Dr. Adnan A. Hyder, Professor and Senior Associate Dean for Research & Innovation, would like to express his heartfelt gratitude to everyone who significantly made the 2024 GWSPH Research Day event a resounding success. We are grateful to our poster presenters, who generously shared their research with us, and to the mentors, judges, collaborators, faculty, and staff whose unwavering support made this event possible and an exceptional experience; and a special thanks to our ORE and PhD Office staff who worked hard to make this event a success. Your invaluable contributions have nurtured our vibrant research ecosystem, shaping the future of public health research!
This event was a remarkable display of creativity, sheer dedication, and an unabated passion for advancing public health through cutting-edge research. We take this moment to celebrate the winners from each of the highly coveted categories (below) and all mentors who have selflessly offered guidance along the way.
Click here for a comprehensive list of captivating abstract presentations from the event.
Undergraduate Research
First Place: Bailey Moore, “An Approach to Applying an Intersectional Lens to Black Women’s Reproductive and Sexual Health”
Second Place: Sadhana Matheswaran, “Developing Training Modules for PCPs to Address Systemic Inequities in HIV and COVID-19 Vaccine and Screening Practices”
Master’s Research
First Place: Griffin Barriss, “Assessing Country Readiness Over Time: Mapping Changes Between Editions of the International Health Regulations (2005) Joint External Evaluation (JEE) Tool”
Second Place: Kenna Berg, “Cytotoxic effects of nitroaromatic anti-trypanosomatid drugs on parasite death”
Doctoral Research
First Place: Brendan Fries, “A Cross-Sectional Study of the Association Between Insecticide Treated Bed Net Use and Malaria Prevalence in Sierra Leone”
Second Place: Mariana Fagundes Grilo, “The L.A.B.E.L. Study: Learning About Beliefs Surrounding "Edulcorantes" (Non-Sugar Sweeteners) Labeling in Brazil”
Staff, Alumni and Postdoctoral Research
First Place: Lauryn King, “The next closest step to having control over my own body”: Adolescent and Young Adult Contraceptive Decision-Making Post-Dobbs”
Second Place: Nathan Weber, “Inhibition of high-priority respiratory pathogens is a general feature of the fastidious nasal commensal Dolosigranulum pigrum”
Global Women's Institute Prize
Undergraduate Research
First Place: Bailey Moore, “An Approach to Applying an Intersectional Lens to Black Women’s Reproductive and Sexual Health”
Graduate Research
First Place: Lauryn King, “The next closest step to having control over my own body”: Adolescent and Young Adult Contraceptive Decision-Making Post-Dobbs”
Second Place: Fairuz Mohammed, “A qualitative analysis of the clinical experience of survivors of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) and health care providers”