School of Public Health News
April 12, 2021
Doctoral Students
- 1st place: Swati Sakhuja, Epidemiology
- Poster title: Potential impact of inaccurately measuring blood pressure on the prevalence of high blood pressure in the United States
- 2nd place: Alana Jones, Epidemiology
- Poster title: Differentially methylated DNA regions in left ventricular hypertrophy: the HyperGEN study
- 3rd place: Maira Sohail, Epidemiology
- Poster title: Role of Partnership Status on Time to Viral Suppression and Sustained Viral Suppression among Newly Diagnosed Heterosexual People Living with HIV
Master Students
- 1st place: Ahsan Wahab, Epidemiology
- Poster title: Evaluating the Association Between Somatic Copy Number Alterations and Cervical Cancer Prognosis using the TCGA data
- 2nd place: Two-way tie
- Ene Enogela, Epidemiology. Poster title: Underreporting of clinical trial findings for underrepresented cancer patients: A review of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) guideline trials
- Joseph Buckman, Epidemiology. Poster title: Socioeconomic and Geographical Disparity in Prenatal Screening for Complex Congenital Heart Diseases in Alabama
Undergraduate Students
- 1st place: Charlene Mansour, Epidemiology
- Poster title: Investigating the Effect of Bacteria in the Growth of Breast Cancer Cell Lines
- 2nd place: Emma Kate Sellers, Health Care Organization and Policy
- Poster title: Filling Gaps for Refugees and Asylum Seekers in a Community-based, Participatory Model with Local NGOs in Birmingham Alabama
- 3rd place: Rose Albert, Environmental Health Sciences
- Poster title: Quantifying the Coupled Impact of the Urban Heat Island Effect and Air Pollution in the 35th Avenue Superfund Site
Faculty/Staff
- 1st place: Kalani Upshaw, Health Behavior
- Poster title: The Mental Health Journey of being a University Student during COVID-19: A Longitudinal Mixed Methods Study of Undergraduate and Graduate Students
- 2nd place: Bharat Poudel, Epidemiology
- Poster title: Comparison of the association of masked hypertension defined by the 2017 ACC/AHA versus the JNC7 BP guideline with LVH
- 3rd place: Calvin Colvin, Epidemiology
- Poster title: Healthcare Fragmentation and Blood Pressure Control