Location: 2525 West End Avenue, 10th Floor MPH Classroom and by Zoom

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8:00 – 8:25 a.m.

• Presenter: Ferd Cacho, M.D. 
• Thesis Topic: Risk factors for allergic and non-allergic asthma in early childhood: A study of 10 birth cohorts in the US across four decades
• Thesis Mentor: Tina Hartert, M.D., M.P.H.

9:00 – 9:25 a.m.

• Presenter: Sharla Rahman
• Thesis Topic: Clinical and Lifestyle Factors Associated with Lymphedema among Vietnamese Breast Cancer Patients Following Breast Cancer Surgery
• Thesis Mentor: Xiao-Ou Shu, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H.

9:30 – 9:55 a.m.

• Presenter: Hannah Schluter
• Thesis Topic: Exploring Clinical Associations of Perinatal Depression: A Phenome-Wide Approach to Maternal Health Outcomes
• Thesis Mentors: Digna Velez Edwards, Ph.D., and Elizabeth Jasper, Ph.D.

10:00 – 10:25 a.m.

• Presenter: Kaylee Ebner
• Thesis Topic: Relational Analysis of Enhanced Laboratory Reporting, Outpatient Influenza-Like-Illness, and Tennessee Influenza Surveillance of 2019-2024 Flu Seasons
• Thesis Mentors: Mary-Margaret Fill, M.D., M.P.H.

10:30 – 10:55 a.m.

• Presenter: Jade Bowers
• Thesis Topic: The Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet score and its association with the Risk of Kidney Disease Progression or Death among Veterans in the Million Veteran Program
• Thesis Mentor: Adriana Hung, M.D., M.P.H.

11:00 – 11:25 a.m.

• Presenter: Lauren Johansen
• Thesis Topic: Implementation of Urinalysis with Reflex Culture Order Sets Associated with Fewer Outpatient Antibiotics for Urinary Tract Infections
• Thesis Mentor: Milner Staub, M.D., M.P.H.

11:30 – 11:55 a.m.

• Presenter: Emma Bradley, M.D.
• Thesis Topic: Association of Patient Health Literacy with National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN)-Concordant Colorectal Cancer Treatment and Survival
• Thesis Mentor: Kamran Idrees, M.D., M.S.C.I., M.M.H.C.

Location: 2525 West End Avenue, 10th Floor MPH Classroom and by Zoom

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8:00 – 8:25 a.m.

• Presenter: Tim Hahn
• Capstone Topic: Strategic Analysis of a Value-Based Care Alternative Payment Model for Hospital Implementation
• Capstone Mentor: Ruchika Talwar, M.D.

8:30 – 8:55 a.m.

• Presenter: Gwendolyn Wilks
• Capstone Topic: Empowering Public Health: Website and Social Media Outreach for the Tennessee Sickle Cell Data Collection Program
• Capstone Mentor:

9:00 – 9:25 a.m.

• Presenter: Haniya Shariff
• Capstone Topic: Drawing the Connections Between the Arts and Health: A Creative Strategy for Tennessee Wellbeing
• Capstone Mentor: Hannah Duiven, M.Ed.

9:30 – 9:55 a.m.

• Presenter: Eli Mihan
• Thesis Topic: Traumatic Brain Injury’s Effect on Post-Hospitalization Opioid Use in Current Opioid Users
• Thesis Mentor: Andrew Wiese, Ph.D., M.P.H.

10:00 – 10:25 a.m.

• Presenter: Markus Minanov
• Thesis Topic: Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: All-Cause 30-Day Readmission Rates in a Commercially Insured Cohort
• Thesis Mentor: Ashley Leech, Ph.D.

11:00 – 11:25 a.m.

• Presenter: Ishan Basu Ray
• Capstone Topic: Assessing AI Risk in Healthcare and Exploring Use Cases
• Capstone Mentor: Brett Meeks, J.D., M.A.

11:30 – 11:55 a.m.

• Presenter: Nadia Syed, D.O.
• Thesis Topic: Impact of Financial Toxicity in Pediatric Patients with Hematologic Malignancies on Quality of Life and Clinical Outcomes
• Thesis Mentor: Debra L. Friedman, M.D., M.S.

Location: 2525 West End Avenue, 10th Floor MPH Classroom and by Zoom

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8:00 – 8:25 a.m.

• Presenter: Patrick Meyers, M.D.
• Thesis Topic: The MISSION Act and Lung Resection Outcomes: Impact of Community Care Expansion on Veteran Mortality
• Thesis Mentor: Stephen Deppen, Ph.D.

8:30 – 8:55 a.m.

• Presenter: Palina Woodhouse, M.D.
• Thesis Topic: Use of the TREAT 2.0 Model to Create a Web-Based Lung Nodule Calculator for High-Risk Patients
• Thesis Mentor: Eric Grogan, M.D., M.P.H.

9:00 – 9:25 a.m.

• Presenter: Jordan Malone Cammon
• Thesis Topic: Predictors of COVID and Flu Vaccination Uptake among Adolescents in Tennessee: A Cross-Sectional Study among Parents in Tennessee
• Thesis Mentor: Jennifer Erves, Ph.D., M.P.H., M.Ed.

9:30 – 9:55 a.m.

• Presenter: Kaille Meguiar, D.O.
• Thesis Topic: Evaluating Psychological Distress Amongst Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Survivors and their Caregivers
• Thesis Mentor: Debra L. Friedman, M.D., M.S.

10:00 – 10:25 a.m.

• Presenter: Konor von Kraut
• Thesis Topic:
• Gaps in Opt-Out HIV Testing and Linkage to Care for Vulnerable Populations: A Cross-Sectional Study in a Metropolitan Miami Emergency Department
• Thesis Mentor: Daniel Escudero, Ph.D., M.P.H.

10:30 – 10:55 a.m.

• Presenter: Ariana Matos
• Capstone Topic: Strategizing a Latina Doula Workforce
• Capstone Mentors: Kristin Mejia and Taneisha Gillyard-Cheairs, Ph.D.

11:00 – 11:25 a.m.

• Presenter: Sherissa Mohammed-Ali
• Thesis Topic: The Association Between Alcohol Consumption and Anal Human Papillomavirus in the HPV Infection in Men Study
• Thesis Mentor: Staci L. Sudenga, Ph.D.

11:30 – 11:55 a.m.

• Presenter: Mimi Coffey
• Thesis Topic: Federal Assistance and General Medicaid Contributions Under FFCRA
• Thesis Mentor: Carrie Fry, Ph.D.

12:00 – 12:25 p.m.

• Presenter: Caitlin Bieniek
• Capstone Topic: Analyzing Siloam Health’s Community Health Worker Goal Setting Program
• Capstone Mentor: Caitlin Washburn, M.P.H.

12:30 – 12:55 p.m.

• Presenter: Tahseen Hussain
• Thesis Topic: Describing trauma related to the partition of India from a public health perspective: A qualitative analysis of oral history summaries
• Thesis Mentors: Farah Qureshi, Sc.D., and Supriya Misra, Sc.D.

1:00 – 1:25 p.m.

• Presenter: Julia Landivar Donato
• Thesis Topic: Associations Between Household Food Insecurity, Interpersonal Violence, and Child Mortality in Rural Kenya: Evidence from the 2024 Lwala Household Surveys
• Thesis Mentor: Joey Starnes, M.D., M.P.H.

1:30 – 1:55 p.m.

• Presenter: Sarah Monesmith
• Thesis Topic: Reducing needle-based procedural pain globally: Implementing the Global Comfort Promise to Improve the Experience of Children with Cancer in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
• Thesis Mentor: Michael McNeil, M.D., M.P.H.

2:00 – 2:25 p.m.

• Presenter: Benmun Damul
• Thesis Topic: Differences in Self-Reported Mental Health Challenges
• Thesis Mentor: Tara McKay, Ph.D.

2:30 – 2:55 p.m.

• Presenter: Joshua Atura, M.S.
• Thesis Topic: Effect of Couple-based Counseling on Female Partner Adherence to Postpartum HIV Care in Zambézia Province, Mozambique: A Dose-Response Analysis
• Thesis Mentor: Carolyn Audet, Ph.D., M.Sc.

3:00 – 3:25 p.m.

• Presenter: Natalie Hasbrooke
• Thesis Topic: Patients’ Perceived Stigma and Providers’ Reported Stigma Toward People Living With HIV (PLWH) in Zambézia Province, Mozambique
• Thesis Mentor: Carolyn Audet, Ph.D., M.Sc.

3:30 – 3:55 p.m.

• Presenter: Apeksha Phulgirkar, B.D.S.
• Thesis Topic: The Impact of Rurality, Socioeconomic Status, and Health Literacy on Lung Cancer Screening Uptake: a systematic review protocol
• Thesis Mentors: Lucy Spalluto, M.D., M.P.H., Jennifer Lewis, M.D., M.P.H., Rebecca Jerome, M.L.I.S., M.P.H.

4:00 – 4:25 p.m.

• Presenter: Salem Negasi
• Capstone Topic: Finding evidence-based solutions to address neighborhood physical disorder in Nashville
• Capstone Mentor: Carol Ziegler, D.N.P.