Lightning Talks

Lightning Talks

Join faculty members as they share about a classroom practice or their research in only five short minutes. Q&A to follow at the end. Want to share your research or teaching practices with colleagues? Contact Michelle Williams (mwill29@gmu.edu) today.

Upcoming Lightning Talks:

Watch the April 18, 2025 Lightning Talks

  • Renady Hightower, HAP: Best Practices for Collaborating with Peers, Colleagues, and the Community
  • Megan DuBois & MB Mitcham, GCH: Bridging Theory & Practice: Exploring the Impact of Real-World Experiences on MPH Students’ Confidence and Professional Readiness
  • Allison Miner, Nutrition: Unconscious Bias in Textbooks: Addressing Representation and Inclusion in Educational Materials.

Watch the March 21, 2025 Lightning Talks

  • Dr. Rupali J Limaye, GCH: Vaccine Acceptance: Demand Generation and Health System Readiness
  • Dr. Lucas R. Prieto, SOCW: Substance Use, Body Image, and Intimacy among Older Men in Relationships.
  • Kenneth W Griffin, GCH: Preventing Youth Risk Behaviors via Virtual Skills Practice

Watch the February 21, 2025 Lightning Talks

  • Elaine Hicks: Discovering Information Needs
  • Dr. Esther Park: Bring Everyone to One Table: Effective Team Teaching and Role of a Course Lead
  • Dr. Lila Fleming: Canvas Tips and Tricks

Watch the November 01, 2024 Lighting Talks

  • Dr. Iulia Fratila
  • Dr. James Metcalf
  • Elaine Hicks, MS/LIS, MPH, MCHES

Watch the October 04, 2024 Lighting Talks

  • Dr. Glynita Bell
  • Dr. Martin Binks
  • Dr. Michael Bloom

Past Lightning Talks Recordings

2023-24

Watch the April 5, 2024 Lightning Talks here.

Dr. Limei Chen, SW
Dr. Debora Goldberg, HAP 
Dr. Jacqueline Guevara, SW
 

Watch the February 2, 2024 Lightning Talks here.

Dr. Patrice Winter, GCH
Dr. Denise Hines, SW
Dr. Amira Roess, GCH
November 3, 2023

Watch the November 3 Lightning Talks here.

Presenters:

Sanja Avramovic (HAP).
Karen Grace (Nursing)
Sang Choi (GCH)

2022-23

May 12, 2023

Watch the May 12th recording here.

  • Improving Health Equity:  Evaluation of Community Health Workers (CHWs) in Virginia
    Gilbert Gimm, PhD, Associate Professor, HAP
     
  • Health Sciences Workforce Background: VA’s Health Sciences Workforce Needs Action
    Carrie Sutter, DNP, Co-Director, Center for Health Workforce & Associate Professor, Nursing
     
  • Improving Patient Care Coordination Between a Free Clinic and a Major Healthcare Provider
    Allison Roca, RN, Nursing

 

April 21, 2023

Watch the April 21st recording here.

 

February 17, 2023

Watch the Feb. 17 recording here.

November 18, 2022

Watch the Nov. 18 recording here.

October 7, 2022

Watch the Oct. 7 recording here.

2021-22

May 2022 

Watch the May 22 recording here.

May's presenters are: 

  • The Power and Potential of Virtual Reality & Gamification 
    Bethany Cieslowski, School of Nursing
     
  • Individualized Nutrition Therapy for Preventing or Delaying Onset of Type-2 Diabetes
    Raedeh Basiri, NUTR
     
  • Make it Count:Improving Student Preparation
    Laura Poms, GCH
     
  • Cultivating Recovery from Trauma though Intergenerational Gardens: Scoping Review Highlights and Future Directions​​​​​​​
    Michelle Hand, SOCW

February 2022

Watch the Feb. 22 recording here.  

Faculty Presenters: 

  • Rural-Urban Disparities in Access to Care among Adults with Disabilities 
    Gilbert Gimm, HAP 

  • Moving from Program- to Classroom-Level Teaching Practices: Preparing Students for Becoming Effective Helping Professionals 
    Daniel Freedman, SOCW 

November 2021

Watch the Nov 21 recording here.  

Faculty Presenters 

  • “Real-time sensory modulation to promote emotional regulation: a transdisciplinary approach” 
    Holly Matto, SOCW 

  • NUTR 626 Food Systems = Wicket Problems  
    Kerri Lacharite, NUTR

  • The Shadow Pandemic – Violence Against Women during COVID-19 
    Jhumka Gupta, GCH

  • Strategies Utilized in Pathophysiology Courses 
    Bev Middle, Nursing