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UM SPH at the 2008 American Public Health Association Annual Meeting

News Flash on Awards

  • Ana Diez Roux, SPH professor of epidemiology, receives the Wade Hampton Frost Award and gives the Frost Lecture on Monday at 2:30 at the Epidemiology Awards section.
  • Dr. Farideh Kioumehr-Dadsetan, M.P.H. '71 and Dr.P.H. '73, will receive the first-ever APHA Sidel-Levy Award for Peace Tuesday, Oct. 28, 7:30 p.m. (reception starts at 6:30) in San Diego Convention Center Room 6C. Kioumehr-Dadsetan is the founder of the Anti-Violence Day Project, an ongoing violence prevention/intervention project of the International Health & Epidemiology Research Center that strives to eliminate mortality and morbidity in children/youth.
  • The winner of the 2008 Drotman Award for young professionals is Tracy Finlayson, a Ph.D. grad of the UM SPH Health Services Organization and Policy program
  • Melvin Shipp, a Dr.P.H. grad, will receive the APHA Executive Director’s Citation. 

Message to Prospective Students

Visit us at APHA - booth #433 while you're at the conference in San Diego !

Presentations

Listed APHA presenters below include faculty, staff, and students of UM SPH. Presentations may include non-UM SPH presenters. Please see materials provided by APHA for full listings. Note to UM SPH presenters: If infomation is missing here, please send corrections to sph.communications@umich.edu

Sunday, October 26
Monday, October 27
Tuesday, October 28
Wednesday, October 29

 

Sunday, October 26
Day/Date Time Name Title of Presentation Section Name Section # Abstract #
Sunday, 10/26/08 8:45 AM JoLynn P. Montgomery, MPH, PhD Measures of disease frequency: Meaning and application LI Course: Making Data, Policy and Politics Work for Public Health 2017.0 182782
Sunday, 10/26/08 9:00 AM Barbara Israel, DrPH Case Study IA: Eastside Village Health Worker Partnership Community-based Participatory Research: Working with Communities to Analyze and Interpret Data and Get to Outcomes 2012.0 169590
Sunday, 10/26/08 9:45 AM JoLynn P. Montgomery, MPH, PhD Measures of association: A perspective LI Course: Making Data, Policy and Politics Work for Public Health 2017.0 182779
Sunday, 10/26/08 11:00 AM JoLynn P. Montgomery, MPH, PhD Study design: Implications for interpreting data LI Course: Making Data, Policy and Politics Work for Public Health 2017.0 181767
Sunday, 10/26/08 2:30 PM Stephen M. Modell MD, MS; Toby Citrin, JD and Shelley C. Stoll, MPH  Transcending borders with an online mentored distance learning course in public health genetics Faith communities exploring answers to critical health topics 4164.0 177304
Sunday, 10/26/08 2:30 PM Joseph R. Holbrook; Eve Mokotoff, MPH; JoLynn P. Montgomery, MPH, PhD Are pregnant women getting vaccinated for influenza? Infectious Disease Epidemiology Poster Session 2029.0 187125
Sunday, 10/26/08 2:30 PM Linnette Rodriguez-Figueroa, PhD; Siobán D. Harlow, PhD; MaryFran R. Sowers, PhD; Kathleen B. Welch, MPH, MS; Brisa N. Sanchez, PhD Individual and family characteristics associated with suicidal behavior among adolescent students in Puerto Rico, academic Years 2002-03 and 2003-04 Poster Session: Physical, environmental and psychosocial factors and their effects on maternal and child health outcomes 2039.0 179673
Sunday, 10/26/08 2:30 PM Alfred Franzblau, MD Employment screening for carpal tunnel syndrome using nerve conduction studies is not supported by current evidence Occupational Health and Safety Posters I 2040.0 175251
Sunday, 10/26/08 4:30 PM Melissa A. Valerio, PhD, MPH; Issues of oral health literacy: Assessing patient understanding of oral health and diabetes Oral Health Poster Session II 2059.2 174232
Monday, October 27
Day/Date Time Name Title of Presentation Section Name Section # Abstract #
Monday, 10/27/08 8:30 AM Donald Vereen, MD, MPH; Angela J. Beck, MPH, CHES; Dana L. Thomas, MPH Community Technology Hubs: Fostering community public health improvement Advances in CBPH: The Application of Innovative Methods, Strategies & Tools 3020.0 180784
Monday, 10/27/08 8:54 AM Daniel J. Kruger, PhD & Toby Jayaratne, PhD Who supports genetic research? Demographic factors associated with beliefs on risks and benefits Education, Environment, and Genes: Genomics in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention 3034.0 172455
Monday, 10/27/08 9:00 AM Sheryl Weir; Deedee D. Varick, MP; Amy J. Schulz, PhD; Barbara Israel, DrPH; Carmen Voilic, BA; Cindy Gamboa If we build it, will they use it? A collaborative approach to promoting greenway use in an urban community to reduce disparities in cardiovascular health Advances in CBPH: The Application of Innovative Methods, Strategies & Tools 3020.0 177634
Monday, 10/27/08 11:18 AM Jodyn E. Platt, MPH Communities of color: Perspectives on race-based medicine Genomics Relevance on Addressing Health Disparities 3123.0 186967
Monday, 10/27/08 11:35 AM Joseph R. Holbrook; JoLynn P. Montgomery, MPH, PhD Preventing vertical transmission: Are pregnant women getting the tests they need? Maternal, Infant, Child and Family Health 3119.0 187148
Monday, 10/27/08 12:35 PM Kiarri N. Kershaw, MPH; Briana Mezuk, PhD; Darrell L. Hudson, MPH;  Socioeconomic position and C-reactive protein: The role of psychosocial and behavioral factors Social Epidemiology I 3211.0 179161
Monday, 10/27/08 1:05 PM Chris M. Coombe, PhD, MPH; Amy J. Schulz, PhD; Barbara A. Israel, DrPH; Sandro Galea, MD,DrPH & Graciela Mentz, PhD Neighborhood socioeconomic structure and major depression in urban environments: The interaction of neighborhood stability and percent middle income Social Epidemiology I 3211.0 183975
Monday, 10/27/08 2:30 PM Alan C. Tsai Waist to hip ratio predicts plasma CRP concentrations in elderly Taiwanese men and women Poster Session: International Populations 3264.0 171447
Monday, 10/27/08 2:30 PM Amid Ismail Detroit Center for Research on Oral Health Disparities Oral Health Disparities Determinants and Solutions: Findings of NIDCR Oral Health Disparities Centers 3348.0 189780
Monday, 10/27/08 2:30 PM Alan C. Tsai Age, gender and lifestyle have less impact on plasma CRP in aboriginal Taiwanese than in Han-Taiwanese Poster Session: International Populations 3264.0 171454
Monday, 10/27/08 2:50 PM Jeanette Kunnath, Med and Dina Kurz, MHSA Using technology to reduce training barriers for public health nurses Innovative technology-based approaches to nursing education and practice 3356.0 180269
Monday, 10/27/08 3:00 PM Erin E. Rothney, MPH; Ryan T. Isakson, BS; JoLynn P. Montgomery, MPH, PhD; Matthew L. Boulton, MD, MPH Measuring the health of a county: An academic-practice partnership for leveraging resources Partnerships to Improve the Public Health Workforce and Infrastructure 3285.0 176379
Monday, 10/27/08 3:15 PM Amy N. Sarigiannis, MPH; Angela J. Beck, MPH, CHES; JoLynn P. Montgomery, MPH, PhD; Matthew L. Boulton, MD, MPH; Integrating public health into incident command training Partnerships to Improve the Public Health Workforce and Infrastructure 3285.0 176791
Monday, 10/27/08 3:15 PM Shawn D. Kimmel, PhD; Ricardo Guzman, MSW, MPH; Barbara A. Israel, DrPH; Richard Lichtenstein, PhD; Robert McGranaghan, MPH; Edith Parker, DrPH; Amy J. Schulz, PhD Building strategic capacity for community-partnered policy change to achieve health equity in Detroit Health Education Policy Initiatives 3353.0 181133
Monday, 10/27/08 4:30 PM Amid Ismail Research on health disparities: Perspectives of the community Community-based Research: Lessons Learned by the NIDCR Oral Health Disparities Research Centers 3426.0 189473
Monday, 10/27/08 4:30 PM Daniel J. Kruger, PhD; et al. Using a community based public health survey to address restaurant tobacco policies Promoting Smoke Free Air from Beginning to End 3369.0 173625
Monday, 10/27/08 4:30 PM Lorena M. Estrada Martinez, MPH; Cleopatra Howard Caldwell, PhD; Amy J. Schulz, PhD Racial/ethnic and gender differences in youth violence: An exploration of Latino youth Poster Session: Latino Immigrant Youth and Their Families: Nutrition, Violence and Mental Health Issues 3381.0 174246
Tuesday, October 28
Day/Date Time Name Title of Presentation Section Name Section # Abstract #
Tuesday, 10/28/08 8:30 AM Marc Zimmerman, PhD Implementing Project Healthy Schools (PHS) in a diverse, underserved student population: Lessons learned Discussion: Novel Approaches to Obesity Prevention 4056.0 171613
Tuesday, 10/28/08 8:30 AM Amy J. Schulz, PhD; Barbara A. Israel, DrPH; Sharon Sand; Sheryl Weir; Deedee D. Varick, MPH; Cindy Gamboa; “Walk Your Heart to Health”: Results from a participatory community assessment, planning and pilot project to address health disparities Addressing Health Disparities in Health Education 4055.0 173269
Tuesday, 10/28/08 9:10 AM Harold W. Neighbors, PhD Mortality patterns among U.S. Pacific Islanders: 1992-2005 Roundtable: Pacific Islanders 4009.0 172604
Tuesday, 10/28/08 9:15 AM Mahasin S. Mujahid, MS, PhD Assessment of county-level factors that contribute to environmental injustice and health disparities Environmental Justice Science: Approaches to Study and Address Environmental Health Disparities 4018.0 189177
Tuesday, 10/28/08 12:30 PM Daniel J. Kruger, PhD & Susan Morrel-Samuels, MA Establishing a county health insurance plan with the aid of a community based health survey Poster Session: Community Health Programs and Assessments 4136.0 172557
Tuesday, 10/28/08 12:50 PM Dina Kurz, MHSA Assuring local public health leadership in Michigan Leadership development models in public health practice settings 4189.0 173690
Tuesday, 10/28/08 12:50 PM Ruth Simmons, PhD; Laura J. Ghiron, MPH Using the ExpandNet framework and tools for scaling up Scaling Up Family Planning Programs 4211.0 173061
Tuesday, 10/28/08 12:50 PM Stephen M. Modell MD, MS; Susan B. King, D Min, MA, and Jodyn E. Platt, MPH Parallel tracks in two faith-based genetic dialogue groups in the State of Michigan: Public health convergences Faith communities exploring answers to critical health topics 4164.0 174404
Tuesday, 10/28/08 2:30 PM Dana L. Thomas, MPH; Sorapat Vijitakula, MPH; Angela J. Beck, MPH, CHES; JoLynn P. Montgomery, MPH, PhD; Matthew L. Boulton, MD, MPH International practice-based field experiences for students: A design for the real world Academic Public Health Caucus Poster Session II 4221.0 176868
Tuesday, 10/28/08 2:30 PM JoLynn P. Montgomery, MPH, PhD Improving the public health pipeline by teaching epidemiology to high school students Academic Public Health Caucus Poster Session II 4221.0 172064
Tuesday, 10/28/08 3:35 PM Edith Kieffer, PhD Outcomes from a Randomized Community Health Worker Intervention for African Americans and Latinos with Diabetes in Detroit Evaluating Community Partnerships 4264.0
173085
Tuesday, 10/28/08 4:30 PM Noreen M. Clark, PhD; Laurie Lachance, PhD; Amy Friedman Milanovich, MPH; Shelley C. Stoll, MPH; Margaret Wilkin, MPH; Daniel F. Awad, MA Methods of evaluation of policy change achieved by community coalitions Evaluating Community Partnerships 4347.0 176075
Tuesday, 10/28/08 4:30 PM Daniel J. Kruger, PhD & Kathryn Youra Using Geographical Information Systems to facilitate an infant mortality reduction initiative Poster Session: MCH Policy and Fiance Poster Session/ SIDS and Infant Mortality 4321.0 174148
Tuesday, 10/28/08 4:30 PM Barbara A. Israel, DrPH; Robert McGranaghan, MPH; Chris M. Coombe, PhD, MPH; Rebecca Cheezum, MPH; Sonya Grant Pierson, MSW; Richard Lichtenstein, PhD; Edith Parker, DrPH; Communities working in partnership: Building capacity for public health advocacy Evaluating Community Partnerships 4347.0 177837
Tuesday, 10/28/08 4:30 PM Denise C. Carty, MA, MS; Daniel J. Kruger, PhD; et al. Impact of an integrated anti-racism, community mobilization, and infant mortality prevention program on community racial attitudes and health status MCH Epidemiology and Data Poster Session 4323.0 179206
Tuesday, 10/28/08 4:30 PM Shawn D. Kimmel, PhD; Barbara A. Israel, DrPH; Ricardo Guzman, MSW, MPH; Richard Lichtenstein, PhD; Robert McGranaghan, MPH & Ebony Sandusky Board evaluation of a community-based participatory research (CBPR) partnership process: The Detroit community-academic Urban Research Center W.K. Kellogg Health Scholars Program (Abstract submissions restricted to scholars) 12:00 AM 12:00 AM
Tuesday, 10/28/08 4:30 PM Heather Lynn Moehle, MPH; Melissa A. Valerio, PhD, MPH Investigation of inter-generational breastfeeding and complementary feeding practices and beliefs in northern, rural Viet Nam IH Poster Session 4: Maternal & Child Health 4319.0 186362
Tuesday, 10/28/08 4:30 PM Abdulrahman M. El-Sayed & Sandro Galea, MD,DrPH Why are Arab-Americans at lower risk for preterm birth than whites? Maternal, Infant, Child and Family Health Poster Session 4313.0 180842
Tuesday, 10/28/08 4:45 PM Angela J. Beck, MPH, CHES; Matthew L. Boulton, MD, MPH & JoLynn P. Montgomery, MPH, PhD Establishing a Practice Curriculum: Guiding students into a Public Health pathway Pathways to Public Health Careers 4334.0 174597
Tuesday, 10/28/08 4:45 PM Alfred Franzblau, MD Physical exam measures have a low yield in employment screening for carpal tunnel syndrome Current Topics in Occupational Epidemiology, Surveillance and Screening 4369.0 175057
Tuesday, 10/28/08 5:00 PM Larkin L. Strong, PhD, MPH ; Edith Parker, DrPH; Barbara A. Israel, DrPH; Toby Lewis, MD et al. Relationship between perceived neighborhood conditions and health among Detroit caregivers of children with asthma Approaches to Environmental Health Education 4376.0 181085
Tuesday, 10/28/08 5:00 PM Derek M. Griffith, PhD Getting the facts: Using a local community health survey for community mobilization around HIV/AIDS W.K. Kellogg Health Scholars Program (Abstract submissions restricted to scholars) 4342.0 176820
Tuesday, 10/28/08 5:30 PM Dana L. Thomas, MPH; Erin E. Rothney, MPH; JoLynn P. Montgomery, MPH, PhD; Matthew L. Boulton, MD, MPH Practice plunge: An immersive learning experience as a pathway to training public health professionals Pathways to Public Health Careers 4334.0 176548
Tuesday, 10/28/08 5:30 PM Larkin L Strong, PhD; Amy J. Schulz, PhD; Barbara A. Israel, DrPH; Sheryl Weir, MPH; Angela Reyes, MPH; Zachary Rowe; Cecil Poe Lessons learned: Conducting a pilot intervention within a CBPR framework W.K. Kellogg Health Scholars Program (Abstract submissions restricted to scholars) 4342.0 180748
Wednesday, October 29
Day/Date Time Name Title of Presentation Section Name Section # Abstract #
Wednesday, 10/29/08 8:30 AM Angela J. Beck, MPH, CHES; Matthew L. Boulton, MD, MPH;
JoLynn P. Montgomery, MPH, PhD;
Derek M. Griffith, PhD;
Elvira Mebane;
Irene Bayer;
Norge Jerome;
Toby Citrin, JD;
Barbara Sabol;
& Renee Bayer		 China Scholar Exchange Program: Advancing International Public Health Practice Training and Research Practice-based Public Health Research 5028.0 174604
Wednesday, 10/29/08 8:30 AM Sarah Kretman, MA; Susan Morrel-Samuels, MA, MPH; Marc Zimmerman, PhD; Everett E. Roberts, MS; Susan Franzen, MA; Thomas Reischl, PhD; Nayyirah Shariff; Lee Bell; Yolanda Tyson Empowering youth to create change: A community-level violence prevention curriculum Violence Prevention 5080.0 179597
Wednesday, 10/29/08 8:30 AM Emily Joy Nicklett, MSW; Sarah A. Burgard, PhD Downward social mobility and major depressive episodes among Latino and Asian American immigrants in the United States Issues in Psychiatric Epidemiology 5069.0 177375
Wednesday, 10/29/08 8:30 AM Daniel J. Kruger, PhD; et al. Health impact of incarceration on friends and family in the community 172494
Wednesday, 10/29/08 8:45 AM Irene Bayer & Toby Citrin, JD Kellogg Community Health Scholars Program: The architecture and impact of faculty training in community-based participatory research Practice-based Public Health Research 5028.0 174697
Wednesday, 10/29/08 9:30 AM Amy N. Sarigiannis, MPH; JoLynn P. Montgomery, MPH, PhD Residual effects of Hurricane Katrina: Access to food, health care and physical activity Practice-based Public Health Research 5028.0 174615
Wednesday, 10/29/08 9:42 AM John Sonnega, PhD & Daniel J. Kruger, PhD Using a community based health survey to describe local rates of depression and anxiety and inform efforts at mental health promotion Issues in Psychiatric Epidemiology 5069.0 183961
Wednesday, 10/29/08 10:45 AM Amy J. Schulz, PhD; Graciela Mentz, PhD; Laurie Lachance, PhD; et al. Food shopping behaviors in a multiethnic urban population: Implications for measurement and obesity prevention Menu Labeling and Other Strategies that Address Overweight Adult Prevention 5106.0 177532
Wednesday, 10/29/08 10:50 AM Patricia Y. Miranda, MPH; Amy J. Schulz, PhD; Graciela Mentz, PhD; Ricardo De Majo; Cindy Gamboa Built environment as predictor of pedestrian activity: Findings from the Lean & Green in Motown Project Obesity and Links to the Built Environment 5099.0 174234
Wednesday, 10/29/08 12:45 PM Daniel J. Kruger, PhD; Denise C. Carty, MA, MS et al. Developing and monitoring system change around social determinants of health: Lessons learned from a successful infant mortality reduction program Community Planning for Positive Outcomes in Maternal and Infant Health 5146.0 179136
Wednesday, 10/29/08 1:00 PM Chris M. Coombe, PhD, MPH; Amy J. Schulz, PhD; Barbara A. Israel, DrPH; Sharon Sand; Sheryl Weir; Deedee D. Varick, MPH; Community Approaches to Cardiovascular Health (CATCH): A participatory model for community assessment and planning to address health disparities Reducing Health Disparities: Preventing and Managing Chronic Disease 5148.0 182315
Wednesday, 10/29/08 1:10 PM Erin E. Rothney, MPH; JoLynn P. Montgomery, MPH, PhD; Angela J. Beck, MPH, CHES; Amy N. Sarigiannis, MPH; Matthew L. Boulton, MD, MPH Who will be left to keep the public healthy? Workforce Development Programs That Increase Institutionlization of Public Health Succession Planning 5164.0 177546
Wednesday, 10/29/08 1:15 PM Terri Ridenour, M.P.H., Melissa A. Valerio, PhD, MPH Shapedown: A multidisciplinary, family-based approach to childhood and adolescent overweight Parental Involvement in Childhood Obesity Prevention 5187.0 174098
Wednesday, 10/29/08 1:45 PM Denise C. Carty, MA, MS; Barbara A. Israel, DrPH; Sharon Sand; Amy J. Schulz, PhD What is meant by “community representation” in CBPR? Lessons from the Healthy Environments Partnership Lessons Learned: Perspectives from Community, Agency, and Academic Partners on Community-Based Public Health Research and Education 5144.0 180461