Research Projects by Thematic Area
- Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Utilization of Health Services at a Private Health Center In Bangladesh: A Case Study (Student: Rachel Utomo, Mentors: Kim Hekimian, PhD, Sylvana Q. Sinha, Esq.)
- Mental Health of Central American Migrants while in-transit through Mexico (Student: Erick Garza, Mentor: Geoff Reed, PhD)
- Monitoring Evaluation of Praava Health Programs in Dhaka, Bangladesh (Student: Ishani Guha, Mentors: Kim Hekimian, PhD, Sylvana Q. Sinha, Esq.)
- Survey of COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Among Emergency Department Patients and Caregivers in New York City, USA (Student: Jennifer Egbebike, Mentor: Tsion Firew, MD, MPH)
- Adolescent research inclusion, informed consent, autonomy, and protection: An exploration of key stakeholder knowledge, attitudes, and perspectives in Uganda (Student: Fiona McAuley, Mentor: John Santelli, MD, MPH, Tom Lutalo, MS, PhD)
- Assessment of cognitive capacity of adolescents and parents to provide informed consent in Rakai, Uganda (Student: Nao Haba, MD, Mentor: John Santelli, MD, MPH, Philip Kreniske, PhD, Susie Hoffman, DrPH, Fred Nalugoda, PhD, MHSc)
- Evaluation of Quantitative Ultrasonography versus Dual X-ray Absorptiometry for Bone Status Monitoring in South African Children Living with HIV (Student: Jackson Roberts, Mentor: Michael Yin, MD, MS)
- Female Genital Mutilation and Cutting: Pediatricians’ Comfort and Experience (Student: Emily Rutland, Jocelyn Brown, MD, MPH)
- Adolescent research inclusion, informed consent, autonomy, and protection: An exploration of key stakeholder knowledge, attitudes, and perspectives in Uganda (Student: Fiona McAuley, Mentor: John Santelli, MD, MPH, Tom Lutalo, MS, PhD)
- Assessment of cognitive capacity of adolescents and parents to provide informed consent in Rakai, Uganda (Student: Nao Haba, MD, Mentor: John Santelli, MD, MPH, Philip Kreniske, PhD, Susie Hoffman, DrPH, Fred Nalugoda, PhD, MHSc)
- Evaluation of the Impact of Foreign Cataract Surgery Teaching Efforts in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (Student: Sophia Jackman, Mentor: Lisa Park, MD)
- Harlem Resident International Medical Graduate Experience of Sharing Serious News: A Qualitative Assessment (Students: Natalia Forbath & Lauren Tucker, Mentor: Tanya Murtha, MD)
- Exploring the Impact of COVID-19 on Breastfeeding in Armenia (Students: Lotanna Ezenekwe & Helen Woolcock, Mentor: Kim Hekimian, PhD)
- Female Genital Mutilation and Cutting: Pediatricians’ Comfort and Experience (Student: Emily Rutland, Jocelyn Brown, MD, MPH)
- Assessment of Differential Uranium Exposure and its Association with Hypertension and Elevated Blood Pressure in American Indian Communities in the Strong Heart Family Study (Student: Abigail Onderwyzer Gold, Mentor: Ana Navas-Acien, MD, PhD, MPH)
- Body Impedance Analysis and Skinfold Measurements as Low-cost Alternatives to DXA for Monitoring Lipodystrophy in CLWH in South Africa (Student: Bryce Killingsworth, Mentor: Michael T. Yin, MD, MS)
- COVID-19 sampling and whole genome sequencing informs makeup of virus variants and affected populations in Bangladesh (Student: Catherine Martini, Mentors: Kim Hekimian, PhD, Sylvana Q. Sinha, Esq.)
- Developing Acute Care and Referral Systems (ACERS) (Students: S. Afranie, A. Hassan, K. Reis, K. Tamakloe, W.E. Yevudza, Mentor: Rachel Moresky, MD, MPH, Koku Awoonor-Williams, MD, PhD, MPH & Andrews Ayim, MBChB, MBA, MPH)
- National Health and Budget Impact of Implementing the WHO HEARTS Hypertension Control Program in Bangladesh (Student: Anirudh Pidugu, Mentor: Andrew Moran, MD, MPH)
- Adolescent research inclusion, informed consent, autonomy, and protection: An exploration of key stakeholder knowledge, attitudes, and perspectives in Uganda (Student: Fiona McAuley, Mentor: John Santelli, MD, MPH, Tom Lutalo, MS, PhD)
- Developing Acute Care and Referral Systems (ACERS) (Students: S. Afranie, A. Hassan, K. Reis, K. Tamakloe, W.E. Yevudza, Mentor: Rachel Moresky, MD, MPH, Koku Awoonor-Williams, MD, PhD, MPH & Andrews Ayim, MBChB, MBA, MPH)
- Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Utilization of Health Services at a Private Health Center In Bangladesh: A Case Study (Student: Rachel Utomo, Mentors: Kim Hekimian, PhD, Sylvana Q. Sinha, Esq.)
- Intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis for prevention of neonatal group B streptococcal disease: a review of key limitations and their implications for vaccine development (Student: Peter Suwondo, Mentor: Lawrence Stanberry, MD, PhD, Raphael Simon, PhD)
- Monitoring Evaluation of Praava Health Programs in Dhaka, Bangladesh (Student: Ishani Guha, Mentors: Kim Hekimian, PhD, Sylvana Q. Sinha, Esq.)
- National Health and Budget Impact of Implementing the WHO HEARTS Hypertension Control Program in Bangladesh (Student: Anirudh Pidugu, Mentor: Andrew Moran, MD, MPH)
- Antibiotic resistance-associated gene identification among invasive Group B Streptococcus samples and analysis of potential vaccine targets (Student: Emma Senner, Mentors: Lawrence Stanberry, MD, PhD, Hal Jones, PhD, Li Hao, PhD)
- Assessment of cognitive capacity of adolescents and parents to provide informed consent in Rakai, Uganda (Student: Nao Haba, MD, Mentor: John Santelli, MD, MPH, Philip Kreniske, PhD, Susie Hoffman, DrPH, Fred Nalugoda, PhD, MHSc)
- Body Impedance Analysis and Skinfold Measurements as Low-cost Alternatives to DXA for Monitoring Lipodystrophy in CLWH in South Africa (Student: Bryce Killingsworth, Mentor: Michael T. Yin, MD, MS)
- COVID-19 sampling and whole genome sequencing informs makeup of virus variants and affected populations in Bangladesh (Student: Catherine Martini, Mentors: Kim Hekimian, PhD, Sylvana Q. Sinha, Esq.)
- Daily COVID-19 Self-Testing with a Lateral Flow Antigen Test (CoV-SCAN): an Acceptability Study (Student: Alicia Li, Mentor: Kathrine Meyers, DrPH, MS, MPP)
- Development of Vaccine Against Group B Streptococcus: Current Status and Future Perspectives (Student: Sneha Kunwar, Mentors: Lawrence Stanberry, MD, PhD, Yekaterina Timofeyeva, MS, Isis Kanevsky, PhD)
- Evaluation of Quantitative Ultrasonography versus Dual X-ray Absorptiometry for Bone Status Monitoring in South African Children Living with HIV (Student: Jackson Roberts, Mentor: Michael Yin, MD, MS)
- Intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis for prevention of neonatal group B streptococcal disease: a review of key limitations and their implications for vaccine development (Student: Peter Suwondo, Mentor: Lawrence Stanberry, MD, PhD, Raphael Simon, PhD)
- Oral immune activation and alveolar bone loss in postmenopausal women and men living with HIV (Student: Isaac Donkor, Mentors: Michael Yin, MD, MS, Sunil Wadhwa, DDS)
- The Role of Oral Health in the Acquisition and Progression of SARS-CoV-2 (Student: Rebecca Li, Mentor: Michael Yin, MD, MS)
- Adolescent research inclusion, informed consent, autonomy, and protection: An exploration of key stakeholder knowledge, attitudes, and perspectives in Uganda (Student: Fiona McAuley, Mentor: John Santelli, MD, MPH, Tom Lutalo, MS, PhD)
- Body Impedance Analysis and Skinfold Measurements as Low-cost Alternatives to DXA for Monitoring Lipodystrophy in CLWH in South Africa (Student: Bryce Killingsworth, Mentor: Michael T. Yin, MD, MS)
- Developing Acute Care and Referral Systems (ACERS) (Students: S. Afranie, A. Hassan, K. Reis, K. Tamakloe, W.E. Yevudza, Mentor: Rachel Moresky, MD, MPH, Koku Awoonor-Williams, MD, PhD, MPH & Andrews Ayim, MBChB, MBA, MPH)
- Development of Vaccine Against Group B Streptococcus: Current Status and Future Perspectives (Student: Sneha Kunwar, Mentors: Lawrence Stanberry, MD, PhD, Yekaterina Timofeyeva, MS, Isis Kanevsky, PhD)
- Exploring the Impact of COVID-19 on Breastfeeding in Armenia (Students: Lotanna Ezenekwe & Helen Woolcock, Mentor: Kim Hekimian, PhD)
- Evaluation of Quantitative Ultrasonography versus Dual X-ray Absorptiometry for Bone Status Monitoring in South African Children Living with HIV (Student: Jackson Roberts, Mentor: Michael Yin, MD, MS)
- Intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis for prevention of neonatal group B streptococcal disease: a review of key limitations and their implications for vaccine development (Student: Peter Suwondo, Mentor: Lawrence Stanberry, MD, PhD, Raphael Simon, PhD)
- Worldwide Initiative for Rh Disease Eradication (WIRhE): Developing Educational Content to Help Eradicate Rh Disease (Student: Marissa Caldwell, Mentors: Brie Stotler, MD, Steven Spitalnik, MD)
- Assessment of Differential Uranium Exposure and its Association with Hypertension and Elevated Blood Pressure in American Indian Communities in the Strong Heart Family Study (Student: Abigail Onderwyzer Gold, Mentor: Ana Navas-Acien, MD, PhD, MPH)
- Evaluation of the Impact of Foreign Cataract Surgery Teaching Efforts in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (Student: Sophia Jackman, Mentor: Lisa Park, MD)
- Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Utilization of Health Services at a Private Health Center In Bangladesh: A Case Study (Student: Rachel Utomo, Mentors: Kim Hekimian, PhD, Sylvana Q. Sinha, Esq.)
- Monitoring Evaluation of Praava Health Programs in Dhaka, Bangladesh (Student: Ishani Guha, Mentors: Kim Hekimian, PhD, Sylvana Q. Sinha, Esq.)
- National Health and Budget Impact of Implementing the WHO HEARTS Hypertension Control Program in Bangladesh (Student: Anirudh Pidugu, Mentor: Andrew Moran, MD, MPH)
- Adolescent research inclusion, informed consent, autonomy, and protection: An exploration of key stakeholder knowledge, attitudes, and perspectives in Uganda (Student: Fiona McAuley, Mentor: John Santelli, MD, MPH, Tom Lutalo, MS, PhD)
- Assessment of cognitive capacity of adolescents and parents to provide informed consent in Rakai, Uganda (Student: Nao Haba, MD, Mentor: John Santelli, MD, MPH, Philip Kreniske, PhD, Susie Hoffman, DrPH, Fred Nalugoda, PhD, MHSc)
- Developing Acute Care and Referral Systems (ACERS) (Students: S. Afranie, A. Hassan, K. Reis, K. Tamakloe, W.E. Yevudza, Mentor: Rachel Moresky, MD, MPH, Koku Awoonor-Williams, MD, PhD, MPH & Andrews Ayim, MBChB, MBA, MPH)
- Evaluation of Quantitative Ultrasonography versus Dual X-ray Absorptiometry for Bone Status Monitoring in South African Children Living with HIV (Student: Jackson Roberts, Mentor: Michael Yin, MD, MS)
- Female Genital Mutilation and Cutting: Pediatricians’ Comfort and Experience (Student: Emily Rutland, Jocelyn Brown, MD, MPH)
- Adolescent research inclusion, informed consent, autonomy, and protection: An exploration of key stakeholder knowledge, attitudes, and perspectives in Uganda (Student: Fiona McAuley, Mentor: John Santelli, MD, MPH, Tom Lutalo, MS, PhD)
- Assessment of cognitive capacity of adolescents and parents to provide informed consent in Rakai, Uganda (Student: Nao Haba, MD, Mentor: John Santelli, MD, MPH, Philip Kreniske, PhD, Susie Hoffman, DrPH, Fred Nalugoda, PhD, MHSc)
- Survey of COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Among Emergency Department Patients and Caregivers in New York City, USA (Student: Jennifer Egbebike, Mentor: Tsion Firew, MD, MPH)
- Antibiotic resistance-associated gene identification among invasive Group B Streptococcus samples and analysis of potential vaccine targets (Student: Emma Senner, Mentors: Lawrence Stanberry, MD, PhD, Hal Jones, PhD, Li Hao, PhD)
- Development of Vaccine Against Group B Streptococcus: Current Status and Future Perspectives (Student: Sneha Kunwar, Mentors: Lawrence Stanberry, MD, PhD, Yekaterina Timofeyeva, MS, Isis Kanevsky, PhD)
- Intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis for prevention of neonatal group B streptococcal disease: a review of key limitations and their implications for vaccine development (Student: Peter Suwondo, Mentor: Lawrence Stanberry, MD, PhD, Raphael Simon, PhD)
- Survey of COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Among Emergency Department Patients and Caregivers in New York City, USA (Student: Jennifer Egbebike, Mentor: Tsion Firew, MD, MPH)
- Body Impedance Analysis and Skinfold Measurements as Low-cost Alternatives to DXA for Monitoring Lipodystrophy in CLWH (Student: Bryce Killingsworth, Mentor: Michael T. Yin, MD, MS)
- Developing Acute Care and Referral Systems (ACERS) (Students: S. Afranie, A. Hassan, K. Reis, K. Tamakloe, W.E. Yevudza, Mentor: Rachel Moresky, MD, MPH, Koku Awoonor-Williams, MD, PhD, MPH & Andrews Ayim, MBChB, MBA, MPH)
- Female Genital Mutilation and Cutting: Pediatricians’ Comfort and Experience (Student: Emily Rutland, Jocelyn Brown, MD, MPH)
- Oral immune activation and alveolar bone loss in postmenopausal women and men living with HIV (Student: Isaac Donkor, Mentors: Michael Yin, MD, MS, Sunil Wadhwa, DDS)
