UMass Boston

Faculty and Students Poster Session: 10:30-11:30am, Campus Center, 3rd Floor Ballroom

• Dayana Rivas, Biology, "Exploring Lung Cancer Risk Behaviors in UMass Boston Students Aged 18-29: A Cross-Sectional Study"
• Cheryl Ricketts , Exercise and Health Sciences, "Physical Activity, Sedentary Behavior and Energy Expenditure in Children with Prader-Willi Syndrome"
• Chuanpeng Tang, Exercise and Health Sciences, "Effect of Skeletal Muscle-Specific Drp1 Ablation on Mitochondrial Respiration Following Exercise Training"
• Jared G. Lourie, Exercise and Health Sciences, "A Novel Gene Therapy Platform Using GLP1 and EX4 Attenuates Hyperglycemia in a Preclinical Model of Type 2 Diabetes"
• Julie A. Wright, Exercise and Health Sciences, "Social support for exercise among Black women with high blood pressure: A qualitative study"
• Mahdiyeh M. Manafi, Exercise and Health Sciences, "Distinct Effects of Exercise and SGLT2i Therapy on Mitochondrial Quality Control Related Proteins in Gastrocnemius of a Rat Model"
• Megan M. Borges, Exercise and Health Sciences, "Exploring Sex-Based Effects in Wasted Pressure Effort and Subendocardial Viability Ratio Post-Maximal Exercise"
• Mohini D. Bryant-Ekstrand, Exercise and Health Sciences, "Cardiovascular Responses to Hypotension Following Muscle Mechanoreflex and Metaboreflex Activation with Aspirin in Older Adults"
• Nicolas J. Berger, Exercise and Health Sciences, "Partial Drp1 Ablation in Skeletal Muscle Attenuates Exercise-Induced Mitophagy Activation"
• Weiyang Ding, Exercise and Health Sciences, "Prevalence of the Recently Proposed Clinical Obesity Among Older Adults From the Health and Retirement Study"
• Eric Frimpong, Gerontology, "Community Prevalence of Hearing Loss Among Older Adult In MA, RI, CT, AND NH: Comparing Measures"
• Janelle E. Fassi, Gerontology, "Parental Style Mediates Grandchild Distress: Parental Role Demands Relationships Among Custodial Grandparents"
• Josephine Boateng, Gerontology, "Community Prevalence of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Veteran Status, and Falls in MA, CT, and RI."
• Megan K Siebecker, Gerontology, "Life Expectancy and COVID-19 Mortality Disparities Among Native American Older Adults in Wyoming"
• Dennis Miezah, Nursing, "Knowledge of Hypertension and Lifestyle Behaviors of African American Emerging Adults: A Descriptive Study"
• Esther Nana Kwaning, Nursing, "Self management interventions for pain among adults living with sickle cell disease in developing countries:A scoping review."
• Hanan Abdelrahman, Nursing, "Predictors of Self-Care Behaviors Among Patients with Chronic Disease: A Multicountry Survey"
• Keriann Farina Zachary Duzan, Nursing, ""Inter-agreement of Brachial and Central Blood Pressure Between Two Blood Pressure Devices"
• Shelby K. Mueller, Nursing, "The Cognitive Work of Nurses: Preliminary Findings from Phase I of a Hybrid Concept Analysis"
• Christopher Adain , Urban Public Health, "Improving Care and Access for sickle cell anemia patients"
• Michelle Dang, Urban Public Health, "Racial and Age Disparities in Maternal Mortality in the U.S."
• Phil N Gona, Urban Public Health, "Association of Body Roundness Index with Left Ventricular Mass and Geometry: The Framingham Heart Study"

Faculty and Student Oral Paper Presentations: 2-2:45pm, Campus Center, 2nd Floor, Room 2540

• Sung S. Park, Gerontology, "Linking Physical Activity to Cognitive Functioning: Examining Alternative Measures in a Longitudinal Study of Diverse Older Adults"
• Anton F Pecha, Exercise and Health Sciences, "Greater Blood Pressure Response to Isometric Handgrip Exercise in Young Healthy Black Compared to White Individuals"
• Madeleine Pollard, Exercise and Health Sciences, "Physical Activity and Body Image in Early Onset Cancer Survivors"

Faculty and Student Oral Paper Presentations: 2-3pm, Campus Center, 2nd Floor, Room 2545

• Mohini D. Bryant-Ekstrand, Exercise and Health Sciences, "Cardiovascular Responses to Hypotension Following Muscle Mechanoreflex and Metaboreflex Activation with Aspirin in Older Adults"
• Nicolas J. Berger, Exercise and Health Sciences, "The Role of Skeletal Muscle Dynamin-Related Protein 1 in Exercise Induced Training Benefits"
• Mahdiyeh M. Manafi, Exercise and Health Sciences, "Exercise and Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter-2 Inhibitor Therapy Independently Affect Mitochondrial Quality Control in the Liver"
• João L. Marôco, Exercise and Health Sciences, "Ventricular-arterial coupling and pulsatile afterload responses to live firefighting in older firefighters"

Faculty and Student Oral Paper Presentations: 2-3pm, Campus Center, 3rd Floor, Room 3540

• Dr. Malaquias Lopez Cervantes, UNAM, "From Mexico City to Boston: Strengthening Public Health through Student and Faculty Exchange"
• Elizabeth H. Fraser, Nursing, "Relationship Between the Practice Environment, Resilience, Emotional Exhaustion, and Turnover Intentions Among Acute Care Nurses: A Moderated Mediation Analysis"
• Esther L Banda, Nursing, "Assessing sexuality education implementation in rural Malawi: Barriers, challenges and gaps in primary schools among adolescents (10-14 years)"
• Rockson Ansong, Nursing, "'Out of sight, out of mind': Perspectives and experiences of healthcare providers on self-management support for stroke survivors, a qualitative study in Ghana."

Doctor of Nursing Practice Lightning Talks, 2-3:20pm, Campus Center, 3rd Floor Ballroom (Hybrid Event, Zoom ID# 96579473284)

• Jennifer Butler-Rickard, RN, MS, FNP-C, "Implementation of a Provider-Focused Educational intervention to Address Polypharmacy in a Home and Community Medicare Advantage Setting."
• Kylie Kuck, DNP, AGCNS-BC, "Implementation of Synchronous and Asynchronous CAR-T Education For Emergency Room and Intensive Care Unit Nurses in Non-Oncology Units"
• Tracy Markwell, DNP, GNP-BC, "Implementation of a Standardized Acute Care Plan for Complex Care Medicine Service Patients: A Quality Improvement Initiative"
• Meredith Gentnes, DNP, FNP-BC, CDCES, AAHIVS, "Increasing Colorectal Cancer Screening Rates in Adults Aged 45-49 at an Urban FQHC: A Quality Improvement Project"
• Lisa Heard, DNP, MSN, RN, CGRN, CPHQ, CPPS, "Implementation of a Standardized Universal Protocol Process at a Large Academic Medical Center"
• Lauren Collier, DNP, PMHNP-BC, "Utilizing Digital Health Technologies to Promote Engagement in Behavioral Health Treatment Among Adults with Major Depressive Disorder"
• Kaitlin Patel, DNP, FNP-BC, "Development and Implementation of an Emergency Preparedness Policy and Procedure, Educational Intervention, and In-situ Simulation in a Pediatric Primary Care Office: A Quality Improvement Project"