(Find agenda below.) Please plan to join us as we highlight the impressive and impactful work of our trainees in the U.S. and around the globe! Presented by the UNC Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases and the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, this symposium will feature global health research from MD/PhD students, doctoral candidates, postdoctoral fellows and junior faculty. Scholars from global sites around the world will share research and lead discussions. This is a hybrid event that will begin in Bioinformatics Room #1131.

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This event qualifies as a “Campus Life Experience” event. Undergraduate attendees can receive credit. ➡️ Record your attendance here.

11am-12pm EST – Choose 1 of 6 breakouts sessions to attend on the second floor of Bioinformatics.

1. HIV and Sexual Health (2127 Bioinformatics)

➡️ Zoom (password: room2127) for virtual attendance. Irving Hoffman, PA, MPH (moderating)

• Laura Limarzi-Klyn, PhD student in Health Behavior (In-person)
  “Early Lessons Learned from a Systems Navigation Intervention to improve HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis persistence among men seeking sexually transmitted infection services in Lilongwe, Malawi (HPTN 112: Njira)”
• Gomezgani Lukhanda, (Remote)
  “Acceptability and Feasibility of Integrating an Enhanced HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Implementation Strategy into a Sexually Transmitted Infection Clinic in Lilongwe, Malawi – a prospective, observational cohort study”
• Shamen Chauma, PhD student in Control and Prevention of Infectious Diseases (Remote)
  “Qualitative Evaluation of a Differentiated Point-of-care Active Case finding & Management (PAC-Man) Model for the Elimination of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV in Lilongwe and Mangochi, Malawi”
• Clara Lemani, Demography Fellow (Remote)
  “Assessing the Impact of Covid-19 on Access to Family Planning and HIV Services among Women in Lilongwe, Malawi”
• Laika Maganga, PhD student at UNC School of Nursing (Remote)
  “Peer Support Preferences Amongst Adolescents Living with HIV, Caregivers, and Healthcare Providers in Lilongwe, Malawi”
• Lauryn Ursery, PhD student in Epidemiology (In-person)
  “HIV-Associated Viral Acute Respiratory Tract Illness (HAVARTI): The burden and severity of vaccine-preventable respiratory infection in people living with HIV in rural Uganda”

2. Mental Health, Substance Use, and Stigma (2120 Bioinformatics)

➡️ Zoom (password: room2120) for virtual attendance. Lauren Hill, PhD (moderator) 

• Gladwell Masiye, UNC Project Malawi (Remote)
  “Postpartum Depression Among Women Using PrEP During Pregnancy and Postpartum: Preliminary Results from a Cohort Study in Lilongwe, Malawi”
• Mia Buono, PhD student in Epidemiology (In-person)
  “Predictors and outcomes of internalized stigma among people living with psychosis and their caregivers participating in a community-based rehabilitation intervention in Malawi”
• Aydin Bandukwala, UNC Project Malawi (Remote)
  “Attitudes of law enforcement personnel towards the criminalization of suicide attempts in Malawi”
• Thuy Dao, PhD student in Epidemiology (Remote)
  “The longitudinal association between methamphetamine use and depressive symptoms among people in methadone treatment”
• Trang Nguyen (Remote)
  “Mental health needs of women who use methamphetamine in Vietnam: Preliminary findings from a qualitative study”
• Ngan Nguyen, MSc, UNC Project Vietnam (Remote)
  “Perspectives on the role of providers in addressing unhealthy alcohol use among people with HIV in Vietnam: a qualitative study”

3. Stroke and Neurological Care Systems and Outcomes (2106 Bioinformatics)

➡️ Zoom (password: room2106) for virtual attendance. Monica Diaz, MD, MS (moderator) 

• Theresa Shankanga, MBCHB (Remote)
  “Impact of fever on outcomes of stroke patients in Lusaka, Zambia”
• Madalitso Nthere, MBBS, Research Fellow (Remote)
  “Evaluating the Utility of Echocardiogram in the Diagnostic Work Up of Stroke Patients in Resource-Limited Settings”
  “Gaps in Evidence-Based Stroke Care in Zambia: Opportunities For Low-Resource Interventions to Improve Outcomes”
• William Tembo, Research Coordinator (Remote)
  “Door-to-CT Intervals in Acute Stroke Care in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Scoping Review Protocol with Preliminary Findings”
  “An Evidence-Based Approach to Stroke Unit Development in Zambia”
• Diwell Mwansa, BMBS, UNC Project-Zambia Research Coordinator (Remote)
  “Patients’ Perceptions of Their Readiness for Hospital Discharge From Zambia’s First Stroke Unit.”
• Yohanna Gebreyohanns, Medical Student (Remote)
  “Health-Seeking Behaviors and Outcomes Among Hospitalized Adults with Stroke in Lusaka, Zambia”

4. Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health (2150 Bioinformatics)

➡️ Zoom (password: room2150) for virtual attendance. Sylvia Becker-Dreps, MD, MPH (moderator).

• Lester Gutiérrez Pérez, PhD student, NEED D43 Training Program (Remotely)
  “Natural history and impact of Giardia lamblia on child growth attainment and associated pathway-specific biomarkers in a Nicaraguan birth cohort”
• Roberto Herrera, PhD student (Remote)
  “Campylobacteriosis and the impact of human milk oligosaccharides on the most common species of campylobacter in infants from a cohort in Nicaragua”
• Nadia Hussein, MD, MPH, NIH UJMT Fogarty LAUNCH Global Health Scholar (Remote)
  “Standardizing Care, Saving Lives: Reduced Mortality From Gastroschisis in Malawi”
• Katalia Alexander, MSW/MPH student (In-person)
  “Caregiver attitudes towards HIV testing and contraceptive services for adolescents in Tanzania”
• Arantxa Sanchez Boluarte, Fogarty Fellow (Remote)
  “Cognitive Health Social Disparities in Shawi Indigenous Communities of the Peruvian Amazon”
• Christoper A. Alarcon-Ruiz, MD, MSc, (Remote)
  “Clinical and Quality of Life Characteristics of Patients With Inflammatory Myelopathies in a Peruvian Cohort: Preliminary Results”

5. Implementation Science and Health Systems Quality Improvement (1131 Bioinformatics)

➡️ Zoom (password: room1131) for virtual attendance. Michael Herce, MD, MPH, MSCR (moderator) 

• Lan Li, PhD, P UNC Project China Postdoc (Remote)
  “Implementing Pay-It-Forward for STI Testing in Community and Clinical Settings: A Qualitative Analysis of RE-AIM framework”
• Hue Nguyen, PhD, VISA D43 Postdoc(Remote)
  “Translating Contingency Management into Routine Methadone Care: Implementation Lessons from a Resource-Constrained Setting”
  “Applying contingency management to improve treatment engagement in the methadone program in Hanoi and Haiphong, Vietnam”
• Ryan Mack, PhD, Fulbright-Fogarty Fellowship in Public Health (Remote)
  “Vein-to-Vein Tracking of Platelets from Donor to Cancer Patient”
• Melissa Issa-Boube, MD, Fogarty Fellow (Remote)
  “The Utility of a Noninvasive Hemoglobin Monitoring (SpHb) Device in African Surgical Patients”
• Madeleine Squibb, PhD student in Epidemiology, and Emma Aberle-Grasse, MPH candidate in Global Health (In-person)
  “Preliminary Insights into the Impacts of the US Government Stop Work Order on HIV Care in Malawi”

6. Health Equity, Social Determinants, and Aging (2136 Bioinformatics)

➡️ Zoom (password: room2136) for virtual attendance. Vivian Go, PhD (moderator)

• Thi Huong Dang, MD, Visiting Scholar (Remote)
  “How do online platforms facilitate or inhibit chemsex among key populations: A scoping review”
• Malya Sahu, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow (Remote)
  “Narrative Inquiry to Explore Delays to Care-Seeking for Symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis Among Healthy Individuals in Zambia”
• Dhara Buebel, Research Associate, UNC Project Malawi (Remote)
  “The Initiation of a One Stop Gender-Based Violence Center in Lilongwe, Malawi”
• Zack Stern, Fulbright-Fogarty Fellow (Remote)
  “The Prevalence of Multimorbidity and Noncommunicable Diseases among Aging Populations in Southern Africa: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis”