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.
| Fellow | Title | Conference | Year | Type | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allison Cubbon | Improving the Lives of People Aging with HIV in North Georgia: A Community Garden Initiative | STI Engage | 2025 | Poster | |
| Imari Genias | Analyzing COVID-19 and Mpox Case Investigation Reports to Improve Data Collection in DeKalb County, GA | NAACHO 360 | 2025 | Oral | |
| There’s something in the water: A 10-year descriptive analysis of legionellosis in DeKalb County | Georgia Public Health Association | 2025 | Workshop | ||
| Un Camino Peligroso/ A Dangerous Road: Motor Vehicle Crashes Among Hispanic/Latino DeKalb County Residents, 2018-2022 | American Public Health Association | 2025 | Workshop | ||
| Sophie Maloney | Health Equity on the move: Mobile Syphilis/HIV Screenings for Residents experiencing Unstable Housing | American Public Health Association | 2024 | Poster | |
| Nina Rasheed | Implicit Racial Bias, Health Care Provider Attitudes, and Perceptions of Health Care Quality Among African American College Students in Georgia, USA | American Public Health Association | 2024 | Poster | View Abstract |
| Jennifer Ronberg | How Do You Cultivate a Data-Driven Culture for Quality Improvement at Your Public Health Organization? | Georgia Public Health Association | 2025 | Roundtable | |
| Shrijana Chalise | Evaluation of Lost to Follow-Up Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Patients in the West Central Health District | Georgia Public Health Association | 2025 | Poster | |
| Julia Jensen | Steering Public Health in the right direction: Advancing health equity by leveraging data driven projects CASPER Goes to Georgia: A Not-So-Ghostly Assessment of Environmental Health Harnessing Data Visualization for Outbreak Detection in Local Public Health Parasitic Worms in Middle GA: How Septic Failures Led to Interdepartmental Collaboration to Address Health Equity Field Observations from Houston County Home Visit Pilot Program: Maternal Marijuana Use Parasitic Worms in Middle GA. Connecting data points to advance health equity. I Feel Like Someone’s Watching Me: Syndromic Surveillance Follow-up in North Central Health District | Georgia Public Health Association Georgia Public Health Association Georgia Public Health Association CSTE Georgia Public Health Association Georgia Public Health Association Georgia Public Health Association | 2025 2025 2025 2024 2024 2024 2024 | Roundtable Oral Roundtable Oral Poster Workshop Roundtable | View Abstract View Abstract View Abstract |
| Miranda Montoya | Analyzing COVID-19 and Mpox Case Investigation Reports to Improve Data Collection in DeKalb County, GA Un Camino Peligroso/ A Dangerous Road: Motor Vehicle Crashes Among Hispanic/Latino DeKalb County Residents, 2018-2022 Un DeKalb Saludable: Presenting Health Concerns among Hispanic/Latino DeKalb County Residents Using an Online Dashboard A Stressful Situation: A Mediation Analysis of Racial Disparities in COVID-19 Severity and Chronic Stress | NAACHO 360 American Public Health Association Georgia Public Health Association Georgia Public Health Association | 2025 2025 2024 2024 | View Abstract View Abstract | |
| Taylor Ogle | The Case of the Hidden Cheese: Cultural Competency and Interagency Collaboration in Outbreak Investigations Where There’s Smoke, There’s Fire. How Syndromic Surveillance Helped Identify Clinical Encounters Following a Chemical Fire in Rockdale County, Georgia in 2024 The Case of the Hidden Cheese: Cultural Competency and Interagency Collaboration in Identifying a Common Point Source in a Brucellosis Investigation | Georgia Public Health Association CSTE CSTE | 2025 2025 2025 | Oral Oral Oral | View Abstract |
| Teresa Costa | Using Focus Groups and Key Informant Interviews to Engage Providers and Improve Syphilis Care | Georgia Public Health Association | 2025 | Roundtable | |
| Building trust, gaining community insight, and improving access to syphilis prevention and care: Cherokee county, Georgia | American Public Health Association | 2025 | Roundtable | ||
| Using Community Informed Methods to Reduce Syphilis in Cherokee County | CSTE | 2024 | Poster | ||
| Using Community Informed Methods to Reduce Syphilis in Cherokee County | Georgia Public Health Association | 2024 | Poster | View Abstract | |
| Beonca Brown | Seeing MY Community – A Community-level Demographics Dashboard. | Florida Public Health Association | 2025 | Roundtable | |
| Don’t Just Tell Me, Show Me: How to Present Public Health Data to Any Audience | Georgia Public Health Association | 2024 | Roundtable | View Abstract | |
| Lucas O’reilly | Screening America’s New Arrivals: Characterization of Refugees seen at DeKalb Public Health Identifying DeKalb County’s disparities in 2022 mpox cases versus vaccination rates to achieve vaccine equity | Georgia Public Health Association Georgia Public Health Association | 2024 2023 | Poster | View Abstract View Abstract |
| Mareike Haaren | Eliminating walk-in deliveries one patient at a time. An evaluation of the Houston County Health Department Prenatal Clinic, North Central Health District, GA. Geo-mapping COVID-19 Cases to Identify Community Clusters in North Central Health District Public Health for All: Harnessing Community Epidemiology for Health Equity, North Central Health District, GA. I Feel Like Someone’s Watching Me: Syndromic Surveillance Follow-up in North Central Health District Responding to Mpox using Program Collaboration and Service Integration (PCSI), District 5-2, GA. | Georgia Public Health Association Georgia Public Health Association Georgia Public Health Association Georgia Public Health Association Georgia Public Health Association | 2024 2024 2024 2024 2023 | Roundtable Poster Poster Roundtable Roundtable | View Abstract View Abstract View Abstract View Abstract View Abstract |
| Bridget Walsh | STDs: An Epidemic Amidst a Pandemic- Whitfield County, Georgia, 2017-2022 Strengthening HPV Vaccination Recommendations During STI Screenings | Georgia Public Health Association Georgia Public Health Association | 2023 2023 | Roundtable Poster | View Abstract View Abstract |
| Yidan Lou | Impact of COVID-19 on Reports of school ages Flu Activity in West Central Health District | Georgia Public Health Association | 2023 | Poster | View Abstract |
| Sheena Norwood | • Oh I. C.: A Retrospective Analysis for the use of ICARs in Long-Term Care Facilities | Georgia Public Health Association | 2023 | Poster | View Abstract |
| The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Animal Bite Incidences in Cobb & Douglas Counties | Georgia Public Health Association | 2023 | Poster | View 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 Association | 2022 | Poster | |
| Chinedu Francois Egbuonu | “Data-Driven Operational Framework for Tracking COVID-19 School Transmission in Cobb County School District” | Georgia Public Health Association | 2022 | Poster | |
| Charlotte Marshall | Survey Conducted by Clayton County Health Department to Examine Factors Undermining Uptake of Covid-19 Vaccines | Georgia Public Health Association | 2022 | Workshop | |
| Ramona Barnett | Improving access to prenatal care for high-risk populations in Houston County, GA. | Georgia Public Health Association | 2022 | Poster | |
| Nathaniel Barrera-Nitz | Tale of Two Mobile COVID-19 Vaccine Clinics: Lessons Learned about Vaccine Engagement in Rural Southwest Georgia | Georgia Public Health Association | 2022 | Workshop | |
| Umair Farooqi | Salmonellosis Reporting within the Southeast Georgia Health District from 2016-2021. | Georgia Public Health Association | 2022 | Poster |
