Student News Archive

Congratulations to our Doctoral Students in Social and Behavioral Sciences for Their Many Recent Scholarly Accomplishments.

Recent paper:

Alexander, A.C., & Ward, K.D. Understanding post-disaster substance use and psychological distress using concepts from the self-medication hypothesis and social cognitive theory. In press, Journal of Psychoactive Drugs.

Travel award:

Jay Kumar: Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, Health Disparities Network Travel Scholarship, to attend the 2018 Annual Meeting in Baltimore, MD

Student poster award:

Chen, W., Collins, C. C., Ward, K. D. (2017) How accurately do parents estimate children's weight status? Poster presentation at the APHA Annual Meeting and Expo, Atlanta, GA. (Student poster award recipient from the Public Health Education and Health Promotion Section).

Poster presentations:

Chen, W., Al-sheyab, N.A., Alomari,M.A., & Ward, K.D. (2017, November). Asthma symptoms among adolescent waterpipe smokers: The Irbid-TRY. Poster presentation at the Third International Conference on Waterpipe Tobacco Smoking Research, Beirut, Lebanon.

Kumar, J., & Ward, K.D. (2017, November). Do young adult waterpipe smokers in the U.S. notice health warning labels? Findings from Wave 1 of the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH). Poster presentation at the Third International Conference on Waterpipe Tobacco Smoking Research, Beirut, Lebanon.

Kumar, J., & Ward, K.D., & Jiang, Y. Exposure to manufacturer-placed health warning labels on waterpipe tobacco packages. Accepted for presentation at the 2018 SRNT Annual Meeting, Baltmore, MD.

Leak, C.L., Harmon, B.E., Berg, B.K., Thurston, I.B., Nigg, C.R., Hayman, L.L., & Relyea, G. Influence on Children's BMI and Cooking Self-Efficacy in Latino Families (2017). Poster presentation at The Obesity Society 35th Annual Scientific Meeting, Washington, D.C.

Ogg, S.A. and Suns, C.C. (2017). Staging Liaisons: Developing Volunteer Leaders within the Oklahoma Medical Reserve Corps (OKMRC). Presented at the National Association of City-County Health Officials (NACCHO)'s Public Health Preparedness Summit held on April 25th to 28th, 2017, Atlanta, GA.

Schmidt, M., Kedia, S., Jackson, B., Pirkey, P., Dillon, P. Exploring initiation of methamphetamine use in an online support community: Applicability of the Theory of Planned Behavior—Poster Session, American Public Health Association, 2017.

Strayhorn, S., Cothran, F. (2017). Exploring the Experiences of Seeking Educational Information among African American Dementia Family Caregivers. Presentation to the Society for the Analysis of African American Public Health Issues (SAAPHI) preconference of the APHA Annual Meeting and Expo, Atlanta, GA.