Hannah Zelms, “Development of a Parent Readiness Scale for Expectant Parents” Mentors: Paul Florsheim, Stephanie Moravec, and Marin Schmitt, Public Health The goal of this study was to develop a new measure to assess first time expectant parents’ level of…… Read More
Cheyenne Tetzlaff, “Exploring the Prevalence of Anatoxin-a in Waters of the United States” Mentor: Todd Miller, Public Health Anatoxin-a is a type of toxin formed from the cyanobacterium Dolichospermum. This toxin was nicknamed Very Fast Death Factor because even in…… Read More
Bree Gonzalez and Hannah Zelms, “Parents’ Perceptions of Barriers to Children’s Mental Health Services” Mentors: Paul Florsheim, Stephani Moravec, and Marin Schmitt, Public Health Barriers to mental health treatment have been well documented in the research and clinical literature. The…… Read More
Matida Bojang, “Racial/Ethnic Disparities in NICU Utilization/Outcomes and the Potential Effects of Community and Hospital/NICU Segregation in Wisconsin” Mentor: Emmanuel Ngui, Public Health Significant racial/ethnic disparities exist with Wisconsin having the highest African-American infant mortality in the 2013-2015 period. The…… Read More
Sophie Fournier, “Systematical Assessment of Rare Variant Association Tests via Simulations” Mentor: Shengtong Han, Public Health Rare variant association methods are used to detect rare variants associated with human complex traits or disease. A number of factors could influence the…… Read More
Nicole Carlson and Anamarie LeDuc, “The Evaluation of Adolescent Body Size Using Photographs and Participant Recall” Mentors: Ellen Velie, Emily Guseman, Elizabeth Duthie, and Darek Lucas, Public Health Adolescence represents a critical period in obesity development, which is associated with…… Read More