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The UT Public Health Coalition Spring 2024 Research Symposium

Thank you to everyone who made the UT PHC Spring 2024 Research Symposium possible! The symposium was held on April 1st, 2024 from 8:30AM to 4PM in the Health Discovery Building (Dell Medical) at UT Austin. This in-person research symposium aimed to unite a varied assembly of public health experts across UT to explore and share the latest research developments and prospects in the field of Public Health, while also providing a platform for networking among individuals from different parts of UT. Through interactive discussions and networking break-out groups, our objective was to collectively explore the question:

 “What is the future for Public Health at UT?”

The ongoing symposium’s agenda comprised more than 20 research presentations, divided into morning and afternoon sessions. During lunchtime, attendees had the opportunity to mingle, network, and peruse poster presentations by students and researchers.

We were delighted by the turnout at our inaugural symposium, with more than 60 participants joining us for this in-person event.

Thank you to all of our speakers, faulty, and students who made this event possible!

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AGENDA

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Presenter | Department | Presentation Title

Concurrent Session #1 | 10AM-12PM | HDB 1.208

• Jared Benge | Department of Neurology, Dell Medical School | Towards Technological Reserve in Older Adults
• Bo Xie | School of Nursing and School of Information | Using Artificial Intelligence to Aid Dementia Care:   Opportunities and Challenges
• Rachel Mis | Department of Neurology, Dell Medical School | Is Tech Use Associated with Errors in Daily Activities?
• Edison Thomaz |  Cockrell School of Engineering | Identifying Digital Biomarkers of Cognitive Impairment

Concurrent Session #2 | 10AM-12PM | HDB 1.204

• Tianjian Guo | McCombs School of Business, IROM  Department | Care Now or Pay Later? A Personalized    Recommendation Approach for  Value-based Healthcare
• Leanne Field | College of Natural Sciences/School of   Human Ecology/Public Health Program | Closing Adult   Immunization Gaps With VAC-OPT: A Novel Clinical Decision Support (CDS) System
• Aida Nielsen | University of Texas Health Science Center   School of Public Health | Enhancing Food Security: An   Analysis of Agricultural Support Programs for Refugees
• Chris Pfledderer | University  of Texas Health Science   Center Houston, School of Public Health in Austin | Expert Perspectives on Pilot and Feasibility Studies: A Delphi Study and Consolidation of Considerations for Behavioral Interventions
• Sarah Bentley| UTHealth Houston School of Public Health |   Safe Streets for Everyone? Implications of Municipal Policies   on Safe Routes to School Implementation and Equity  

Concurrent Session #3 | 10AM-12PM | HDB 1.202

• Lucia Abascal Miguel | School of Human Ecology |   Designing culturally and linguistically appropriate vaccine   education to be delivered via social media to Indigenous   communities in rural Guatemala
• Liana Petruzzi | Population Health Department | Dell   Medical School | Latino Research Institute | The Role of   Neighborhood Factors and Built Environment on Depression   and Stress Among Latinas
• Pablo Montero-Zamora | Department of Kinesiology and   Health Education,  College of Education| Cultural Stress and   Latino Parental Willingness to Participate in Preventive   Programs
• Stephanie M. Grasso | Department of Speech, Language   and Hearing Sciences, Moody College of Communications | Feasibility and Acceptability of Speech-Language   Interventions for Persons with Language-Led Dementia

Concurrent Session #4 | 1PM-3PM | HDB 1.208

• Speaker #1  Adriana Perez | UTHealth Houston Austin Department   of Biostatistics and Data Science | Biostatistical Aspects   to Determine the Effects of Integrated Palliative Care on   Health  Service Outcomes and Disparities in Parkinson   Disease and Parkinson
• Speaker #2  Sandra Vanegas | Steve Hicks School of Social Work |   Autism Prevalence in Texas: The TX-Autism and    Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network
• Speaker #3  Minghong Yuan – McCombs School of Business | Can   Information Sharing Reduce Racial Disparities in   Physician Diagnoses? Evidence from a Health   Information Exchange
• Speaker #4  Christopher Reyes – UTHealth School of Public Health   Austin Campus | Mobilizing for Action through Planning    and Partnership to create a food Rx program

Concurrent Session #5 | 1PM-3PM | HDB 1.204

• Michelle Osuna-Diaz| Dell Medical School, Internal   Medicine | CHW-Led Hospital-Based Care Transition   Intervention for Persons Living with Dementia and Care Partners
• Jung Kwak | School of Nursing| Leveraging Community   Health Workers to Expand the Mental Health Workforce for Underserved Populations
• Gabriela Livas Stein | Human Development & Family Studies | Social Work and Community Health Work Collaboration is   Essential for Health Equity
• Liana Petruzzi | Population Health Department | Dell Medical School | Latino Research Institute| A CHW  Intervention to Facilitate Navigation of Community Resources for People on Dialysis with Health-related Social Needs

Concurrent Session #6 | 1PM-3PM | HDB 1.202

• S. Craig Watkins | School of Journalism and Media |  Developing Ethical and Responsible AI Via Stakeholder   Engagement
• Ying Ding | School of Information | Using Large Language Model to extract Social Determinants of Health (SDoH)
• Yan Leng | McCombs School of Business | Using Large Language Model as Mental Health Counseling for Social   Media Posts
• Yifan Peng | Population Health Sciences | Uncovering Misattributed Suicide Causes through Annotation Inconsistency Detection in Death Investigation Notes

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With Special Thanks To:

College of Natural Sciences

PHC Steering Committee

PHC Event Committee

School of Human Ecology

Department of Population Health

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