October 26, 2022 - 8:00 am - 12:30 pm
Annual Research Day
UB Community Health Equity Research Institute
Wednesday, October 26, 2022
Buffalo Educational Opportunity Center, 55 Ellicott Street
7:30 Breakfast available (Aunt Connie’s Ed-U-Kitchen) and poster set-up
8:00 Introduction Timothy Murphy MD
Director, Community Health Equity Research Institute
Welcome Allison Brashear MD MBA
Vice President for Health Sciences and Dean,
Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
8:15 Research Talks and Community Presentations
Moderator: Samuel Abramovich PhD
Graduate School of Education
8:15 Kelly Wofford MS, Erie County Office of Health Equity
· The Erie County Office of Health Equity Community Wellness Survey: From Concept to Collection
8:30 Sarah M Lima MPH, School of Public Health and Health Professions
· Investigating social support as a modifier of relationship between food insecurity and telomere length
8:45 Brandy Loveland & Carol Murphy, WNY Women’s Foundation and Harvest House
· The mPower Program: Advancing Women’s Economic Mobility in East Buffalo
9:00 Susan Grinslade PhD RN, School of Nursing
· Doing it Right: Authentically Engaging Community Stakeholders in Community Based Participatory Research
9:15 Keynote Talk
Robert Gore MD, Department of Emergency Medicine, Downstate Health Sciences University
· Violence, Trauma and Achieving Health Equity
10:00 Questions and answers
10:15 Poster Session with refreshments
11:15 Research Talks and Community Presentations
Moderator: Susan Grinslade PhD RN, School of Nursing
11:15 Allana Krolikowski MD, Takesha Leonard EdD, Jericho Road Community Health Center
· One Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) approach to reducing access disparities
11:30 Parveen Attai MPH, Erie County Department of Health
· A model to increase COVID-19 vaccine uptake among vaccine-hesitant populations in Erie County, NY
11:35 Wajiha Jeelani MBBS, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biological Sciences
· Improving Diaper Access through a Community-Based Approach in Outpatient Pediatric Clinics
11:40 Angelica Tutasi-Lozada, School of Public Health and Health Professions, College of Arts and Sciences
· Food-related behavior changes during the Covid-19 pandemic
11:45 Panel discussion and audience interaction
Moderator: Timothy Murphy MD, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Panelists:
Invited guest
· Robert Gore MD, Downstate University Medical Center
Mellowing Minds Study
· Courtney Hanny PhD, UB School of Nursing
· Rev. George Nicholas MDiv, Lincoln Memorial Methodist Church, Buffalo Center for Health Equity
SNUG Outreach Program
· Christopher St. Vil PhD, UB School of Social Work
· Paula Kovanic-Spiro MPH LMSW, Erie County Medical Center
· Roger Parker, Erie County Medical Center
12:30 Adjourn
