Celebration of Student Scholarship
Congratulations to the 2022 Winners
Undergraduate winners
Examining the Barriers that Inhibit Youth From Receiving Mental Health Services
Jaci Anderson, Ashly Rubio, Eileen Dao, Noelle Ha
Department of Social Work
Contact: Daniel Freedman
HPV Awareness Survey
Aamna Sohail, Hanson Addo, Ishika Ahmed, Maha Hassan, and Adriana Vanegas
Department of Global and Community Health
Contact: Michelle S. Williams
Message Testing Interview
Adriana Vanegas, Aamna Sohail, Ishika Ahmed, Hanson Addo, Maha Hassan
Department of Global and Community Health
Contact: Michelle S. Williams
Master's winners
Social Support as a Mediator between Severe Abuse and Suicidality in Male Victims of Intimate Partner Violence
Grace Anderson, Julia Taylor
Department of Social Work
Contact: Denise Hines
Evaluating the Inaugural Year of the CAP-BH program from the voices of participants
Julia Flum, Saowbia Rahman
Department of Social Work
Contact: Denise Hines
Amino Acids, B Vitamins, and Choline May Independently and Collaboratively Influence Autism Spectrum Disorder
Laurel Jennings
Department of Nutrition and Food Studies
Contact: Raedeh Basiri
Male Victims of Intimate Partner Violence: Interactions Between Race and Help-Seeking from Law Enforcement
Julia Taylor, Grace Anderson, Victoria Iveljic, Jacquelyn Bruns
Department of Social Work
Contact: Denise Hines
Doctoral winners
Dynamic Postural Stability Among People With Parkinson’s Disease Following Performance-Based Overground Locomotor Training
R. Jamil Pugh, Andrew E. Pechstein, Clinton J. Wutzke, Kerry B. Rosen, Lobna S. Elsarafy, Emily Kestle, Andrew A. Guccione
Department of Rehabilitation Sciences
The Effects of an Online Movement and Cognitive Dual Task Training Program for Community-Based Adults and Older Adults on Executive Function: A Pilot Study
Lobna Elsarafy, Emily Kestle, Julie D Ries, Leah M. Adams, Hua Min, Andrew A. Guccione
Department of Rehabilitation Sciences
Walking Gait Propulsive Force in Ambulatory Patients with Parkinson’s Disease
Thomas A. Corfman, Andrew E. Pechstein, R Jamil Pugh, Dan Ding, Michael Huang, Kerry B. Rosen, Lobna S. Elsarafy, Emily M. Leonard, Andrew A. Guccione
Department of Rehabilitation Sciences
Thank You to All 2022 Celebration of Student Scholarship Participants
Congratulations to all the students who submitted their research posters for review. We celebrate your perseverance and commitment to research excellence. May you continue pursuing your research interests for the benefit of society and your discipline.
Students, you may share photos of yourself with your poster by sending to CphComm@gmu.edu and posting to social media (#MasonResearch). By submitting your photos, you are granting permission to publicly share information regarding your coursework at Mason on social media.
Testis Growth and Relative Size from Birth to 6 Months in the Infant Feeding and Early Development Study
Thomas Amabile, Helen B Chin, Andrea Kelly, Walter J Rogan, David M Umbach
Department of Global and Community Health
Contact: Helen Chin
Understanding the Impact of College Food Pantries on Students who are Food Insecure
Vanessa Arias, Tom Vo, Veronica Arroyo, Elsy Lopez, Jessica Noblecia Gonzalez
Department of Social Work
Contact: Daniel Freedman
Medication-Assisted Treatment 24-hour Waiver Training for Opioid Use Disorder: Lessons Learned from a Nursing School Experience
Krista Beran, Cheryl Oetjen, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC; Megan Harvey, DNP, FNP-BC, BSN, RN; Myriame Zamilus-Osabu, BSN, RN-BC; Kyeung Mi Oh, PhD, MSN, RN
School of Nursing
Contact: Kyeung Mi Oh
Predictors of firearm purchasing during the coronavirus pandemic in the United States: A cross-sectional study
Laura Henderson; Amira A. Roess, PhD; Laura F. Henderson; Leah Adams, PhD; Keith Renshaw, PhD Department of Global and Community Health
Contact: Amira Roess
Improving employee health for cardiovascular and metabolic conditions: A systematic review of weight-management outcomes
Carolyn Faith Hoffman, MPH; Debora Goldberg, PhD, MBA, MHA; J. Mary Louise Pomeroy, MPH; Kathleen Butler, MLS; and Ali A. Weinstein, PhD
Department of Health Administration and Policy
Contact: Debora Goldberg
Exploring Disability as a Driver of Child Marriage and Intimate Partner Violence in Four Fragile States: A Multi-country Analysis
Samantha Kanselaar, Cheyu Zhang, Jaffer Zaidi, Jhumka Gupta
Department of Global and Community Health
Contact: Jhumka Gupta
The Impact of an Online Movement Training Program for Community- Based Adults and Older Adults on Balance, Physical Activity, Self-Efficacy and Resilience
Emily Kestle, Andrew Guccione, PT, Ph.D., DPT; Rosemary Higgins, MD; Julie Ries, PT, Ph.D.; Margaret Jones, Ph.D.; Hua Min, Ph.D.; Lobna Elsarafy, PT, Ph.D. candidate
Department of Rehabilitation Sciences
Contact: Andrew Guccione
Factors Associated with Professional Mental Help-Seeking Among U.S. Immigrants: A Systematic Review
Mona Mohammadifirouzeh, Kyeung Mi Oh, Iccha Basnyat, Gilbert Gimm
School of Nursing
Contact: Kyeung Mi Oh
Exploring Communication Apprehension in Nursing and Healthcare Education: A Systematic Review
Shannon Schulenberg, Kyeung M Oh, PhD, MSN, RN
School of Nursing
Contact: Kyeung Mi Oh
A Culturally Tailored Social Media-based Intervention to Improve Caregiving Skills and Reduce Psychosocial Stress for Chinese American Caregivers of Alzheimer’s Diseases
Kang Shen, Y. Alicia Hong, PhD, Kate Lu, LCSW, Hsiaoyin Chen, LMSW, Van Ta Park (UCSF), Haera Han, PhD (JHU)
Department of Health Administration and Policy
Contact: Y. Alicia Hong
The Influence of Online Patient-Provider Communication on Colorectal Cancer Screening: A Comparison Between Non-Hispanic Black and White American Males
Stacey Steves, Kyeung M. Oh, PhD, MSN, RN
School of Nursing
Contact: Kyeung Mi Oh
Strategies for Adapting an Evidence-Based Breast Cancer Intervention During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Precious Ugwu; Sheila Y. McKinney, Ph.D., MA, CHES, Jackson State University; Michelle S. Williams, PhD, MSPH, MPH, MCHES, George Mason University
Department of Global and Community Health
Contact: Michelle S. Williams
The association between women’s disability status and couple’s attitudes toward intimate partner violence
Cheyu Zhang, Samantha Kanselaar, Jaffer Zaidi, Jhumka Gupta
Department of Global and Community Health
Contact: Jhumka Gupta
Call for Celebration of Scholarship Submissions
Check back in February 2023 to submit for the 2023 Celebration of Scholarship.