The 139th APHA Annual Meeting & Exposition took place in Washington, DC. from Saturday, Oct. 29 through Wednesday, Nov. 2. Below is a list of SPHIS students, faculty, staff and alumni presented at APHA. Use the APHA online program to search for program abstracts.

Note: If there is an SPHIS student, faculty, staff or alumni not listed, please forward their information to SPHISnews@louisville.edu and we will update this webpage.

Alumni

Joan Buchar, MPH, PhD, Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky
243955: Evaluation of a Five Year Coordinated School Health Initiative: The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky Coordinated School Health Grantees Initiative (Oral)

Whitney Kirzinger, MPH, Division of Health Interview Statistics at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
SPHIS Co-authors: John A. Myers, PhD; Tiffany Robinson, MPH, CPH; Melissa A. Schreck, MAT; Richard W. Wilson, DHSc, MPH; Muriel J. Harris, PhD
244761: Effect of menu labeling on consumers' choices for lower calorie foods (Poster)

Tiffany Robinson, MPH, CPH, Synergy Solutions, LLC
SPHIS Co-authors: Alecia Kennedy, MPH, CPH , Synergy Solutions, LLC; Heather Molina, MPH, CPH , Synergy Solutions, LLC  
247739: Process and outcome evaluation of the Louisville, Kentucky African American Male Empowerment Network (AMEN) Program (Poster)

Sarah Walsh, MPH, CHES, Foundation for a Healthy
253278: Reflecting the Community: Demographic Variations in Landline and Cell-Only Households for a Statewide Telephone Survey (Oral)

Students

Natasha DeJarnett, MPH, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences
SPHIS Co-authors: David J. Tollerud, MD, MPH; John A. Myers, PhD; Tiffany Ciszewski, BSS
247266: Contribution of air pollutant combustion product acrolein to circulating endothelial progenitor cell level and cardiovascular disease risk (Poster)

Teresa McGeeney, BA, Epidemiology and Population Health
SPHIS Co-authors: Erin Welsh, BS; Kristina Zierold, PhD, MS
249703: Quality of supervision and injury among teenagers in the workplace (Poster)

249919: Injury severity among working teenagers as related to safety training (Poster)

Todd Misener, MPH, Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences  
253947: Development and integration of a comprehensive student wellness program on a college campus (Poster)

Erin Welsh, BS, Epidemiology and Population Health
SPHIS Co-authors: Teresa McGeeney, BA; Kristina Zierold, PhD, MS
246109: Healthy communication between parents and working teens and its influence on work-related injury (Oral)

249579: Evaluation of safety training for teenagers in regards to dangerous situation response for injury prevention (Poster)

249335: Knowledge of US child labor laws and influence on work-related injury among working teenagers (Poster)

249880: Use of dangerous equipment in the workplace and safety training: Effects on work-related injury in teenagers (Poster)

Faculty

Muriel J. Harris, PhD, Associate Professor, Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences
243216: Incorporating health equity in implementing community-wide initiatives to improve health outcomes for underserved urban populations (Oral)

Andrew S. LaJoie, PhD, MSPH, Associate Professor, Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences 
SPHIS co-authors: Crystal A. Vahrenhold, BS; Emily C. Just, MA; Renelle Grubbs-Stallings, LCSW, CTS
244436: Barriers and facilitators to recruiting and training behavioral health professionals as volunteers during a disaster (Oral)

Andrew S. LaJoie, Associate Professor, PhD, MSPH, Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences  
244726: A critical evaluation of H1N1 2009 risk communication efforts with children and families (Oral)

Irma Ramos, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences  
251375: Translating evidence into practice via local grass roots capacity (Oral)