Boston University Metropolitan College
Agency: Farmington Valley Health District
Abigail will assist with the Community Health Improvement Plan. She will be researching, developing and disseminating surveys to collect primary data in support of the CHIP.
Yale University
Agency: Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center, Yale School of Public Health
Abby supports the Initiative for Strategic Health Communications in developing a health communications best practices guide for health departments and a vaccine messaging toolkit for local health departments/districts across Connecticut.
University of Connecticut
Agency: Waterbury Health Department Rapid Community Assessment of Communicable Diseases
Adiba will design and conduct a Rapid Community Assessment (RCA) of Waterbury. The RCA will focus on identifying and coordinating future responses to address vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks.
Southern Connecticut State University
Agency: Yale New Haven Health, Bridgeport Hospital
Afisa will be actively involved in work that supports the regional collective impact partnership, Health Improvement Alliance. The mission and vision of HIA is to work together to identify, prioritize, and measurably improve the health of the Bridgeport community through prevention, education, and services.
Yale University
Agency: DataHaven
Anyue is providing support for community health needs assessments that DataHaven is creating in partnership with local health and social services agencies in multiple towns throughout the state. Anyue collects, analyzes, and presents qualitative and quantitative data related to health and related social needs in towns throughout Connecticut.
Brown University
Agency: CT Cancer Partnership
Assessment of Barriers and Facilitators to Cancer Control Services at the Local Health District Level
Eastern Connecticut State University
Agency: West Hartford Bloomfield Health District
Brianna will primarily participate in health education programming. She will review data to assess program needs, provide recommendations, propose evidence-based activities and interventions, research existing programs, assist in program development and implementation, and program evaluation.
University of Vermont
Agency: Department of Public Health for Immunization and Quality Improvement
Catherine will be performing data collection and analysis of qualitative data and will be tasked with a literature review. She will be modifying toolkits and procedures and will be creating a deliverable on HPV vaccination with parents as the intended audience.
University of Connecticut
Agency: Waterbury Health Department
Chelsea will accompany the sanitarians on housing and blight-related complaint investigations to gain first-hand knowledge of the state of housing in Waterbury and identify some common areas of need.
Southern CT State University
Agency: Stamford Health Department
Dee will Develop health promotional materials in the area of youth mental health and develop asthma educational programming for parents.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Agency: Planned Parenthood of Southern New England
Elizabeth will be trained to become a Study Coordinator and work on updates for research staff and training
Yale University
Agency:Planned Parenthood of Southern New England
Ellery will assume the role of Study Coordinator on one or more studies in one or more PPSNE Health Centers.
University of Rhode Island
Agency: Birth Support, Education & Beyond
Ellie will assist with case review and assessment to identify supportive needs for clients and their children. Recognize child development challenges and differential parenting strategies. Provide input in the development of family plans that support clients’ goals.
Hobart & William Smith Colleges
Agency: DataHaven
Emilie will provide support for community health needs assessments that DataHaven is creating in partnership with local health and social services agencies in multiple towns throughout the state.
Southern CT State University
Agency: Planned Parenthood of Southern New England
Erika will assume the role of Study Coordinator on one or more studies. She will spend time in Health Centers to become familiar with the clinical work of CAs to facilitate work as a research assistant.
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Agency: Department of Public Health, Office of Workforce Development
Erin will support the activities of the Public Health Workforce Development office. She will support the Training Program Coordinator in her role in the development and expansion of the internship program and other activities related to training and onboarding DPH staff.
Yale University
Agency: SalivaDirect
Evelyn will be responsible for gathering pertinent data from our partner laboratories per FDA reporting requirements for SalivaDirect’s EUA(s). Additionally, she will identify ways to quantify SalivaDirect’s impact for use in business development and social media.
Quinnipiac University
Agency: CT Department of Public Health, Policy and Regulatory
Francesca is supporting the legal and policy staff with regulatory and statutory research, conducting cross-state research and comparative analyses.
Southern CT State University
Agency: East Shore District Health Department
Fiona will be gathering data on mental health and drug harm reduction, including investigating local resources and partners in the East Shore area.
Southern CT State University
Agency: Wallingford Health Department
Grace will assist with the implementation of emergency preparedness plans and programs for the community and will participate in epidemiological investigations of disease outbreaks.
American University
Agency: City of Hartford, Department of Health & Human Services
Isabel will support an HHS project by conducting a literature review, data management, maintaining files for the project(s), and presenting/communicating data and results.
Southern CT State University
Agency: Samaritan House
Janaya will be seeking input from local community residents through the development and implementation of surveys and/or focus groups to determine the current landscape and share thoughts on the current understanding of health literacy.
Southern CT State University
Agency: Naugatuck Valley Health District
Mental Health Research and Resource Guide Development
Emory University
Agency: DataHaven
Julia will provide support for community health needs assessments that DataHaven is creating in partnership with local health and social services agencies in multiple towns throughout the state.
Yale University
Agency: Central CT Health District, Community Health
Evaluate the Chronic Disease Prevention Program, a district four-wide walking competition. This program aids to reduce chronic disease through increasing physical activity.
Western CT State University
Agency: City of Danbury, Department of Health and Human Services
Katherine will be conducting research on the chronic and communicable diseases that are currently affecting the community. She will analyze, interpret, and manage epidemiological data and create visual representations of this information to be shared with local stakeholders, City leadership, department staff, and the community.
Fairfield University
Agency: CT DPH, Community, Family and Health Equity
Maternal and Child Health Fellowship with WIC program. Support the development and implementation of new pilot intervention, Pacify.
Quinnipiac University
Agency: Department of Public Health-Policy & Regulatory Affairs
Kristen is supporting the legal and policy staff with regulatory and statutory research, conducting cross-state research and comparative analyses.
Quinnipiac University
Agency-New Haven Health Department
Develop and promote a peer sex educator program model to include best practices and program designs to become a peer educator.
Yale University
Agency: SalivaDirect
Kush is working on data collection, compilation, and reporting for understanding regulatory reporting for diagnostic tests.
UCONN
Agency: CT DPH, Office of Oral Health
Develop messaging for statewide media campaign on how oral health inegrates with overall health. Develop presentations and provider hand-outs.
UCONN
Agency: CT DPH, Ryan White Part B Program
Hold focus groups with low income people living with HIV to quantify quality of life.
Quinnipiac School of Law
Agency: Milford Health Department
Conduct a rotation through every division: community health, environmental health, public health nursing, and emergency preparedness working on specific assigned projects.
Southern CT State University
Agency: Greater Bridgeport Area Preventative Program
Design a social media campaign to promote awareness of COVID-19 and COVID-19 vaccination.
University of Connecticut
Agency: West Hartford-Bloomfield Health District
Mary will review the Community Health Assessment data and provide recommendations for evidence-based interventions.
Fairfield University
Agency: Naugatuck Valley Health District
Design a community vision approach and plan that would increase the Maternal Health Coalition's capacity to advocate, practice and regulate breastfeeding in the workplace law at local employers worksites.
Western CT State University
Agency: City of Danbury, Department of Health and Human Services
Molly will conduct research on the chronic and communicable diseases that are currently affecting the community. She will also analyze, interpret, and manage epidemiological data and create visual representations of the information.
Wesleyan University
Agency: Department of Public Health, CT Cancer Foundation
Nakial will frame a problem statement starting by assessing and summarizing epidemiological data to determine prostate cancer incidence rates, mortality rates, and stage and age at diagnosis for Connecticut men overall and by race and ethnicity.
Southern New Hampshire University
Agency- East Shore District Health Department
Nicholas will develop and facilitate a health education program and assist with data collection methods and develop health communication materials.
University of Connecticut
Agency: CT Department of Public Health, Office of Public Health Workforce Development
Nicholas is researching topics relating to the physician workforce and access to care, drafting presentation materials, and preparing drafts of portions of the final report to be submitted to the General Assembly.
Wesleyan University
Agency: Ella B. Scantlebury Senior Residence
Nkemka will use quantitative data analyses of current census tract-specific resources to create a graphic presentation that will be used to profile the neighborhood's elderly and economic environment, suitable for presentation to stakeholders. He will also interview Key informants to develop questions for local focus groups.
Southern CT State University
Agency: Stamford Health Department
Patrick will develop health promotional materials for youth mental health and asthma educational programming for parents.
Yale University
Agency: CT DPH, Stroke Registry
Assist in developing work plan and evaluation plan for the Stroke Registry.
Sacred Heart University
Agency: Stamford Health Department
Supporting a healthy Stamford through health promotion, education and communication
Brown University
Agency: East Shore District Health Department, Short Beach Association
Sarah be assisting in research to determine which species is responsible for water contamination.
Southern CT State University
Agency: Planned Parenthood of Southern New England
Shane will be coordinating IRB submission, developing informed consent documents, collecting specimens, and will be collecting demographic data on clients for ongoing research studies.
Columbia University
Agency: Department of Public Health, Community, Family Health, and Prevention
Sofia will be creating a poster displaying Healthy Start data showing demographics, and various benchmarks such as partner support and breastfeeding goals of Healthy Start participants.
Western CT State University
Agency: City of Danbury, Department of Health, and Human Services
Sulaiman will be conducting research on the chronic and communicable diseases that are currently affecting the community. He will analyze, interpret, and manage epidemiological data and create visual representations of this information to be shared with local stakeholders, City leadership, department staff, and the community.
University of New England
Agency: Chatham Health District
Tania will work on a Rapid Community Assessment for the supplemental immunizations grant. Specific activities include the development and administration of a survey, summarizing the survey responses, and collection of qualitative feedback from community members through listening sessions and interviews.
American International College
Agency: East Hartford Health Department
Tatyana will work with epidemiologic and biostatistical summaries of public health data to develop statistical summaries based on demographic, underlying conditions, risk factors, and outcomes.
University of Hartford
Agency: West Hartford Bloomfield Health District
Tyanna participates in health education programming. This includes reviewing data to assess program needs, providing recommendations, proposing evidence-based activities and interventions, researching existing programs, assisting in program development and implementation, and program evaluation.
Sacred Heart University
Agency: Fairfield CARES Community Coalition
Uruj will implement strategies to reduce youth access to alcohol from retailers as well as from the home environment. She will do outreach to community groups to oppose commercial cannabis businesses to the Fairfield Planning & Zoning Commission.
Emerson College
Agency: Department of Public Health, Family Wellness Healthy Start
Vivian will join in the planning and implementation of the Family Wellness Healthy Start conference. She will utilize collected data from evaluations to co-create a poster presentation highlighting FWHS and outcome measures as part of the quality improvement of the program, highlighting areas of focus for the next federal funding cycle.
University of Miami
Agency: DPH LAB
Zoe will review Power BI and Microsoft Access resources and the HAI-AR data for CRE, CRAB, and CRPA.