Global Health Experiences through the Downs Fellowship - Virtual Symposium

Please join us for this two-hour symposium featuring Yale graduate students awarded the Downs Fellowship that have conducted Global Health research. Students will present research posters and oral presentations and there will be ample time for Q&A.

Select presentation titles:

Matthew Benczkowski, MPH ‘21

Assessing Changes in the Epidemiology of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in

Southwest Colombia Following the Peace Accord with

Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC)

Brian Fleischer, MD candidate ‘24

Higher Intensive Care Unit Consultations for COVID-19 Patients Living

with HIV Compared to Those Without HIV Co-infection in Uganda

Emma Mew, PhD candidate ‘25 (Public Health)

“There's still broken or fragmented systems and sometimes that can

be harmful to the child”: Qualitative Assessment of Opportunities

to Strengthen Adolescent Mental Health Services in American Samoa

Sarah Michels, MPH candidate ‘22

Evaluating Vaccination Coverage and Timeliness in

American Indian/Alaska Native and non-Hispanic White Children Using

State Immunization Information System Data, 2015-2017

Bohao Wu, PhD candidate ‘24 (Public Health)

Prevalence and Risk Factors for Preterm Birth among Pacific Islander

Women in the United States and the US-Affiliated Pacific Islands:

a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Additional presentations by:

Phoebe Chen, MD candidate ’24

Katherine Daiy, PhD candidate ’24

Ann Johnson, MD/PhD candidate ’27

Erika-ann Kim, MPH candidate ’22

Rishika Mohanty, MPH candidate ’22

Brandi Moore, MPH ‘21

Mary Tate, MPH candidate ’22

Joseph Williams, MPH candidate ’22

For more information: anjuli.bodyk@yale.edu

The Wilbur Downs Fellowship Program is supported by an endowment in honor of Wilbur G. Downs, MD, MPH. The Fellowship is carried out under the auspices of the Wilbur Downs Fellowship Committee and Yale School of Public Health.