Stempel College Research Day

Presenter: Ariana Bolivar, Ph.D. student in Dietetics & Nutrition

Title: Exploring the Interrelationship of Diet Quality, Eating Behavior, Acculturation and Body Satisfaction in Hispanic Millennial and Gen X Women
 

Presenter: Susmita Chowdhury, Ph.D. student in Dietetics & Nutrition

Title: Association between the Intake of Ultra-processed Snacks and Beverages with Obesity among College Students
 

Presenter: Alexandra Briceno, Ph.D. student in Dietetics & Nutrition

Title: Associations Between Dietary Carotenoids and Anxiety Symptoms in Hispanic/Latine Adults  

Presenter: Niliarys Sifre, Ph.D. student in Dietetics & Nutrition

Title: Association between body composition and snack nutrient profile in children participating in the MetA-Bone trial
 

Presenter: Kazi Tanvir Hasan, Ph.D. student in Biostatistics

Title: Adaptive Thresholding in Bayesian Kernel Machine Regression: Improving Sensitivity and Reliability for High-Dimensional Environmental Health Data
 

Presenter: Wupeng Yin, Ph.D. student in Biostatistics

Title: Impact of Physical Activity on Health Behavior Change and Mental Health during the COVID-19 Epidemic among Chinese Adults: China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS)

Presenter: Ning Sun, Ph.D. student in Biostatistics

Title: A Novel Hierarchical Bayesian Model for Air Pollution Exposure Analysis

 
Presenter: Sultana Mubarika Rahman Chowdhury, Ph.D. student in Biostatistics

Title: Comparative Study of Confidence Intervals for Regression Coefficients in a Multicollinear Gaussian Linear Regression Model: A Simulation-Based Analysis

Presenter: Francisco Diaz, Ph.D. student in Biostatistics

Title: The IMAP Method for Causal Discovery

Presenter: Daniel A. Martinez-Perez, Ph.D. student in Environmental Health Science

Title: Amyloid β-plaque-associated microglia drive TSPO upregulation in Alzheimer's Disease

Presenter: Sarah Hardin, Ph.D. student in Environmental Health Sciences

Title: Effects of early life lead exposure on the cardiovascular system and amyloidosis in a transgenic mouse model of Alzheimer's disease

Presenter: Ritishka Kapoor, Ph.D. student in Environmental Health Sciences

Title: Developmental Pathophysiology of Childhood-Onset Manganese-Induced Dystonia-Parkinsonism in Slc39a14-KO Mice

Presenter: Giselle A. Barreto, Ph.D. student in Epidemiology

Title: Comparison of Premature Cause-Specific Mortality Among People with HIV in Florida pre-(2019) and early (2020) COVID-19 Pandemic: An Analysis of Disparities by Race, Gender, Rurality, and Social Vulnerability

Presenter: Sreshtha Chowdhury, Ph.D. student in Epidemiology

Title: Effect of Menthol Flavor on E-Cigarette Users' Puffing Behavior & Toxicants Exposure: A Crossover Clinical Trial among US Young Adults

Presenter: Simanta Roy, Ph.D. student in Epidemiology

Title: The Prolonged Effect of E-cigarette Use on Pulmonary Function: A Within-Subject Controlled Trial

Presenter: Natasha Shaukat, Ph.D student in Epidemiology

Title: Pictorial health warning labels are effective in reducing subjective measures, behavioral responses and toxicant exposure: a crossover study

Presenter: Saurya Dhungel, Ph.D. student in Epidemiology

Title: Excess mortality among people with HIV in Florida during the initial onset of the COVID-19 pandemic

Presenter: Sharika Ferdous, Ph.D student in Epidemiology

Title: The Effect of Pictorial Health Warning Labels Placed on the ENDS Device on Young Adult Smokers' Subjective Experiences: A Crossover Study

Presenter: Joe Coleman, Ph.D student in Health Promotion & Disease Prevention

Title: Exploring Associations Between Immigration Stress and Sexual Risk Behaviors Among Recent Latino Immigrants

Presenter: Noel Singh-Dias, Ph.D student in Health Promotion & Disease Prevention

Title: Minority Stress Measurements Validated with the Sexual & Gender Minority Population: A Systematic Review

Presenter: Gabriela Proaño Caicedo

Title: Evaluating the Impact of Front-of-Pack Labeling on Nutrition and Health in Peru: A Scoping Review

Additional Authors: Mitsuo Teruya, Lorena Saavedra-Garcia, Mayra Meza-Hernández, Cristina Palacios

Presenter: Sabrina Linden

Title: Association Between Body Composition and Cognitive Function in Hispanic/Latine Mid-Life Adults at Risk for Alzheimer's Disease 

Additional Authors: Burke S.L., Gonzales S., Garcia K., Grudzien A., Briceno A., Tyndall A., Cambara C., Jimenez D.R., Dinh S, Gonzales A., Martinez S.S. 

Presenter: Ayodele Tyndall

Title: The Relationship between Diet Quality and Blood Pressure in Midlife Hispanic/Latine Adults at Risk for Alzheimer's Disease.

Additional Authors: Burke S.L., Gonzales S., Garcia-Toledo K., Briceno A., Cambara-Rincon C., Grudzien A., Jimenez D.R., Linden S., Dinh S, Gonzales A., Martinez S.S

Presenter: Stephanie Gieseken

Title: Liver Enzymes, Oxidative Stress, and Depressive Symptoms among PLWH: A Focus on the Administration of Psychiatric Medication in a Longitudinal Study.

Additional Authors: Nan Hu, Gladys E. Ibañez, Vijaya Narayanan, Haley R. Fonseca, Marianna K. Baum

Presenter: Gilda Stanco

Title: The effects of the Baby-Act Trial on infant's diet

Additional Authors: Campos Maribel, Alvarez Elvira, Kallis Maria Gabriela, Valle Y, Pomeroy J, and Palacios C

Presenter: Shawn Dinh

Title: Association between physical activity and anxiety among Hispanic/Latines at risk for Alzheimer's disease 

Additional Authors: Samantha Gonzales, Dr. Shanna Burke, Kevin Garcia-Toledo, Adrienne Grudzien, Celine Cambara, Daniel Jimenez, Andres Valbuena, Ayodele Tyndall, Sabrina Linden and Dr. Sabinra Sales Martinez

Presenter: Alayne Gatto

Title: Recruitment of Participants in the Baby-Feed Online Trial: A Web-Application for Caregivers to Improve and Monitor Diet and Growth in the First Year of Life

Additional Authors: Gabriella Reingevurts, Mariana Leon, Sophia Acosta, Cristina Palacios

Presenter: Ivan Pachon

Title: Unveiling Racial Disparities in Mechanical Circulatory Support Outcomes: A Machine Learning Approach to Fairness in Healthcare

Additional Authors: Yanjia Zhang, V Ramamoorthy, Muni Rubens, Anshul Saxena, Javier Jimenez, Sandra Chaparro

Presenter: Samantha Gonzales

Title: Neural transcription factors identified driving brain organoid maturation

Additional Authors: Xiaohan Liu, Sicong Xie, Jingwei Gu, Moo-Yeal Lee, Xuexia Wang

Presenter: Md Ariful Hoque

Title: On Some Test Statistics for Testing the Regression Coefficients for the Two Parameter Multicollinear Regression Models: Simulation and Applications

Additional Authors: Zoran Bursac, and B. M. Golam Kibria.

Presenter: Nusrat Yasmin

Title: Performances of Some Improved Estimators and their robust version under outliers: Simulation and Application

Additional Authors: Dr. Zoran Bursac, Dr. B.M. Golam Kibria

Presenter: Rabeya Illyas Noon

Title: The Association between Physical Activity and Frailty: China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS)

Additional Authors: Nan Hu, Ph.D.

Presenter: Freeman Lewis

Title: Metabolomic and Lipidomic Analysis of Manganese-Associated Parkinsonism: A Case-Control Study in Brescia, Italy

Additional Authors: Daniel Shoieb, Somaiyeh Azmoun, Elena Colicino, Yan Jin, Jinhua Chi, Haiwei Gu, Donatella Placidi, Alessandro Padovani, Andrea Pilotto, Fulvio Pepe, Marinella Turla, Patrizia Crippa, Xuexia Wang, Roberto G Lucchini

Presenter: Yishu Dong

Title: Mettl3-mediated m6A RNA methylation is a driver of particulate matter-mediated cellular glycolysis

Additional Authors: Anlin Feng, Ying Liang, Jamie Soto, Stephen M. Black, Ting Wang

Presenter: Alexander Rodichkin, PhD

Title: Neurodegeneration of Purkinje Cells in the Pathophysiology of Dystonia-Parkinsonism in Slc39a14-knockout mice.

Additional Authors: Amanda M Brown, Pavani Devabathini, Si Chen, Karam Abilmouna, Sarah E. Hardin, Daniel D. Pontow, Ritishka Kapoor, Jennifer L. McGlothan, Yulia Pushkar, Roy V. Sillitoe, Tomás R. Guilarte

Presenter: Jennifer Chavez

Title: Syndemic Correlates of Non-Fatal GHB Overdose in a US National Sample of Sexual and Gender Minority People 

Additional Authors: Yan Guo, PhD, Michaela E. Larson, MPH, Drew A. Westmoreland, PhD, MPH, Alexa B. D'Angelo, PhD, MPH, Alexander Tsai, MD, PhD, Tyler S. Bartholomew, PhD, Denis Nash, PhD, MPH, Christian Grov, PhD, Adam W. Carrico, PhD

Presenter: Nicole Blum

Title: Enhanced Nlrp3 Inflammasome Response in Primary Microglia from Humanized APOE Targeted Replacement Mice

Additional Authors: Nicole Blum, Isha Mhatre Winters, Chunki Kim, Kim Tieu, and Jason R. Richardson

Presenter: Ruth Marquez

Title: Understanding the Neurodegenerative Pathway: PTSD, Alzheimer's, and Health Disparities in 9/11 Responders

Additional Authors: N. Borisenko, F. Lewis, S. Azmoun, R. G. Lucchini, M. Macgowan, and R. E. de la Hoz

Presenter: Sharika Marjan

Title: Using Bayesian Networks to assess the influence of mixed metal exposure on accelerated aging and cancer risk

Additional Authors: Alok Deoraj, Changwon Yoo, Samantha Gonzales, Quentin Felty

Presenter: Said Salehe

Title: Drp1 Inhibition Attenuates Toxin-Induced Lipid Droplet Accumulation and Inflammation in Microglia

Additional Authors: R. Z. Fan, H. J. Brown, Y. Lai1, H. Gu, and K. Tieu

 
Presenter: Harry Brown

Title: Intranasally administered exosomes containing α-synuclein induce behavioural deficits and brain pathology in vivo but are protected by heterozygous Drp1 knockout

Additional Authors: Rebbeca Z Fan, Kim Tieu 

 
Presenter: Andres Rivera Cruz

Title: Comparative analysis of Chlamydia infection incidence rates across Florida counties from pre-, mid-, and post-pandemic years.

Additional Authors: Karinna Vila, Kevin Garcia-Toledo, Jani Falconer, and Nan Hu, MS, PhD.

Presenter: Tarana Ferdous

Title: Effect of Full Nicotine Reduction on e-cigarette Users' Puffing behavior and Nicotine exposure: A Crossover Clinical Trial among US Young Adults

Additional Authors: Tarana Ferdous, Sreshtha Chowdhury, Simanta Roy, Natasha Shaukat, Sharika Ferdous, Ximeng Zhao, Katherine Pita, Wasim Maziak

Presenter: Ekpereka Nawfal

Title: HIV-related stigma dimensions, Antiretroviral therapy adherence and the mediating role of Anxiety

Additional Authors: Diana M. Sheehan, Gladys Ibañez, Aaliyah Gray, Mary Jo Trepka

Presenter: Michaela Larson

Title: The Impact of HIV and Cannabis Use on Peripheral Biomarkers of Inflammation and Cognitive Function

Additional Authors: Alfonso Romero-Sandoval, Sheri L. Towe, Hallie B. Wolfe, Adam W. Carrico, Christina S. Meade

Presenter: Gequasha Collins

Title: Subjective Social Status and Perceived Stress among Recent Latino/a Immigrants: The Moderating Effect of Social Support 

Additional Authors: Weize Wang, Eduardo Romano, Mariana Sanchez 

Presenter: Michelle Robinson

Title: Addressing Cardiovascular Health Disparities

Additional Authors: N/A

Presenter: Juan Sebastian Castillo Perez

Title: It Takes a Village: Neighborhood Collective Efficacy, Cultural Values, and Family Conflict Among Latino Fathers and Sons in Miami-Dade

Additional Authors: Patria Rojas, Weize Wang, Eduardo De La Vega Taboada, Mariana Sanchez, Gira Ravelo, Jose F. Colon-Burgos, Mario De La Rosa,Victoria Behar-Zusmane

Presenter: Gemma Galvez

Title: Exploring Demographics and Sociocultural Factors associated with Health Literacy among Hispanic/Latino Adults: Findings from the All of Us Research Program

Additional Authors: Mariana Sanchez, Gabriel Odom, Stefanee Tillman

Presenter: Osmari Novoa

Title: Exploring the mechanisms between Tai chi/Qigong and Depression Among Older People with HIV: A proposed biobehavioral model  

Additional Authors: Osmari Beatriz Novoa, Fahima Shammi, Deidre Okeke, Kayla Mendez, Dawn Gardier, and Gladys E. Ibañez

Presenter: Versha Rai Reejhwani

Title: Lost Memories, Lasting Impact: How Trauma-Related Memory Loss Moderates the Effects of ACEs on Adult Mental Health

Additional Authors: Lisa Panisch, Nicole M. Fava

Presenter: Derrick Amoah

Title: The Role of Machismo and Familial Conflict on the Relationship between Perceived Stress and Anxiety Symptoms among Latino Immigrant men

Additional Authors: Yajaira A. Cabrera Tineo, PhD, Mariana Sanchez, PhD, & Mario De La Rosa, PhD

Presenter: Elizabeth Garcia

Title: Latino Cultural Values and Alcohol Use Among Adolescents in Miami-Dade County: A Cross-Sectional Study

Additional Authors: Patria Rojas, Mariana Sanchez, Miguel Cano, Weize Wang, Gira Ravelo, Daisy Ramirez

Presenter: Stephanie L. Scott

Title: Tracing the Evolution of Pain Research: A Focus on Hispanic/Latine Americans

Additional Authors: Scott, S. L., Burke, S. L., Wagner, E., and Grudzien, A.

Presenter: Kayla Jolly

Title: Risk Factors Associated with the Perpetration Emotional Abuse by Parents and Caregivers

Additional Authors: Nicole M. Fava, PhD, MSW 

Presenter: Amy Torres Metcalfe, LCSW

Title: Understanding Delays in Cochlear Implantation for Minority Populations: Barriers, Differences, and Possible Interventions

Additional Authors: Shanna Burke, PhD, MPH