Public Health Students Receive Awards at Annual Research Day

April 29, 2014

More than 400 research abstracts from Drexel University students, faculty and staff were presented at this year’s annual Research Day, which was held at the Daskalakis Athletic Center earlier this month. Of all the submissions, 12 School of Public Health graduate students presented their research and two received awards.

The School of Public Health award winners included second-year MPH student Pooja Rangan (advisors included Aroutis Foster and Jen Katz-Buonincontro), who presented “Playing to See: Developing the Keys to the Collection Digital Art Game,” in the education and outreach category.

In addition, second-year MPH student Nicole Chisolm was honored in the translational and clinical category for her research “The Philadelphia Fetal Infant Mortality Review (FIMR)/HIV Prevention Methodology Project ” (co-authors included Debra D’Allessandro, Kathleen Brady and Tina Penrose).

Following are the School of Public Health presenters with the title of their research. To read their complete abstracts please see the Research Day 2014 Program Book (PDF). The page number of each abstract is included in the list below.

Logan Tyler
“Differential Subcellular Distribution of the Sigma1 Protein in Breast Cancer Subtypes: Implications for Drug Response”
Co-Authors: Mercedes Lioni, Fernando Garcia, Xing Tan, Adriana Sanchez, Felix Kim
Advisor: Felix Kim
Program Book Page 86

Nicole Chisolm
“The Philadelphia Fetal Infant Mortality Review (FIMR)/ HIV Prevention Methodology Project”
Co-Authors: Debra D’Alessandro, Kathleen Brady, Tina Penrose
Program Book Page 127

Michelle Klawans
“Measles, Rubella, and Varicella Immunity in U.S. Women of Reproductive Age, 2001-2004 and 2009-2010”
Co-Author: Brian K. Lee
Advisor: Brian K. Lee
Program Book Page 144

Jessica Rast
“The Impact of a Medical Home in Children with Autism: Findings from the National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs”
Co-Authors: Craig Newshcaffer, Jennifer Plumb, Renee Turchi
Advisor: Craig Newschaffer
Program Book Page 157

Ruby Oluronbi
“Integrated Multidisciplinary Approach to Patient Follow-up Leads to High Satisfaction Rates amongst Caregivers”
Co-Authors: Folasade Kehinde, Renee Turchi, Joyce Eugene, Bruce Bernstein
Advisors: Bruce Bernstein
Program Book Page 163

Joyce Eugene
“Parental/Caregiver Stress Levels in Technology Dependent Children in an Integrated Multispecialty Medical Home”
Co-Authors: Folasade Kehinde, Renee Turchi, Bruce Bernstein, Ruby Oluronbi
Advisor: Bruce Bernstein
Program Book Page 164

Amy Henderson Riley
“From Awareness-Generation to Changing Norms: Implications for Entertainment-Education”
Co-Authors: Suruchi Sood, Paramita Dasgupta Mazumdar, Narendranath Chowdary, Alka Malhotra
Advisor: Suruchi Sood
Program Book Page 266

Brittany Barnes
“Expecting the unexpected: Assaults to EMTs/Paramedics”
Co-Authors: Andrea Davis
Advisor: Jennifer A. Taylor
Program Book Page 270

Carmen Cronin
“Addressing Corporal Punishment with Behavior and Social Change Approaches: Findings From a Systematic Review”
Co-Author: Suruchi Sood
Advisor: Suruchi Sood
Program Book Page 300

Paul Turcotte
“Juvenile Justice Contact Among Individuals with an Autism Spectrum Disorder”
Co-Author: Lindsay Shea
Advisor: Craig Newschaffer
Program Book Page 301

Kathleen Ross
“Cardiovascular Risk Reduction in African American Patients with Heart Failure: Philadelphia Heart Study”
Co-Author: Kathleen Ross, Purva Jian, Shelley Hankins, Howard J Eisen, Longjian Liu
Advisor: Longjian Liu
Program Book Page 310

Pooja Rangan
“Playing to See: Developing the Keys to the Collection Digital Art Game”
Co-Author: Kevin M. Gross, Robert R. Speck
Advisor: Aroutis Foster, Jen Katz-Buonincontro
Program Book Page 333