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Global Health Poster Session


Jonathan Quang & Charles Nessralla (UMass Chan, Class of 2018) "Understanding Healthcare in Nicaragua" at the 2015 UMass Chan Global Health Poster session	Brittany Novak (UMass Chan, Class of 2018) "Implementing a Trauma Registry in Gujarat, India" at the 2015 UMass Chan Global Health Poster session

The Global Health Poster Session is a yearly event where UMass Chan students in the Global Health Pathway (GHP) showcase the learning and service activities that they did during their Global Health Immersion Experience which occurs in the six to eight weeks between their 1^stand 2^nd year of medical school training.

The poster session is typically held at UMass Chan in August of each year. Although the poster session is attended primarily by the new first year medical students so that they can learn about the GHP, medical students of all years, and all members of the UMass Chan community are welcome to attend.

Starting in 2014, the Global Health Poster Session was held in conjunction with the Activities Fair for 1^st year medical students, and was part of the Summer Programs Poster Session which included posters from the following UMass Chan summer programs.

Poster Session Goals

To help GHP students reflect on what they learned and gained from their Global Health Immersion Experience
To educate other UMass Chan students and members of the UMass Chan community about the breadth of global health activities and opportunities that are available
To identify a possible topic and project for the GHP student’s Capstone Scholarship & Discovery Course
To provide students with an opportunity to network with other UMass Chan students and community members with similar interests, and to build communication & presentation skills

Posters from the 2018 Global Health Poster Session

China: Comprehending Eastern and Western Modalities of Care (Alan Xie, Kim Winiker)
India: Understanding perinatal influences on child growth and developmental in rural Western India (Julie Hugunin, Adam Whitely)
India: Evaluating the cost of care for Parkinson's patients in Gujarat, India (Aniket Pandya)
Ecuador: Medical Education and Rural Healthcare in Quito, Ecuador: Building Cultural Humility through Spanish Language Immersion (Divya Bhatia)
United States: Exploring a Potential Medical Spanish Curriculum at the University of Massachusetts (Benjamin Cook)
United States: WorcesterHealthy Baby Collaborative: Baby Box Project (Emily Nuss)
China: Surgical Subspecialties in China (Lucinda Chiu)
Kenya: Anemia management in pediatric Burkitt lymphoma patients at a regional referral center in Western Kenya (Sardis Harward)
Bolivia: Demographic Data and Sexual Risk Behaviors among Users of Elective STI Testing in Cochabamba, Bolivia (Tatiana Petrovick)
Bolivia: Improving Outpatient Care of HIV Patients in Cochabamba, Bolivia (Alyssa Stetson)

Posters from the 2017 Global Health Poster Session

Nicaragua: Healthcare and Medical Education in Nicaragua: Meeting the Needs of a Growing Population (Peter DeCosta, Zoya Volkova)
Bolivia: HIV in Chochabamba, Bolivia: Mortality, Comorbidities & Treatment (Rakhi Desai, Tyler Lueck)
Worcester & Abroad: Global Health is Local Health: Expanding Student Opportunities in Worcester and Abroad (Hannah Duehren)
Kenya: Menstruation and School Attendance in Rural Western Kenya (Avina Joshi, Emma Albert-Stone)
Vietnam: Understand Major Barriers to Health Equity in Vietnam (Hau H. Nguyen)
Kenya: Diagnosis and Treatment of endemic Burkitt Lymphoma in the Pediatric Population in Western Kenya (Jessica Pierre Francois)
China: Understanding Eastern and Western Healthcare in China (Afsheen Sharifzadeh, Charles Yi)
Philippines: Zuboga: Design Thinking in Community Health Fitness for Underserved in Bulcan, Philippines (SeungJu Jackie Oh)
The Global Health Pathway: Issues in Global Health: An Elective Experience for Third Year Medical Students (Sara Beste, Michael Chin)

Posters from the 2016 Global Health Poster Session

Benin: Utilizing Solar Power Improves Life and Health Outcomes in Bessassi, Benin, West Africa (Devon Abt)
Multiple sites: Laboratory Capacity Evaluations in LMICs (Robert “John” Barber)
Nicaragua: From Nicaragua to Worcester: Strengthening Cultural Competency from Abroad (Supreetha Gubbala, Noah Rohrer, & Anthony Tran)
Philippines: Transnational Collaboration for Community Health: U.S.-Philippine Partnership Towards Sustainable Health Impact and Student Innovation (Shivkumar Bhadola)
Kenya: Exploring Schistosomiasis Research in a High Prevalence Setting- Kisumu, Kenya (Rebecca Gwaltney)
Kenya: Patient Perception of Care in the Casualty Ward at JOOTRH: Kisumu, Kenya (Nguendab Gwanyalla)
Kenya: HPV and Cervical Cancer in Kenyan Women with HIV (Maureen Ogamba)
Kenya: Observations and Assessment of Acute and Chronic Conditions in Western Kenya: A Review of Endemic Burkitt's Lymphoma and Severe Malaria (Marian Younge)
USA: Understanding Trauma Symptoms in Culturally Diverse Youth: Focus Group Data from South High Community School (Christina Diep & Supreetha Gubbala)
The Global Health Pathway: An elective four-year program to train and support future leaders and providers in global health (Michael Chin, Colleen Burnham, Carly Eressy, Melissa Fischer)

Posters from the 2015 Global Health Poster Session

Bolivia: Establishing an HIV-AIDS Mortality Study in Cochabamba, Bolivia (Sarah Palmer & Courtney Birchall)
Bolivia: Tracking Outcomes of Pacemaker Placement in Patients With Chronic Chagas Disease in Cochabamba, Bolivia (Nichole Lang)
China: Examining China's Healthcare and Health Disparity (Lucy Xu)
Dominican Republic: Depression and cognition in HIV patients in the Dominican Republic (Laura Santoso & Emily Erkkinen)
Ecuador:Assessing Childhood Malnutrition Interventions in Zumbahua, Ecuador (Christine Martin & Evangelia Murray)
India: mh2: Mobile Health for Mental Health (Raghu Appasani)
India: Implementing a Trauma Registry In Gujarat, India (Brittany Novak)
India: Understanding Predictors of Maternal and Child Health in Rural Western India (Hannah Rosenfield)
India:Using Mobile-Based Technology to Screen for Atrial Fibrillation in Rural India (Allison Earon & Anna Handorf*)
Nicaragua: Understanding Healthcare in Nicaragua (Charles Nessralla & Jonathan Quang)
Philippines:Disaster Prevention and Preparedness in the Philippines (Jerome Rogich)
Philippines:Assessing Maternal and Child Healthcare Needs in Rural Philippines (Rachel Le)
USA:Engaging Men to Reduce Domestic and Sexual Violence in Asian & Asian American Communities (Yevin Roh & David Ke*)

Posters from the 2014 Global Health Poster Session

Brazil: Studying Tropical Diseases in Manaus, Brazil (Cecilia Bahamon & Thanh Thu Ngo)
China: Western and Traditional Medicine in China (Amarilys Rojas)
Dominican Republic: HIV/AIDS Care in the Dominican Republic (Andrew Wilbur)
Guatemala: Awareness and Educational Program for Retinoblastoma Screening and Early Detection at UNOP, Guatemala
India: Understanding Predictors of Maternal and Child Health in Rural Western India (Haley Newman)
Kenya: Summer Global Health Experience at the Pediatric Oncology Ward in Jamogi Oginda Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital. Kisumu, Kenya (Solange Bayard, Hannah Hoerner, Michele Sainvil, & Valerie Valant)
Kenya: Do malaria infections influence long-term survival for Kenyan children diagnosed with Endemic Burkitt lymphoma? (Noreen Chioma Okwara)
Malta:Refugee Centers and Immigration Detention in Malta (Vanessa Rooney)
Peru: Comparative Health and Anatomy Project in the Peruvian Andes (Alyse Wheelock)
Uganda: Clinical research in rural Uganda with the Global Emergency Care Collaborative
United Kingdom: Tackling Visceral Leishmaniasis in East Africa and South Asia
USA: Summer Experience at ACE (African Community Education)
The Global Health Pathway: Year 1 of a program to train future physicians in the principals and practice of global health (Dr. Michael Chin, Program Director)

Posters from 2010 to 2013 Global Health Poster Sessions

Posters from 2010 - 2013 can be found here.

*An asterisk indicates that this co-author is not a Global Health Pathway student.

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