Award Recipients
Master of Public Health Capstone Award Recipients
Special honors were given to the students listed below for their capstone written projects. These students received an MPH capstone award plaque for outstanding achievement.
Awards by Years
2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016
May 2025
Tiago Araujo
“Dipyrone: Is it Time for the FDA to Reassess the Benefits and Risks of this Popular Non-opioid Analgesic?”
Capstone Adviser: Mariana Socal
Nichole Baker
“Empowering Breast Health: Integrating Animation and Quality Improvement in Rwampara, Uganda”
Capstone Adviser: Qian-Li Xue
Natasha Choudhury
“Mechanisms of Post-Infectious Neurologic Autoimmune Disease: A Literature Review”
Capstone Adviser: Alan L. Scott
Dr. Louis Fink MPH Capstone Award: Recipient of $500 prize
Julianna Deutscher
“Telling the Story: Exploring Experiences of Human Trafficking in the Venezuelan Migration Crisis through Qualitative Research and Global Health Reporting”
Capstone Adviser: Courtland Robinson
Logan Fenhouse
“Evaluation of Public-Private Sector Collaboration During Emergency Response in Maryland:
A Qualitative Analysis”
Capstone Adviser: Tara Kirk Sell
Center for Health Security MPH Capstone Award: Recipient of $150 Prize
Wai Kit Fung
“Analyzing Systemic Barriers in Spatial Health Policy Research through a Methodological Case Study on Lead Exposure and Cognitive Outcomes in the Baltimore Metropolitan Region”
Capstone Adviser: Frank Curriero
MPH Capstone Award of Distinction: Recipient of $500 Prize
Callie Kelly
“Developing a Peer-led Training and Evaluation Strategy for Opioid Overdose Prevention in Higher Education (Elon University)”
Capstone Adviser: Sabriya Linton
Amy Krzyzek
“The Role of K-12 Schools in Decreasing Youth Substance Use and Substance-related Harms: A Program Proposal for Missoula County, Montana”
Capstone Adviser: Beth Marshall
Center for Injury Prevention and Policy MPH Capstone Award: Recipient of $300 Prize
Cordelia Kwon
“Training Journalists on Causal Inference Methods in Public Health”
Capstone Adviser: Elizabeth Stuart
Xiang Bin (Axby) Loh
“Evaluating Wastewater Surveillance as an Early-Warning System for Infectious Disease (Re-) Introductions”
Capstone Adviser: Carlos Castillo-Salgado
Department of Environmental Health and Engineering MPH Capstone Award: Recipient of $300 Prize
Emily Rae Miller
“Reducing STIgma and Barriers: A Mixed Methods Approach to Public Health Interventions to Address Congenital Syphilis in St. Louis, Missouri”
Capstone Adviser: Keshia Pollack Porter
Allegra Molkenthin
“Analyzing the Pandemic and All-Hazards Act within a One Health Framework”
Capstone Adviser: Meghan Davis
Center for Health Security MPH Capstone Award: Recipient of $150 Prize
Elohor Oborevwori
“Evaluating Mass Drug Administration Coverage on Measurement Methods and their Impact on Determining Factors Associated with Treatment Uptake in the Deworm3 Trial”
Capstone Adviser: Judd Walson
Marlon Juliano Romero Aliberti
“Undiagnosed Dementia: A Comparative Study of Socioeconomic, Health, and Clinical Factors in Brazil and the United States”
Capstone Adviser: Alden Gross
Nathan Walborn
“A Comprehensive Literature Review of Microorganisms in the Human Gut Microbiome: Taxonomy, Functions, Health Implications, and Their Effects on the Gut-Brain Axis”
Capstone Adviser: Arturo Casadevall
Dr. Louis Fink MPH Capstone Award: Recipient of $500 prize
Ariana Yett
“Fixing Nitrogen, Fixing Systems: The Role of Legumes in Regenerative Agriculture”
Capstone Advisers: Philip McNab and Becky Ramsing
May 2024
Tess Ayazika
“Applications of CRISPR in the Elimination of Persistent Viruses: Is There Hope for a Cure?”
Capstone Adviser: Gary Ketner
Amanda Brosnan
“Adolescent Sexual Health: Program Evaluation and Quality Improvement in a Health Care System”
Capstone Adviser: Maria Trent
Panqin Cai
“Microbial Biopesticides: A One Health Perspective on Benefits and Risks”
Capstone Adviser: George Dimopoulos
Department of Environmental Health and Engineering MPH Capstone Award: Recipient of $300 prize
Ugochinyere Ejiogu
“A Spatial Analysis of Demographic Disparities in Outpatient Mental Health Service Utilization among Children and Adolescents”
Capstone Adviser: Michael Desjardins
MPH Capstone Award of Distinction: Recipient of $500 prize
Casey Geddes
“Conveying the Impact of Climate Change on Health via Narrative Storytelling”
Capstone Adviser: Lauren Czaplicki
Marissa George
“A Comparative Case Study of Complete Border Closures in New Zealand and the United Kingdom”
Capstone Adviser: Tara Kirk Sell
Center for Health Security MPH Capstone Award: Recipient of $150 Prize
Hannah Goodtree
“An Exploration of the Effectiveness of Quarantine and Isolation as Interventions for Pandemics: A Project Break Glass Case Study of Ebola and COVID-19”
Capstone Adviser: Crystal Watson
Center for Health Security MPH Capstone Award: Recipient of $150 Prize
Tim Groteclaes
“Equity of Maternal and Child Health Services in Afghanistan: A Spatiotemporal Analysis of National Survey Datasets”
Capstone Adviser: Nadia Akseer
Rachel McFadden
“Barriers at the Bedside: Measuring and Reducing Substance Use Disorder Stigma among Hospital-based Nurses”
Capstone Adviser: Alene Kennedy-Hendricks
Victoria Michels
“Neuroplastic Pain: A Communications Strategy Proposal for Chronic Pain Patients”
Capstone Adviser: Rajiv Rimal
Ryan Nicholson
“Association of Cannabis Versus Other Substance Use Disorders with Psychiatric Conditions: A Propensity-Matched Retrospective Cohort Analysis”
Capstone Adviser: Johannes Thrul
Sharmini Rathakrishnan
“Navigating Migrant Worker Road Safety in Singapore Using a Safe System Approach: A Policy Analysis”
Capstone Adviser: Jon Vernick
Center for Injury Prevention and Policy MPH Capstone Award: Recipient of $300 Prize
Aakriti Suresh
“Exploring Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Gun Violence in Baltimore City, Maryland”
Capstone Adviser: Michael Desjardins
Anthony Yi
"Prevalence of Chronic Airflow Obstruction and Population Attributable Fraction from Different Risk Factors in Cartagena, Colombia: a Cross-Sectional Observational Study”
Capstone Adviser: Vanessa Garcia Lar
May 2023
Rachel Bervell
“Investigating the Black Maternal Health Crisis and Proposing Solutions: A Podcast”
Capstone Adviser: Rebecca Fix
Jessica Boklan
“A global landscape and pipeline analysis of childhood cancer medicines to improve access for children in low- and middle-income countries”
Capstone Adviser: Ruth Karron
Joseph Buffaloe
“Care coordination, navigation, and case management to increase hepatitis C treatment among persons who use drugs: rationale, best practices, and implementation considerations for New Mexico, United States”
Capstone Adviser: Karin Tobin
Jessica Crow
“Development and implementation of a health-system policy for evidence-based prevention and management of infiltration and extravasation of irritants and vesicants”
Capstone Adviser: Kenneth Shermock
Courtney de Balmann
“Disrupting infectious disease spread among animals and zoonotic spillover through self-spreading vaccines. Do the potential benefits outweigh the potential risks of misuse and other unintended consequences?”
Capstone Adviser: Douglas Norris
Center for Health Security MPH Capstone Award: Recipient of $300 Prize
Hannah Gray
“Spread The Word: Developing a Sexual Health Peer Education Program within a Faith-Based University”
Capstone Adviser: Maria Trent
Kelly Hubbard
“Coalition-based SMART Advocacy for the Inclusion of Pregnant and Lactating People in Clinical Research”
Capstone Adviser: Beth Fredrick
Alyssa Kretz
“Syphilis Incidence Following an STI Diagnosis Among Cisgender Women in Baltimore, MD, from 2009-2021”
Capstone Advisers: Jacky Jennings and Anna Powell
Premikha M
“Examining the Role of Resilience in Adolescent Suicide: A Gender-Based Perspective in Singapore”
Capstone Adviser: Shoshanna Fine
Joyce Ma
“A Process Evaluation Plan to Assess Implementation of the Los Angeles Universal Basic Mobility Pilot Program’s Electric Mobility Element”
Capstone Adviser: Keshia Pollack Porter
Kristin Pareja
“Organizational Characteristics of Community First! Village, a Permanent Supportive Housing Community in Austin, Texas, and Secondary Data Analysis of Demographic and Social Characteristics of Formerly Chronically Homeless Adults”
Capstone Adviser: Amy Knowlton
Ayu Putri Sarena
“Evaluating the Effect of Medicaid Expansion on Time to First Treatment Disparities in Breast Cancer Patients”
Capstone Advisers: Lisa Jacobs and Olutayo Sogunro
Shalini Singh
"Project Sunset: A Global Tobacco Endgame Assessment”
Capstone Adviser: Joanna Cohen
Caila Wagar
“The Public Health Implications of West Virginia v. EPA”
Capstone Adviser: Paul Locke
Department of Environmental Health and Engineering MPH Capstone Award: Recipient of $300 Prize
Meng-Ju Wu
"Evaluation of dementia care program with focus on community network in Taiwan”
Capstone Adviser: Leiyu Shi
Arisa Yamaguchi
“Listening to children matters: The association between the children’s sense of being heard and the quality of life”
Capstone Advisor: Christina Bethell
MPH Capstone Award of Distinction: Recipient of $500 Prize
May 2022
Anurima Baidya
“Clinical and immunological markers of pulmonary impairment in HIV infected Indian adults”
Capstone Adviser: Amita Gupta
Joel Baumgart
“Environmental risk factors and Parkinson’s disease: etiology and comparative analysis of regulatory frameworks”
Capstone Adviser: Keshia Pollack Porter
Louis B. Fink MPH Capstone Award for Outstanding Achievement
Abigail Carlson
“Ensuring the Supply of Personal Protective Equipment for Healthcare”
Capstone Adviser: Anthony So
MPH Capstone Award of Distinction
Alivia Coleman
“A Health in All Policies (HiAP) Approach to Local Land Use Decision-Making Processes”
Capstone Adviser: Keshia Pollack Porter
Ellie DeGarmo
“How have U.S. states used law during the COVID-19 pandemic with respect to people who are undocumented?”
Capstone Adviser: Lainie Rutkow
MPH COVID-Related Capstone Award of Distinction
Fabricio Garcia
“Impacts of the 2017 National Primary Care Policy in public primary health care in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.”
Capstone Adviser: Mariana Socal
Kescha Kazmi
“Missed Opportunities for Vaccine Equity (MOVE): Increasing childhood vaccination through hospital-based
catch-up vaccinations and community outreach in India: a pre- and post-intervention analysis”
Capstone Adviser: Anita Shet
Rachel Lamparelli
“PBMs and the U.S. Prescription Drug Market: How States are Leading the Charge for Transparency and Regulation”
Capstone Adviser: Mariana Socal
Janice Miller
“The magnitude of undercounting for adults experiencing intimate partner violence and homelessness in Maryland”
Capstone Adviser: Michele Decker
Samantha Mravca
“Scoping Review: Association between Adventure Playgrounds and Injuries in Children”
Capstone Adviser: Andrea Gielen
Maggie Oliver
“Hearing Loss as a Modifier of the Association between Comorbidities and Mortality Over Time”
Capstone Adviser: Jennifer Deal
Jennifer Pauliukonis
"Maryland Extreme Risk Protective Order Policy and Implementation Recommendations”
Capstone Adviser: Shannon Frattaroli
Michelle Robinson
“Drug Affordability: Disrupting the market for combination drugs, analyzing price, quality, and access.”
Capstone Adviser: Gerard Anderson
Rohanit Singh
"Factors Associated with Primary Care Services Among Home Dialysis Patients.”
Capstone Adviser: Bernard Jaar
G. Sean Stapleton
“Contamination of retail meat with multidrug-resistant bacteria differs by for-consumer package label claim
indicating on-farm antibiotic use practices—United States, 2016-2019”
Capstone Adviser: Meghan Davis
Department of Environmental Health and Engineering MPH Capstone Award
Anjiya Sulaiman
“Training allies: An internal medicine residency training program to improve care for gender diverse patients”
Capstone Adviser: Danielle German
May 2021
Saqer Alkharabsheh
“Direct Oral Anticoagulants vs Vitamin K Antagonists in Management of Patients with Left Ventricular Thrombus”
Capstone Adviser: John Muschelli \ Faculty Adviser: John Muschelli
Melanie Bechard
“Poisoning-Related Pediatric Emergency Department Visits During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Baltimore City Area”
Capstone Adviser: Andrea Gielen \ Faculty Adviser: Johnathan Ehsani
MPH Capstone COVID-Related Research Award
Jung Byun
“Race, Copy Number Variation, and Local Hog Concentration in Breast Cancer Mortality”
Capstone Adviser: Paul Strickland \ Faculty Adviser: Christine Ladd-Acosta
Department of Environmental Health and Engineering MPH Capstone Award
Omar Dzaye
“Coronary Artery Calcium is Associated with Increased Risk for Lung and Colorectal Cancer in Men and women: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA)”
Capstone Adviser: Michael Blaha \ Faculty Adviser: Alison Gemmill
Dana Goplerud
“The Association of Low-income Housing and Outdoor Air Pollution”
Capstone Adviser: Craig Pollack \ Faculty Adviser: Mary Catherine Beach
Tomomitsu Ichikawa
“Factors Associated with Home Deaths in Elderly Patients Receiving Home Medical Care in Japan: A Historic Cohort Study”
Capstone Adviser: Qian-Li Xue \ Faculty Adviser: Mark Bittle
Monique Jindahl
“The Impact of Policing on the Health and Well Being of Black Youth”
Capstone Adviser: Maria Trent, Carlos\ Faculty Adviser: Susan Hannam
Chao Long
“Developing a Multimedia Patient-Reported Outcomes Measure for Low Literacy Patients”
Capstone Adviser: Laura Beres \ Faculty Adviser: Albert Wu
MPH Capstone Award of Distinction
Molly Mantus
“Impact of Spatial Variation in Access to Community Health Workers on Malaria Outcomes among Children in a High Transmission Region in Zambia”
Capstone Adviser: Matthew Ippolito \ Faculty Adviser: Saifuddin Ahmed
Dana McLaughlin
“The Inclusion of Undocumented Immigrants in US State COVID-19 Vaccine Plans”
Capstone Adviser: Paul Robinson \ Faculty Adviser: Courtland Robinson
MPH Capstone COVID-Related Research Award
Tria Rooney
“Direct Provision in Ireland”
Capstone Adviser: Courtland Robinson \ Faculty Adviser: Courtland Robinson
Micaela Root
"Philadelphia’s Restitution of Water Service during COVID-19”
Capstone Adviser: Summer Rosenstock \ Faculty Advisor: Wendy Bennett
Department of Environmental Health and Engineering MPH Capstone Award
Natasha Shah
"Strategies for Vaccine Product Innovation: Creating an Enabling Environment for Product Development-to-Uptake in Low- and Middle-Income Countries”
Capstone Adviser: David Sack \ Faculty Adviser: David Sack
Emily Stirzaker
“Who Pays, Who Benefits? An Analysis of Direct Subsidies and Tax Incentives for Private Health Insurance in Australia and the United States”
Capstone Adviser: Gerard Anderson \ Faculty Adviser: Bryan Patenaude
May 2020
Erin Beasley
“Monkey pox Medical Countermeasures in Low-income and High-income Countries”
Capstone Adviser: Noreen Hynes\ Faculty Adviser: Noreen Hynes
Diana Bongiorno
“Emergency Department and Hospital Charges for Pediatric Firearm Injuries in the United States”
Capstone Adviser: Jon Vernick \ Faculty Adviser: Lisa Cooper
Sachalee Campbell
“The Accident and Emergency Department of the Cornwall Regional Hospital’s Training on Health Professionals (Nurses and Doctors) Burnout”
Capstone Adviser: William Brieger \ Faculty Adviser: Renan Castillo
Julia Eckstein
“Polypharmacy, Cognitive Impairment, and Frailty in the Women’s Health and Aging Study II (WHASII)”
Capstone Adviser: Qian Li Xue \ Faculty Adviser: Stephan Ehrhardt
Overall Best MPH Capstone Award: Recipient of $500 Prize
Daniel Ehrenpreis
“Removing the ‘I’ from "Indian": An Implementation Guide to Combat Regionalized Racism and Appropriation”
Capstone Adviser: Melissa Walls \ Faculty Adviser: Sara Johnson
Rebecca Florsheim
“Air Pollution and Health: Novel Insights on Black Carbon Toxicity and Air Pollution in the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic”
Capstone Adviser: Castillo-Salgado, Carlos\ Faculty Adviser: Gilbert Burnham
Department of Environmental Health and Engineering MPH Capstone Award: Recipient of $300 prize
Masahiro Katahira
“Mentoring nurses to improve quality of delivery care at primary health centers: Evidence from Bihar, India”
Capstone Adviser: Krishna Rao \ Faculty Adviser: George Pariyo
Jiahe Liang
“A Qualitative Analysis of Pharmaceutical Manufacturer Funded Patient Access Services for Newly Launched Drugs”
Capstone Adviser: Mariana Socal\ Faculty Adviser: Mary Fox
Donald (Bailey) Miles
“An analysis of a federal sugar-sweetened beverage excise tax”
Capstone Adviser: Jill Marsteller \ Faculty Adviser: Jill Marsteller
Zoe Mowl
“A comparison of total cost estimates between exclusive breastfeeding and use of breast milk substitutes in humanitarian contexts”
Capstone Adviser: Mija Ververs \ Faculty Adviser: Gilbert Burnham
Yuichiro Otsuka
"Trends in sleep problems among Japanese adolescents from 2004 to 2017”
Capstone Adviser: Adam Spira \ Faculty Adviser: Noel Mueller
Elizabeth Ruebush
"Advancing Evidence-Based Public Health: A Scoping Review of Trainings for Public Health Practitioners”
Capstone Adviser: Carlos Castillo-Salgado \ Faculty Adviser: Carlos Castillo-Salgado
Vincent Salvador
“Efficacy and Safety of Empagliflozin on Prevention of Chemotherapy- induced Heart Failure”
Capstone Adviser: Di Zhao \ Faculty Adviser: Di Zhao
May 2019
Olivia Dieni
“Fatal Intimate Partner Violence in the United States: Demographic and Temporal Tends 2003-2016”
Capstone Adviser: Michele Decker\ Faculty Adviser: Shannon Frattaroli
Dennis Emuron
“Lack of an Association between Household Air Pollution Exposure and Previous Pulmonary Tuberculosis”
Capstone Adviser: William Checkley\ Faculty Adviser: Nauder Faraday
Department of Environmental Health and Engineering MPH Capstone Award: Recipient of $300 prize
Sari Frankel
“Correlates of Witnessing a Fatal Overdose in Baltimore, Boston and Providence: A Secondary Data Analysis”
Capstone Adviser: Ju Nyeong Park \ Faculty Adviser: Mary Fox
Overall Best MPH Capstone Award: Recipient of $500 Prize
Carmen Ramos Irizarry
“A Proposal to Improve and Enhance the Coordination and Provision of Pediatric Trauma Services in Collier County”
Capstone Adviser: Abdul Bachani \ Faculty Adviser: Lawrence Wissow
Hannah Louie
“Beyond Nutrition: A Landscape Analysis of Values-Based Procurement Among Food Service Management Companies”
Capstone Adviser: Robert Martin \ Faculty Adviser: Jillian Fry
Nicholas Luciano
“Preparedness and Response for a Nipah Virus Outbreak: Medical Countermeasures and Public Health Interventions”
Capstone Adviser: Lauren Sauer \ Faculty Adviser: Gary Ketner
Louis Fink MPH Capstone Award: Recipient of $500 prize
Funmi Obisesan
“Association between E-Cigarette Use and Depressions- Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (2016-2017)”
Capstone Adviser: Michael Blaha \ Faculty Adviser: Michael Blaha
Neha Reddy
“Trichomonas vaginalis in Adolescent and Young Adult Males in STI-Prevalent Communities: Policy Recommendations to Address Disparities and Promote Public Health Control”
Capstone Adviser: Maria Trent \ Faculty Adviser: Leiyu Shi
Olivia Samson
“Spatial Analysis of Malaria Surveillance Data, Zambia 2014”
Capstone Adviser: Timothy Shields\ Faculty Adviser: Timothy Shields
Aishwarya Shukla
“Hearing Loss, Hearing Aid Use and Depressive Symptoms in Older Adults: Findings from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Neurocognitive Study (ARIC-NCS)”
Capstone Adviser: Adele Goman \ Faculty Adviser: Jennifer Deal
Sarah Vick
"Discontinue Vitamin, Herb, and Supplement Sales on Military Bases”
Capstone Adviser: Mariana Socal \ Faculty Adviser: Daniel Barnett
Megan Wall
"Process Evaluation of Share a Pack”
Capstone Adviser: Joanna Cohen \ Faculty Adviser: Vanya Jones
May 2018
Hana Bao
“Extreme Air Pollution in Ulaanbataar, Mongolia: Review of the Problem and Potential Solutions”
Capstone Adviser: Paul Gaist \ Faculty Adviser: Paul Gaist
Hsing-Yuan Chang
“Maternal Drug Use Before and During Pregnancy and Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) In Boston Birth Cohort”
Capstone Adviser: Xiaobin Wang \ Faculty Adviser: Mary Cwik
William Coe
“Prenatal Near Roadway Air Pollution Exposure and Early Neurodevelopment in Young Mexican-American Children”
Capstone Adviser: Heather Volk \ Faculty Adviser: Mary Catherine Beach
Louis Fink MPH Capstone Award: Recipient of $500 prize
Sumona Datta
“Tuberculosis and Wellbeing: A Quantitative Assessment in Peruvian Shantytowns”
Capstone Adviser: Robert Gilman \ Faculty Adviser: Robert Gilman
Pamela Gutman
“ Smokeless Tobacco Use and Perceived Cancer Risks Among American Indians in the Cherokee Nation”
Capstone Adviser: Joanna Cohen \ Faculty Adviser: Allison Barlow
Lauren Havens
“Proposal to Evaluate the Impact of Boys Run I toowú klatseen”
Capstone Adviser: Anne Riley \ Faculty Adviser: Anne Riley
Albert Liu
“Baseline Frailty Predicts Accelerated Age-related Cognitive Declines Across Domains in Healthy & MCI Older Adults”
Capstone Adviser: Qian-Li Xue \ Faculty Adviser: Qian-Li Xue
Anne McKenna
“Screening for Common Perinatal Mental Disorder in South Africa: Policy Briefing and Advocacy Outcomes”
Capstone Adviser: Judith Bass \ Faculty Adviser: Anbrasi Edward
Overall Best MPH Capstone Award: Recipient of $500 Prize
Yoshihiko Raita
“A Femoral versus Jugular Venous Catheter Placement and Risk of Catheter-related Infection and the Effect
Modification by BMI on the Association between Catheter Site and Infectious Events”
Capstone Adviser: Aaron Milstone \ Faculty Adviser: Aaron Milstone
Joseph Reardon
“Emergency Medicine Physician Residency Modernization: Implementation and Public Health Assessment”
Capstone Adviser: William Brieger \ Faculty Adviser: Robert Black
Lei Wang
“Exercise Interventions on Fatigue for Women with Breast Cancer during Active Treatment: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis”
Capstone Adviser: Roberta Scherer\ Faculty Adviser: Corinne Joshu
Jessica Whitley
“Consideration of Spatial Accessibility and Fast Food/Carry-Out Distribution in Assessing the Neighborhood Food Environment”
Capstone Adviser: Joel Gittelsohn\ Faculty Adviser: Lisa Cooper
Department of Environmental Health and Engineering MPH Capstone Award: Recipient of $300 prize
May 2017
Emily Beaudoin
“Quality of life and depression among high-risk or diabetic American Indian (AI) youth enrolled in the Together on Diabetes Study”
Capstone Adviser: Summer Rosenstock \ Faculty Adviser: Allison Barlow
Aimee Bruederle
“Does Social Support Have an Effect on Adolescent Sexual Risk-taking Behavior?”
Capstone Adviser: Heena Brahmbhatt \ Faculty Adviser: Heena Brahmbhatt
Timothee Fruhauf
"Measuring family planning quality and its link with contraceptive use in Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Uganda"
Capstone Adviser: Amy Tsui \ Faculty Adviser: Amy Tsui
James Heyward
“Institutional factors moderating compliance with clinical trials registration and reporting requirements in the U.S.”
Capstone Adviser: Evan Mayo-Wilson \ Faculty Adviser: Roberta Scherer
Jiun-Ruey Hu
“Associations between the serum metabolome and all-cause mortality in chronic kidney disease”
Capstone Adviser: Josef Coresh & Morgan Grams \ Faculty Adviser: Josef Coresh
Srishti Jayakumar
“Vitamin B12 deficiency in Pregnancy: Implications for Public Health Practice”
Capstone Adviser: David Paige \ Faculty Adviser: David Paige
Louis Fink MPH Capstone Award: Recipient of $500 prize
Angela La Macchia
“Uprising: An Analysis of Jamaica's Disaster Management Policy”
Capstone Adviser: Shannon Doocy \ Faculty Adviser: Ligia Paina
Puja Sangoi
“Analysis of testimony for Philadelphia beverage tax”
Capstone Adviser: Sara Bleich \ Faculty Adviser: Shannon Frattaroli
Overall Best MPH Capstone Award: Recipient of $500 Prize
Angela Schroeder
“Coordination and Collaboration for Healthy Food Systems in Wisconsin: Interviews Among Key Informants”
Capstone Adviser: Anne Palmer \ Faculty Adviser: Anne Palmer
Department of Environmental Health and Engineering MPH Capstone Award: Recipient of $300 prize
Kanal Singh
“Association of history of injection drug use with external-cause related mortality among persons linked to HIV care in an urban clinic, 2001-2015”
Capstone Adviser: Catherine Lesko \ Faculty Adviser: William Moss
Weijia Wang
“Resting Heart Rate and Incident Atrial Fibrillation Over a 20-year Follow-Up in The ARIC Study (Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities)”
Capstone Adviser: Moyses Szklo \ Faculty Adviser: Moyses Szklo
Colby Wilkason
“The Use of Spatial Analysis for Disease Control: A Case Study of Malaria Transmission in Macha, Zambia"
Capstone Adviser: Timothy Shields \ Faculty Adviser: Timothy Shields
May 2016
Kasey Bellegarde
“An Assessment of a Gender-based Violence Screening Program for Refugee Women in Baltimore City”
Capstone Adviser: Michele Decker \ Faculty Adviser: Michele Decker
Kathryn Dalton
“Biosecurity Challenges in the Poultry Industry against Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza”
Capstone Adviser: Ellen Silbergeld \ Faculty Adviser: Meghan Davis
Department of Environmental Health Sciences MPH Capstone Award: Recipient of $300 prize
Teresa DeAtley
“Assessing compliance with Uruguay’s single pack presentation law”
Capstone Adviser: Joanna Cohen \ Faculty Adviser: Ryan Kennedy
Ramzi Dudum
“Dose-Dependent Effects of Lifestyle Interventions on Blood Lipid Levels: Results from the PREMIER Trial”
Capstone Adviser: Lawrence Appel \ Faculty Adviser: Lawrence Appel
Zoya Fansler
“Impacts of hydrocodone combination product rescheduling on opioid and analgesic prescribing in the United States”
Capstone Adviser: G. Caleb Alexander \ Faculty Adviser: Gary Ketner
Zhilei Guo
“Implication of mHealth Development and Application to the China Health Reform”
Capstone Adviser: Alain Labrique \ Faculty Adviser: Douglas Hough
Melinda Krakow
"Who Gets a Provider Recommendation? Reducing Missed Opportunities to Promote the HPV Vaccine to Male and Female Teens in the U.S."
Capstone Adviser: Anne Rositch \ Faculty Adviser: Amber Dsouza
Benjamin Lazarus
“Proton Pump Inhibitor Use and the Risk of Chronic Kidney Disease”
Capstone Advisor: Morgan Grams \ Faculty Advisor: Morgan Grams
Hojoon Lee
“Application of Early Aberration Reporting System (Ears) To Seasonal Influenza Weekly Report in Mexico (2007-2014)”
Capstone Adviser: Carlos Castillo-Salgado \ Faculty Adviser: Kenrad Nelson
Dane Moran
“Impact of Improving Vehicle Design on the Burden of Pedestrian Injuries in Germany, USA, and India”
Capstone Adviser: Kavi Bhalla \ Faculty Adviser: Keshia Pollack
Overall Best MPH Capstone Award: Recipient of $500 Prize
Caroline Picher
“Analysis of Access to Medication Assisted Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder in Populations involved in the Criminal Justice System”
Capstone Adviser: Brendan Saloner \ Faculty Adviser: Dan Salmon
May 2015
Elizabeth Bast
“Analyzing the Health Co-Benefits of High-Penetration Renewable Energy Deployment in the United States”
Capstone Adviser: John Balbus \ Faculty Adviser: Cindy Parker
Department of Environmental Health Sciences MPH Capstone Award: Recipient of $300 prize
Sarah Ceponis
“Inclusionary Advocacy: Changing Policy and Perspectives through Maryland’s Second Chance Act”
Capstone Adviser: Carol Underwood \ Faculty Adviser: Philip Leaf
Jerome Chelliah
“Evaluation of Six Hospital-based Domestic Violence Programs and their Collective Efforts as the Maryland
Health Care Coalition against Domestic Violence”
Capstone Adviser: Andrea Gielen \ Faculty Adviser: Danielle German
Susan Emmett
“Hearing Loss Is Associated With Decreased Nonverbal Intelligence in Rural Nepal”
Capstone Adviser: Keith West \ Faculty Adviser: Alfred Sommer
Jeffrey Hardesty
“Barriers to Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Trial Eligibility”
Capstone Adviser \ Faculty Adviser: Norma Kanarek
Junichi Ishigami
“Chronic Kidney Disease and Risk for Gastrointestinal Bleeding in the Community: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study”
Capstone Adviser \ Faculty Adviser: Kunihiro Matsushita
Hannah Jones
“Learning from the Past: Using Public Health Successes and Failures to Guide Future Policy”
Capstone Adviser: Sara Bleich \ Faculty Adviser: Keshia Pollack
Nicky Mehtani
“Injecting Drug Use Associated with Increasing Relative Rate of AIDS-Associated Mortality Despite Improvements in Antiretroviral Treatment”
Capstone Adviser: Richard Moore \ Faculty Adviser: Elizabeth Selvin
Nirmal Nair
“Early Detection of Communicable Diseases through Integration of Web Query and Social Media Data with Traditional Surveillance Tools - A Literature Review”
Capstone Adviser: Carlos Castillo-Salgado \ Faculty Adviser: Dagna Constenla
Molly Sauer
“Assessing the impacts of climate change on dengue fever: a systematic review”
Capstone Adviser: Meghan Davis \ Faculty Adviser: Clive Shiff
Jeremy Tanner
“Longitudinal Study of Entorhinal Cortex Thickness as a Biomarker of Preclinical Alzheimer's Disease”
Capstone Advisor: Marilyn Albert \ Faculty Advisor: George Rebok
Louis Fink MPH Capstone Award: Recipient of $500 prize
Hoa (Holly) Vo
“Perinatal Behaviors of Women Using Fertility Treatments”
Capstone Advisers: Tina Cheng, Kamila Mistry \ Faculty Adviser: William Moss