Brown Scholars Research Projects
"The program provided exposure to different physicians and different aspects of primary care. This allowed me to get a better sense of the kind of primary care career I could see for myself."
Research Projects
Class of 2024
- Jasmine Chaparro
Project: Barriers to Appropriate Language Services for Spanish-Speaking Patients with a Non-English Language Preference (NELP) in the Clinical Setting - Nathalia Forbath
Project: Potential Benefits of Combined Newborn and Postpartum Visits: A Qualitative Study - Amir Hassan
Project: Qualitative approach to exploring pathways to care for young persons with psychosis symptoms in rural Mozambique - Jackson Roberts
Project: Social and Environmental Determinants of Cognitive Impairment and Dementia in Community-Dwelling Older Adults - Peter Suwondo
Project: Exploring the impact of longitudinal medical school tracks at Columbia P&S on primary care career outcomes among graduates - Gillian Wright
Project: Trends in Placental Abruption 2000-2020
Class of 2023
- Xander Harris
Project: Instituting an Abortion and Options Counseling Workshop for Medical Students - Claudia Ortuno Garcia
- Project: System fixes Data presentation
- Emma Healy
- Project: Project Title: Improving the Transition from Pediatric to Adult Primary Care through Resident Education
- Gregory Karelas
Project: Healthcare Access and Anti-Haitianismo: Healthcare for Haitians living in the Dominican Republic - John Buyske
Project: It wouldn't be a dealbreaker": Provider attitudes towards HCV treatment in people living with HIV and currently using drugs - Rory Brown
Project: Longitudinal engagement with addiction treatment after ED-initiation of buprenorphine in an Indian Health Service ED - Sanna Alas
Project: The Chef Will See You Now: Patient-Centered Approaches to Nutrition" - in collaboration with Brown Scholar Yasmin Issari - Spencer Dunleavy
Project: Assessing the effect of student-run clinics on matching into primary care specialties: an interrupted time series approach - Yasmin Issari
Project: The Chef Will See You Now: Patient-Centered Approaches to Nutrition" - in collaboration with Brown Scholar Sanna Alas
Class of 2022
- Cibel Quinteros Baumgar
Project: Associations between contraceptive availability and rate of subsequent legal abortions in Colombia: A historical cohort analysis - Francisca Chou
Project: Disparities in resource utilization by families of children with complex cardiac conditions - Daniel Letchford
Project: Medication sales and chronic disease management in private facilities in low-income communities in Kenya - Katherine Yoh
Project: Mixed methods - Fibroids and their surgical management - Lucy Colville
Project: Nature as Nurture - Case study of Nature Walk for Medical Students - Andrew Irwin
Project: Assessment of Best Practices and Common Workplace Injuries for Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy - Nicolas Herzik
Project: Can Nonexperts Use Portable Ultrasound to Acquire Adequate Focused Cardiac Ultrasound Videos in Nonclinical Settings?
Class of 2021
- Taiwo P. Alonge
Project: Medicine, Public Health, Community Health, and Social Justice Curriculum for NYC BIPOC High Schoolers - Marco Grossi Barber
Project: COVID-19 Patient Needs after Discharge Home: A Content Analysis of Medical Records from a Remote Care Program - Fikayo Falodun
Project: Effect of COVID-19 Pandemic and Lockdown on Social Connectedness and Mental Health among Adolescents in New York City. - Kathleen Goodwin
Project: Dissemination and Implementation of Opioid Education and Naloxone Training at Columbia University. - Stephanie Granada
Project: Birthing Experiences of Spanish Speakers During the COVID-19 Pandemic in NYC - Teresitta Velez
Project: Experience of Families with Limited English Proficiency on Family-Centered Rounds - Kristen Ward
Project: Mental Health Monologues
Class of 2020
- Amy Ellingson
Project: Improving the rate of HPV vaccination among 11-17-year-olds at the Farrell Community Health Center: A Quality Improvement Project - Aury Garcia
Project: Maternal Acculturation and Childhood Obesity Risk Factors During the First 1000 Days of Life - Lilian McKinley
Project: Hospital Safety-Net Burden and Risk for Readmissions and Severe Maternal Morbidity. - Gabriela Puente
Project: Interactions with Law Enforcement and Associations with General Anxiety Amongst Young Men in Northern Manhattan - Cristian Taborda
Project: The role of telephone vs video interpretation on patient satisfaction and comprehension in an adult ambulatory care clinic. - Barbara Trejo
Project: Integrating Primary Care Into Community Mental Health Settings - Sarah Williams
Project: Podcasts about Pediatrics and Advocacy
Class of 2019
- Melissa C. Chiang
Project: Interprofessional Education at CHHMP: Improving Interdisciplinary Communication at a Student-Run Free Clinic - Natalie A. Diacovo
Project: The Waiting Room as a Space for Self-Expression in the Pediatric Primary Care Setting - Anoushka A. Sinha
Project: The Waiting Room as a Space for Self-Expression in the Pediatric Primary Care Setting - Lauren K. Harris
Project: Auriculotherapy as Adjunct for Pain Management During First Trimester Aspiration Abortion: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, three-arm trial - Kimberly B. Laughman
Project: Pediatrics Clerkship Adolescent Health Curriculum Research - Rebecca D. Lichtin
Project: Piloting an Inter-Professional Education Program for Health Graduate Students - Koryalys Edwards
Project: Describing Baseline Characteristics of Adolescent vs Young Adult OnTrackNY Participants
Class of 2018
- Erin E. Elbel
Project: Providing Well Child-Care Through Group Visits: A Multi-Site Effort - Martha A Muña
Project: Providing Well Child-Care Through Group Visits: A Multi-Site Effort - Amit Suneja
Project: Chronic disease management after natural disaster: public policy, public health, and provider perspectives - Zoe L. Becker
Project: Women’s Health at Columbia-Harlem Homeless Medical Partnership (CHHMP) - Mytra Haerizadeh
Project: Interventions for posttraumatic stress disorder induced by medical events: a systematic review and meta-analysis - Jacob S. Hartman
Project: Long-form journalism on the inter-professional and collaborative response of healthcare professionals and child safety workers in northern Vermont to the opioid epidemic’s impact on the parent-child relationship - Logan C. Mauney
Project: Creating the Brown Scholars Longitudinal Care Experience - Vanessa L. Nieto
Project: Activity (and Discrimination) in Pregnancy - Rebecca K. Tsevat
Project: Adolescents’ and Parents’ Attitudes Toward Adolescent Clinical Trial Participation: Changes Over One Year - Athena L. Huang
Project: Incidence and Screening Recommendations for Diabetic Retinopathy in Type 2 Diabetes Patients
Class of 2017
- Lauren C. Bell
Research Project: Red Reflex Screening in Cambodia: Exploring the effects of a brief training - Giselle Jaconia
Research Project: Managing Multiple Medications: A Qualitative Evaluation of Facilitators and Barriers to Medication Adherence Among Seniors - Nicholas A. Rozon
Research Project: Young Men, Police Interactions, and Associations with Anxiety: A Cross-Sectional Study
Class of 2016
- Lois Bangiolo
Research Project: The Silent STI: Chlamydia in Upstate NY School-Based Health Clinics - Ariel Franks
Research Project: HVTN 505 PrEP Interview Project - David Hankins
Research Project: Sexual History-Taking by Medical Students during the Clinical Year
Class of 2015
- Benjamin D. Gallagher
Research Project: Design and Methods of the Telemonitoring Adherence to Medication in Heart Failure Patients (TEAM-HF) Trial - Sarah A. Johnson
Research Project: An Education Module to Increase Pediatric Resident Knowledge of and Screening for Cyber-bullying and Online Harassment - Katherine Nash
Research Project: “Digame” (formerly known as “WHIP”): Assessing the need for and implementation of an intensive summer Spanish language and cultural immersion program - Matt Wingo
Research Project: Improving Access to the Columbia-Harlem Homeless Medical Partnership for Differently-abled Homeless and Uninsured Patients: A QI Project Coordinating outreach and infrastructure
Class of 2014
- Zeena Audi
Research Project: Lang Scholar Community Ambassador Internship: The Impact of a Patient-as-Teacher Module Created by Adolescents in Washington Heights - Katherine Brown
Research Project: APOYO: The Adolescent Pregnancy Project of Washington Heights - Cecilia Fix
Research Project: The Implementation of the YMCA Diabetes Prevention Program
Projects Prior to 2014
- Rebecca Eskin
Project: Status of Advance Care Planning and Impact of a Physician Education Intervention for Elderly Patients at a University-Owned Community Hospital - Hilary Grubb
Research Project: Cultural Humility with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Populations: A Novel Curriculum in LGBT Health for Family Medicine Residents - Colleen Kays
Project: Apoyo: Educating Medical Students and Pregnant Adolescents in Washington Heights - Ruth Stefanos
Project: Motivations for and Outcomes of Participation in the International and Immigrant Family Health & AIDS Program (IFHAP) in the Dominican Republic among Columbia Medical Students - Nicole Weitz
Project: Management of Atopic Dermatitis by Primary Care Providers in Training - Elizabeth Blair
Project: Perceptions of medical care and patterns of healthcare utilization of homeless individuals at a student-run community-based clinic - Cornelia Griggs
Project: Assessment of Perceptions of Domestic Violence: Post-Disclosure Care and Resources in the Urban Immigrant Community of Washington Heights - Jennifer Hallock
Project: Planning, Decisions, and Ambivalence: Pregnancy in a Family Medicine Practice - Chris Hahn
Project: Drug abuser perceptions of barriers to accessing health care services
Summer Research Projects
2023
- Kensington Cochran
Project: Impact of Telehealth on Primary Care
2022
- Joshua Dawson
Project: Pick-Up Sports & Health (PUSH) to MD; Michelle Battle - Reducing Hypertension Events Post-Partum for High-Risk Patients
2021
- Jasmine Chaparro
Project: Social Determinants of Health in Pediatrics
2020
- Sanna Alas and Yasmin Issari
Project: The Chef Will See You Now (Community-Based Nutrition)