Fellow Projects

Abstracts

Explore a collection of project abstracts highlighting the impactful work completed by current and former fellows during their time in district placements. These projects showcase a diverse range of initiatives, innovations, and outreach that have contributed positively and informed decision-making in public health across Georgia.

FellowTitleConferenceYearTypeLink
Allison CubbonImproving the Lives of People Aging with HIV in North Georgia: A Community Garden InitiativeSTI Engage2025Oral Presentation
Improving the Lives of People Aging with HIV in North Georgia: A Community Garden InitiativeGeorgia Public Health Association2025Poster
Imari GeniasAnalyzing COVID-19 and Mpox Case Investigation Reports to Improve Data Collection in DeKalb County, GANACCHO3602025Oral Presentation
There’s something in the water: A 10-year descriptive analysis of legionellosis in DeKalb County Georgia Public Health Association2025Workshop
Un Camino Peligroso/ A Dangerous Road: Motor Vehicle Crashes Among Hispanic/Latino DeKalb County Residents, 2018-2022American Public Health Association2025Poster
Isabella MartinCultivating a Data-Driven Culture for Public Health Quality ImprovementFlorida Public Health Association2025Roundtable
How do you cultivate a data-driven culture for quality improvement at your public health organization? ​American Public Health Association2025Roundtable
Sophie MaloneyHealth Equity on the move: Mobile Syphilis/HIV  Screenings for Residents experiencing Unstable HousingGeorgia Public Health Association2025PosterView Abstract
Brenna BowlenTargeting Healthcare Providers through a Digital Health Intervention Carries Promise for Increasing PrEP Prescriptions in High-HIV Burden US CountiesNational Sexual Health Conference2025Poster
Nina RasheedImplicit Racial Bias, Health Care Provider Attitudes, and Perceptions of Health Care Quality Among African American College Students in Georgia, USAAmerican Public Health Association2024PosterView Abstract
Jennifer RonbergHow Do You Cultivate a Data-Driven Culture for Quality Improvement at Your Public Health Organization?Georgia Public Health Association2025Roundtable
How do you cultivate a data-driven culture for quality improvement at your public health organization? ​American Public Health Association2025Roundtable
Cultivating a Data-Driven Culture for Public Health Quality ImprovementFlorida Public Health Association2025Roundtable
Shrijana ChaliseEvaluation of Lost to Follow-Up Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Patients in the West Central Health DistrictGeorgia Public Health Association2025PosterView Abstract
Julia JensenSteering Public Health in the right direction: Advancing health equity by leveraging data driven projectsGeorgia Public Health Association2025
Roundtable
CASPER Goes to Georgia: A Not-So-Ghostly Assessment of Environmental HealthGeorgia Public Health Association2025Oral Presentation
Harnessing Data Visualization for Outbreak Detection in Local Public HealthGeorgia Public Health Association2025Roundtable
Parasitic Worms in Middle GA: How Septic Failures Led to Interdepartmental Collaboration to Address Health Equity 
CSTE2024Oral Presentation
Field Observations from Houston County Home Visit Pilot Program: Maternal Marijuana Use Georgia Public Health Association2024PosterView Abstract
Parasitic Worms in Middle GA. Connecting data points to advance health equity.Georgia Public Health Association2024WorkshopView Abstract
I Feel Like Someone’s Watching Me: Syndromic Surveillance Follow-up in North Central Health District Georgia Public Health Association2024RoundtableView Abstract
Miranda MontoyaAnalyzing COVID-19 and Mpox Case Investigation Reports to Improve Data Collection in DeKalb County, GANACCHO3602025Oral Presentation
Un Camino Peligroso/ A Dangerous Road: Motor Vehicle Crashes Among Hispanic/Latino DeKalb County Residents, 2018-2022American Public Health Association2025Poster
Un DeKalb Saludable: Presenting Health Concerns among Hispanic/Latino DeKalb County Residents Using an Online DashboardGeorgia Public Health Association2024PosterView Abstract
A Stressful Situation: A Mediation Analysis of Racial Disparities in COVID-19 Severity and Chronic StressGeorgia Public Health Association2024RoundtableView Abstract
Taylor OgleThe Case of the Hidden Cheese: Cultural Competency and Interagency Collaboration in Outbreak InvestigationsGeorgia Public Health Association2025
Oral PresentationView Abstract
Where There’s Smoke, There’s Fire. How Syndromic Surveillance Helped Identify Clinical Encounters Following a Chemical Fire in Rockdale County, Georgia in 2024CSTE2025Oral Presentation
The Case of the Hidden Cheese: Cultural Competency and Interagency Collaboration in Identifying a Common Point Source in a Brucellosis InvestigationCSTE2025Oral Presentation
Teresa CostaUsing Focus Groups and Key Informant Interviews to Engage Providers and Improve Syphilis CareGeorgia Public Health Association2025Roundtable
Building trust, gaining community insight, and improving access to syphilis prevention and care: Cherokee county, GeorgiaAmerican Public Health Association2025Roundtable
Using Community Informed Methods to Reduce Syphilis in Cherokee County CSTE2024Poster
Using Community Informed Methods to Reduce Syphilis in Cherokee CountyGeorgia Public Health Association2024PosterView Abstract
Beonca BrownSeeing MY Community – A Community-level Demographics Dashboard.Florida Public Health Association2025Roundtable
Don’t Just Tell Me, Show Me: How to Present Public Health Data to Any Audience Georgia Public Health Association2024RoundtableView Abstract
Lucas O’ReillyScreening America’s New Arrivals: Characterization of Refugees seen at DeKalb Public HealthGeorgia Public Health Association2024PosterView Abstract
Identifying DeKalb County’s disparities in 2022 mpox cases versus vaccination rates to achieve vaccine equityGeorgia Public Health Association2023PosterView Abstract
Mareike HaarenEliminating walk-in deliveries one patient at a time. An evaluation of the Houston County Health Department Prenatal Clinic, North Central Health District, GA.Georgia Public Health Association2024Roundtable
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Geo-mapping COVID-19 Cases to Identify Community Clusters in North Central Health DistrictGeorgia Public Health Association2024PosterView Abstract
Public Health for All: Harnessing Community Epidemiology for Health Equity, North Central Health District, GA.Georgia Public Health Association2024WorkshopView Abstract
I Feel Like Someone’s Watching Me: Syndromic Surveillance Follow-up in North Central Health DistrictGeorgia Public Health Association2024RoundtableView Abstract
Responding to Mpox using Program Collaboration and Service Integration (PCSI), District 5-2, GA.Georgia Public Health Association2023PosterView Abstract
Bridget WalshSTDs: An Epidemic Amidst a Pandemic- Whitfield County,
Georgia, 2017-2022
Georgia Public Health Association2023RoundtableView Abstract
Strengthening HPV Vaccination Recommendations During STI ScreeningsGeorgia Public Health Association2023PosterView Abstract
Yidan LouImpact of COVID-19 on Reports of school ages Flu Activity in West Central Health DistrictGeorgia Public Health Association2023PosterView Abstract
Sheena Norwood• Oh I. C.: A Retrospective Analysis for the use of ICARs in Long-Term Care FacilitiesGeorgia Public Health Association2023PosterView Abstract
The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Animal Bite Incidences in Cobb & Douglas CountiesGeorgia Public Health Association2023PosterView Abstract
Kenea Andrews (King)A Systematic Review of the COVID-19 Long-term Care Facility Outbreak
Documentation Process within North Central Health District 
Georgia Public Health Association2022Poster
Chinedu Francois Egbuonu“Data-Driven Operational Framework for Tracking COVID-19 School
Transmission in Cobb County School District”
Georgia Public Health Association2022Poster
Charlotte MarshallSurvey Conducted by Clayton County Health Department to Examine Factors Undermining Uptake of Covid-19 VaccinesGeorgia Public Health Association2022Workshop
Ramona BarnettImproving access to prenatal care for high-risk populations in Houston County, GA.Georgia Public Health Association2022Poster
Nathaniel Barrera-NitzTale of Two Mobile COVID-19 Vaccine Clinics: Lessons Learned about Vaccine Engagement in Rural Southwest GeorgiaGeorgia Public Health Association2022Workshop
Umair FarooqiSalmonellosis Reporting within the Southeast Georgia Health District from
2016-2021.
Georgia Public Health Association2022Poster