Summer 2009 Practicum Placements:

Summer 2009 Practicum Placements:

CHS Students:

Pediatrics Unit, Holyoke Health Center
Developed grant proposal on the implementation and evaluation of pediatric obesity programs.

Tapestry’s Needle Exchange/Harm Reduction Program, Northampton
Assessing the value of the program for HIV participants.

Department of Public Health, Northampton
Coordinated PhotoVoice projects for the city.

Teen Program, Holyoke Health Center
Designed and implemented a peer-education program on teen violence and bullying.

Health Department, South Hadley
Worked with Solid Waste Division to develop a business database.

Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities, North Carolina
Determining the evaluation protocol for the department’s diabetes program

Board of Health, Easthampton
Developing a training manual for temporary food events in the city

School of Public Health & Health Sciences, Health & Disability Working Group, Boston University
Dissemination of HIV/AIDS peer program publication and development of health insurance benefits chart for children with special health care needs.

Baystate Hospital/ Project WENA (Weight, Early Nutrition, and Acculturation), Springfield
Interviewed study participants in both English and Spanish and data analysis.

Health Department, Amherst:
Investigating the health disparities related to asthma.

Health Department,  Northampton
Determine health priorities for city based on photovoice project and suggest policy changes.

EPI Students:

EviMed Research Group, Goshen MA
Working with Marya Zilberberg, MD, MPH, FCCP in conducting literature reviews and analyzing data sets

Baystate Square One Project, Springfield
Improving Meals in Preschools

Ministry of Health, Luderitz, Namibia;
Epidemiologic study looking at the migration patterns and sexual behavior in HIV patients.

Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation, Marshfield WI;
Designing epidemiological study on a public health issue

Department of Community Health Studies, UConn
A project focused on the prevention of infectious diseases through community education in a slum population in Mumbai, India.

Oral Health Program, Holyoke Health Center
Conducting a survey of HIV dental patients to assess their care and the services at the Center.

Biostat Internship:

Office of Academic Planning & Assessment, UMass
Conducting analyses of various databases.