Gillings @ APHA 2024

Schedule at a glance

Get an overview of the APHA schedule on their website: https://www.apha.org/events-and-meetings/annual/program/schedule  

Find sessions of interest

You can also search APHA’s online program for a session of interest: https://apha.confex.com/apha/2024/meetingapp.cgi/Home/0

 

Sat, Oct 26 

8 a.m.–5 p.m.  

Arisa Shichijo Kiyomoto, MPP, MSPH, PhD student, MCH, is part of the communication leadership team organizing the Pre-Conference Workshop for the working group on Community-based Primary Health Care, International Health section of APHA 

https://apha.confex.com/apha/2024/meetingapp.cgi/Session/71495 

 

11 a.m. –2 p.m. 

Bill Jenkins Brunch, an annual ticketed fundraising event hosted by the Society for the Analysis of African American Public Health Issues (SAAPHI), in honor of Dr. Bill Jenkins, founder of SAAPHI and a Gillings alumnus, featuring a poster session and dynamic panel discussion. Kristin Z Black, PhD, MPH, assistant professor, maternal and child health and health behavior, at Gillings, is current president of SAAPHI. Details and RSVP: https://jenkinsbrunch2024.rsvpify.com/?securityToken=UpS9lR3DJ47M3IbGUlpylsF4Oz3V0Dry  

 

1–4:30 p.m.  

Session: LI1005.0 – “Designing Interventions to Promote Community Health: A Multilevel, Stepwise Approach” (separate registration required)  

Program: APHA Learning Institute (APHA-LI) 

Gillings presenter: Leslie Lytle, PhD, adjunct professor and former chair, HB, with UNC alumna, Allison Myers, PhD, Oregon State University  

https://apha.confex.com/apha/2024/meetingapp.cgi/Session/70356 

 

Sun, Oct 27 

1–2 p.m. 

Session: 2014.0 – SA Poster Session 1: Policy and Health Services Administration/Management (Exhibit Hall BCD) 

Program: APHA Student Assembly 

Gillings presenter: Emma Kerr, MSPH student, HPM, research assistant, UNC Sheps Center for Health Services Research, “Board 1 – Differences in FEMA national risk index scores between rural and urban communities” 

https://apha.confex.com/apha/2024/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/550035 

Additional authors: Tyler Malone, PhD, Mark Holmes, PhD, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, Chapel Hill, NC 

Session: 2015.0 – SA Poster Session 2: Healthcare Innovations 

Program: APHA Student Assembly 

Gillings presenter: Emily Hutchens, MSPH, Doctoral Student, “Board 2 – A novel method for identifying and recruiting longitudinal research participants in the paper-to-digital transition.” https://apha.confex.com/apha/2024/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/556924 

Addt’l authors: Allison Matthews, Winston-Salem, NC; Alberto Valido Delgado, UNC Chapel Hill 

 

Session: 2026.0 – HIV Prevention & Testing 101 [Poster] 

Program: HIV/AIDS 

Gillings presenter: Marie Lina Excellent, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, “Board 8 – Elevating HIV awareness through HIV self-testing (HIVST) in community settings: Insights and recommendations for the national AIDS control program of Haiti’s ministry of health” https://apha.confex.com/apha/2024/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/550217 

Addt’l authors: Emmlyne Emmanuel, MD, MPH, Jean Wysler Domercant, MD, MPH, Institut pour la Santé, la Population et le Développement (ISPD), Pétion-Ville, Haiti 

Session: 2033.0 – International MCH Poster Session 

Program: Maternal and Child Health 

Gillings presenter: Arisa Shichijo Kiyomoto, MPP, MSPH, PhD student, MCH, “Board 3 – Mid-upper arm circumference as a screening tool for identifying underweight adolescents nearing puberty: Validity and equity implications in primary school settings in Tanzania” 

https://apha.confex.com/apha/2024/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/551159 

Additional authors: Sylvia Kaaya, MD, PhD, Isaac Lema, MA, Rachel Jared Mtei, MA, Muhimbili University of Health & Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, United Republic of; Eric Van Praag, MD, Independent Consultant, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, United Republic of; Joseph Egger, PhD, Duke University, Durham, NC; and Joy Noel Baumgartner, PhD, MSSW, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC. 

 

2:30–4 p.m. 

Session: 2040.0 – Addressing Health Disparities, Equity, and Justice  

Program: Academic and Practice Linkages in Public Health Caucus 

Gillings Co-presenters: Lois Adler-Johnson, MPH, Data Analyst and Advisor; John Wallace, PhD, MSPH, Senior Data Advisor, “Stepping back: Building equity in academic collaborations and technical assistance” [2:45–3pm] https://apha.confex.com/apha/2024/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/557304 

Addt’l authors: Lauren Jones, Destiny James, UNC Gillings School; Breyana Davis, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University 

 

Session: 2072.0 – Health Administration Roundtable: Health Equity & Public Health Administration 

Program: Health Administration 

Gillings presenter: Jennifer Elston Lafata, PhD, Adjunct Professor, HPM, Professor, Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy, UNC Eshelman SOPH, “How oncology practices are considering quality and equity when sustaining virtual visit programs: A qualitative study” https://apha.confex.com/apha/2024/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/552100  

Addt’l authors: Lauren CJ Barrow, MHA, Amy Barrett, MSPH, MA, Ilona Fridman, PhD, Regina Jones, AAS, Tiffany Yeh, MS, Chapel Hill, NC; Chris Neslund Dudas, PhD, Henry Ford Health, Detroit, MI; Samantha Tam, MD, Detroit, MI 

 

3–4 p.m.  

Session: 2126.0 – Public Health in Action Poster Session 

Program: Public Health Education and Health Promotion 

Gillings presenter: Maura Leverone, MPH candidate, “Title: Addressing primary care cost barriers: Exploring state-level primary care physician shortages and the impact of social determinants of health”  https://apha.confex.com/apha/2024/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/555930 

Addt’l authors: Anna P. Schenck, PhD, MSPH, United Health Foundation, Minnetonka, MN; John Wiesman, DrPH, MPH, University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health 

 

Session: 2131.0 – Veterans Caucus Poster Session 1 

Program: Veteran’s Caucus 

Gillings presenter: Sithara Diunugala, MPH@UNC student, applied epid, “Board 1 – Moral injury more prevalent than more widely known PTSD” https://apha.confex.com/apha/2024/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/555112 

Addt’l authors: Jessica Linger; Aimee McHale; Vaughn Upshaw, Addie Imseis, Daniel Reyes, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health; Michael Bressler, Durham VA Medical Center 

 

Gillings Presenter: Bethany Brake, MPH, MPH@UNC alumna, “Board 4 – Local agricultural engagement opportunities improve mental health for rural Veterans” 

https://apha.confex.com/apha/2024/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/556803 

Addt’l authors: Aimee McHale, JD, MSPH, Vaughn Upshaw, DrPH, EdD, MPH, Daniel Reyes, MA, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health; Addie Imseis, MPH, BSN, RN, Durham, NC; Michael Bressler, MSW, MPH, Durham VA Medical Center, Raleigh, NC 

 

4:30–6 p.m. 

Session: 2174.0 – Empowering Families and Youth: Strategic Interventions for Children with Special Needs [Oral] 

Program: Maternal and Child Health 

Gillings presenter: Julie Daniels, PhD, MPH, professor, EPID and MCH, “Disparities in type of interventions received by young autistic children” [5–5:15pm] https://apha.confex.com/apha/2024/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/556096 

Addt’l authors: Michelle Delahanty, UNC Gilling School of Global Public Health; Chyrise Bradley, Taniqua Ingol, M. Marti Kepner, Alan Kinlaw, Chapel Hill, NC; Maureen Durkin, PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI; Cy Nadler, PhD, Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO; M. Daniele Fallin, Emory Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, GA; Steven Rosenberg, Denver, CO; Brian Barger, Lisa Wiggins,, Atlanta, GA  

 

5–6 p.m.  

Session: 2213.0 – Health Services Research Poster Session 

Program: Maternal and Child Health 

Gillings presenter: Kristin Z Black, PhD, MPH, assistant professor, maternal and child health and health behavior, “Board 10 – Experiences of rural birthing people in eastern North Carolina maternal healthcare facilities” https://apha.confex.com/apha/2024/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/559783 

Addt’l authors: Zara Mehta, UNC School of Medicine; Leigha Mills, Shawna Howard, Caiyah Stephens, Maya Chevalier, MPH(c), UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health 

 

Session: 2217.0 – Abortion Poster Session 

Program: Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) 

Gillings presenter: Whitney Arey, PhD, postdoctoral trainee, MCH, “Board 6: Emtala and abortion care: Why are courts ignoring doctors?” https://apha.confex.com/apha/2024/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/56152 

Addt’l authors: Michele Heisler, MD, MPA, New York, NY; Christian De Vos, JD, and Payal Shah, Physicians for Human Rights, New York, NY 

 

Session: 2222.0 – Veteran’s Caucus Poster Session 2 

Program: Veteran’s Caucus 

Gillings presenter: Mohanapriya Cumaran, MPH student, “Board 8 – The role of military sexual trauma (MST) among female-identifying veterans in the development of moral injury (MI) and perpetuation of substance use disorders” https://apha.confex.com/apha/2024/meetingapp.cgi/Person/2899059 

Addt’l authors: Jessica Linger, Aimee McHale, Vaughn Upshaw, Addie Imseis, Daniel Reyes; UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health; Michael Bressler, Durham VA Medical Center 

 

Mon, Oct 28 

8:30–10 a.m. 

Session: 3018 – Advancing Maternal, Adolescent, Child, and Family Health Research and Training at HBCUs 

Program: Black Caucus of Health Workers 

Gillings presenter: Dorothy Cilenti, DrPH, MPH, MSW, professor, maternal and child health, “Piloting an MCH faculty fellowship for early and mid-career public health faculty members from diverse institutions” [9:15 am] https://apha.confex.com/apha/2024/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/551270 

Addt’l authors: Lindsey Yates, PhD, Leslie deRosset, MSPH, MPH, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 

 

Session: 3045.0 – Latino Health and Health Disparities: The Impact of Colorism and Colonialism 

Program: Latino Caucus 

Gillings presenter: Deshira Wallace, PhD, MSPH, assistant professor, health behavior,  “Black Latines and invisibilities in the US South” [8:45-9am] https://apha.confex.com/apha/2024/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/555947 

 

10:30–11:30 a.m. 

Session 3069.1 – Health Equity in improving healthcare delivery and/or population health III Poster Session 

Program: APHA Committee of Health Equity 

Gillings Presenter: Lauren Wallace, DrPH, MPH, MPA, assistant professor, HPM,  

“Board 2 – Depression prevalence, screening, and treatment in adult outpatients with diabetes: A nationally representative cross-sectional study (National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey 2014-2019)” 

https://apha.confex.com/apha/2024/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/562110 

Addt’l authors: Angela Chieh, MD, MPH1, Jeremy Chu2, Li Li, MD, MPH2 and Rongbing Xie, DrPH, MPH4 (1) Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, (2)Birmingham, AL, (3)University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, (4)University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 

 

Session: 3075.0 – Breastfeeding Forum Poster Session 1 

Program: Breastfeeding 

Gillings presenter: Catherine Sullivan, MPH, RDN, LDN, IBCLC, RLC, FAND, Assistant Professor, MCH, Director, Carolina Global Breastfeeding Institute, “Board 2 – Moving the needle on maternity practices in infant nutrition and care: Using mPINC to evaluate the impact of enrich Carolinas” 

https://apha.confex.com/apha/2024/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/54947 

Addt’l authors: Kathryn Wouk, PhD, MS, IBCLC1, Kathy Parry, MPH, IBCLC, LMBT1, Julia Bourg, BSN, RN, IBCLC2, Michelle Hendricks, MBA, RD, LD, IBCLC3, Christine Masterman, MSN, RN, IBCLC4 and Catherine Sullivan, MPH, RD, LDN, IBCLC, FAND1 (1)Chapel Hill, NC, (2)Carolina Global Breastfeeding Institute, Raceland, LA, (3)Carolina Global Breastfeeding Institute, Florence, SC, (4)Carolina Global Breastfeeding Institute, Muskegon, MI 

 

Session: 3078.0 – Community Health Planning and Policy Development (Chppd) Poster Session 3 

Program: Community Health Planning and Policy Development 

Gillings presenter: Martha Anne Sperandio, MPH (May ‘24), health equity, social justice and human rights concentration, “Board 9 – Formative-process evaluation of the NCDHHS health equity portfolio’s health equity advisory team program” 

https://apha.confex.com/apha/2024/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/552228 

Addt’l authors: [Presenter] Lauren Benson, MPH, NCDHHS Office of Health Equity, Raleigh, NC; Breanna McGinnis, Radita Shams, Lily Goldberg, Destanei Hargrove, Victor Alexis Catalan Gallegos, Chapel Hill, NC 

 

Session: 3084.0 – Opioids and Other Drugs Poster Session 

Program: Injury Control and Emergency Health Services 

Gillings presenter: Katherine Gora Combs, MPH, PhD student and research assistant, UNC Injury Prevention Research Center, “Board 4 – The local government approach to opioid settlements in North Carolina (FY23): A qualitative analysis”   https://apha.confex.com/apha/2024/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/553716  

Addt’l authors: Cecilia Gonzales, BA, UNC Injury Prevention Research Center; Elizabeth Brewington, BA, Nidhi Sachdeva, MPH, and Jill Rushing, PhD, North Carolina Association of County Commissioners, Raleigh, NC 

 

Session: 3087.0 – Access to Health and Social Determinants of Health Poster Session 1 

Program: International Health 

Gillings Presenter: Jenny Carpenter, MHS, MPH (HB) student, “Board 8 – Navigating financial constraints, partnership dynamics, and stigma: Barriers to cervical precancer topical treatment in Kenya” https://apha.confex.com/apha/2024/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/556941 

 

10:30 a.m.–Noon 

Session: 3141.0 – HIV Prevention and Care in International Settings 

Program: HIV/AIDS 

Gillings Co-author: Marie Lina Excellent, MD, MPH, assistant professor, PHLP; Presenter: Maureen Leonard Galbaud, MD, ID, Institut pour la Sante, la Population et le Developpement (ISPD), “Epidemiological and immunological characterization of people living with HIV (PLHIV) newly enrolled in care at two male-centered clinics in the metropolitan region of port-au-prince, Haiti” 

https://apha.confex.com/apha/2024/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/552631 

Addt’l authors: Emmlyne Emmanuel, MD, MPH, Jean Wysler Domercant, MD, MPH,, Institut pour la Santé, la Population et le Développement (ISPD), Pétion-Ville, Haiti; and Daniel Duré, MD, MPH, United States Agency for International Development (USAID) 

 

Session: 3162.0 – Public Health Social Work Approaches to Health Promotion and Intervention Literacy 

Program: Public Health Social Work 

Gillings presenter: Katalia Alexander, MPH/MSW candidate, “Parental attitudes towards HIV testing and contraception access for young adolescents in Tanzania” (10:30-10:45am) 

https://apha.confex.com/apha/2024/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/551481 

Addt’l authors: Rachel Jared Mtei, MA, Anna Minja, MA, David Gitagno, BA, Isaac Lema, MA, Sylvia Kaaya, MD, PhD, Muhimbili University of Health & Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, United Republic of; Eric Van Praag, MD, Independent Consultant, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, United Republic of; Joy Noel Baumgartner, PhD, MSSW, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 

 

12:30–1:30 p.m. 

Session: 3193.0 – Suicide Prevention, Intervention, and Crisis Response Poster Session 

Program: Mental Health 

Gillings presenter: Aimee McHale, JD, MSPH, assistant professor, PHLP, “Board 3 – Moving to a primary prevention mental model for veteran suicide prevention”  

https://apha.confex.com/apha/2024/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/554938 

Addt’l authors: Addie Imseis, MPH, BSN, RN; Vaughn Upshaw, DrPH, EdD, MPH; Daniel Reyes, MA; UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health; and Michael Bressler, MSW, MPH,  

Durham VA Medical Center, Raleigh, NC. 

 

12:30–2 p.m. 

APHA Awards Ceremony and Luncheonhttps://www.apha.org/about-apha/apha-awards   

 

2:30 p.m. 

Session: 3208.0 – Breastfeeding Forum Poster Session 2 

Program: Breastfeeding 

Gillings Presenter: Doreen Alumaya, RDN, MPH, IBCLC, PhD student, “Board 1 – Acceptability of strategies to manage informal work and breastfeeding: Experiences of women ineligible for the paid maternity leave provisions of Tanzania’s employment and labour relations act”  

https://apha.confex.com/apha/2024/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/549903 

Addt’l authors: Melina Mgongo, Msc, MPH, PhD,2, Beatrice Leyaro2, Sia Msuya, MD, PhD2, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College, Moshi, Tanzania, United Republic of; Stephanie Martin, MEd, PhD, CLC, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 

 

6–8 p.m. 

UNC Gillings School APHA Reception, American Swedish Institute, Turnblad Mansion, 2600 Park Ave., Minneapolis 

Tues, Oct 29 

10:30–11:30 a.m. 

Session: 4079.0 – Health Administration Section Poster Presentations Group 5 

Program: Health Administration 

Gillings Presenter: Jennifer Elston Lafata, PhD, adjunct professor, “Characterizing the design of and emerging evidence for lung cancer screening interventions: A systematic review” https://apha.confex.com/apha/2024/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/552268 

Addt’l authors: Katharine Rendle, Jocelyn Wainwright, and Liana Alcaro, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; Mary E Cooley, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard, Boston, M; Anil Vachani and Marilyn Schapira, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; Chris Neslund Dudas and Gwen Alexander, Henry Ford Health, Detroit; MI; Claire Staresinic, UNC Chapel Hill; Michelle Odelberg, Kaiser Permanente Colorado, Denver, CO 

10:30 a.m.–12 p.m. 

Session: 4092.0 – Academic-Practice Linkages to Support the Development of Public Health Leaders 

Program: Academic and Practice Linkages in Public Health Caucus 

Gillings Presenter: Marie Lina Excellent, MD, MPH, assistant professor, PHLP, “Strategizing for tomorrow: Elevating pedagogy in leadership practice for greater public health impact” [10:30-10:45 am] 

https://apha.confex.com/apha/2024/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/552969 

Addt’l authors: Melissa Yu, MPH, Alexis Hartranft, MPH, Oscar Fleming, DrPH, MSPH, Karar Ahsan, PhD, MIPH, Anna P. Schenck, PhD, MSPH, and Rohit Ramaswamy, PhD, MPH, University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health 

 

12:30–1:30 p.m. 

Session: 4159.0 – Poster Session 3 

Program: Academic and Practice Linkages in Public Health Caucus 

Gillings Co-presenters: Dane Emmerling, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor, HB; Emily Hutchens, MSPH, PhD candidate, HB; Elizabeth Tomlinson, PhD, RN, assistant professor, HPM, “Board 5 – Cultivating systems thinking among undergraduate public health students through a developmental, skills-based approach” 

https://apha.confex.com/apha/2024/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/554910 

Author: Elizabeth Tomlinson, PhD, RN, assistant professor, HPM; Addt’l authors: Dane Emmerling, PhD, MPH, Emily Hutchens, MSPH, PhD candidate, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health 

12:30–1:30 p.m. 

Session: 4185.0 – Social Emotional Health Poster Session 2 

Program: School Health and Wellness 

Gillings presenter: Emily Hutchens, MSPH, Doctoral Student, “Assessing the effects of structural racism in school settings on the school-to-prison pipeline” 

https://apha.confex.com/apha/2024/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/557451 

 

Session:  4188.0 – Approaches to Sexuality Education for Diverse Groups, Poster Session  

Program:  Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) 

Gillings presenter: Sara Siddiqui, BS, MPH student, Project Manager, Northwell Health, “Board 10 – Building patient agency with individuals who are unhoused: Promoting women’s health in a shelter-based clinic” 

https://apha.confex.com/apha/2024/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/562246 

Addt’l authors: Aditya Bissoonauth, MPH, MBA, CHES, PMP1, Amanda Inga-O’Connell1, Aldo Alleva, MD1, Sarita Khanijo, MD1, Neubert Philippe1, Keasha Guerrier-Bryant2 and Tochi Iroku-Malize, MD, MPH, MBA1 (1) Northwell Health, Manhasset, NY, (2) Northwell Health, New Hyde Park, NY 

 

2:30 – 3:30 p.m. 

Session: 4192.3 – Health equity in improving healthcare delivery and/or population health IV  

Program: APHA Committee of Health Equity  

Gillings Presenter: Paddy Qiu, MPH student, Health Equity, Social Justice, Human Rights;  Graduate Research Assistant/Graduate Teaching Assistant, “Humor and healing: Comedy, oral history, and health resilience in the Asian American South” https://apha.confex.com/apha/2024/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/561601  

Addt’l author:  Sophie To, MPH, PhD candidate, Gillings School of Public Health 

 

 

Session: 4205.0 – Veteran’s Caucus Poster Session 3 

Program: Veteran’s Caucus 

  1. Gillings Presenter: Mohanapriya Cumaran, MPH student, “Board 4 – Rurality increases mental health risk for veterans” 

https://apha.confex.com/apha/2024/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/556325 

Addt’l authors: Caroline Collie, Aimee McHale, Vaughn Upshaw, Addie Imseis, Daniel Reyes, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health; Michael Bressler, Durham VA Medical Center 

 

  1. Gillings Presenter: Jessica Linger, MPH@UNC student, “Board 5 – Community-based engagement action to address overlapping social determinants to reduce the risk of suicide among veterans”  

https://apha.confex.com/apha/2024/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/556565 

Addt’l authors: Sithara Diunugala, Caroline Collie, Aimee McHale, Vaughn Upshaw, Addie Imseis, Daniel Reyes, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health; Michael Bressler, Durham VA Medical Center 

 

  1. Gillings Presenter: Stephany Medina-Molina, MPH, alumna, Atlanta, GA, “Board 8 – Geospatial determinants of veteran mental health: Understanding, mapping, and addressing disparities” 

https://apha.confex.com/apha/2024/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/556972 

Addt’l authors: Aimee McHale, JD, MSPH, Vaughn Upshaw, DrPH, EdD, MPH, Daniel Reyes, MA, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health; Addie Imseis, MPH, BSN, RN, Durham, NC; and Michael Bressler, MSW, MPH, Durham VA Medical Center, Raleigh, NC 

 

  1. Gillings Presenter: Sarah-Chelsea Wilt, MPH@UNC alumna, “Board 9 – From service to wellness: Cultivating healthy Veteran communities and restoring trust in public health” 

https://apha.confex.com/apha/2024/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/557122 

Addt’l authors: Grace Smolen, Aimee McHale, JD, MSPH, Vaughn Upshaw, DrPH, EdD, MPH, Daniel Reyes, MA, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health; Addie Imseis, MPH, BSN, RN, Durham, NC; Michael Bressler, MSW, MPH, Durham VA Medical Center, Raleigh, NC 

 

2:30–4:00 p.m. 

Session: 4228.0 – Navigating Mental Health and Health Disparities across the Lifespan of AAPI Communities (Part 2) 

Program: Asian and Pacific Islander Caucus for Public Health 

Gillings presenter: Min Kyung (MK) Kim, MSc, doctoral student, Epid, “Cultural-responsiveness of the mental health first aid training for Asian populations” [3:30-3:45pm] 

https://apha.confex.com/apha/2024/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/550363 

Addt’l authors: Grace Su2, Angel Chan2, Yuxin Fu2, Yanqing Huang, BA3, Chien-Chi Huang4, Ben Hires2 and MyDzung Chu, PhD, MSPH3 (2) Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center (BCNC), Boston, MA, (3) Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, (4) Asian Women for Health (AWFH), Boston, MA 

 

Session: 4251.0 – Mental Health Oral Session 14  

Program: International Health 

Location: Hilton Minneapolis, Orchestra Ballroom B 

Gillings Moderator: Marie Lina Excellent, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, PHLP 

https://apha.confex.com/apha/2024/meetingapp.cgi/Session/71047 

Presentations: 

 2:30 p.m.: “A novel approach for access to women’s mental health awareness, education, and care in rural Bangladesh: A community-based participatory research study” 

3:15 p.m.: “Global health interdisciplinary partnerships for trauma-informed care in Nicaragua” 

 

Session: 4273.0 – Teaching to Counter Miseducation and Build Critical Pedagogy [Oral Presentations] 

Program: Spirit of 1848 Caucus 

Gillings presenter: Yesenia Merino, PhD, MPH, assistant professor, HB, “Abstract: 552219 Democratizing rubrics: Building trust in a seminar class by having students edit rubrics” [2:55-3:15pm] https://apha.confex.com/apha/2024/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/552219 

 

4:30 p.m. 

Session: 4291.0 – Caucus on Refugee and Immigrant Health (CRIH) Roundtable  

Program: Caucus on Refugee and Immigrant Health 

Gillings Presenter: Isabella Higgins, MPP, PhD student, HB, “Experiences of Latina immigrant mothers accessing healthcare for their mixed-status children in North Carolina” 

https://apha.confex.com/apha/2024/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/548913 

Addt’l authors: Laura Villa-Torres, MSPH, PhD, Jennifer McBride, MS, and Brittany Raffa, MD, MPH; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 

 

Session: 4315.0 – Non-Communicable Diseases, Comorbidities, and Interventions in a Global Context [Oral Presentation] 

Program: International Health 

Gillings presenter: Deshira Wallace, PhD, MSPH, assistant professor, HB, “Psychosocial distress among adults with type 2 diabetes residing in rural Dominican Republic – a descriptive study” [4:40-4:50pm] 

https://apha.confex.com/apha/2024/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/554885 

Additional authors: Kaitlin Hiciano, MPH, Quetzabel Benavides, MPH, MSW, and Tatiana Aguilar, MPH 

 

Wed, Oct 30 

8:30 a.m. 

Session: 5005.0 – Student Assembly Roundtable Session 3: Various Perspectives on Substance Use and Related Negative Outcomes 

Program: 

Gillings participant: Tyler West, MPH Student, “Table 6 – Nativity differences in e-cigarette use among young adults in US, national health interview survey (2020-2022)” 

https://apha.confex.com/apha/2024/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/557675 

Addt’l author: Leslie Cofie, PhD, MPH, Wendell, NC 

 

8:30–10 a.m. 

Session: 5008.0 – Part 2A – Trusted Partners: Faith and Healing Working Together to Improve the Public’s Health [Roundtable] 

Program: Caucus on Public Health and the Faith Community 

 

  1. Gillings Participant: Karl Johnson, PhD, assistant professor, PHLP, “Table 7 – Developing the “faith in mental health” certificate program 

https://apha.confex.com/apha/2024/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/551289 

 

  1. Gillings Participant: Aimee McHale, JD, MSPH, assistant professor, PHLP, “Table 9 – Faith-based organizations as key partners in building veteran-healthy communities” 

https://apha.confex.com/apha/2024/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/554099 

Addt’l authors: Bethany Brake, MPH, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs; Vaughn Upshaw, DrPH, EdD, MPH, Addie Imseis, MPH, BSN, RN, Daniel Reyes, MA, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health; and Michael Bressler, MSW, MPH, Durham VA Medical Center, Raleigh, NC 

 

Session 5021.0 – Health Administration, Quality Improvement & Health Equity 

Program: Health Administration 

Gillings Presenter: Jennifer Elston Lafata, PhD, Adjunct Professor, “Organization-level features important to cancer care quality and equity: Qualitative interview results with diverse experts” [8:30-8:45am] https://apha.confex.com/apha/2024/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/546188  

Addt’l authors: Soohyun Hwang, San Francisco, CA; Erica S Breslau, Sarah Kobrin, and Annie Sampson, NCI, Rockville, MD; Melanie Chansky and Grace Huang; Westat, Rockville, MD 

 

Session: 5023.1 – Gender Inequality Analysis through the Human Rights Lens [Oral] (Collaborative Session with Women’s Caucus)  

Program: Human Rights Forum 

Gillings Presenter: Whitney Arey, PhD, postdoctoral trainee, MCH, “How Louisiana’s abortion bans endanger patients and clinicians” (9-9:15am) 

Addt’l authors: Michelle Erenberg, BA, Lift Louisiana, New Orleans, LA; Karla Torres, Center for Reproductive Rights, Brooklyn, NY; Michele Heisler, MD, MPA, University of Michigan Schools of Medicine and Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI; Nia Mitchell, RH Impact, New Orleans, LA; Payal Shah6 and Christian De Vos, JD, Physicians for Human Rights, New York, NY 

 

10:30 a.m. 

Session: 5070.0 – Nutrition Behavior and Nutrition Communication across the Lifespan [Oral presentation] 

Program: Food and Nutrition 

Gillings presenter: Molly De Marco, PhD, assistant professor, NUTR, “Experiences with receipt of pandemic-related nutrition-specific and general relief measures among low-wage worker households with children” [10:50-11:10am] 

https://apha.confex.com/apha/2024/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/553558 

Addt’l authors: Maria Gombi-Vaca, PhD2, Caitlin Caspi, ScD3, Rebekah Pratt, PhD4, Brett Sheppard, MS5, Emily Welle, MPH4 and Curtis Antrum, MHA6 

(1)Chapel Hill, NC, (2)University of Connecticut Rudd Center for Food Policy and Health, Hartford, CT, (3)West Hartford, CT, (4)University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, (5)University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, (6)Hamden, CT 

 

12:30–2 p.m. 

Session: 5123.0 – 3rd Round Table Presentation – HIV and Comorbidities 

Program: HIV/AIDS 

Gillings Presenter: Sophia Bartels, Doctoral Student, “Table 1 – Sustainment and adaptation of an evidence-based counseling and systems navigation intervention for people who inject drugs with HIV in Vietnam” https://apha.confex.com/apha/2024/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/547679 

Addt’l authors: Adams Sibley, Luz Reyes, Clare Barrington, William Miller, and Vivian Go, UNC Gillings School; Minh Nguyen, Trang Nguyen, and Le Minh Giang, Hanoi Medical University, Hanoi, Viet Nam; Byron Powell, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 

 

Session: 5127.0 – Adolescent & Young Adult Health: Support & Empowerment Initiatives [Oral presentation] 

Program: Maternal and Child Health 

Gillings presenter: Molly De Marco, PhD, assistant professor, NUTR, “Parental perspectives regarding their child’s participation in a youth civic engagement internship addressing barriers to active living” [1:15pm] 

https://apha.confex.com/apha/2024/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/553487 

Addt’l authors: Judit Alvarado1, Molly De Marco2, Seth LaJeunesse, MCRP1, Chanta’l Rose, MPH1, Ximena Perez-Velasco, BA1 and Kevin Giff, MCRP1 

(1)University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, (2)Chapel Hill, NC 

 

Session: 5132.0 [Oral Presentations] 

Program: Mental Health 

Gillings Co-Moderator: Marie Lina Excellent, MD, MPH, assistant professor, PHLP; with PhuongThao Le, PhD, MPH, BU SPH; “Enhancing Competency in Global Mental Health Care: Understanding Cultural and Linguistic Contexts”  

https://apha.confex.com/apha/2024/meetingapp.cgi/Session/69657 

Presentations:  

12:30 p.m. “Observations and experiences of peer professionals who advocate for people at risk of civil commitment in South Korea” 

12:45 p.m. “Adapting problem management plus training and implementation for Spanish-speaking Latinx communities in the U.S.” 

1:00 p.m. “Improving mental health services for refugees through cross-cultural telepsychiatry programs in USA and Canada” 

1:15 p.m. “From global to local public mental health: Adapting problem management+ psychological intervention for U.S. contexts” 

Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, L100J 

 

1 p.m. 

Session: 5139.0 Innovative Practice or Research: Addressing Social and Emotional Health in School Settings 4; Location: Symphony Ballroom 4 

Program: School Health and Wellness 

Gillings Presenter: Maura Leverone, MPH candidate, “Improving early education outcomes: Moving outside the classroom to address neighborhood violence and student homelessness”* https://apha.confex.com/apha/2024/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/553477 

*Awarded Best Student Abstract on behalf of APHA’s School Health and Wellness section 

Addt’l authors: Anna P. Schenck, PhD, MSPH, United Health Foundation, Minnetonka, MN; John Wiesman, DrPH, MPH, University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health 

 

Recognition 

 

Amani Algammudi, MD – MPH student and APHA student ambassador, received a Certificate of Appreciation from APHA for serving as a reviewer for the Public Health Film Festival Program at the APHA 2024 Annual Meeting and Expo. 

 

Victoria Behm, PhD student in Nutrition and pre-doctoral fellow in the Integrative Medicine Program at the UNC School of Medicine, is receiving a Fellowship Award through APHA’s Integrative, Complementary and Traditional Health Practices section.

 


 

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