See Link to Story Below – 3rd Annual Global Health Scholars Symposium

WELCOME

Zoom – Welcome and Full Presentations (click link to join) / 9:15-9:25am EST / Bioinformatics 1131 (in person)
Myron S. Cohen, MD, Director, UNC Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases
Nancy Messonnier, MD, Dean and Bryson Distinguished Professor in Public Health, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health

FULL PRESENTATIONS

8-minute presentations and 2-minute Q&A / 9:25-10:35am EST

• Adilene Ramirez, MD (In-person)
  Evaluation and Restructuring of Malnutrition Program in Southeast Guatemala based on novel Weight-for-Age Scheme  
• Linh Dang, MPH UNC Project-Vietnam (Remote)
  Scaling-up Success: Unveiling Key Determinants for Expanding an Evidence-Based Intervention for People Who Inject Drugs in Vietnam Using Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research 
• Dorian Ho, BSPH Candidate (In-person)
  Gift-based interventions in HIV/STI research: A systematic review and qualitative evidence synthesis  
• Vanessa Amabo, MD (Remote)
  Association between maternal HIV infection and Preeclampsia in an intrapartum cohort of a Zambia Women 
• Rachel Sendor, Epidemiology PhD Candidate (In-person)
  Dengue virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo 
• Tapiwa Tembo, PhD Candidate (Remote)
  A digital training package leads to improved clinical outcomes in Malawi’s index case testing program: A cluster randomized controlled trial 
• Arisa Shichijo Kiyomoto, Maternal and Child health PhD Candidate (In-person)
  Mid-Upper Arm Circumference as a screening tool for identifying underweight adolescents nearing puberty: validity and equity implications in primary school settings in Tanzania 

POSTER DISPLAY IN LOBBY

10:35-11am EST

• Luis Zambrana, PhD Epidemiology Candidate
  Impact of Human Milk Oligosaccharides on Child Development  
• Takhona Hlatshwako, Health Policy and Management PhD Candidate and  Santre Delaney Santre, Undergraduate Biology Major Prosocial Interventions for Health: A Scoping Review of Benefits, Risks and Risk Mitigation Strategies 
•  Isabela Gerdes Gyuricza PhD Candidate
  Expansion and population genetics of hrp2-/3- P. falciparum in Peru 
• Katy Waddell, UNC Project-Malawi Research Intern
  Suicide Assessment and Feasible Evidence-Based Treatments for Adolescents Living with HIV in Lilongwe: Protocol for a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial  
• Julia Muller, Applied Epidemiology MPH Candidate
  Natural history of submicroscopic malaria: progression to patent malaria is associated with parasite haplotype turnover 
• Emma Sanders, MPH 
  Studying the malaria transmission reservoir in Bagamoyo, Tanzania: Enhanced gametocytogenesis in schoolchildren and after the rains 
• Farhang Aghakhanian, PhD
  Genomic sequencing of Treponema pallidum strains to improve understanding of syphilis epidemiology in low- and middle-income countries  

LIGHTNING TALKS 

11am-12pm EST – Choose 1 out of 5 breakout rooms to attend:  

1.)  Maternal & Child Health (2127 Bioinformatics) – Sylvia Becker-Dreps, MD, MPH / Zoom – 2127 Bioinformatics (click link to join) 

• Leah Kamulaza PhD, Data Analyst Consultant in Genomics (Remote)
  Application Of Machine Learning Algorithms for Predicting Undernutrition in Children Under the Age Of 5 Using ZDHS Dataset  
• McNeil Ngongondo  Epidemiology PhD Candidate (In-person)
  Growth In HIV-Exposed Uninfected Infants in Malawi and The Impact of Maternal Education 
• Lester Gutierrez, NEED D43 PhD Candidate (Remote)
  Giardia lamblia infections and its impact on children growth in Nicaraguan birth cohort study  
• Rebecca Rubinstein MD, Epidemiology PhD Candidate (In person)
  Human milk oligosaccharides, rotavirus vaccine immunogenicity and rotavirus gastroenteritis risk in a vaccinated Nicaraguan birth cohort  
• Erika Gazzetta, MD, MPH, Global Women’s Health Fellow (Remote)
  Gestational diabetes mellitus incidence by HIV infection and antiretroviral therapy in Zambia  
• Atupele Chisiza, Public Health PhD Candidate (Remote)
  A Cross-sectional study to Determine the Prevalence and Risk Factors of Anaemia in Under-five Children in Zambia 

2.) HIV Prevention (2120 Bioinformatics) – Irving F Hoffman, PA, MPH / Zoom – 2120 Bioinformatics (clink to join) 

• Rehema Simika, Intern MHIRST Program (Remote)
  Evaluating Seroconverters in the Current PrEP Program in Malawi to Determine Risk Factors and Linkage to Care. 
• Charity Nakanga UJMT Launch Fogarty Fellow (Remote)
  Facilitators and barriers to long-acting injectable Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) use among pregnant and breastfeeding women in Lilongwe, Malawi 
• Martin Kayange, MPH Candidate (Remote)
  Barriers and Facilitators to PrEP Uptake and Adherence among Adolescent Girls and Young Kopp Women Attending Family Planning Clinics in Mulanje District, Malawi: A Qualitative Study  
• Nasson Nathan Tembo, Nurse, Biostatistician (Remote)
  Changes in HIV Risk Sexual Practices among Young People with Unhealthy Alcohol Use in Rural and Urban Zambia. Findings from a Nested Analysis of the GROW Hopes for Life Community Randomized Trial. 
• Zhuoheng Yin, UNC Project China (Remote)
  Complementing HIV-Related Services: A Qualitative Study on the Adoption of Generative AI Chatbots for HIV Self-Testing Among Men Who Have Sex with Men in China

3.) HIV/STI Implementation Science (2106 Bioinformatics) – Suzanne Maman, PhD / Zoom – 2106 Bioinformatics (click to join) 

• Chimwemwe Mula, Faculty, MHIRST pilot grant (Remote)
  Assessing The Feasibility and Acceptability of Implementing an Antiretroviral Stewardship Intervention on Male Inpatients at A Referral Hospital in Malawi 
• Nicolas Teodoro, Global Women’s Health Fellow (Remote)
  Acceptability and Feasibility of Combination Treatment for Cervical Precancer in Women Living with HIV in South Africa 
• Ye Liu, MSc, Research Assistant (Remote)
  Innovative Financing to Support STI Testing: A Mixed Methods Analysis of Donations to a Pay-it-Forward Program in China  
• Gifty Marley, PhD, UNC Project-China Postdoctoral Fellow (Remote)
  Pay-it-forward gonorrhea and chlamydia testing: A sequential mixed method RCT among men in China 
• Lan Li, PhD, UNC Project-China Postdoctoral Fellow (Remote)
  The Emotional Context of Gratitude in a Pay-It-Forward STI Testing Program: A Secondary Analysis of Data from an RCT in China.
• Ha Nong Thi Thuy, PhD, UNC Project-Vietnam (Remote)
  Providers experience in implementation of Friendship Bench – A problem-solving therapy-based mental health intervention adapted for people on methadone maintenance treatment who live with HIV in Vietnam 
• Mutale Sampa, PhD Biostatistics, ARCH Research Fellow (Remote)
  Acceptability and determinants of Differentiated Service Delivery Models among clients on Antiretroviral Therapy in Zambia: A mixed method study 
• Ke Zhou, PhD Biostatistics, UNC Project China (Remote)
  Generosity in the STI clinic: A mixed-methods analysis of health professionals in China. 

4.) Non-Communicable Diseases (2150 Bioinformatics) – Michael E. Herce, MD, MPH, MSCR, and Yuri Fedoriw, MD / Zoom – 2150 Bioinformatics 

• Dalton Craven,MD Candidate, UNC-Project Malawi Research Fellowship (In-person)
  Hodgkin lymphoma treatment patterns and outcome disparities in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review 
• Meagan Harrington, UNC Project-Malawi Research Assistant (Remote)
  Travel time from cancer center is associated with disparities in non-Hodgkin lymphoma diagnosis among people living with HIV in Malawi 
• John Chawezi Chapola, Health Policy and Management PhD Candidate (In-person)
  Leveraging Mobile Technology to Enhance the Cervical Cancer Screening Program in Malawi: A Qualitative Study on Barriers, Facilitators, and Stakeholder Perspectives. 
• Melissa Issa-Boube, MSc, MD Candidate, Fogarty Fellow (Remote)
  The Effect of Allogeneic Blood Transfusion on Burn Mortality in a Resource-Limited Setting  
• Selena Kleber, UNC Project Malawi Intern (Remote)
  The Association Between Stigma and Wellbeing among Kaposi sarcoma and lymphoma patients in Malawi  
• Malya Sahu,MD, UJMT LAUNCH Global Health Fellow (Remote)
  Factors Associated with Delay to Diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis in Zambia 

5.) Malaria & General ID (2136 Bioinformatics) – Jonathan Parr, MD, MPH / Zoom – 2136 Bioinformatics 

• Thomas Holowka, MD, PhD, Infectious Diseases Fellow (In-person)
  Pervasive intestinal carriage with multiple strains of multidrug-resistant Enterobacterales in children admitted for severe acute malnutrition at a Tertiary Hospital in Lilongwe, Malawi  
• Kelly Carey-Ewend MD, Epidemiology PhD Candidate (Remote)
  Epidemiology of Plasmodium falciparum and ovale species in Bagamoyo, Tanzania reveals   falciparum-ovale antagonism and excess of mixed curtisi-wallikeri infections  
• Ruthly Francois-Zafka, MD, Epidemiology PhD Candidate (In-person)
  Characterization of the antimalarial drug resistance landscape in a malaria longitudinal study in Kinshasa Province, Democratic Republic of Congo  
• Wenqiao He, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow (In-person) 
  Molecular investigation of recurrent Plasmodium malariae infection in the Democratic Republic of Congo 
• Lindsay Saber, Environmental Sciences and Engineering PhD Candidate (In-person)
  Mapping microbial hazards in hospital environments: La Paz, Bolivia  
• Claudia Gaither, Epidemiology PhD Candidate (In-person)
  Spatiotemporal analysis of mining proximity and malaria prevalence in northwest Tanzania