha, PhD student, MPH1, Nichole Saulsberry-Scarboro, PhD2, Michelle Taylor, MD, DrPH, MPA3 and Ashish Joshi, PhD1
(1)University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, (2)PH-IDEAS, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, (3)Shelby County Health Department, Memphis, TN

Presenter: Shongkour Roy
Format: Poster
Session: Genomic Informatics and Enhancements of Precision Health
Date: Tuesday, October 29, 2024
Time: 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM

4197.0 - "visual communication of public health data: A scoping review"

Michael Arthur Ofori, MPhil1, Stella Lartey, PhD, MA, MPH, MA2, Polina Durneva, PhD3, Nidhi Mittal4, Shongkour Roy, PhD Student4, Nichole Saulsberry-Scarboro, PhD5, Michelle Taylor, MD, DrPH, MPA6 and Ashish Joshi, PhD3
(1)The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, (2)Germantown, TN, (3)University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, (4)Memphis, TN, (5)PH-IDEAS, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, (6)Shelby County Health Department, Memphis, TN

Presenter: Michael Ofori
Format: Poster
Session: Genomic Informatics and Enhancements of Precision Health
Date: Tuesday, October 29, 2024
Time: 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM

4225.0 - Association between weight-adjusted waist-index and prostate cancer in US males 50 years or older: Results from 2015-2020 national health and nutrition examination survey.

Edmore Madondo, BSc, MPH1, Kelly Pimenta, MPH2, Ayesha Mukhopadhyay, PhD MBBS MBA MPH2, Debra Bartelli, DrPH3, Yu Jiang2 and Fawaz Mzayek, MD, MPH, PhD2
(1) The University of Memphis School of Public Health, Memphis, TN, (2)University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, (3)The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN

Presenter: Edmore Madondo
Format: Oral
Session: SA Oral Session 6: A Focus on Nutrition and Physical Well-Being
Date: Tuesday, October 29, 2024
Time: 3:00 PM - 3:15 PM

4322.0 - Disparities in spatial-temporal patterns of stroke mortality in Tennessee from 1969- 2020

Shongkour Roy, PhD Student and Xinhua Yu, PhD
University of Memphis, Memphis, TN

Presenter: Shongkour Roy
Format: Oral
Session: Student Paper Awards
Date: Tuesday, October 29, 2024
Time: 5:15 PM - 5:30 PM

5012.0 - Feasibility study of emotional literacy, trauma-informed care, and collective well-being intervention (ELiT-C Intervention)

Stella Lartey, PhD, MA, MPH, MA1, Xianqiang Fu, MSc.2, Michael Arthur Ofori, MPhil3, Niharika Jha, PhD student, MPH3, Nichole Saulsberry-Scarboro, PhD4, Michelle Taylor, MD, DrPH, MPA5 and Ashish Joshi, PhD3
(1)The University of Memphis 135 Robison Hall 3825 Desoto Ave. Memphis, TN 38152, Memphis, TN, (2)The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, (3)University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, (4)PH-IDEAS, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, (5)Shelby County Health Department, Memphis, TN

Presenter: Niharika Jha
Format: Oral
Session: Interventions and Assessments to Address Community Health and Policy Development
Date: Wednesday, October 30, 2024
Time: 8:45 AM - 9:00 AM

5085.0 - Climate change knowledge and stress among undergraduate college students

Alex Parkhouse, Ph.D.1, Sarah Lawson, Ph.D2, Abigail Eydman2, Alina Filandro2 and K. James Soda, Ph.D.2
(1)University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, (2)Quinnipiac University, Hamden, CT

Presenter: Alex Parkhouse, PhD
Format: Oral
Session: Mental Health
Date: Wednesday, October 30, 2024
Time: 10:30 AM – 10:45 AM