Accomplishments: School of Public Health
Barbara Lewis (Public Health) spoke to students in the Advocacy Scholars Program at the American Medical Student Association about the free Antiracism Module, funded by the Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation, on which she has worked for the past three years. The Module, videos, and resources are available to everyone online.
Manoj Sharma (Social & Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) coauthored an article titled, 鈥淢editerranean diet enriched with olive oil shows no consistent benefits on cardiometabolic and anthropometric parameters: A systematic review with meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials鈥 in the European Journal of Nutrition (Impact factor 4.6)鈥
Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) coauthored an article titled, 鈥淧sychosocial profiles influencing healthy dietary behaviors among adolescents in Shandong Province, China: A cross-sectional study鈥 in the journal Frontiers in Nutrition (Impact factor 4.0) in association with researchers from Chongqing Medical University鈥
Manoj Sharma (Social & Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) presented a webinar titled, 鈥淧ractical stress management: Promoting and improving mental health鈥 to the British Association of Primary Care and Allied Professionals (BAPCAP) in Birmingham, United Kingdom on September 28. The webinar was well attended and well received. He talked鈥
Asma Awan (Social and Behavioral Health), Rob Levrant (Educational Outreach and Osher Lifelong Learning Institute), and Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health) presented at the Lumivero Virtual Conference 2024 on September 25. The presentation was titled: "Determining Vaping Cessation (Quitting) Intervention Strategies among Young鈥
Louisa Messenger (Environmental and Occupational Health) co-published an article titled "Evaluation of bio-efficacy of field-aged novel long-lasting insecticidal nets (PBO, chlorfenapyr or pyriproxyfen combined with pyrethroid) against Anopheles gambiae (s.s.) in Tanzania" in the journal Current Research in Parasitology & Vector-Borne Diseases鈥
Jichun Li (Mathematical Sciences) published a single authored paper in the top journal Computers & Mathematics with Applications (vol.172, 2024, pp.111-124). Here he proved one-order higher superconvergence for the time-dependent Maxwell's equations solved by arbitrary order H(curl) and H(div) basis functions on rectangular and cuboid elements鈥
Asma Awan and Manoj Sharma (both Social and Behavioral Health) presented a webinar on "Fibroid Uterus in African Women: Perspectives for a Health Behavioral Change Model" in collaboration with researchers from Nigeria under the topic "Fibroid and Wellness: Understanding Fibroids, Enhancing Wellness for African Women." The webinar was arranged鈥
Barbara Lewis (Public Health) presented her research virtually at the World Congress on Pediatrics & Neonatology in Barcelona, Spain, on "Pediatric Family Advisory Councils: Focus Groups that are Improving Pediatric Care."
Tim Grigsby (Social and Behavioral Health) co-published an article titled "Racial/Ethnic Differences in Adverse Childhood Experiences and Health-Related Outcomes: A Scoping Review" in the journal Trauma, Violence, & Abuse.
Racial and ethnic differences have been observed across patterns of substance use and exposure to adverse childhood鈥
Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) coauthored an article titled, 鈥淓xploring the barriers and underlying factors of utilizing a motorcycle without a license among adolescent boys: A qualitative study in Iran鈥 in the journal, International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health. The article identified the factors of鈥
Sidath Kapukotuwa, Tim Grigsby (both Social and Behavioral Health), and Jay Shen (Healthcare Administration and Policy) published an article on "Emergency Department Visits Among Adolescents for Intentional Assault, Firearm, Poison, and Self-Harm Injuries Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States" in the journal Cureus.
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