The Department of Family Medicine and Public Health Sciences proudly presents our 7th Annual Research Day, which was held on: 

Thursday, April 20, 2023 from 8:30 Am - 11:30 Am Eastern Standard Time (EST) 

Please click here to browse our Research Day 2023 Program. 

Keynote Talk 

Hayley S. Thompson, PhD

"Finding Your Voice in Research: Application of Public Health Critical Race Praxis"

Hayley S. Thompson, Ph.D., is a professor in the Department of Oncology at Wayne State University and the inaugural Associate Center Director for Community Outreach and Engagement at Karmanos Cancer Institute (KCI), an NCI-designated comprehensive cancer center. In this role, she established KCI's Office of Cancer Health Equity and Community Engagement (OCHECE) and serves as its founding faculty supervisor. She is also founding director of the emerging Wayne State University Center for Health Equity and Community Knowledge (CHECK-UP). She is a clinical psychologist whose research addresses racial and ethnic disparities in cancer care and outcomes. Her primary focus is community-based research, including investigations of cancer survivorship. She has received funding from the National Cancer Institute, the American Cancer Society, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the Patient-Centered Outcomes and Research Institute, and other agencies and foundations. She is currently a co-principal investigator on the NCI-funded African American Resilience in Surviving Cancer (ARISE) Study. Her research also addresses sociocultural assessment in diverse populations. She led the development of the Group-Based Medical Mistrust Scale (GBMMS), widely used in health disparities research, administered in over 100 published, peer-reviewed studies. She currently directs Michigan Cancer HealthLink, a community-academic partnership to build research capacity in diverse communities within Karmanos Cancer Institute's 46-county catchment area with 90+ community members involved in contributing to Karmanos' research agenda statewide.  Within CHECK-UP, she oversees the Community Health Scholars Program, designed to support metro Detroit residents in building and applying research skills, and co-directs the Faith Community Research Network, a local collaborative of African American faith-based organizations.

Schedule at a Glance

• 8:30 AM - 8:45 AM - Welcome 
• 8:45 AM - 9:45 AM - Keynote Speaker 
• 9:50 AM - 10:30 AM - Student Award Talks 
• 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM - Poster Session and Closing 

Student Award Talks

Medical Resident Excellent Abstract Awardee 

•  Mariam Japaridze, MD - "Empowering Medical Assistants to Identify and Respond to Abnormal Vital Signs: An Educational Intervention"

Master of Public Health Student Excellent Abstract Awardee 

• Zahra Dawson - "Supporting Patient-Provider Collaboration on Long-COVID through Adaptation of Healthlink Model for Building Capacity in Patient Centered Outcomes Research"

Medical Student Excellent Abstract Awardee 

• Emma Streveler - "Longitudinal Quality of Life of Men with Low-risk Prostate Cancer in the Population-based Treatment Options for Prostate Cancer Study (TOPCS)"

Poster Sessions

Health of Patients and Healthcare Workers 

• Preti Chowdhury - "Routine Elastomeric Use and Evaluations in Healthcare (REUSE): use barriers in a three-month follow-up study at Sinai-Grace Hospital, Detroit Medical Center"
• Beza Sahlie, MD - "Routine Elastomeric Use and Evaluations in Healthcare (REUSE): Perspectives of Focus Group Members on Implementing a Reusable Respirator"
• Maria Tjilos, MPH - "The association of length of stay in the emergency department (ED) with the incidence of adverse events in African American patients transitioning from the ED to the inpatient setting"
• Sahar Elmenini - "The Relationship Among Depression, Motivational Factors, and Diabetes Management in Emerging Adults with Type 1 Diabetes"
• Jessica Zhao - "The Prevalence and Utility of MRI in Active Surveillance of Low-Risk Prostate Cancer" 
• Margo Mekjian - "Pilot testing an asynchronous online harm reduction and pharmacotheraphy stigma reduction training for substance use professionals"

Community Public Health

• Abigale Vaquera, MPH - "Building Community Capacity for Research for Cardiometabolic Health in Detroit"
• Haria Henry, MD - "Implementing new services at WSU Mobile health unit using a community health asset survey"
• Madeleine Reardon - "Implementing the Reach for Control Intervention for Youth with Asthma: Exploring Caregivers' Impressons"
• Felicia Frabis, MPH - "Planning a Multi-Level Intervention to Reduce Substance Use Stigma in HIV Prevention and Care"
• Zechariah Jean - "Residential Racial Segregation and Neighborhood Adversity: Associations with Hemoglobin A1c in Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes"
• Catherine Maples - "Increasing Public Vaccine Uptake through Peer-to-Peer Education with High School Vaccine Ambassadors"

Healthcare Management 

• Deepika Baskar - "Evaluating The Impact of Patient-Provider Relationships on Adherence to Type 1 Diabetes Management Tasks and Glycemic Control in Emerging Adults"
• Amaan Dawood, MD - "A Point of Care Educational Intervention to Improve Hand-Hygiene Compliance in Enhanced-Contact Precautions"
• Abdullah Hafid, MD - "A Sequential Exploratory Mixed Methods Research Approach to Lifestyle Habits of Detroit Residents During the Covid-19 Pandemic"
• Leo Brayman, MD - "HOCUS POCUS: Introducing The Magic of Ultrasound To Family Medicine Residents"
• Jose Almonte, MD - "Improving Advanced Care Planning in an Outpatient Academic Family Practice Residency Program"