Research Day

Stempel College Research Day 

The Stempel College Research Day is an event that will showcase our students’ efforts and engagement in research. The first part of the morning will include oral presentations by doctoral students in dietetics, public health, and social welfare. The second part will include a poster session during which students and post-docs will have an opportunity to present their research to the college and campus community. This event is open to the public. 

Research Day Book of Abstracts

• Research Day Agenda

  Date: Friday, February 9, 2024
  Time: 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
  Location: CBC 232
  RSVP:go.fiu.edu/StempelResearchDay

  Agenda

  8:30 a.m.	Check-in/Registration and Breakfast, CBC 232
  9:00 a.m.	Welcome Remarks
  9:15 a.m.	Oral Presentation Session I
  10:30 a.m.	Oral Presentation Session II
  11:45 a.m.	Poster Presentations Begin
  1:15 p.m.	Oral Presentation Session III
  2:30 p.m.	Oral Presentation Session IV
  3:45 p.m.	End of Program

• Oral Presentations Session 2024

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

  Title: Assessing the Multi-dimensional Effects of Air Pollution on Maternal Complications and Birth Outcomes: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach
   

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

  Title: Association between continuity of primary care with chronic conditions among patients in Guangdong Province, China
   

  Presenter: Sergio Perez Melo, Ph.D. student in Biostatistics

  Title: Testing Coefficients in the Ridge Logistic Regression Model : A simulation study and applications

   

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

  Title: The Sensitivity of Bayesian Kernel Machine Regression (BKMR) to Data Distribution: A Comprehensive Simulation Analysis
   

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

  Title: Causal Bayesian Networks
   

  Presenter: Meredith L. Wilcox, Ph.D. student in Biostatistics

  Title: Exploring the use of Y-structures for causal discovery using simulated observational data

  
  Presenter: Cristina Andrade-Feraud, Ph.D. student in Environmental Health Science

  Title: Arsenic-Induced Giant Cell Formation is Mediated by an Inflammatory Pathway

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

  Title: Translocator Protein 18 kDa (TSPO) expression in microglia is associated with Aβ pathology in the 5XFAD animal model of Alzheimer's disease

  
  Presenter: Ruth Marquez, Ph.D. student in Environmental Health Science

  Title: Unveiling Health Disparities: A Comprehensive Study of 9/11 First Responders in Florida

  
  Presenter: Freeman Lewis, Ph.D. student in Environmental Health Science

  Title: Assessing the Effect of Disease and Exposure on the Metabolome in Mn-Induced Parkinsonism: A Case-Control Study

  
  Presenter: Tarana Ferdous, Ph.D. student in Epidemiology

  Title: Effect of partial nicotine reduction on young e-cigarette users in the US: a cross-over clinical trial

  
  Presenter: Ekpereka Nawfal, Ph.D. student in Epidemiology

  Title: Modeling the mediating effects of multidimensional HIV-related stigma on antiretroviral therapy adherence and viral suppression among diverse racial/ethnic minority women with HIV in the Miami-Dade County Ryan-White Program, Florida

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

  Title: Effect of Menthol-Flavored Ends on Users' Puffing Behaviour and Nicotine Exposure: A Cross-Over Trial Among US Young Adults

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

  Title: The Effect of ENDS Smoking Session on Pulmonary Parameters: A Pilot Study

  
  Presenter: Natasha Shaukat, Ph.D. student in Epidemiology

  Title: The Effects of Pictorial Health Warning Labels on the Waterpipe Device on Smokers' Puffing Behavior: A Crossover Study

  
  Presenter: Srijana Acharya Gautam, Ph.D student in Social Welfare

  Title: Prevalence and factors associated with high self-esteem among border Mexican Americans

  
  Presenter: Nicole Vitale, Ph.D. student in Nutrition

  Title: Evaluation of The T.E.A.C.H. Study - A Cluster Randomized Waitlist Control Trial

  
  Presenter: María Eugenia Contreras Pérez, Ph.D student in Social Welfare

  Title: Outcomes of a Brief Motivational Intervention for Heavy Alcohol Use in Racial or Ethnic Minority Compared to White Emerging Adults

  
  Presenter: Farah Mahmoud, Ph.D student in Social Welfare

  Title: Lessons Learned When Recruiting BIPOC Individuals in Qualitative Research on Experiences of Sexual Violence

  
  Presenter: Amber Cole, Ph.D student in Social Welfare

  Title: Increasing Contraception Use among Black Women: A Systematic Review of Interventions

• Poster Presentations Session 2024

  Presenter: Shelly Sinclair

  Title: The association between participant characteristics and awareness of reproductive policy among young adult Black women in the United States

  Additional Authors: Aaliyah Gray, Mary Jo Trepka, Kimberly M. Nelson

  
  Presenter: Rabeya Illyas Noon

  Title: The Impact of Ensemble-Based Music Education on Emotional Dysregulation

  Additional Authors: Michelle M. Hospital, Ph.D.

  
  Presenter: Sharika Marjan

  Title: Pyrethroid Exposure Enhances Hippocampal ER Stress, Impairs Neurogenesis, and Worsens Cognitive Function in APOE4 Mice

  Additional Authors: Maria Molina, Laura Gamba, Abigail Toltin, Muhammad Hossain

  
  Presenter: Jennifer Chavez

  Title: Inside Out: Inflammation in Acute HIV Predicts Persistent Depressive Symptoms Despite Antiretroviral Therapy

  Additional Authors: Kyu Cho, MS, Jacob Bolzenius, PhD, Julie Mannarino, MS, Carlo Sacdalan, MD, Phillip Chan, MBChB, PhD, Shelli Farhadian, MD, PhD, Lydie Trautmann, PhD, Lishomwa C. Ndhlovu, MD, PhD, Somporn Tipsuk, RN, Trevor A. Crowell, MD, PhD, Duanghathai Suttichom, RN, Donn J. Colby,  MD, MPH, Nittaya Phanuphak, MD, PhD, Eugene Kroon, MD, Sandhya Vasan, MD, Somachai Sriplienchan, MD, MPH, Serena Spudich, MD, Robert Paul, PhD, & Adam W. Carrico, PhD for the RV254/SEARCH 010 Study Team

  
  Presenter: Nicole Blum

  Title: Enhanced NLRP3 Mediated Inflammasome Activation in Primary Microglia Isolated from Humanized APOE-3 and -4 Mice

  Additional Authors: Isha Mhatre-Winters, Chunki Kim, and Jason R. Richardson

  
  Presenter: Sarah Hardin

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

  Additional Authors: v. Dargam, J. Hutcheson, T.R. Guilarte

  
  Presenter: Somaiyeh Azmoun

  Title: Investigation of Alzheimer's disease (AD)-related blood biomarkers among Manganese Exposed Ferroalloy Workers in Brescia, Italy.

  Additional Authors: Daniel Shoieb, Freeman Lewis, Yan Jin, Elena Colicino, Nicolo Foppapedretti, Haiwei Gu, Donatella Placidi and Roberto Lucchini

  
  Presenter: Said Salehe

  Title: Bioactive Lipid Lysophosphatidylethanolamine Attenuates Toxin-Induced Inflammation and Autophagic Impairment

  Additional Authors: Rebecca Z. Fan, Yanhao Lai, Haiwei Gu, and Kim Tieu

  
  Presenter: Rebecca Fan, Ph.D.

  Title: A partial Drp1 knockout improves autophagy flux independent of mitochondrial function

  Additional Authors: Carolina Sportelli, Yanhao Lai, Said S. Salehe, Jennifer R. Pinnell, Jason R. Richardson, Shouqing Luo, Kim Tieu.

  
  Presenter: Alexander Rodichkin, Ph.D.

  Title: Pathophysiological changes in the cerebellum of Slc39a14-knockout mouse model of childhood-onset manganese-induced dystonia-parkinsonism

  Additional Authors: Jennifer L. McGlothan, Ritishka Kapoor, Tomas R. Guilarte

  
  Presenter: Seyedeh Yasaman Alemohammad

  Title: Factors related to COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among people living with HIV: A systematic review.

  Additional Authors: Aaliyah Gray, Daisy Ramirez Ortiz, Mary Jo Trepka

  
  Presenter: Patrice Lewis

  Title: Among the older adult population (65+ years and older) in the United States, is inadequate sleep (<7 hours) associated with increased odds of anxiety?

  Additional Authors: Beatriz Milian, Pura Rodriguez, MPH, Noël C Barengo, MD, PhD, MPH

  
  Presenter: Ximeng Zhao

  Title: Nicotine Dependence and Its Impact on Poly Tobacco Use

  Additional Authors: Olatokunbo Osibogun

  
  Presenter: Giselle Alexandra Barreto

  Title: Evaluating three different ways of defining rurality at the zip code level in Florida and interpretation of the CDC/ASTDR Social Vulnerability Index

  Additional Authors: Joseph Muller, MPH; Diana Sheehan Delgado, PhD, MPH; Mary Jo Trepka, MD.

  
  Presenter: Michaela E. Larson

  Title: Elevated High Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin T Among Sexual Minority Men with HIV who use Stimulants

  Additional Authors: Yue Pan, PhD, Emily M. Cherenack, PhD, Sabina Hirshfield, PhD, Keith J. Horvath, PhD, Elise D. Riley, PhD, Savita Pahwa, MD, Suresh Pallikkuth, PhD, Claudia Martinez, MD, Adam W. Carrico, PhD,

  
  Presenter: Anny Rodriguez

  Title: Developing a Culturally Appropriate Awareness and Resource Access Web-Based Tool to Improve Breast and Cervical Screening Rates Among Black Caribbean Women

  Additional Authors: Emir Veledar Ph.D., Patria Rojas, Ph.D., MSW, MPH, Vukosava Pekovic, MD, Ph.D , Richard Tardanico, Ph.D. , Nasar U. Ahmed, Ph.D. 

  
  Presenter: Tendai Gwanzura

  Title: Changes in COVID-19 mortality disparities among people with HIV in Florida after introduction of COVID-19 vaccine

  Additional Authors: Mary Jo Trepka, Tan Li, Levente Juhasz, Diana M. Sheehan, Giselle Barreto and Shelbie Burchfield

  
  Presenter: Gemma Galvez

  Title: Sex Differences In Sociocultural Factors Associated With Health Literacy Among Latino/a Immigrants

  Additional Authors: P. Rojas, M. De La Rosa, M. Sanchez

  
  Presenter: Osmari Novoa

  Title: Association Between Immigration Stress and Anxiety Symptoms Among Recent Latino/a Immigrants: The Moderating Effects of Adverse Childhood Experiences

  Additional Authors: Wang, Weize; De La Rosa, M.; Rojas, P.; M. Sanchez

  
  Presenter: Ian Lee

  Title: The impact of sociocultural factors and job insecurity on depressive symptoms among Latino/a immigrants to South Florida

  Additional Authors: Dr. Mariana Sanchez

  
  Presenter: Nikita Borisenko

  Title: Assessing the Health and Welfare of 9/11 First Responders: A Focus on the Florida Cohort

  Additional Authors: Roberto G Lucchini, Catalina Canizares Escobar, Mark Macgowan, Rabeya I Noon, Nan Hu, Paulo Chaves, Rafael E. de la Hoz, Shakara R. Brown, Andrew C. Todd

   
  Presenter: Elvira Alvarez Stehle

  Title: Infants feeding practices and its impact on early life weight status:  baseline findings from the Baby-Act Trial

  Additional Authors: Maria Gabriela Kallis, Center for Community Outreach for Health Across the Lifespan, Endocrinology Section School of Medicine, University of Puerto Rico. mgkallis@gmail.com Maribel Campos, MD, Professor, Dental and Craniofacial Genomics Core, Endocrinology Section School of Medicine, University of Puerto Rico. PO Box 365067, San Juan, PR 00936-5067, 787-758-2525 Ext 1136, maribel.campos@upr.edu.  Jeremy Pomeroy, PhD, Clinical Research Center, Marshfield Clinic Research Institute, Marshfield Clinic Health System, Marshfield, WI; pomeroyj@marshfieldclinic.org Cristina Palacios, PhD, Professor, Dietetics and Nutrition Department, Robert Stempel College of Public Health & Social Work, Florida International University. cristina.palacios@fiu.edu.

   
  Presenter: Niliarys Sifre

  Title: Disordered eating attitudes are associated with stress, BMI, and diet quality in college students

  Additional Authors: Rianna Deringer, Lukkamol Prapkree, and Cristina Palacios

  
  Presenter: Ariana Onelia Bolivar

  Title: Formative Evaluation of The Family Meal Project: A website designed to provide families with nutrition education and healthy eating behavior strategies.

  Additional Authors: Dr. Coccia Ph.D. RDN

  
  Presenter: Jose Bastida

  Title: High HDL is Associated with Increased Toll-Like Receptor 4 gene expression in a Sample of People Living with HIV from The Miami Adult Studies on HIV (MASH) Cohort

  Additional Authors: Jose A. Bastida Rodriguez, Yongjun Huang, Jacqueline Hernandez, Jupshy Jasmin, Leslie Seminario, Javier Tamargo, Haley Martin, Angelique Johnson, Sabrina Sales Martinez, Kenneth Sherman, Marianna Baum

  
  Presenter: Stephanie Gieseken

  Title: Association between Glutathione Levels and Psychotropic Medication Use in ART-Treated Individuals: Insights from the MASH Cohort Study

  Additional Authors: Gladys E. Ibañez, Haley R. Martin, Jose A. Bastida Rodrigue, Qingyun Liu, Jupshy Jasmin, Leslie Seminario, Marianna K. Baum

  
  Presenter: Rebecca Vidal

  Title: Dysregulation of Zinc Metabolism in Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency

  Additional Authors: Juan P. Liuzzi, Ph.D. and Changwon Yoo, Ph.D.

  
  Presenter: Margaret Gutierrez

  Title: Associations between dietary quality and depressive symptoms in emerging Hispanic adults

  Additional Authors: Narayanan V, Palacios C, George F, Martinez SS

  
  Presenter: Catalina Canizares

  Title: Predicting PTSD Symptoms in First Responders to the 9/11 Attacks: A Supervised Machine Learning Study

  Additional Authors: Roberto Lucchini and Mark Macgowan

  
  Presenter: Isis Panellas

  Title: Shaping COVID-19 Interventions that Address Social Barriers among Older Latinos in Assisted Living Facilities

  Additional Authors: Dr. Richard Beaulaurier

  
  Presenter: Kayla Jolly

  Title: The Role of Ethnic Identity in the Association between Emotional Abuse and Behavioral Health Outcomes by Race: A Longitudinal Moderated Moderation Study

  Additional Authors: Nicole M. Fava, PhD, MSW