Research Projects, Class of 2023 and Prior

Cibel Quinteros Baumgart, 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Rebecca Eskin, Research 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, Research Project: Apoyo: Educating Medical Students and Pregnant Adolescents in Washington Heights
Ruth Stefanos, Research 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, Research Project: Management of Atopic Dermatitis by Primary Care Providers in Training
Elizabeth Blair, Research Project: Perceptions of medical care and patterns of healthcare utilization of homeless individuals at a student-run community-based clinic
Cornelia Griggs, Research Project: Assessment of Perceptions of Domestic Violence: Post-Disclosure Care and Resources in the Urban Immigrant Community of Washington Heights
Jennifer Hallock, Research Project: Planning, Decisions, and Ambivalence: Pregnancy in a Family Medicine Practice
Chris Hahn, Research Project: Drug abuser perceptions of barriers to accessing health care services