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2012 Recipients
Alexandra Coromilas
New York Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University
HPV and Anal Dysplasia in HIV Positive Young Men who Have Sex with Men
Sarah Jukaku
Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health
The influence of post-industrial economic decay on preterm birth and low birth weight: An ecologic study in Detroit
Masayo Ozaki
Camiri, Bolivia
Assessment of mortality due to Chagas disease in indigenous communities in Bolivia
Edison Tsui
International Community Health Services, Seattle
A Multi-language Population Health Management for the Care of Patients with Diabetes and Chronic Hypertension
Victoria Claire Vaughan
CerviCusco, Cusco, Peru
Dia Del Mercado – cervical cancer screening in the marketplace
2010 Recipients
Isabel Sofia Bazan
NYU School of Medicine / Bellevue Hospital Center
Dissemination of a Health Literacy Intervention to Improve Provider-Patient Communication of Medication Instructions and Decrease Outpatient Pediatric Medication Errors
Benjamin George
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Comparative Effectiveness Study to Evaluate Telemedicine as a Means to Increase Access to Specialty Care for Those with Parkinson’s Disease in Nursing Homes
Pachida Lo
The Asian Liver Center at Stanford University
Collaboration with Hmong Traditional Healers to Increase Awareness of Hepatitis B Screening
Nicholas Rademacher
Bushikori Christian Centre
Parental Attitude Towards Childhood Vaccines In Eastern Uganda
Govind Rangrass
University of Michigan Medical Center
Disparities to Access High Quality Hospital for Surgical Care
Jonathan Robbins
RTI International
Dental Care Utilization on Oral Health Needs Among Female Methamphetamine Users in San Francisco
Matthew A. Rysavy
University of Iowa
Factors Influencing the Rate of Spontaneous Rupture at Nhamatanda Hospital, Mozambique, from 2004-2009
Saira Siddiqui
Columbia University Infant Sickle Cell Project
Health Information Disparities Related to Sickle Cell Disease in a Dominican American Population
William Ulmer
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Effect of Aquiring a Second Opinion and Prostate Cancer Care Delivery and Outcomes for Minorities
Grettel Zamora-Berridi
University of Michigan Medical School
Understanding the Association of Contaminated Corn Sources and the Incidence of Neural Tube Defects in Guatamala
2009 No Student Grants Awarded
2008 Recipients
Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed
University of Michigan Medical School
Understanding the Role of Fumonism FB1 in the Etiology of Neural Tube Defects in Guatemala
Patricia Kuan-Pei Foo
Stanford University School of Medicine
The Spread of Insecticide-Treated Bednets Through Social Learning: Evaluating the Social Network Effects of an Experimental Intervention in Rural India
Deborah Y. Ho
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Expanding the Use of Insecticide-Treated Nets in Rural Tanzania Through Assessment of Obstacles to Effective Use
Christina Marie Hupman
Medical College of Georgia
Assessment of the impact of cervical cancer prevention educational videos for Quechua and Spanish speaking Peruvian women
Sonia Amal Lazreg
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Evaluating and Sustaining a Sexual Health and HIV/AIDS Prevention and Awareness Peer-Education Program for School Age Children in Rural Tanzania
Yue Monica Li
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Determining the Incidence and Causes of Perinatal Mortality in the villages of CRHP, India
Sujal Manoj Parikh
University of Michigan Medical School
Neuropsychological, Cognitive and Academic Benefits of a Computerized Cognitive Rehabilitation Training Intervention for HIV-infected Ugandan School Children
Adam Schwartz
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Assessing the prevalence and etiology of anemia among pregnant women in rural India
2007 Recipients (Coming Soon)
2006 Recipients (Coming Soon)
2005 Recipients
Christy Boraas Alsleben
University of Minnesota Medical School
The Future of Emergency Contraception Access: Patient and Future Provider Perspectives from Guatamala and the United States
Ashita Satish Batavia
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Field Evaluation of the Acceptability to Health-Care Providers of Using Rapid Syphilis Diagnostics
Emma Ester Bendana
Albany Medical College
Evaluation of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE, lupus) in Nicaraguan Women
Gina Marie Clark
University of Iowa College of Medicine
The Impact of Migration on HIV Vaccine Development in the Western Cape, South Africa
Rishikesh Prudip Dalal
Washington University School of Medicine
Documenting the Incidence of Acute Primary HIV Infection (PHI) within Various Risk Groups in Johannesburg, South Africa
Alissa Detz & Hemal Kanzaria
University of California, Irvine School of Medicine & University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine
Improving Epidemiologic Surveillance of HIV/AIDS in San Lucas Sacatepequez, Guatemala
Elnaz Firoz & Lauren Wasson
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission at Salud Publica in La Romana, Dominican Republic: Programmatic Needs Assessment and Planning for Improvement
Michael Gee
Emory University School of Medicine
Effects of Rapid Response HIV Testing on Risky Sexual Behavior in MSM Youth
Mary Ellen T. Gilder
Albany Medical College
Health Needs Assessment of Internally Displaced Persons in Karen State, Burma
Katie Greenzang
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome (IRIS) in Sequential as Compared with Integrated Treatment in Patients Co-Infected with HIV and Tuberculosis in Durban, South Africa
Joyce Imahiyerobo & Nneka Offor
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Exploring the Viability of Community Health Insurance Programs (CHI) as a Mechanism for Financing Health Care in Poor Communities of West Gambia, Africa
Naana Afua Jumah
Harvard Medical School
Cultural Valuation of Obesity and Healthy Body Weight Education Program
Meera Kotagal
Harvard Medical School
Exploring the Cultural Context of HIV/AIDS Care Provision in Cape Town, South Africa
Alexandra Leader
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Development of International Maternal-Child Health Education Program for Mothers Living in New York and Bolivia
Carter Charlotte Lebares
University of Minnesota Medical School
Powderhorn Park Peer Pregnancy Prevention Program (P6)
Michelle Moniz
Washington University School of Medicine
Prevention and Therapy of HIV/AIDS Lusaka, Zambia
Neil Anthony-Smith Nixdorf
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
The Impact of a Human Rights Approach Towards AIDS Prevention: A Ugandan Case Study
Eugene T. Richardson
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
An Ecological Analysis of the Factors that Contributed to the 1998 Global Dengue Epidemic
Shonali Saha
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Urban Village Community Determines the Agenda for Programming: A Three Fold Needs Assessment Conducted by Female Peer Educators of Delhi, India Regarding HIV/AIDS Services, Substance Abuse Treatment and Other Holistic Crisis Recovery Services
Justin Adam Schram
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Assessing Community Health in a Tz'tujil Maya Village upon Reconstruction of Hospitalito Santiago Atitlan: A Synthesis of Ethnographic and World Health Survey Data
Scott Alan Simpson
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Health Utilization and Outcomes Among Patients of Medical Student-Run Health Clinics
Eliza Hayes Slate
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Effects of Maternal Health Literacy on Infant Access to and Utilization of Health Care Services
Matthew C. Swan
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
The Need for and Beliefs about Counseling in Urban Kenya: A Study Towards Expanding Services in a Community-Based Clinic
Geoffrey Huang Tison
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Safeguarding Blood: Understanding the Culture and the Epidemiology Behind the Threat of HIV on China's Blood Supply
Christopher Julius Trindade
UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Expression of IL-7R? and IL-15R? in CD8+ Memory T-cells in SIV251 Infected Rhesus Macaques
Katharine Anne Willoughby
Univeristy of California, Davis School of Medicine
Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Among Muslim Women in the Sacramento Area
2004 Recipients
Eric R. Arzubi
Yale University School of Medicine
The Mental Health Implications of a Successful Literacy Intervention in Struggling 3rd Grade Readers in New Haven, CT
Suhani S. Bora
University of Michigan Medical School
Theatre as a Tool for Social Change: Identifying Strategies to Prevent Domestic Violence in South Asian Communities of Southeast Michigan
Mark F. Brady
Brown Medical School
Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART) for HIV-Infected Children in Siem Reap, Cambodia
James F. Cowan
The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Developing a Novel Tool to Improve Patient-Provider Communication and Patient Safety in Acute Care Settings with a Focus on Urban Minority Populations
Constantine A. Demetracopoulos
The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Incorporating Prevention and HIV Testing and Counseling in a Free Primary Care Clinic
Kerry Nai Pan Kay
Tufts University School of Medicine
Improving Diabetes Efforts across Language and Literacy
Laura Korin
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
HIV Status, Race/Ethnicity and Relationship with the Healthcare System
Nancy A. Levy
New York University School of Medicine
Chronic Hepatitis B Infection in New York City: A Local Snapshot
Mary A. Piscitello
Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons
An Epidemiological and Community-Based Approach to Mother-Child HIV Infection in La Romana, the Next Step
Thai Lan Nguyen Tran
University of Vermont College of Medicine
The Consistency of Condom Use among Female Sex Workers in Vietnam
Yen Ngoc Truong
Tufts University School of Medicine
Stigma and Discrimination Faced by People Living with HIV/AIDS in Vietnam
Pavithra Venkat
Yale School of Medicine
Perceptions of Contraceptive Safety, Efficacy and Side Effects among Low Income Latina and Non-Latina Women
John A. Villanueva
University of Minnesota Medical School
Insights on HIV and Condoms among Teens in the South Bronx: Study of Perceptions that Influence a Teen's Choice to Practice Safe Sex
Tanyaporn Wansom
University of Michigan Medical School
A Grassroots Response to the War on Drugs: Harm Reduction by and for Intravenous Drug Users in Thailand
Lisa Jun-Pei Wong
Stanford University School of Medicine
Oral Poliovirus Vaccine Mutation in Infants in Mexico: Implications for Immunization Policies in Developing Countries
David Ping-Hsin Wu
University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine
Community-Based HIV Prevention and Testing among Clients at the UCSD Student-Run Free Clinic, Pacific Beach and Downtown Sites
Julie A. Yee
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Evaluating the Stigma of HIV-seropositivity as a Means to Assist with the Recruitment and Acceptance of HIV Vaccine Trial Participants in Soweto, South Africa
Warren K. Young
Brown Medical School
A Cross-Sectional Study of Serum 25 Hydroxyvitamin D Levels in HIV-Positive and HIV-Negative Children and Adolescents from an Urban Environment
2003 Recipients
Bebell, Lisa Marie and Douglas B. Berger
College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University
An Epidemiological and Community-Based Approach to Maternal-Newborn HIV Infection in La Romana, Dominican Republic
Burkey, Matthew David
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Narratives of Recovery Project
Delgado, Mucio Christopher
College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University
Gaining Trust and Participation in Clinical Research Among Hispanics: Study of Patient and Provider Experiences in AIDS and Gastroenterology Clinical Trials in Puerto Rico
Drain, Paul Kevin
School of Medicine, University of Washington
Selenium Supplementation and Genital Tract Shedding of HIV-1 Among Women in Kenya
Goldberg, Joshua Benjamin
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Factors Contributing to Breast Cancer Treatment Adherence: Socio-Economic Status versus Race/Ethnicity
Goodrich, Suzanne Porter
Indiana University School of Medicine
SHARE: A Study of HIV/AIDS Related Education
Huang, Angela Chia-Mei
Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University
An Investigation of Caregiver Stress in Parents of Severely Emotional Disturbed Children Enrolled in a Public Residential Treatment Program Using Participatory Action Research
Kalil, Dominique
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Food, Culture and Genetics: A Study of Adolescent Obesity in San Antonio, Texas
Liu, Constance Wei-fang
Case Western Reserve University
Food Environment Described by Measures of Healthy Food Selection
Loiselle, Christopher R.
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Psychological Determinants of Tuberculosis Susceptibility
Moon, Byung Joon
New York Medical College
AIDS Prevention Program Proposal: Assessment of Clinical and Cultural Boundaries in AIDS/HIV Treatment and Prevention in South Korea
Scott, Randolph D.
Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University
JEWEL: Juniors Educated With an Empowering Lifestyle
Shirk, Arianna McLain
Wake Forest University School of Medicine: Bowman Gray Campus
Attitudes and Training of Healthcare Providers in Relation to Screening to Identify Women Who Have Experienced Intimate Partner Violence
Shue, Peter Lee
New York University School of Medicine
Prevalence of GBV-C Viremia in the HIV-Infected Pediatric Population of New York City and It's Association in Improving Mortality
Spector, Andrew Robert
University of Michigan
Assisting Alcoholics in their Quest to Quit Smoking
Turek, Eva Margo
College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University
HIV-Positive Pregnant Women at CEMI and Adherence to HAART
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Dr. Demetrius H. Bagley Receives 2012 Ferdinand C. Valentine Award
Dr. Demetrius H. Bagley, the Nathan Lewis Hatfield Professor of Urology and Professor of Radiology, in the Department of Urology at Jefferson Medical College, was awarded the 2012 Ferdinand C. Valentine Award during a reception and lecture at NYAM on April 4, 2012. The event was sponsored by the NYAM Section on Urology and attended by more than 250 urologists from around the tri-state region and across the nation.
