Faculty and alum from the Graduate Programs in Public Health (GPPH) present three papers at the 2021 American Public Health Association conference, October 24-27, 2021

  • GPPH Assistant Director for Public Health Practice Titilola Balogun, MBBS, MPH, DrPH and GPPH Adjunct Faculty Arduizur Carli Richie-Zavaleta, DrPH, MASP, MAIPS presented a paper titled “Overseeing virtual applied practice experience projects: A new normal for public health agencies?” Based on the wealth of GPPH’s experience with online teaching, the presentation discussed options for preceptors working on virtual applied practice experience projects with MPH students.
  • Balogun and GPPH Alum Sean Walley, MPH, MPH ’20 presented a paper titled “Assessing social capital in southern Maine during the COVID-19 pandemic.” The presentation discussed a community assessment project designed to identify pointers to the impact of stay-at-home requirements, closures of public spaces, and cancellation of social events on social connectedness in Southern Maine through the use of photography and literature reviews.
  • GPPH Assistant Director for Public Health Practice Titilola Balogun, MBBS, MPH, DrPH along with pediatricians from Nigeria co-presented a paper titled “Grant funding and the research productivity of Nigerian pediatricians and residents.” The presentation discussed the challenges of lack of research funding on the research productivity of pediatricians in Nigeria and other countries in sub-Saharan Africa.