Overview of Public Health Research Day

Welcome to SPH-B Public Health Research Day 2023! We are excited to be holding this event in-person for the first time since 2019. The School is also very happy to be using the knowledge gained from online versions of this event to offer a virtual participation option for our students who cannot join us in-person. No matter how students participate, this event is dedicated to the exceptional research collaborations among students across our degree programs in partnership with our outstanding faculty.

 Navigation and Instructions

Each entry below highlights the research of an online student or group of students working in collaboration and focuses on a topic that bears directly on the advancement of knowledge in the field of public health.

Student pages contain a biography, research abstract, and a video presentation of their work.

Online submissions will be reviewed by our faculty judges before the in-person event on Friday, April 14th. In-person presentations will then be evaluated on event day. After all presentations have been judged, winners (doctoral, master's, and bachelor's categories) will be announced at an in-person awards ceremony on April 14th. Should any of the winning presentations be from an online student, they will be notified via email and their award will also be marked next to the student presentation page link below.

Congrats 2023 Student Winners

• Name: Rachel Alford
• Department: Environmental & Occupational Health
• Degree: Master’s of Science in Environmental and Occupational Health
• Mentor: Patricia Silveyra
• Title: Sex differences in the gut microbiome in a mouse model of allergic asthma

• Name: Jingyi Wang
• Department: Applied Health Science
• Degree: Ph.D. Health Behavior
• Mentor: Angela Chow
• Title: Trajectories of food insecurity in middle adulthood: Relationships with sociodemographic and household characteristics

• Name: Lenna Gottschild
• Department: Applied Health Science
• Degree: B.S.P.H. Community Health
• Mentor: Lauren Baney
• Title: Trauma training for teachers

 Public Health Research Day Keynote Lecture

Dr. Richard DiMarchi is a Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Gill Chair in Biomolecular Science at Indiana University Bloomington. He formerly served as Group Vice President at Eli Lilly and Vice President at Novo Nordisk Research. Dr. DiMarchi is also a former chairman of the Peptide Therapeutics Foundation for more than a decade and is widely recognized as an international spokesperson for macromolecular medicines. He is recognized for his contributions to the discovery and development of rDNA-derived Humalogâ, rGlucagonâ, and Forteoâ. His academic research has broadened the understanding of glucagon physiology and the discovery of single molecule multimode agonists for the treatment of diabetes and obesity.

Dr. Richard DiMarchi presented the 2023 Public Health Research Day Keynote Lecture entitled, "Gut Hormone Polyagonists: A New Class of Drugs for the Treatment of Diabetes and Obesity" on April 14, 2023.

Accessibility Note: To access auto closed captions (CC) services please click on the icon in the video's bottom right corner. Manual CC are available by submitting a request for services to ATAC: (812) 856-4112 or atac@iu.edu.

 Student Research Presentations

  Jordan Menser: "Satisfaction of Teen Mothers with Healthcare in Rural Communities"

 Meet the Judges

School of Public Health faculty judges will score student research presentations and identify the top presentation in each of the following categories:

• Bachelors Student
• Masters Student
• Doctoral Student