Health Equity (Social and Racial Disparities in Health)

This section focuses on research that examines how social and racial disparities in healthcare affects communities.

ArcGIS location-allocation analysis as a tool for evaluating disparities in mammography screening facilities Presented by: Jessica Webster, MPH, Drexel University, 2/2/2023

Increasing the S&I of the healthcare R&D process: the interesting case of rehabilitation devices Presented by Cole Galloway, PhD, PT, FAPTA, University of Delaware, 7/14/2022

Homelessness in High School: 2019 Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS) Data Presented by J.J. Cutuli, PhD, Nemours Children’s Health System, 12/9/21

Conducting Community Engaged Research in Underserved Communities: The Impact of COVID Presented by Dorothy Dillard PhD, Director of Center for Neighborhood Revitalization and Research, Delaware State University, 5/14/21

Mental Health of HBCU College Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic Presented by Xuanren Wang Goodman, Ph.D., Delaware State University, 4/23/21

Community-Based Approaches for Promoting Healthy Behaviors among African Americans with Hypertension Presented by Yendelela L. Cuffee, Ph.D., MPH, University of Delaware, 4/16/21

Balancing Cost Against the Price of Missing Child Physical Abuse Presented by Stephanie Deutsch MD, MS FAAP, Nemours Hospital, 3/26/21

Medications for Opioid Addiction Behind Bars: Insights from the Delaware Department of Correction Presented by Brendan Saloner, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, 3/19/2021

Neighborhood Disadvantage, Brain Health, and Neurocognitive Function: A Cross-sectional Analysis of Interrelations among Cognitively Normal Older Adults Presented by Regina White, PhD, University of Delaware, 9/11/20

Racism, Adversity, and Child Health Presented by Lee Patcher, DO, Nemours, Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, 11/9/18