An Assessment of Oral Health Problems in Northwestern Madagascar
Description: analyzed dental records collected and developed a proposal for linking continuing patient records
Organization: Madagascar Ankizy Fund-Stony Brook University Medical Center Dept. of Anatomical Sciences
National Survey of Emergency Medicine Residents' Interest In & Barriers to International Electives
Description: develop and analyze survey results for emergency residents to be used to develop support from professional organizations and NGOs
Organization: Stony Brook University, School of Medicine, Emergency Medicine Research Center
Designing an Evaluation of a Prevention Program
Description: designed survey to evaluate effectiveness of Red Watch Band which educates on prevention of toxic drinking deaths
Organization: Stony Brook University, Center for Prevention & Outreach, Red Watch Band Program
Health Care Disparities on Long Island Where Place Matters
Description: conducted research to address equity in health care in various Long Island communities based on hospital care reported by NYS Department of Health
Organization: ERASE Racism (Educate Research Advocacy Support to Eliminate Racism)
International Health Disparities, Inequality, Child Health
Description: Health, Nutrition and Population Team: Student created and managed datasets using household surveys (Living Standards Measurement Study) and performed analysis in ADePT software for health outcomes, health utilization, and financial protection
Organization: The World Bank
Rape Kit Backlog Study
Description: Students are working on an on-going project that aims to to assess the status of the rape kit backlog in New York State and identify best practices. Students interview police departments across the state regarding the number of reported sexual assaults, arrests, prosecutions and convictions in a given year; the departments policies and practices regarding rape kit processing; average volume of rape kits; factors associated with prioritizing which rape kits get tested, and barriers to processing kits. Students also help with analysis, report writing, and dissemination of study findings.
**Anticipate taking on new students each year.
Organization: Natasha’s Justice Project
International Reproductive Health
Description: Ipas, Mexico: Student conducted analysis using hospital records in southern Mexico to investigate hospital- and individual-level correlates of uptake of post-abortion contraception. Ipas, India: Student will be working in the field with a senior researcher in the implementation and analysis of household surveys on reproductive health knowledge, opinions, and practices.
Organization: Ipas
International Reproductive Health
Description: Student will perform literature review of existing research on emergency contraception in developing countries and analyze several large household datasets from developing countries to investigate individual-, household-, and community-level factors associated with knowledge and use of emergency contraception.
Organization: Family Care International
