Summer 2021 Mentors
Our Mentors at Columbia University
Jocelyn Brown, MD, MPH
Student Project:
Female Genital Mutilation and Cutting: Pediatricians’ Comfort and Experience
Student: Emily Rutland (VP&S)
Tsion Firew, MD, MPH
Student Project:
Survey of COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Among Emergency Department Patients and Caregivers in New York City, USA
Student: Jennifer Egbebike (VP&S)
Kim Hekimian, PhD
Student Project:
Exploring the Impact of COVID-19 on Breastfeeding in Armenia
Students: Lotanna Ezenekwe (VP&S) and Helen Woolcock (VP&S)
Susie Hoffman, DrPH
Student project:
Assessment of cognitive capacity of adolescents and parents to provide informed consent in Rakai, Uganda
Student: Nao Haba, MD (MSPH)
Philip Kreniske, PhD
Student project:
Assessment of cognitive capacity of adolescents and parents to provide informed consent in Rakai, Uganda
Student: Nao Haba, MD (MSPH)
Kathrine Meyers, DrPH, MS, MPP
Student Project:
Daily COVID-19 Self-Testing with a Lateral Flow Antigen Test (CoV-SCAN): an Acceptability Study
Student: Alicia Li (VP&S)
Andrew Moran, MD, MPH
Student Project:
National Health and Budget Impact of Implementing the WHO HEARTS Hypertension Control Program in Bangladesh
Student: Anirudh Pidugu (CDM)
Rachel Moresky, MD, MPH
Student Project:
Developing Acute Care and Referral Systems (ACERS)
Students: S. Afranie (MSPH), A. Hassan (VP&S), K. Reis (VP&S), K. Tamakloe (MSPH), W.E. Yevudza (VP&S)
Tanya Murtha, MD
Student Project:
Harlem Resident International Medical Graduate Experience of Sharing Serious News: A Qualitative Assessment
Students: Natalia Forbath (VP&S) and Lauren Tucker (VP&S)
Ana Navas-Acien, MD, PhD, MPH
Student Project:
Assessment of Differential Uranium Exposure and its Association with Hypertension and Elevated Blood Pressure in American Indian Communities in the Strong Heart Family Study
Student: Abigail Onderwyzer Gold, Mentor (VP&S)
Lisa Park, MD
Student Project:
Evaluation of the Impact of Foreign Cataract Surgery Teaching Efforts in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Student: Sophia Jackman (VP&S)
Geoffrey Reed, PhD
Student Project:
Mental Health of Central American Migrants while in-transit through Mexico
Student: Erick Garza (VP&S)
John Santelli, MD, MPH
Student Projects:
Adolescent research inclusion, informed consent, autonomy, and protection: An exploration of key stakeholder knowledge, attitudes, and perspectives in Uganda
Student: Fiona McAuley (VP&S)
Assessment of cognitive capacity of adolescents and parents to provide informed consent in Rakai, Uganda
Student: Nao Haba, MD (MSPH)
Steven Spitalnik, MD
Student Project:
Worldwide Initiative for Rh Disease Eradication (WIRhE): Developing Educational Content to Help Eradicate Rh Disease
Student: Marissa Caldwell
Lawrence Stanberry, MD, PhD
Student Projects:
Antibiotic resistance-associated gene identification among invasive Group B Streptococcus samples and analysis of potential vaccine targets
Pfizer Mentors: Hal Jones, PhD, Li Hao, PhD
Student: Emma Senner (MSPH)
Development of Vaccine Against Group B Streptococcus: Current Status and Future Perspectives
Pfizer Mentors: Yekaterina Timofeyeva, MS, Isis Kanevsky, PhD
Student: Sneha Kunwar (MSPH)
Intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis for prevention of neonatal group B streptococcal disease: a review of key limitations and their implications for vaccine development
Pfizer Mentor: Raphael Simon, PhD
Student: Peter Suwondo (VP&S)
Brie Stotler, MD
Student Project:
Worldwide Initiative for Rh Disease Eradication (WIRhE): Developing Educational Content to Help Eradicate Rh Disease
Student: Marissa Caldwell
Sunil Wadhwa, DDS
Student Projects:
Intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis for prevention of neonatal group B streptococcal disease: a review of key limitations and their implications for vaccine development
Student: Isaac Donkor (CDM)
The Role of Oral Health in the Acquisition and Progression of SARS-CoV-2
Student: Rebecca Li (CDM)
Michael Yin, MD, MS
Student Projects:
Body Impedance Analysis and Skinfold Measurements as Low-cost Alternatives to DXA for Monitoring Lipodystrophy in CLWH in South Africa
Student: Bryce Killingsworth (VP&S)
Evaluation of Quantitative Ultrasonography versus Dual X-ray Absorptiometry for Bone Status Monitoring in South African Children Living with HIV
Student: Jackson Roberts (VP&S)
Oral immune activation and alveolar bone loss in postmenopausal women and men living with HIV
Student: Isaac Donkor (CDM)
The Role of Oral Health in the Acquisition and Progression of SARS-CoV-2
Student: Rebecca Li (CDM)
Our Mentors at Other Sites
Koku Awoonor-Williams, MD, MPH, MPA
Student Project:
Developing Acute Care and Referral Systems (ACERS)
Students: S. Afranie (MSPH), A. Hassan (VP&S), K. Reis (VP&S), K. Tamakloe (MSPH), W.E. Yevudza (VP&S)
Andrews Ayim, MBChB, MBA, MPH
Student Project:
Developing Acute Care and Referral Systems (ACERS)
Students: S. Afranie (MSPH), A. Hassan (VP&S), K. Reis (VP&S), K. Tamakloe (MSPH), W.E. Yevudza (VP&S)
Li Hao, PhD
Student Project: Antibiotic resistance-associated gene identification among invasive Group B Streptococcus samples and analysis of potential vaccine targets
Columbia University Faculty Liaison: Lawrence Stanberry, MD, PhD
Student: Emma Senner (MSPH)
Hal Jones, PhD
Student Project: Antibiotic resistance-associated gene identification among invasive Group B Streptococcus samples and analysis of potential vaccine targets
Columbia University Faculty Liaison: Lawrence Stanberry, MD, PhD
Student: Emma Senner (MSPH)
MS, Isis Kanevsky, PhD
Development of Vaccine Against Group B Streptococcus: Current Status and Future Perspectives
Student: Sneha Kunwar (MSPH)
Tom Lutalo, MS, PhD
Student Project:
Adolescent research inclusion, informed consent, autonomy, and protection: An exploration of key stakeholder knowledge, attitudes, and perspectives in Uganda
Student: Fiona McAuley (VP&S)
Fred Nalugoda, PhD, MHSc
Student Project:
Assessment of cognitive capacity of adolescents and parents to provide informed consent in Rakai, Uganda
Student: Nao Haba, MD (MSPH)
Raphael Simon, PhD
Student Project:
Intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis for prevention of neonatal group B streptococcal disease: a review of key limitations and their implications for vaccine development
Columbia University Faculty Liaison: Lawrence Stanberry, MD, PhD
Student: Peter Suwondo (VP&S)
Sylvana Q. Sinha, Esq.
Student Projects:
COVID-19 sampling and whole genome sequencing informs makeup of virus variants and affected populations in Bangladesh
Student: Catherine Martini (CDM)
Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Utilization of Health Services at a Private Health Center In Bangladesh: A Case Study
Student: Rachel Utomo (CDM)
Monitoring Evaluation of Praava Health Programs in Dhaka, Bangladesh
Student: Ishani Guha (MSPH)
Yekaterina Timofeyeva, MS
Development of Vaccine Against Group B Streptococcus: Current Status and Future Perspectives
Student: Sneha Kunwar (MSPH)