Join George Mason CPH friends and colleagues in Washington D.C., November 2-5, for the annual American Public Health Association Meeting and Expo.
George Mason College of Public Health Reception at APHA 2025
Dean Melissa Perry hosts a George Mason University College of Public Health reception at the APHA Annual Meeting. Connect with fellow alumni, graduate students, faculty, staff, friends in a relaxed, welcoming setting. Enjoy light refreshments and conversation as you network with public health professionals and catch up with colleagues and classmates.
Not attending the APHA Annual Meeting? No problem! You do not have to attend the APHA Annual Meeting in order to attend the reception.
Monday, November 3, 2025
6:30 - 8:15 pm
Washington Convention Center, Room 149B
Visit us at Booth #1210
Try a public health virtual reality scenario for yourself, network with faculty, speak to admissions staff, learn more about our programs, and pick up free swag. Current students, alumni, students, and friends, be sure to stop to receive a George Mason branded name tag ribbon.
Sunday, Nov. 2 |12:30-6 pm
Monday, Nov. 3 and Tuesday, Nov. 4 | 9 am-4 pm
(9-10 am is quiet time for those attendees with sensory challenges)
VR Experience at Our Booth
Monday, Nov. 3 and Tuesday, Nov. 4
10 am-2 pm
Talk with Faculty at Our Booth
Faculty will be available at our booth to talk about their research, their classes, or anything public health!
Sunday
1 pm: Gilbert Gimm, Associate Professor, Health Administration and Policy
1:30-2:30 pm: Karen Grace, Assistant Professor, School of Nursing
2-2:30 pm: Kelly Beckwith, Assistant Director of Academic Programs, Global and Community Health
4-5 pm: Sang Choi, Professor, Department of Global and Community Health
4:30-5 pm: Megumi Inoue, Professor, Department of Social Work
Monday
10:30-11:30 pm: Iulia Fratlia, Assistant Professor, Department of Global and Community
11:30-12:30 pm: Evelyn Tomaszewski, Divisional Director of Graduate Programs and Associate Professor, Social Work
12-12:30 pm: Kelly Beckwith, Assistant Director of Academic Programs, Global and Community Health
12-1 pm: Emily Ihara, Chair and Professor, Department of Social Work
12:30-1:30 pm: Renee Geschke, Instructional Faculty, Department of Health Administration and Policy
1-2 pm: Debora Goldberg, Associate Professor, Department of Health Administration and Policy
1:30-2:30 pm: Denise Hines, Professor, Department of Social Work
1-3 pm: Sarah Liu, MPH Program Coordinator, Department of Global and Community Health
2:30-3 pm: Halide Aydin, Postdoctoral Researcher
Tuesday
12-12:30 pm: Kelly Beckwith, Assistant Director of Academic Programs, Global and Community Health and Sarah Liu, MPH Program Coordinator, Department of Global and Community Health
12:30-1:30 pm: Amira Roess, Professor, Department of Global and Community Health
12:30-1:30 pm: Renee Geschke, Instructional Faculty, Department of Health Administration and Policy
1:30-2 pm: Kelly Beckwith, Assistant Director of Academic Programs, Global and Community Health
1:30-2 pm: Emily Ihara, Chair and Professor, Department of Social Work
Attend Presentations by George Mason Faculty and Students
Presentations by Day
Sunday, November 2
Campylobacter detection and genotype diversity in households in semi-urban households, Bangladesh
Amira Roess, Professor
Global and Community Health
1-2 pm
Predictors of prolonged recovery time in multi-sport middle school athletes
Dharmi Desai, PhD student
Health Administration and Policy
1-2 pm
Prediction of endometrial tissue PFAS levels using serum biomarkers, demographic, and reproductive factors: findings from the Investigating Mixtures of Pollutants and Endometriosis in Tissue (IMPLANT) Study
Maggie Fuzak, PhD student
Global and Community Health
1-2 pm
Heat Stress and Safety Risks among Construction Workers: A Scoping Review of Recent Evidence and Mitigation Strategies
Sang Choi, Professor
Global and Community Health
2:40-2:50 pm
Association of Ever Receiving an Endometriosis Diagnosis and Disability Status: Analysis of National Survey of Family Growth Data in 2011-2019
Carolyn Hoffman, PhD student
Health Administration and Policy
2:45-2:50 pm
Legal challenges in advance care planning: An analysis of U.S. court cases
Megumi Inoue, Associate Professor
Social Work
2:45-3pm
State-Level Social Media Policies that Protect Youth Mental Health: A Policy Content Analysis
Melissa Villodas, Assistant Professor
Social Work
2:45-3 pm
Sense of belonging, loneliness, and civic engagement/ social participation: A public health perspective on older Japanese and Korean Americans
Li-Mei Chen, Assistant Professor
Social Work
3-4 pm
Expanding HIV testing services for underrepresented populations in the MAP clinic
Andrea Landis, Associate Professor
Nursing
3-4 pm
Does the public really understand what school (and public health) nurses do: Results from an innovative qualitative texting design
Tara Altay, PhD student
Nursing
3-4 pm
Employment challenges faced by people with disabilities: A comparison of pre- and post-COVID-19 trends
Suyoung Kwon, Assistant Professor
Nursing
3-4 pm
A conceptual framework of pathways to pregnancy grounded in reproductive & sexual health equity
Karen T. Grace, Assistant Professor
Nursing
3-4 pm
Exploring burnout in hospitalists post COVID: Identifying key contributing factors
Megan Warner, Adjunct Professor
Global and Community Health
4:30-6 pm
What we really need: School health from students’ perspective
Erin Maughan, Associate Professor
Nursing
5:15-5:30 pm
Redefining Civic Engagement/ Social Participation: Implications for Preventive Care and Social Prescribing in the U.S.
Li-Mei Chen, Assistant Professor
Social Work
5-6 pm
Faith, Trust, and Trauma: Exploring Faith Leaders’ Role in Sexual Trauma Education of Black Youth
Rochelle Davidson Mhonde, Assistant Professor
Brianna Dawson, MPH Student
Global and Community Health
5-6 pm
Monday, November 3
Using the Surgeon General's Framework for Workplace Mental Health and Well-Being to Explore Job Satisfaction and Burnout Among Healthcare Workers
Debora Goldberg, Associate Professor
Health Administration and Policy
8:30-10 am
Immersive training for nursing home staff: Use of virtual reality technology to dispel myths on aging and dementia
Li-Mei Chen, Assistant Professor
Social Work
8:45-9 am
A systematic Review of Neonatal Outcomes in mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine During Pregnancy
Arwa Alzeer, PhD Student
Health Administration and Policy
10:30-11:30 am
Innovating workforce development: Using virtual reality to train future public health and clinical care teams in nursing, social work, and nutrition
Bethany Cielowski, Associate Professor
Nursing
10:30-11:30 am
Assessing Patterns of Cognitive Impairment in Aging Adults: A Longitudinal Analysis using National Health and Retirement Study (HRS) Data
Ghaida Alsadah, PhD student
Health Administration and Policy
10:35-10:40 am
Physical activity and change in self-rated health among older Black adults who access community dining sites
Martha Kubik, Professor
Nursing
10:45-11 am
“If I don't care for myself, my cup will be empty”: Exploring health professionals’ perception of self-care
Shaan Muberra Khan, PhD student
Health Administration and Policy
11:15-11:30 am
Geographical Variation in Social Determinants of Pediatric Vaccine Hesitancy Across US Counties
Amira Roess, Professor
Global and Community Health
11-11:15 am
Phenomenological Exploration of the Recreational Cannabis Risk-Benefit Perceptions and Experiences among the U.S. Young Adults
Iulia Fratila, Assistant Professor
Global and Community Health
12:30-1:30 pm
The relationship of endometriosis diagnosis and race/ethnicity by health insurance type: Analysis of National Survey of Family Growth Data, 2011-2017
Carolyn Hoffman, PhD student
Health Administration and Policy
12:30-1:30 pm
Optimizing machine learning for prostate and breast cancer machine learning models: A framework for transparency and clinical relevance using simulation methods
Huan-Ju Shih, PhD student
Health Administration and Policy
2:30-2:45 pm
Different types of civic/social engagement activities related to self-report of well-being among older Korean and Korean American Immigrants
Li-Mei Chen, Assistant Professor
Social Work
2:30-3:30 pm
Molecular epidemiology and genomic diversity of dengue virus serotypes circulating in Bangladesh (2019–2023)
Amira Roess, Professor
Global and Community Health
2:30 - 3:30 pm
Assessing sexual and gender identity interaction with the relationship between caregiving and adverse mental health outcome
G. Thomas Wilson, PhD student
Global and Community Health
2:30-3:30 pm
Attending to the public health crises of domestic and sexual violence: A thematic analysis of barriers to service use in a high-risk community, and strategies for addressing them
Michelle Hand, Assistant Professor
Social Work
2:30-3:30 pm
Association of dementia and mild cognitive impairment on pain, sleep disturbances, and life satisfaction among older US adults
Tumen Sosorburam, PhD student
Gilbert Gimm, Associate Professor
Health Administration and Policy
2:30-3:30 pm
Poster: Attending to the public health crises of domestic and sexual violence: A thematic analysis of barriers to service use in a high-risk community, and strategies for addressing them
Michelle Hand, Assistant Professor, and Denise Hines, Professor
Social Work
11/3/2025
2:30-3:30
Aging healthy: Focus groups with seniors and interviews with senior services directors in rural eastern Kentucky
Martha Kubik, Professor
Nursing
2:35-2:40 pm
Tuesday, November 4
Predicting barriers to help-seeking among male victims of IPV: The role of childhood adversity, masculinity, and discrimination
Lyric Russo, PhD Student
8:30-8:45 am
The impact of victim and perpetrator gender and race/ethnicity on medical professionals’ evaluations of intimate partner violence
Jennifer Mezzapelle, Post-doctoral fellow
Social Work
9-9:15 am
Testing the stress process model on male victims of intimate partner violence
Denise Hines, Professor
Social Work
9:15-9:30 am
Predicting in-hospital mortality in readmitted heart failure patients using advanced machine learning methods
Manal Alhussein, PhD student
Health Administration and Policy
10:30-11:30 am
Deer and human contact in urban areas: The case of Washington, D.C., 2024
Amira Roess, Professor
Global and Community Health
10:30-11:30 am
Prevalence of reproductive coercion behaviors used by people assigned male at birth, and reported motivations behind these behaviors
Karen T. Grace, Assistant Professor
Nursing
10:30-11:30 am
Rift Valley Fever Seroprevalence in Camels and Humans in Eastern Ethiopia’s Pastoral Areas, 2021-2024
Celine Miller, MPH alum
Global and Community Health
10:30-11:30 am
SARS-CoV-2 Transmission Between Humans and White-tailed Deer in DMV Area, USA
Gideon Godfrey Ameh, PhD student
Global and Community Health
10:30-11:30 am
Panel session abstract – Health equity for older adults: Ageism as a public health crisis
Michelle Hand, Assistant Professor
Social Work
10:45-10:50 am
The impacts of ageism on sexual health among older men: A thematic analysis
Lucas Prieto, Assistant Professor
Social Work
10:45-10:50 am
Intergenerational engagement as a public health strategy to address ageism
Emily Ihara, Professor
Social Work
11:05-11:10 am
Menstrual and gynecologic features in a population of Barbadian women with polycystic ovary syndrome
Julia Mandeville, PhD student
Global and Community Health
12:30-1:30 pm
Tracking Individual-Level Mobility for Public Health Surveillance During Pandemics Using GPS Data
Naren Durbha, PhD student
Health Administration and Policy
2:30-3:30 pm
Linking communicative intervention to telehealth use among adults with self-reported psychological distress symptoms: Evidence from the Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS)
Shaan Muberra Khan, PhD student
Health Administration and Policy
2:30-3:30 pm
Impact of Paid Sick Leave Access and Awareness of Customers' COVID-19 Status on Mental Health, Work Interference, and Job Satisfaction Among Home Visit Workers During the Pandemic
Suyoung Kwon, Assistant Professor
Nursing
2:30-3:30 pm
Association of Neighborhood Socioeconomic Disadvantages and Nursing Home Quality: A Perspective of Social Determinants of Health
Sai Kumar Koneti, MS Health Informatics student
Health Administration and Policy
2:30-3:30 pm
The relationship between widowhood, well-being, and inheritance status in Meru County, Kenya
Clare Hernandez, MPH student
Global and Community Health
2:30-3:30 pm
Mental Health Effects of Raising Full Retirement Age in the US: Quasi-experimental Evidence from HRS Data, 1994-2020
Tran Phu-Duyen, PhD student
Health Administration and Policy
3:15-3:30 pm
Characteristics of human, pet and deer contact captured on social media and implications for zoonotic disease transmission, 2015-2025
Amira Roess, Professor
Global and Community Health
3:30-3:45 pm
Wednesday, November 5
Innovative strategies for elevating “voice” and “choice” in social work and public health research: Advancing the Grand Challenges for Social Work
Emily Ihara, Professor
Social Work
8:30-8:45 am
The Crisis Action Network (CAN): Engaging and training community-embedded paraprofessionals in crisis skills to widen the circle of crisis response support
Holly Matto, Professor, and Sara Catterton, MSW student
Social Work
8:45 AM
5054.0 - The long-term relationship between custodial grandparents and their grandchildren: The health impact for both generations
Cathy Tompkins, Professor, Social Work, and Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs
11/5/2025
9-9:15 am
Promoting evidence-based care for posttraumatic stress disorder and substance use disorders in the criminal legal system: A study of clinician perspectives
Anna Parisi, Assistant Professor
Social Work
9:15-9:30 am
Adaptations in a drumming and horticulture intervention for older people living with intellectual disabilities
Michelle Hand, Assistant Professor
Social Work
9:30-9:45 am
Assessing Cannabis Use Disorder Prevalence and the Role of Disability Type among Middle-Aged and Older Adults: 2023 NSDUH Data Analysis
Gilbert Gimm, Associate Professor
Health Administration and Policy
10:30-12 pm
Socio-Cultural and Systematic Factors Impacting Fertility Desire among Women Living with HIV: A Systematic Literature Review
Juliet Bonnah, MPH student
Global and Community Health
11-11:15 am
Presentations by Department
Global and Community Health
Campylobacter detection and genotype diversity in households in semi-urban households, Bangladesh
Amira Roess, Professor
11/3/2025
11-11:15 am
Prediction of endometrial tissue PFAS levels using serum biomarkers, demographic, and reproductive factors: findings from the Investigating Mixtures of Pollutants and Endometriosis in Tissue (IMPLANT) Study
Maggie Fuzak, PhD student
11/2/2025
1-2 pm
Heat Stress and Safety Risks among Construction Workers: A Scoping Review of Recent Evidence and Mitigation Strategies
Sang Choi, Professor
11/2/2025
2:40-2:50 pm
Exploring burnout in hospitalists post COVID: Identifying key contributing factors
Megan Warner, Adjunct Professor
11/2/2025
4:30-6 pm
Faith, Trust, and Trauma: Exploring Faith Leaders’ Role in Sexual Trauma Education of Black Youth
Rochelle Davidson Mhonde, Assistant Professor
Briana Dawson, MPH Student
11/2/2025
5-6 pm
Geographical Variation in Social Determinants of Pediatric Vaccine Hesitancy Across US Counties
Amira Roess, Professor
11/3/2025
11-11:15 am
Phenomenological Exploration of the Recreational Cannabis Risk-Benefit Perceptions and Experiences among the U.S. Young Adults
Iulia Fratila, Assistant Professor
11/3/2025
12:30-1:30 pm
Molecular epidemiology and genomic diversity of dengue virus serotypes circulating in Bangladesh (2019–2023)
Amira Roess, Professor
11/3/2025
2:30-3:30 pm
Assessing sexual and gender identity interaction with the relationship between caregiving and adverse mental health outcomes
G. Thomas Wilson, PhD student
11/3/2025
2:30-3:30 pm
Deer and human contact in urban areas: The case of Washington, D.C., 2024
Amira Roess, Professor
11/4/2025
10:30-11:30 am
Rift Valley Fever Seroprevalence in Camels and Humans in Eastern Ethiopia’s Pastoral Areas, 2021-2024
Celine Miller, MPH alum
11/4/2025
10:30-11:30 am
SARS-CoV-2 Transmission Between Humans and White-tailed Deer in DMV Area, USA
Gideon Godfrey Ameh, PhD Student
11/4/2025
10:30-11:30 am
Menstrual and gynecologic features in a population of Barbadian women with polycystic ovary syndrome
Julia Mandeville, PhD student
11/4/2025
12:30-1:30 pm
The relationship between widowhood, well-being, and inheritance status in Meru County, Kenya
Clare Hernandez, MPH student
11/4/2025
2:30-3:30 pm
Characteristics of human, pet and deer contact captured on social media and implications for zoonotic disease transmission, 2015-2025
Amira Roess, Professor
11/4/2025
3:30-3:45 pm
Socio-Cultural and Systematic Factors Impacting Fertility Desire among Women Living with HIV: A Systematic Literature Review
Juliet Bonnah, MPH student
11/5/2025
11-11:15 pm
Health Administration and Policy
Predictors of prolonged recovery time in multi-sport middle school athletes
Dharmi Desai, PhD student
11/2/2025
1-2 pm
Association of Ever Receiving an Endometriosis Diagnosis and Disability Status: Analysis of National Survey of Family Growth Data in 2011-2019
Carolyn Hoffman, PhD student
11/2/2025
2:45-2:50 pm
Using the Surgeon General's Framework for Workplace Mental Health and Well-Being to Explore Job Satisfaction and Burnout Among Healthcare Workers
Debora Goldberg, Associate Professor
11/3/2025
8:30-10 am
Assessing Patterns of Cognitive Impairment in Aging Adults: A Longitudinal Analysis using National Health and Retirement Study (HRS) Data
Ghaida Alsadah, PhD student
11/3/2025
10:35-10:40 am
A systematic Review of Neonatal Outcomes in mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine During Pregnancy
Arwa Alzeer, PhD student
11/3/2025
10:30-11:30 am
“If I don't care for myself, my cup will be empty”: Exploring health professionals’ perception of self-care
Shaan Muberra Khan, PhD student
11/3/2025
11:15-11:30 am
The relationship of endometriosis diagnosis and race/ethnicity by health insurance type: Analysis of National Survey of Family Growth Data, 2011-2017
Carolyn Hoffman, PhD student
11/3/2025
12:30-1:30 pm
Optimizing machine learning for prostate and breast cancer machine learning models: A framework for transparency and clinical relevance using simulation methods
Huan-Ju Smith, PhD student
11/3/2025
2:30-2:45 pm
Association of dementia and mild cognitive impairment on pain, sleep disturbances, and life satisfaction among older US adults
Tumen Sosorburam, PhD student
Gilbert Gimm, Associate Professor
11/3/2025
2:30-3:30 pm
Predicting in-hospital mortality in readmitted heart failure patients using advanced machine learning methods
Manal Alhussein, PhD student
11/4/2025
10:30-11:30 am
Tracking Individual-Level Mobility for Public Health Surveillance During Pandemics Using GPS Data
Naren Durbha, PhD student
11/4/2025
2:30-3:30 pm
Association of Neighborhood Socioeconomic Disadvantages and Nursing Home Quality: A Perspective of Social Determinants of Health
Sai Kumar Koneti, MS Health Informatics student
11/4/2025
2:30-3:30 pm
Linking communicative intervention to telehealth use among adults with self-reported psychological distress symptoms: Evidence from the Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS)
Shaan Muberra Khan, PhD student
11/4/2025
2:30-3:30 pm
Mental Health Effects of Raising Full Retirement Age in the US: Quasi-experimental Evidence from HRS Data, 1994-2020
Tran Phu-Duyen, PhD student
11/4/2025
3:15-3:30 pm
Assessing Cannabis Use Disorder Prevalence and the Role of Disability Type among Middle-Aged and Older Adults: 2023 NSDUH Data Analysis
Gilbert Gimm, Associate Professor
11/5/2025
10:30-12 pm
Nursing
Expanding HIV testing services for underrepresented populations in the MAP clinic
Andrea Landis, Associate Professor
11/2/2025
3-4 pm
A conceptual framework of pathways to pregnancy grounded in reproductive & sexual health equity
Karen T. Grace, Assistant Professor
11/2/2025
3-4 pm
Does the public really understand what school (and public health) nurses do: Results from an innovative qualitative texting design
Tara Altay, PhD student
11/2/2025
3-4 pm
Employment challenges faced by people with disabilities: A comparison of pre- and post-COVID-19 trends
Suyoung Kwon, Assistant Professor
11/2/2025
3-4 pm
What we really need: School health from students’ perspective
Erin Maughan, Associate Professor
11/2/2025
5:15-5:30 pm
Innovating workforce development: Using virtual reality to train future public health and clinical care teams in nursing, social work, and nutrition
Bethany Cielowski, Associate Professor
11/3/2025
10:30-11:30 am
Physical activity and change in self-rated health among older Black adults who access community dining sites
Martha Kubik, Professor
11/3/2025
10:45-11 am
Aging healthy: Focus groups with seniors and interviews with senior services directors in rural eastern Kentucky
Martha Kubik, Professor
11/3/2025
2:35-2:40 pm
Prevalence of reproductive coercion behaviors used by people assigned male at birth, and reported motivations behind these behaviors
Karen T. Grace, Assistant Professor
11/4/2025
10:30-11:30 am
Impact of Paid Sick Leave Access and Awareness of Customers' COVID-19 Status on Mental Health, Work Interference, and Job Satisfaction Among Home Visit Workers During the Pandemic
Suyoung Kwon, Assistant Professor
11/4/2025
2:30-3:30 pm
Social Work
State-Level Social Media Policies that Protect Youth Mental Health: A Policy Content Analysis
Melissa Villodas, Assistant Professor
11/2/2025
2:45-3 pm
Legal challenges in advance care planning: An analysis of U.S. court cases
Megumi Inoue, Associate Professor
11/2/2025
2:45-3 pm
Sense of belonging, loneliness, and civic engagement/ social participation: A public health perspective on older Japanese and Korean Americans
Li-Mei Chen, Assistant Professor
11/2/2025
3-4 pm
Redefining Civic Engagement/ Social Participation: Implications for Preventive Care and Social Prescribing in the U.S.
Li-Mei Chen, Assistant Professor
11/2/2025
5-6 pm
Immersive training for nursing home staff: Use of virtual reality technology to dispel myths on aging and dementia
Li-Mei Chen, Assistant Professor
11/3/2025
8:45-9 am
Different types of civic/social engagement activities related to self-report of well-being among older Korean and Korean American Immigrants
Li-Mei Chen, Assistant Professor
11/3/2025
2:30-3:30 pm
Attending to the public health crises of domestic and sexual violence: A thematic analysis of barriers to service use in a high-risk community, and strategies for addressing them
Michelle Hand, Assistant Professor, and Denise Hines, Professor
11/3/2025
2:30-3:30 pm
The impact of victim and perpetrator gender and race/ethnicity on medical professionals’ evaluations of intimate partner violence
Jennifer Mezzapelle, Post-doctoral fellow
11/4/2025
9-9:15 am
Testing the stress process model on male victims of intimate partner violence
Denise Hines, Professor
11/4/2025
9:15-9:30 am
Panel session abstract – Health equity for older adults: Ageism as a public health crisis
MIchelle Hand, Assistant Professor
11/4/2025
10:45-10:50 am
The impacts of ageism on sexual health among older men: A thematic analysis
Lucas Prieto, Assistant Professor
11/4/2025
10:45-10:50 am
Intergenerational engagement as a public health strategy to address ageism
Emily Ihara, Professor
11/4/2025
11:05-11:10 am
Innovative strategies for elevating “voice” and “choice” in social work and public health research: Advancing the Grand Challenges for Social Work
Emily Ihara, Professor
11/5/2025
8:30-8:45 am
The Crisis Action Network (CAN): Engaging and training community-embedded paraprofessionals in crisis skills to widen the circle of crisis response support
Holly Matto, Professor, and Sara Catterton, MSW student
11/5/2025
8:45 AM
5054.0 - The long-term relationship between custodial grandparents and their grandchildren: The health impact for both generations
Cathy Tompkins, Professor, Social Work, and Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs
11/5/2025
9-9:15 am
Promoting evidence-based care for posttraumatic stress disorder and substance use disorders in the criminal legal system: A study of clinician perspectives
Anna Parisi, Assistant Professor
11/5/2025
9:15-9:30 am
Adaptations in a drumming and horticulture intervention for older people living with intellectual disabilities
Michelle Hand, Assistant Professor
11/5/2025
9:30-9:45 am
Presentations by Person
Manal Alhussein, PhD student, Health Administration and Policy
Predicting in-hospital mortality in readmitted heart failure patients using advanced machine learning methods
11/4/2025
10:30-11:30 am
Ghaida Alsadah, PhD Student, Health Administration and Policy
Assessing Patterns of Cognitive Impairment in Aging Adults: A Longitudinal Analysis using National Health and Retirement Study (HRS) Data
11/3/2025
10:35-10:40am
Tara Altay, PhD Student, Nursing
Does the public really understand what school (and public health) nurses do: Results from an innovative qualitative texting design
11/2/2025
3-4pm
Arwa Alzeer, MS Health Informatics student, Health Administration and Policy
A systematic Review of Neonatal Outcomes in mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine During Pregnancy
11/3/2025
10:30-11:30
Juliet Bonnah, MPH student, Global and Community Health
Socio-Cultural and Systematic Factors Impacting Fertility Desire among Women Living with HIV: A Systematic Literature Review
11/5/2025
11-11:15 pm
Sara Catterton, MSW student
The Crisis Action Network (CAN): Engaging and training community-embedded paraprofessionals in crisis skills to widen the circle of crisis response support
11/5/2025
8:45 AM
Li-Mei Chen, Assistant Professor, Social Work
Sense of belonging, loneliness, and civic engagement/ social participation: A public health perspective on older Japanese and Korean Americans
11/2/2025
3-4 pm
Redefining Civic Engagement/ Social Participation: Implications for Preventive Care and Social Prescribing in the U.S.
11/2/2025
5-6 pm
Different types of civic/social engagement activities related to self-report of well-being among older Korean and Korean American Immigrants
11/3/2025
2:30-3:30 pm
Immersive training for nursing home staff: Use of virtual reality technology to dispel myths on aging and dementia
11/3/2025
8:45-9 am
Sang Choi, Professor, Global and Community Health
Heat Stress and Safety Risks among Construction Workers: A Scoping Review of Recent Evidence and Mitigation Strategies
11/2/2025
2:40-2:50 pm
Bethany Cielowski, Associate Professor, Nursing
Innovating workforce development: Using virtual reality to train future public health and clinical care teams in nursing, social work, and nutrition
11/3/2025
10:30-11:30 am
Rochelle Davidson, Assistant Professor, Global and Community Health
Faith, Trust, and Trauma: Exploring Faith Leaders’ Role in Sexual Trauma Education of Black Youth
11/2/2025
5-6pm
Briana Dawson, MPH Student, Global and Community Health
Faith, Trust, and Trauma: Exploring Faith Leaders’ Role in Sexual Trauma Education of Black Youth
11/2/2025
5-6pm
Dharmi Desai, PhD student, Health Administration and Policy
Predictors of prolonged recovery time in multi-sport middle school athletes
11/2/2025
1-2 pm
Naren Durbha, PhD student, Health Administration and Policy
Tracking Individual-Level Mobility for Public Health Surveillance During Pandemics Using GPS Data
11/4/2025
2:30-3:30pm
Iulia Fratila, Assistant Professor, Global and Community Health
Phenomenological Exploration of the Recreational Cannabis Risk-Benefit Perceptions and Experiences among the U.S. Young Adults
11/4/2025
12:30-1:30pm
Maggie Fuzak, PhD Student, Global and Community Health
Prediction of endometrial tissue PFAS levels using serum biomarkers, demographic, and reproductive factors: findings from the Investigating Mixtures of Pollutants and Endometriosis in Tissue (IMPLANT) Study
11/2/2025
1-2pm
Gilbert Gimm, Associate Professor, Health Administration and Policy
Assessing Cannabis Use Disorder Prevalence and the Role of Disability Type among Middle-Aged and Older Adults: 2023 NSDUH Data Analysis
11/5/2025
10:30-12pm
Gideon Godfrey Ameh, PhD Student, Global and Community Health
SARS-CoV-2 Transmission Between Humans and White-tailed Deer in DMV Area, USA
11/4/2025
10:30-11:30am
Debora Goldberg, Associate Professor, Health Administration and Policy
Using the Surgeon General's Framework for Workplace Mental Health and Well-Being to Explore Job Satisfaction and Burnout Among Healthcare Workers
11/3/2025
8:30-10am
Karen T. Grace, Assistant Professor, Nursing
A conceptual framework of pathways to pregnancy grounded in reproductive & sexual health equity
11/2/2025
3-4pm
Prevalence of reproductive coercion behaviors used by people assigned male at birth, and reported motivations behind these behaviors
11/4/2025
10:30-11:30am
Michelle Hand, Assistant Professor, Social Work
Poster: Attending to the public health crises of domestic and sexual violence: A thematic analysis of barriers to service use in a high-risk community, and strategies for addressing them
11/3/2025
2:30-3:30 pm
Panel session abstract – Health equity for older adults: Ageism as a public health crisis
11/4/2025
10:45-10:50am
Adaptations in a drumming and horticulture intervention for older people living with intellectual disabilities
11/5/2025
9:30-9:45am
Clare Hernandez, MPH student, Global and Community Health
The relationship between widowhood, well-being, and inheritance status in Meru County, Kenya
11/4/2025
2:30-3:30pm
Denise Hines, Professor, Social Work
Poster: Attending to the public health crises of domestic and sexual violence: A thematic analysis of barriers to service use in a high-risk community, and strategies for addressing them
11/3/2025
2:30-3:30 pm
Testing the stress process model on male victims of intimate partner violence
11/4/2025
9:15-9:30 am
Carolyn Hoffman, PhD Alum, Health Administration and Policy
Association of Ever Receiving an Endometriosis Diagnosis and Disability Status: Analysis of National Survey of Family Growth Data in 2011-2019
11/2/2025
2:45-2:50pm
The relationship of endometriosis diagnosis and race/ethnicity by health insurance type: Analysis of National Survey of Family Growth Data, 2011-2017
11/3/2025
12:30-1:30pm
Emily Ihara, Professor, Social Work
Intergenerational engagement as a public health strategy to address ageism
11/4/2025
11:05-11:10am
PANEL SESSION ABSTRACT – PROPOSED SESSION TITLE: Innovative strategies for elevating “voice” and “choice” in social work and public health research: Advancing the Grand Challenges for Social Work
11/5/2025
8:30-8:45am
Megumi Inoue, Associate Professor, Social Work
Legal challenges in advance care planning: An analysis of U.S. court cases
11/2/2025
2:45-2:50pm
Sal Kumar Koneti, MS Health Informatics Student, Health Administration and Policy
Association of Neighborhood Socioeconomic Disadvantages and Nursing Home Quality: A Perspective of Social Determinants of Health
11/4/2025
2:30-3:30pm
Martha Kubik, Professor, Nursing
Physical activity and change in self-rated health among older Black adults who access community dining sites
11/3/2025
10:45-11am
Aging healthy: Focus groups with seniors and interviews with senior services directors in rural eastern Kentucky
11/3/2025
2:35-2:40pm
Suyoung Kwon, Assistant Professor, Nursing
Employment challenges faced by people with disabilities: A comparison of pre- and post-COVID-19 trends
11/2/2025
3-4pm
Impact of Paid Sick Leave Access and Awareness of Customers' COVID-19 Status on Mental Health, Work Interference, and Job Satisfaction Among Home Visit Workers During the Pandemic
11/4/2025
2:30-3:30pm
Andrea Landis, Associate Professor, Nursing
Expanding HIV testing services for underrepresented populations in the MAP clinic
11/2/2025
3-4pm
Julia Mandeville, PhD Student, Global and Community Health
Menstrual and gynecologic features in a population of Barbadian women with polycystic ovary syndrome
11/4/2025
12:30-1:30pm
Holly Matto, Professor, Social Work
The Crisis Action Network (CAN): Engaging and training community-embedded paraprofessionals in crisis skills to widen the circle of crisis response support
11/5/2025
8:45 AM
Erin Maughan, Associate Professor, Nursing
What we really need: School health from students’ perspective
11/2/2025
5:15-5:30pm
Jennifer Mezzapelle, Post-doctoral fellow, Social Work
The impact of victim and perpetrator gender and race/ethnicity on medical professionals’ evaluations of intimate partner violence
11/4/2025
9-9:15am
Celine Miller, MPH alum, Global and Community Health
Rift Valley Fever Seroprevalence in Camels and Humans in Eastern Ethiopia’s Pastoral Areas, 2021-2024
11/4/2025
10:30-11:30am
Shaan Muberra Khan, PhD Student, Health Administration and Policy
“If I don't care for myself, my cup will be empty”: Exploring health professionals’ perception of self-care
11/3/2025
11:15-11:30am
Linking communicative intervention to telehealth use among adults with self-reported psychological distress symptoms: Evidence from the Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS)
11/4/2025
2:30-3:30pm
Anna Parisi, Assistant Professor, Social Work
Promoting evidence-based care for posttraumatic stress disorder and substance use disorders in the criminal legal system: A study of clinician perspectives
11/5/2025
9:15-9:30am
Tran Phu-Duyen, PhD Student, Health Administration and Policy
Mental Health Effects of Raising Full Retirement Age in the US: Quasi-experimental Evidence from HRS Data, 1994-2020
11/4/2025
3:15-3:30pm
Lucas Prieto, Assistant Professor, Social Work
The impacts of ageism on sexual health among older men: A thematic analysis
11/4/2025
10:45-10:50am
Amira Roess, Professor, Global and Community Health
Campylobacter detection and genotype diversity in households in semi-urban households, Bangladesh
11/2/2025
1-2pm
Geographical Variation in Social Determinants of Pediatric Vaccine Hesitancy Across US Counties
11/3/2025
11-11:15am
Molecular epidemiology and genomic diversity of dengue virus serotypes circulating in Bangladesh (2019–2023)
11/3/2025
2:30-3:30pm
Deer and human contact in urban areas: The case of Washington, D.C., 2024
11/4/2025
10:30-11:30am
Characteristics of human, pet and deer contact captured on social media and implications for zoonotic disease transmission, 2015-2025
11/4/2025
3:30-3:45pm
Lyric Russo, Post-doctoral fellow, Social Work
Predicting barriers to help-seeking among male victims of IPV: The role of childhood adversity, masculinity, and discrimination
11/4/2025
8:30-8:45am
Huan-Ju Shih, PhD Student, Health Administration and Policy
Optimizing machine learning for prostate and breast cancer machine learning models: A framework for transparency and clinical relevance using simulation methods
11/3/2025
2:30-2:45pm
Tumaen Sosorburam, PhD Student, Health Administration and Policy
Association of dementia and mild cognitive impairment on pain, sleep disturbances, and life satisfaction among older US adults
11/3/2025
2:30-3:30pm
Cathy Tompkins, Professor, Social Work, and Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs
5054.0 - The long-term relationship between custodial grandparents and their grandchildren: The health impact for both generations
11/5/2025
9-9:15 am
Melissa Villodas, Assistant Professor, Social Work
State-Level Social Media Policies that Protect Youth Mental Health: A Policy Content Analysis
11/2/2025
2:45-3pm
Megan Warner, Adjunct Professor, Global and Community Health
Exploring burnout in hospitalists post COVID: Identifying key contributing factors
11/2/2025
4:30-6pm
G. Thomas Wilson, PhD Student, Global and Community Health
Assessing sexual and gender identity interaction with the relationship between caregiving and adverse mental health outcomes
11/3/2025
2:30-3:30pm
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