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Master of Public Health Capstone Award Recipients

Special honors were given to the students listed below for their capstone written projects. These students received an MPH capstone award plaque for outstanding achievement.

Awards by Years

2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016

May 2025

Tiago Araujo
“Dipyrone: Is it Time for the FDA to Reassess the Benefits and Risks of this Popular Non-opioid Analgesic?”
Capstone Adviser: Mariana Socal

Nichole Baker
“Empowering Breast Health: Integrating Animation and Quality Improvement in Rwampara, Uganda”
Capstone Adviser: Qian-Li Xue

Natasha Choudhury
“Mechanisms of Post-Infectious Neurologic Autoimmune Disease: A Literature Review”
Capstone Adviser: Alan L. Scott
Dr. Louis Fink MPH Capstone Award: Recipient of $500 prize

Julianna Deutscher
“Telling the Story: Exploring Experiences of Human Trafficking in the Venezuelan Migration Crisis through Qualitative Research and Global Health Reporting”
Capstone Adviser: Courtland Robinson

Logan Fenhouse
“Evaluation of Public-Private Sector Collaboration During Emergency Response in Maryland:
A Qualitative Analysis”
Capstone Adviser: Tara Kirk Sell
Center for Health Security MPH Capstone Award: Recipient of $150 Prize

Wai Kit Fung
“Analyzing Systemic Barriers in Spatial Health Policy Research through a Methodological Case Study on Lead Exposure and Cognitive Outcomes in the Baltimore Metropolitan Region”
Capstone Adviser: Frank Curriero
MPH Capstone Award of Distinction: Recipient of $500 Prize

Callie Kelly
“Developing a Peer-led Training and Evaluation Strategy for Opioid Overdose Prevention in Higher Education (Elon University)”
Capstone Adviser: Sabriya Linton

Amy Krzyzek
“The Role of K-12 Schools in Decreasing Youth Substance Use and Substance-related Harms: A Program Proposal for Missoula County, Montana”
Capstone Adviser: Beth Marshall
Center for Injury Prevention and Policy MPH Capstone Award: Recipient of $300 Prize

Cordelia Kwon
“Training Journalists on Causal Inference Methods in Public Health”
Capstone Adviser: Elizabeth Stuart

Xiang Bin (Axby) Loh
“Evaluating Wastewater Surveillance as an Early-Warning System for Infectious Disease (Re-) Introductions”
Capstone Adviser: Carlos Castillo-Salgado
Department of Environmental Health and Engineering MPH Capstone Award: Recipient of $300 Prize

Emily Rae Miller
“Reducing STIgma and Barriers: A Mixed Methods Approach to Public Health Interventions to Address Congenital Syphilis in St. Louis, Missouri”
Capstone Adviser: Keshia Pollack Porter

Allegra Molkenthin
“Analyzing the Pandemic and All-Hazards Act within a One Health Framework”
Capstone Adviser: Meghan Davis
Center for Health Security MPH Capstone Award: Recipient of $150 Prize

Elohor Oborevwori
“Evaluating Mass Drug Administration Coverage on Measurement Methods and their Impact on Determining Factors Associated with Treatment Uptake in the Deworm3 Trial”
Capstone Adviser: Judd Walson

Marlon Juliano Romero Aliberti
“Undiagnosed Dementia: A Comparative Study of Socioeconomic, Health, and Clinical Factors in Brazil and the United States”
Capstone Adviser: Alden Gross

Nathan Walborn
“A Comprehensive Literature Review of Microorganisms in the Human Gut Microbiome: Taxonomy, Functions, Health Implications, and Their Effects on the Gut-Brain Axis”
Capstone Adviser: Arturo Casadevall
Dr. Louis Fink MPH Capstone Award: Recipient of $500 prize

Ariana Yett
“Fixing Nitrogen, Fixing Systems: The Role of Legumes in Regenerative Agriculture”
Capstone Advisers: Philip McNab and Becky Ramsing

May 2024

Tess Ayazika
“Applications of CRISPR in the Elimination of Persistent Viruses: Is There Hope for a Cure?”
Capstone Adviser: Gary Ketner

Amanda Brosnan
“Adolescent Sexual Health: Program Evaluation and Quality Improvement in a Health Care System”
Capstone Adviser: Maria Trent

Panqin Cai
“Microbial Biopesticides: A One Health Perspective on Benefits and Risks”
Capstone Adviser: George Dimopoulos
Department of Environmental Health and Engineering MPH Capstone Award: Recipient of $300 prize

Ugochinyere Ejiogu
“A Spatial Analysis of Demographic Disparities in Outpatient Mental Health Service Utilization among Children and Adolescents”
Capstone Adviser: Michael Desjardins
MPH Capstone Award of Distinction: Recipient of $500 prize

Casey Geddes
“Conveying the Impact of Climate Change on Health via Narrative Storytelling”
Capstone Adviser: Lauren Czaplicki

Marissa George
“A Comparative Case Study of Complete Border Closures in New Zealand and the United Kingdom”
Capstone Adviser: Tara Kirk Sell
Center for Health Security MPH Capstone Award: Recipient of $150 Prize

Hannah Goodtree
“An Exploration of the Effectiveness of Quarantine and Isolation as Interventions for Pandemics: A Project Break Glass Case Study of Ebola and COVID-19”
Capstone Adviser: Crystal Watson
Center for Health Security MPH Capstone Award: Recipient of $150 Prize

Tim Groteclaes
“Equity of Maternal and Child Health Services in Afghanistan: A Spatiotemporal Analysis of National Survey Datasets”
Capstone Adviser: Nadia Akseer

Rachel McFadden
“Barriers at the Bedside: Measuring and Reducing Substance Use Disorder Stigma among Hospital-based Nurses”
Capstone Adviser: Alene Kennedy-Hendricks

Victoria Michels
“Neuroplastic Pain: A Communications Strategy Proposal for Chronic Pain Patients”
Capstone Adviser: Rajiv Rimal

Ryan Nicholson
“Association of Cannabis Versus Other Substance Use Disorders with Psychiatric Conditions: A Propensity-Matched Retrospective Cohort Analysis”
Capstone Adviser: Johannes Thrul

Sharmini Rathakrishnan
“Navigating Migrant Worker Road Safety in Singapore Using a Safe System Approach: A Policy Analysis”
Capstone Adviser: Jon Vernick
Center for Injury Prevention and Policy MPH Capstone Award: Recipient of $300 Prize

Aakriti Suresh
“Exploring Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Gun Violence in Baltimore City, Maryland”
Capstone Adviser: Michael Desjardins

Anthony Yi
"Prevalence of Chronic Airflow Obstruction and Population Attributable Fraction from Different Risk Factors in Cartagena, Colombia: a Cross-Sectional Observational Study”
Capstone Adviser: Vanessa Garcia Lar

May 2023

Rachel Bervell
“Investigating the Black Maternal Health Crisis and Proposing Solutions: A Podcast”
Capstone Adviser: Rebecca Fix

Jessica Boklan
“A global landscape and pipeline analysis of childhood cancer medicines to improve access for children in low- and middle-income countries”
Capstone Adviser: Ruth Karron

Joseph Buffaloe
“Care coordination, navigation, and case management to increase hepatitis C treatment among persons who use drugs: rationale, best practices, and implementation considerations for New Mexico, United States”
Capstone Adviser: Karin Tobin

Jessica Crow
“Development and implementation of a health-system policy for evidence-based prevention and management of infiltration and extravasation of irritants and vesicants”
Capstone Adviser: Kenneth Shermock

Courtney de Balmann
“Disrupting infectious disease spread among animals and zoonotic spillover through self-spreading vaccines. Do the potential benefits outweigh the potential risks of misuse and other unintended consequences?”
Capstone Adviser: Douglas Norris
Center for Health Security MPH Capstone Award: Recipient of $300 Prize

Hannah Gray
“Spread The Word: Developing a Sexual Health Peer Education Program within a Faith-Based University”
Capstone Adviser: Maria Trent

Kelly Hubbard
“Coalition-based SMART Advocacy for the Inclusion of Pregnant and Lactating People in Clinical Research”
Capstone Adviser: Beth Fredrick

Alyssa Kretz
“Syphilis Incidence Following an STI Diagnosis Among Cisgender Women in Baltimore, MD, from 2009-2021”
Capstone Advisers: Jacky Jennings and Anna Powell

Premikha M
“Examining the Role of Resilience in Adolescent Suicide: A Gender-Based Perspective in Singapore”
Capstone Adviser: Shoshanna Fine

Joyce Ma
“A Process Evaluation Plan to Assess Implementation of the Los Angeles Universal Basic Mobility Pilot Program’s Electric Mobility Element”
Capstone Adviser: Keshia Pollack Porter

Kristin Pareja
“Organizational Characteristics of Community First! Village, a Permanent Supportive Housing Community in Austin, Texas, and Secondary Data Analysis of Demographic and Social Characteristics of Formerly Chronically Homeless Adults”
Capstone Adviser: Amy Knowlton

Ayu Putri Sarena
“Evaluating the Effect of Medicaid Expansion on Time to First Treatment Disparities in Breast Cancer Patients”
Capstone Advisers: Lisa Jacobs and Olutayo Sogunro

Shalini Singh
"Project Sunset: A Global Tobacco Endgame Assessment”
Capstone Adviser: Joanna Cohen

Caila Wagar
“The Public Health Implications of West Virginia v. EPA”
Capstone Adviser: Paul Locke
Department of Environmental Health and Engineering MPH Capstone Award: Recipient of $300 Prize

Meng-Ju Wu
"Evaluation of dementia care program with focus on community network in Taiwan”
Capstone Adviser: Leiyu Shi

Arisa Yamaguchi
“Listening to children matters: The association between the children’s sense of being heard and the quality of life”
Capstone Advisor: Christina Bethell
MPH Capstone Award of Distinction: Recipient of $500 Prize

May 2022

Anurima Baidya
“Clinical and immunological markers of pulmonary impairment in HIV infected Indian adults”
Capstone Adviser: Amita Gupta

Joel Baumgart
“Environmental risk factors and Parkinson’s disease: etiology and comparative analysis of regulatory frameworks”
Capstone Adviser: Keshia Pollack Porter
Louis B. Fink MPH Capstone Award for Outstanding Achievement

Abigail Carlson
“Ensuring the Supply of Personal Protective Equipment for Healthcare”
Capstone Adviser: Anthony So
MPH Capstone Award of Distinction

Alivia Coleman
“A Health in All Policies (HiAP) Approach to Local Land Use Decision-Making Processes”
Capstone Adviser: Keshia Pollack Porter

Ellie DeGarmo
“How have U.S. states used law during the COVID-19 pandemic with respect to people who are undocumented?”
Capstone Adviser: Lainie Rutkow
MPH COVID-Related Capstone Award of Distinction

Fabricio Garcia
“Impacts of the 2017 National Primary Care Policy in public primary health care in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.”
Capstone Adviser: Mariana Socal

Kescha Kazmi
“Missed Opportunities for Vaccine Equity (MOVE): Increasing childhood vaccination through hospital-based
catch-up vaccinations and community outreach in India: a pre- and post-intervention analysis”
Capstone Adviser: Anita Shet

Rachel Lamparelli
“PBMs and the U.S. Prescription Drug Market: How States are Leading the Charge for Transparency and Regulation”
Capstone Adviser: Mariana Socal

Janice Miller
“The magnitude of undercounting for adults experiencing intimate partner violence and homelessness in Maryland”
Capstone Adviser: Michele Decker

Samantha Mravca
“Scoping Review: Association between Adventure Playgrounds and Injuries in Children”
Capstone Adviser: Andrea Gielen

Maggie Oliver
“Hearing Loss as a Modifier of the Association between Comorbidities and Mortality Over Time”
Capstone Adviser: Jennifer Deal

Jennifer Pauliukonis
"Maryland Extreme Risk Protective Order Policy and Implementation Recommendations”
Capstone Adviser: Shannon Frattaroli

Michelle Robinson
“Drug Affordability: Disrupting the market for combination drugs, analyzing price, quality, and access.”
Capstone Adviser: Gerard Anderson

Rohanit Singh
"Factors Associated with Primary Care Services Among Home Dialysis Patients.”
Capstone Adviser: Bernard Jaar

G. Sean Stapleton
“Contamination of retail meat with multidrug-resistant bacteria differs by for-consumer package label claim
indicating on-farm antibiotic use practices—United States, 2016-2019”
Capstone Adviser: Meghan Davis
Department of Environmental Health and Engineering MPH Capstone Award

Anjiya Sulaiman
“Training allies: An internal medicine residency training program to improve care for gender diverse patients”
Capstone Adviser: Danielle German

May 2021

Saqer Alkharabsheh
“Direct Oral Anticoagulants vs Vitamin K Antagonists in Management of Patients with Left Ventricular Thrombus”
Capstone Adviser: John Muschelli \ Faculty Adviser: John Muschelli

Melanie Bechard
“Poisoning-Related Pediatric Emergency Department Visits During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Baltimore City Area”
Capstone Adviser: Andrea Gielen \ Faculty Adviser: Johnathan Ehsani
MPH Capstone COVID-Related Research Award

Jung Byun
“Race, Copy Number Variation, and Local Hog Concentration in Breast Cancer Mortality”
Capstone Adviser: Paul Strickland \ Faculty Adviser: Christine Ladd-Acosta
Department of Environmental Health and Engineering MPH Capstone Award

Omar Dzaye
“Coronary Artery Calcium is Associated with Increased Risk for Lung and Colorectal Cancer in Men and women: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA)”
Capstone Adviser: Michael Blaha \ Faculty Adviser: Alison Gemmill

Dana Goplerud
“The Association of Low-income Housing and Outdoor Air Pollution”
Capstone Adviser: Craig Pollack \ Faculty Adviser: Mary Catherine Beach

Tomomitsu Ichikawa
“Factors Associated with Home Deaths in Elderly Patients Receiving Home Medical Care in Japan: A Historic Cohort Study”
Capstone Adviser: Qian-Li Xue \ Faculty Adviser: Mark Bittle

Monique Jindahl
“The Impact of Policing on the Health and Well Being of Black Youth”
Capstone Adviser: Maria Trent, Carlos\ Faculty Adviser: Susan Hannam

Chao Long
“Developing a Multimedia Patient-Reported Outcomes Measure for Low Literacy Patients”
Capstone Adviser: Laura Beres \ Faculty Adviser: Albert Wu
MPH Capstone Award of Distinction

Molly Mantus
“Impact of Spatial Variation in Access to Community Health Workers on Malaria Outcomes among Children in a High Transmission Region in Zambia”
Capstone Adviser: Matthew Ippolito \ Faculty Adviser: Saifuddin Ahmed

Dana McLaughlin
“The Inclusion of Undocumented Immigrants in US State COVID-19 Vaccine Plans”
Capstone Adviser: Paul Robinson \ Faculty Adviser: Courtland Robinson
MPH Capstone COVID-Related Research Award

Tria Rooney
“Direct Provision in Ireland”
Capstone Adviser: Courtland Robinson \ Faculty Adviser: Courtland Robinson

Micaela Root
"Philadelphia’s Restitution of Water Service during COVID-19”
Capstone Adviser: Summer Rosenstock \ Faculty Advisor: Wendy Bennett
Department of Environmental Health and Engineering MPH Capstone Award

Natasha Shah
"Strategies for Vaccine Product Innovation: Creating an Enabling Environment for Product Development-to-Uptake in Low- and Middle-Income Countries”
Capstone Adviser: David Sack \ Faculty Adviser: David Sack

Emily Stirzaker
“Who Pays, Who Benefits? An Analysis of Direct Subsidies and Tax Incentives for Private Health Insurance in Australia and the United States”
Capstone Adviser: Gerard Anderson \ Faculty Adviser: Bryan Patenaude

May 2020

Erin Beasley
“Monkey pox Medical Countermeasures in Low-income and High-income Countries”
Capstone Adviser: Noreen Hynes\ Faculty Adviser: Noreen Hynes

Diana Bongiorno
“Emergency Department and Hospital Charges for Pediatric Firearm Injuries in the United States”
Capstone Adviser: Jon Vernick \ Faculty Adviser: Lisa Cooper

Sachalee Campbell
“The Accident and Emergency Department of the Cornwall Regional Hospital’s Training on Health Professionals (Nurses and Doctors) Burnout”
Capstone Adviser: William Brieger \ Faculty Adviser: Renan Castillo

Julia Eckstein
“Polypharmacy, Cognitive Impairment, and Frailty in the Women’s Health and Aging Study II (WHASII)”
Capstone Adviser: Qian Li Xue \ Faculty Adviser: Stephan Ehrhardt
Overall Best MPH Capstone Award: Recipient of $500 Prize

Daniel Ehrenpreis
“Removing the ‘I’ from "Indian": An Implementation Guide to Combat Regionalized Racism and Appropriation”
Capstone Adviser: Melissa Walls \ Faculty Adviser: Sara Johnson

Rebecca Florsheim
“Air Pollution and Health: Novel Insights on Black Carbon Toxicity and Air Pollution in the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic”
Capstone Adviser: Castillo-Salgado, Carlos\ Faculty Adviser: Gilbert Burnham
Department of Environmental Health and Engineering MPH Capstone Award: Recipient of $300 prize

Masahiro Katahira
“Mentoring nurses to improve quality of delivery care at primary health centers: Evidence from Bihar, India”
Capstone Adviser: Krishna Rao \ Faculty Adviser: George Pariyo

Jiahe Liang
“A Qualitative Analysis of Pharmaceutical Manufacturer Funded Patient Access Services for Newly Launched Drugs”
Capstone Adviser: Mariana Socal\ Faculty Adviser: Mary Fox

Donald (Bailey) Miles
“An analysis of a federal sugar-sweetened beverage excise tax”
Capstone Adviser: Jill Marsteller \ Faculty Adviser: Jill Marsteller

Zoe Mowl
“A comparison of total cost estimates between exclusive breastfeeding and use of breast milk substitutes in humanitarian contexts”
Capstone Adviser: Mija Ververs \ Faculty Adviser: Gilbert Burnham

Yuichiro Otsuka
"Trends in sleep problems among Japanese adolescents from 2004 to 2017”
Capstone Adviser: Adam Spira \ Faculty Adviser: Noel Mueller

Elizabeth Ruebush
"Advancing Evidence-Based Public Health: A Scoping Review of Trainings for Public Health Practitioners”
Capstone Adviser: Carlos Castillo-Salgado \ Faculty Adviser: Carlos Castillo-Salgado

Vincent Salvador
“Efficacy and Safety of Empagliflozin on Prevention of Chemotherapy- induced Heart Failure”
Capstone Adviser: Di Zhao \ Faculty Adviser: Di Zhao

May 2019

Olivia Dieni
“Fatal Intimate Partner Violence in the United States: Demographic and Temporal Tends 2003-2016”
Capstone Adviser: Michele Decker\ Faculty Adviser: Shannon Frattaroli

Dennis Emuron
“Lack of an Association between Household Air Pollution Exposure and Previous Pulmonary Tuberculosis”
Capstone Adviser: William Checkley\ Faculty Adviser: Nauder Faraday
Department of Environmental Health and Engineering MPH Capstone Award: Recipient of $300 prize

Sari Frankel
“Correlates of Witnessing a Fatal Overdose in Baltimore, Boston and Providence: A Secondary Data Analysis”
Capstone Adviser: Ju Nyeong Park \ Faculty Adviser: Mary Fox
Overall Best MPH Capstone Award: Recipient of $500 Prize

Carmen Ramos Irizarry
“A Proposal to Improve and Enhance the Coordination and Provision of Pediatric Trauma Services in Collier County”
Capstone Adviser: Abdul Bachani \ Faculty Adviser: Lawrence Wissow

Hannah Louie
“Beyond Nutrition: A Landscape Analysis of Values-Based Procurement Among Food Service Management Companies”
Capstone Adviser: Robert Martin \ Faculty Adviser: Jillian Fry

Nicholas Luciano
“Preparedness and Response for a Nipah Virus Outbreak: Medical Countermeasures and Public Health Interventions”
Capstone Adviser: Lauren Sauer \ Faculty Adviser: Gary Ketner
Louis Fink MPH Capstone Award: Recipient of $500 prize

Funmi Obisesan
“Association between E-Cigarette Use and Depressions- Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (2016-2017)”
Capstone Adviser: Michael Blaha \ Faculty Adviser: Michael Blaha

Neha Reddy
“Trichomonas vaginalis in Adolescent and Young Adult Males in STI-Prevalent Communities: Policy Recommendations to Address Disparities and Promote Public Health Control”
Capstone Adviser: Maria Trent \ Faculty Adviser: Leiyu Shi

Olivia Samson
“Spatial Analysis of Malaria Surveillance Data, Zambia 2014”
Capstone Adviser: Timothy Shields\ Faculty Adviser: Timothy Shields

Aishwarya Shukla
“Hearing Loss, Hearing Aid Use and Depressive Symptoms in Older Adults: Findings from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Neurocognitive Study (ARIC-NCS)”
Capstone Adviser: Adele Goman \ Faculty Adviser: Jennifer Deal

Sarah Vick
"Discontinue Vitamin, Herb, and Supplement Sales on Military Bases”
Capstone Adviser: Mariana Socal \ Faculty Adviser: Daniel Barnett

Megan Wall
"Process Evaluation of Share a Pack”
Capstone Adviser: Joanna Cohen \ Faculty Adviser: Vanya Jones

May 2018

Hana Bao
“Extreme Air Pollution in Ulaanbataar, Mongolia: Review of the Problem and Potential Solutions”
Capstone Adviser: Paul Gaist \ Faculty Adviser: Paul Gaist

Hsing-Yuan Chang
“Maternal Drug Use Before and During Pregnancy and Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) In Boston Birth Cohort”
Capstone Adviser: Xiaobin Wang \ Faculty Adviser: Mary Cwik

William Coe
“Prenatal Near Roadway Air Pollution Exposure and Early Neurodevelopment in Young Mexican-American Children”
Capstone Adviser: Heather Volk \ Faculty Adviser: Mary Catherine Beach
Louis Fink MPH Capstone Award: Recipient of $500 prize

Sumona Datta
“Tuberculosis and Wellbeing: A Quantitative Assessment in Peruvian Shantytowns”
Capstone Adviser: Robert Gilman \ Faculty Adviser: Robert Gilman

Pamela Gutman
“ Smokeless Tobacco Use and Perceived Cancer Risks Among American Indians in the Cherokee Nation”
Capstone Adviser: Joanna Cohen \ Faculty Adviser: Allison Barlow

Lauren Havens
“Proposal to Evaluate the Impact of Boys Run I toowú klatseen”
Capstone Adviser: Anne Riley \ Faculty Adviser: Anne Riley

Albert Liu
“Baseline Frailty Predicts Accelerated Age-related Cognitive Declines Across Domains in Healthy & MCI Older Adults”
Capstone Adviser: Qian-Li Xue \ Faculty Adviser: Qian-Li Xue

Anne McKenna
“Screening for Common Perinatal Mental Disorder in South Africa: Policy Briefing and Advocacy Outcomes”
Capstone Adviser: Judith Bass \ Faculty Adviser: Anbrasi Edward
Overall Best MPH Capstone Award: Recipient of $500 Prize

Yoshihiko Raita
“A Femoral versus Jugular Venous Catheter Placement and Risk of Catheter-related Infection and the Effect
Modification by BMI on the Association between Catheter Site and Infectious Events”
Capstone Adviser: Aaron Milstone \ Faculty Adviser: Aaron Milstone

Joseph Reardon
“Emergency Medicine Physician Residency Modernization: Implementation and Public Health Assessment”
Capstone Adviser: William Brieger \ Faculty Adviser: Robert Black

Lei Wang
“Exercise Interventions on Fatigue for Women with Breast Cancer during Active Treatment: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis”
Capstone Adviser: Roberta Scherer\ Faculty Adviser: Corinne Joshu

Jessica Whitley
“Consideration of Spatial Accessibility and Fast Food/Carry-Out Distribution in Assessing the Neighborhood Food Environment”
Capstone Adviser: Joel Gittelsohn\ Faculty Adviser: Lisa Cooper
Department of Environmental Health and Engineering MPH Capstone Award: Recipient of $300 prize

May 2017

Emily Beaudoin
“Quality of life and depression among high-risk or diabetic American Indian (AI) youth enrolled in the Together on Diabetes Study”
Capstone Adviser: Summer Rosenstock \ Faculty Adviser: Allison Barlow

Aimee Bruederle
“Does Social Support Have an Effect on Adolescent Sexual Risk-taking Behavior?”
Capstone Adviser: Heena Brahmbhatt \ Faculty Adviser: Heena Brahmbhatt

Timothee Fruhauf
"Measuring family planning quality and its link with contraceptive use in Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Uganda"
Capstone Adviser: Amy Tsui \ Faculty Adviser: Amy Tsui

James Heyward
“Institutional factors moderating compliance with clinical trials registration and reporting requirements in the U.S.”
Capstone Adviser: Evan Mayo-Wilson \ Faculty Adviser: Roberta Scherer

Jiun-Ruey Hu
“Associations between the serum metabolome and all-cause mortality in chronic kidney disease”
Capstone Adviser: Josef Coresh & Morgan Grams \ Faculty Adviser: Josef Coresh

Srishti Jayakumar
“Vitamin B12 deficiency in Pregnancy: Implications for Public Health Practice”
Capstone Adviser: David Paige \ Faculty Adviser: David Paige
Louis Fink MPH Capstone Award: Recipient of $500 prize

Angela La Macchia
“Uprising: An Analysis of Jamaica's Disaster Management Policy”
Capstone Adviser: Shannon Doocy \ Faculty Adviser: Ligia Paina

Puja Sangoi
“Analysis of testimony for Philadelphia beverage tax”
Capstone Adviser: Sara Bleich \ Faculty Adviser: Shannon Frattaroli
Overall Best MPH Capstone Award: Recipient of $500 Prize

Angela Schroeder
“Coordination and Collaboration for Healthy Food Systems in Wisconsin: Interviews Among Key Informants”
Capstone Adviser: Anne Palmer \ Faculty Adviser: Anne Palmer
Department of Environmental Health and Engineering MPH Capstone Award: Recipient of $300 prize

Kanal Singh
“Association of history of injection drug use with external-cause related mortality among persons linked to HIV care in an urban clinic, 2001-2015”
Capstone Adviser: Catherine Lesko \ Faculty Adviser: William Moss

Weijia Wang
“Resting Heart Rate and Incident Atrial Fibrillation Over a 20-year Follow-Up in The ARIC Study (Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities)”
Capstone Adviser: Moyses Szklo \ Faculty Adviser: Moyses Szklo

Colby Wilkason
“The Use of Spatial Analysis for Disease Control: A Case Study of Malaria Transmission in Macha, Zambia"
Capstone Adviser: Timothy Shields \ Faculty Adviser: Timothy Shields

May 2016

Kasey Bellegarde
“An Assessment of a Gender-based Violence Screening Program for Refugee Women in Baltimore City”
Capstone Adviser: Michele Decker \ Faculty Adviser: Michele Decker

Kathryn Dalton
“Biosecurity Challenges in the Poultry Industry against Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza”
Capstone Adviser: Ellen Silbergeld \ Faculty Adviser: Meghan Davis
Department of Environmental Health Sciences MPH Capstone Award: Recipient of $300 prize

Teresa DeAtley
“Assessing compliance with Uruguay’s single pack presentation law”
Capstone Adviser: Joanna Cohen \ Faculty Adviser: Ryan Kennedy

Ramzi Dudum
“Dose-Dependent Effects of Lifestyle Interventions on Blood Lipid Levels: Results from the PREMIER Trial”
Capstone Adviser: Lawrence Appel \ Faculty Adviser: Lawrence Appel

Zoya Fansler
“Impacts of hydrocodone combination product rescheduling on opioid and analgesic prescribing in the United States”
Capstone Adviser: G. Caleb Alexander \ Faculty Adviser: Gary Ketner

Zhilei Guo
“Implication of mHealth Development and Application to the China Health Reform”
Capstone Adviser: Alain Labrique \ Faculty Adviser: Douglas Hough

Melinda Krakow
"Who Gets a Provider Recommendation? Reducing Missed Opportunities to Promote the HPV Vaccine to Male and Female Teens in the U.S."
Capstone Adviser: Anne Rositch \ Faculty Adviser: Amber Dsouza

Benjamin Lazarus
“Proton Pump Inhibitor Use and the Risk of Chronic Kidney Disease”
Capstone Advisor: Morgan Grams \ Faculty Advisor: Morgan Grams

Hojoon Lee
“Application of Early Aberration Reporting System (Ears) To Seasonal Influenza Weekly Report in Mexico (2007-2014)”
Capstone Adviser: Carlos Castillo-Salgado \ Faculty Adviser: Kenrad Nelson

Dane Moran
“Impact of Improving Vehicle Design on the Burden of Pedestrian Injuries in Germany, USA, and India”
Capstone Adviser: Kavi Bhalla \ Faculty Adviser: Keshia Pollack
Overall Best MPH Capstone Award: Recipient of $500 Prize

Caroline Picher
“Analysis of Access to Medication Assisted Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder in Populations involved in the Criminal Justice System”
Capstone Adviser: Brendan Saloner \ Faculty Adviser: Dan Salmon

May 2015

Elizabeth Bast
“Analyzing the Health Co-Benefits of High-Penetration Renewable Energy Deployment in the United States”
Capstone Adviser: John Balbus \ Faculty Adviser: Cindy Parker
Department of Environmental Health Sciences MPH Capstone Award: Recipient of $300 prize

Sarah Ceponis
“Inclusionary Advocacy: Changing Policy and Perspectives through Maryland’s Second Chance Act”
Capstone Adviser: Carol Underwood \ Faculty Adviser: Philip Leaf

Jerome Chelliah
“Evaluation of Six Hospital-based Domestic Violence Programs and their Collective Efforts as the Maryland
Health Care Coalition against Domestic Violence”
Capstone Adviser: Andrea Gielen \ Faculty Adviser: Danielle German

Susan Emmett
“Hearing Loss Is Associated With Decreased Nonverbal Intelligence in Rural Nepal”
Capstone Adviser: Keith West \ Faculty Adviser: Alfred Sommer

Jeffrey Hardesty
“Barriers to Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Trial Eligibility”
Capstone Adviser \ Faculty Adviser: Norma Kanarek

Junichi Ishigami
“Chronic Kidney Disease and Risk for Gastrointestinal Bleeding in the Community: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study”
Capstone Adviser \ Faculty Adviser: Kunihiro Matsushita

Hannah Jones
“Learning from the Past: Using Public Health Successes and Failures to Guide Future Policy”
Capstone Adviser: Sara Bleich \ Faculty Adviser: Keshia Pollack

Nicky Mehtani
“Injecting Drug Use Associated with Increasing Relative Rate of AIDS-Associated Mortality Despite Improvements in Antiretroviral Treatment”
Capstone Adviser: Richard Moore \ Faculty Adviser: Elizabeth Selvin

Nirmal Nair
“Early Detection of Communicable Diseases through Integration of Web Query and Social Media Data with Traditional Surveillance Tools - A Literature Review”
Capstone Adviser: Carlos Castillo-Salgado \ Faculty Adviser: Dagna Constenla

Molly Sauer
“Assessing the impacts of climate change on dengue fever: a systematic review”
Capstone Adviser: Meghan Davis \ Faculty Adviser: Clive Shiff

Jeremy Tanner
“Longitudinal Study of Entorhinal Cortex Thickness as a Biomarker of Preclinical Alzheimer's Disease”
Capstone Advisor: Marilyn Albert \ Faculty Advisor: George Rebok
Louis Fink MPH Capstone Award: Recipient of $500 prize

Hoa (Holly) Vo
“Perinatal Behaviors of Women Using Fertility Treatments”
Capstone Advisers: Tina Cheng, Kamila Mistry \ Faculty Adviser: William Moss