2024 CGHE Research Poster Session

The 2024 Center for Global Health Equity University Scholars engaged in immersive research experiences at global sites including South Africa, Nepal, Morocco, Uganda, India, Bangladesh, Nicaragua, and Ghana. They additionally collaborated with local partners in underserved communities in the United States. We are delighted to present the work of the 2024 Center for Global Health Equity University Scholars in person on UVA Grounds. Their initiative, coupled with their faculty and global community partner mentorship, builds the next generation of global leaders. 

Please join us in recognizing their collective efforts and in thanking the generous donors who make this work possible.

Posters include the following projects: 

1. Improving Community Health Outcomes Through Dakota Land Recovery (USA)
2. Reducing the impact of air pollution on population health related quality of life in Kathmandu, Nepal
3. Estimating Serum Concentration of Rifampin via Urinalysis to Ensure Proper Dosing (Tanzania)
4. Leveraging satellite observations of crop health and air pollution to assess risks of tuberculosis in India
5. Investigations and Improvements in Adolescent Reproductive Health in South Western Uganda
6. Collaboratively contributing to a telebehavioral patient-centered mobile application to facilitate patient-provider interaction to address cervical cancer disparities among women in Bluefields, Nicaragua
7. A Collaboration Between the University of the Free State and the University of Virginia to Deliver Community Based Public Health Messages Using Social Media Artifacts Customized for Communities in Rural South Africa
8. Analyzing a Pilot Collaboration Between the Family Health University College and the University of Virginia While Developing Community-Based Healthcare Research in Rural Ghana
9. Community Screening for HIV and TB among Undernourished Persons (India)
10. Improving the Quality of Cancer Care in South Africa
11. Expanding the SCAT study of the Causes + Transmission Routes of Infant Diarrhea in Urban Bangladesh
12. An Assessment of the Impact of Climate Change on Health in Bluefields, Nicaragua
13. Global TB in Tanzania

Additionally, the 2023 CGHE University Scholars' Virtual Presentations are available for review. Please click on the title to view the poster presentation.

Project: Augmenting Agricultural Sustainability with Satellite Measurements in the Context of Water Scarcity and Climate Change in Central Chile

1. Benjamin D. Goffin, Department of Civil and Environmental Engr., University of Virginia
2. Diya D. Gupta, College of Arts & Sciences, University of Virginia
3. Fernando Neira-Román, Centro de Información de Recursos Naturales, Providencia, Chile
4. Venkataraman Lakshmi, Department of Civil and Environemntal Engr., University of Virginia 

Project: Delays in Medical Care, Treatment, & Mortality in the Kigali, Rwanda PICU

1. Owen Selden, College of Arts & Sciences, University of Virginia
2. Dazhanae Houston, College of Arts & Sciences, 2024, Major: Global Public Health, African American & African Studies, University of Virginia
3. Derek Meyers, School of Medicine, University of Virginia
4. Principal Investigator: Tracy Kelly, DNP, School of Nursing, Assistant Professor of Nursing, University of Virginia 
5. Dazhanae Houston is a 2023 Sister Bridget Haase CGHE Scholar.

Pepea in Schools: Understanding the Special Education Landscape for Student with Autism in Kenya

1. Halyee Ressa, College of Arts and Sciences | Neuroscience & English '25; Virginia Girling, CLAS, undeclared '26
2. Mentored by Professor Mandy Rispoli, Associate Professor, School of Education and Human Development
3. Dr. Saina Chelagat, Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital, Eldoret
4. Haylee Ressa is a 2023 Sister Bridget Haase CGHE Scholar.

Project: Incorporating copper mesh in silver-impregnated ceramic water filters and evaluating supplemental bacteria disinfection in Hammanskraal, South Africa

1. Karin Brett, Department of Civil and Environmental Engr., University of Virginia
2. Maya Reese, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Virginia&nbsp
3. Reese Hertel, Department of Civil and Environmental Engr., University of Virginia
4. Nkosinobubelo Ndebele, Department of Civil and Environmental Engr., University of Virginia
5. Dr. James Smith, Department of Civil and Environmental Engr., Professor, Univeristy of Virginia
6. Karin Brett and Reese Hertel are the 2023 Kristiane Kane Graham CGHE Scholars.
7. Maya Reese is the 2023 Pamela B. and Peter C. Kelly CGHE Scholar.

HPV Self-Testing in Rural Ecuador

1. Josh Rosenberg, College of Arts & Sciences, Women Studies and Gender, 2025
2. Caroline Sublett, School of Medicine, 2026
3. Dr. Julia den Hartog, School of Medicine, University of Virginia
4. Dr. Ivan Palacios, Universidade San Francisco de Quito - USFQ
5. Josh Rosenberg is a 2023 Glenn and Susan Brace CGHE Scholar.
6. Caroline Sublett is supported by the 2023 Donna and George Lyle Family Global Health Scholarship.

Formative development of a personalized mobile health intervention to support people with tuberculosis in Moshi, Tanzania

1. Liza Khutsishvili^1,2, Carolin Fabian^1,3, Jacqueline Hodges⁴, Kennedy Ngowi⁶, Krisanta Wilhelm⁵, Margaretha Sariko⁵, Marion Sumari-De Boer⁵, Scott Heysell⁴
2. McIntire School of Commerce¹, UVA Public Health Science², UVA Department of Psychology³, UVA Health Division of Infectious Diseases⁴, Kilimanjaro Clinical Research Institute

An Assessment of Surgical Management and Outcomes in Infants with Tracheosophageal Fistula at a Tertiary Center in Kigali, Rwanda

1. Kimberley C. Duru 1, Shaina Twardus 1, Jean-Pierre Habumufusha, MD 2, Edmond Ntaganda, MD 2, Tracy Kelly, DNP 3, Sandra Kabagambe, MD 4
2. 1University of Virginia School of Medicine, 2 Centre Hospitalier Universitaire De Kigali, 3 University of Virginia School of Nursing, 4 University of Virginia Children's Hospital

Risk and protective factors of repeat adolescent pregnancy in rural southwestern Uganda

1. Sophie Lyon, Elizabeth Kemigisha, Viola Nyakato, Daniel Atwiine, Dorcus Achen, Olena Ivanova, Shakilah Nomatovu, Monica Natukunda

Guidelines, Challenges, and Future Directions for Diagnosing and Managing Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy in Low Resource Settings: Exploratory Data from Tanzania and Rwanda

1. Caleigh Smith¹, Magnifique Irakoze^1,2, John Lugata³, Denys Ndangurura⁴, Leigh Cantrell
2. 1- University of Virginia School of Medicine, 2- University of Rwanda, 3- Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center, 4- University of Global Health Equity

Cuidando Tu Bienestar: A mobile app for COVID-19 in the Hispanic/Latinx community

1. Carly Stender1, Cristina Amador2, Tina Nunez3, Cirle Warren MD4, Kara P. Wiseman, MPH, PhD5.
2. 1-CGHE Scholar, University of Virginia, 4th year Biology Major, 2-CGHE Scholar, University of Virginia, 4th year Human Biology Distinguished Major, 3-Research coordinator, 4-School of Medicine, Department of Infectious Diseases and International Health, 5-Department of Public Health Sciences

The Right to be Seen: Health Data Visibility and Privacy in Transgender Communities

1. Sophie Li, Aniyah McWilliams, Bailey Sword, CLAS
2. Mentor: Professor Jess Reia, UVA School of Data Science