Center for Prevention and Population Health Research Presentations

Family and Community Medicine Grand Rounds | December 2024

• Wendt E. Improving ECG analysis in the outpatient clinic.

Academy for Professionalism in Health Care's International Virtual Conference – Enhancing Professionalism through Effective Communication: From In-Person to AI | November 2024

• Sarkar A, Langley A, Bullerwell M. Yes, no, maybe? Establishing boundaries between educators and adult learners.

52nd NAPCRG Annual Meeting | November 2024

• Rode R, Hirth J, Juneja M, Lee E, Mehrotra N, Atwal D, Nguyen S, Mahmood H, Mendonca C, Sewell T, Ehondor J, Zoorob R. Understanding hesitancy towards vaccines for respiratory illnesses in underserved patient population.
• Mendonca C, Khoury S, Mendonca A, Crumbley C, Juneja S, Hirth J, Rode R. Are we being culturally sensitive? Assessing disparities in cervical cancer screening timeliness.

American Heart Association's 2024 Scientific Sessions | November 2024

• Goyal A, Saeed H, Maheshwari S, Abdullah, Jain H, Shamim U, Bansal K. Trends and disparities in mortality among patients with hypertensive heart disease and congestive heart failure in the United States from 1999 to 2020.
• Goyal A, Saeed H, Maheshwari S, Abdullah, Naeem I, Zafar A, Ahmad B, Islam TU, Rizvi SS, Kumari N, Kirmani SGA, Mansoor F, Hasan A, Raja A, Bansal K. Demographic trends and disparities in mortality related to coexisting heart failure and diabetes mellitus among older adults in United States: A large database analysis from 1999 to 2020.

AAAP 35th Annual Meeting and Scientific Symposium | November 2024

• Hirth JM, Zoorob RJ, Kowalchuk AA. Six-month differences in knowledge, confidence, and intention to implement substance use prevention and treatment among primary care clinicians who participated in online modules.

AMERSA's 48th Annual National Conference | November 2024

• Kowalchuk A, Kim-Vences SI, Hirth JM, Schaper K, Grigoryan L, Gonzalez S, Zoorob R. Asynchronous online training increased knowledge, confidence, and intent among primary care clinicians to prevent and treat substance use disorders.

TAFP 2024 Annual Session and Primary Care Summit | November 2024

• Grigoryan L, Olmeda K, Mancera A, Zoorob R, Sidani M, Brehm T, Trautner BW. Reducing use of antibiotics without a prescription in Texas.

2024 Annual Primary Care Update Conference | October 2024

• Rode R. Track 1 – Skill building: Point of care ultrasound hands-on training.
• Juneja M, Sarkar A, Hirth J. Track 2 – Faculty development: Inception to submission scholarship and advancement.

IDWeek 2024 | October 2024

• Brehm T, Grigoryan L, Olmeda K, Mancera A, Zoorob R, Sidani M, Laytner L, Adams M, Trautner B. Pilot testing of a stakeholder-driven, patient education intervention in primary care to reduce use of antibiotics without a prescription.

2024 PAEA Education Forum | October 2024

• Salahshor S, Thorpe C, Atkinson J. Equity in practice: Addressing legislative concerns and accreditation standards in the PA profession.

National Medical Fellowships Alumni | October 2024

• Torres B, Fagbemi S. The Seeding Excellence series.

Physician Enrichment Program Specialty Grand Rounds | October 2024

• McCurry V. Post-hospital discharge care: Spotlight on high-needs communities.

Learning Communities Institute Annual Meeting LCI 2024 | September 2024

• Lee E, MacGinnis C, Morrison A, Eacker A. LC faculty: Best practices for recruitment, selection and retention.
• Kugler J, Hong T, Len K, Lee E, Tran C, Basaviah P. A tale of three learning communities: Experiences across the UME continuum.
• Scholle T, Lee E, Tran C. Advising the advisors: Faculty development for learning community advisors.

2024 STFM Conference on Practice and Quality Improvement | September 2024

• Mahmood H, Nambi P, Khan F, Varadarajan S, Rode R. Impacting change: Empowering primary care providers with the latest 2023 Type 2 diabetes management guidelines.

Baylor's 2024 Annual Academy of Distinguished Educators Showcase of Educational Scholarship | September 2024

• Kim J, Sewell T, Prabakaran N, Motakef M, Waqar A, Joshi B, Lee E, Danek L, Mehrotra N, Pirzada N, Rode R, Bhattarai S, Zoorob R, Aggarwal A. Addressing gaps in preclerkship students' procedural skills: A workshop series with simulations. *Selected as a Showcase Finalist in the Trainee Category

Ubuntu 2024 | September 2024

• Atkinson J, Alarcon L, Magzoub A. Workshop 66: Optimizing (mis)treatment.

Family and Community Medicine Grand Rounds | September 2024

• Atwal D. A practical approach to managing patients with testosterone deficiency.

TNP's 2024 Annual Conference | September 2024

• Noor B, Benton K, Vazquez C. Promoting provider adherence to American Diabetes Association guidelines with a diabetes care bundle.

Physician Enrichment Program Specialty Grand Rounds | September 2024

• Furo H. Pain management in addiction medicine.

Family and Community Medicine Grand Rounds | August 2024

• Juneja M, Sarkar A. Academic medicine as a community of practice.

2024 AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting | June – July 2024

• Gutierrez JA, Hirth JM, Broussard M, Akhter Z, Zoorob R. Healthcare access and health status among immigrants and refugees in Texas.
• Kim-Vences S, Zoorob R, Hirth J. Role of educational attainment on the racial disparities in alcohol use disorder.
• Kim-Vences S, Zoorob R, Hirth JM, Schaper K, Grigoryan L, Gonzalez S, Kowalchuk A. Asynchronous online training increased knowledge, confidence, and intent to screen and treat substance use disorders among primary care clinicians.
• Ostovar-Kermani TG, Olvera A, Gutierrez J, Broussard M, Pallares Perez M, Akhter Z, Alzate MM, Mejia MC, Zoorob R, Hirth JM. Contraceptive use and perceived access among immigrant populations in a large metropolitan area: A community health survey.

The 28th Annual Conference of the International Association of Medical Science Educators | June 2024 

• Keyes S, Atkinson J. Choose your own adventure: A guided exploration of professional self-determination.

Family and Community Medicine Grand Rounds | June 2024

• Okoh J. A primary care approach to arthritis.

Doctors for America 2024 National Leadership Conference, Copello Health Policy Fellow Capstone Project | June 2024

• Faustinella F. Medicaid expansion advocacy in Texas: A daunting task.

Harris Health/Baylor College of Medicine Research Day 2024 | May 2024

• Afroze A, Mehrotra N, Pirzada N, Joshi B, Afzalpurkar R, Khoury S, Nair N, Vinod D, Thomas S, Reyes S, Segne MC, Juneja M, Nambi P. Improving hypertension management at clinic level: A QI project.
• Kim-Vences S, Hirth JM, Kuncharapu I. Assessing potential benefit for routine visual impairment screenings in adults: Perspectives from Harris Health primary care clinics.
• Mancera A, Brehm T, Grigoryan L, Olmeda K, Zoorob R, Sidani M, Laytner L, Adams M, Trautner B. Pilot testing of a stakeholder-driven, patient education intervention in primary care to reduce use of antibiotics without a prescription.
• Olmeda K, Braund S, Zoorob R, Laytner LA, Amenta E, Mancera A, Trautner BW, Grigoryan L. Beyond the prescription pad–Finding a window of opportunity to prevent antibiotic diversion and non-prescription use.
• Tan MC, Juarez L, Brown J, Antono M, Dinarvand P, Devalaraju SS, Chatterjee R, Fatima A, Danek LC, Orr JS, Nambi PV, Pirzada NF, Nguyen S, Garcia J, Graham DY, El-Serag HB, Thrift AP. Agreement between stomach biopsy culture and stool next-generation sequencing for determining Helicobacter pylori antibiotic susceptibility profiles in a screening predominantly Hispanic U.S. population.

BCM Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences' Annual Global Mental Health Conference | May 2024

• Giambra VS, Barrera M, Hasse E, Alzate MM. Panel: Promoting belonging through holistic immigrant services.

2024 Regional Family Medicine Research Symposium | May 2022

• Rahman S, Shakhawat R, Nguyen T. Using dermatoscope to enhance dermatology e-consults. *Third Place Poster

Family and Community Medicine Grand Rounds | May 2024

• Faustinella F. History of Medicine.

BCM Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy & Center for Professionalism's Baylor Health Policy Symposium 2024 | May 2022

• Olvera A, Ostovar-Kermani TG, Snellman L, Alzate MM. Navigating the legal maze: Examining the impact of limited medical exemptions in state abortion bans using case studies.

2024 Virtual Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Geriatrics Society | May 2024

• Nasto K, Kuncharapu I, Hirth JM. Assessing potential benefit for routine visual impairment screenings in adults: Perspectives from a large primary care health center.

2024 STFM Annual Spring Conference | May 2024

• Mahmood H, Rode R, Juneja M, Zoorob R. Shaping future family medicine leaders: Implementing a leadership skills track in residency training.
• Ali A, Nambi P, Joshi B, Khoury S, Afzalpurkar R. Hypertension control quality metric: Exceeding expectations in a large community care clinic.
• Juneja M, Pirzada N, Ibarra M, Zoorob R, Khera D. Building bridges: Enhancing resource visibility and healthcare navigation for underserved communities.
• Juneja S, Rode R. Assessing impact of an obstetrics skills workshop in enhancing medical student interest and engagement.
• Nambi P, Juneja M, Rode R, Mahmood H, Varadarajan S, Bansal K. Guideline bulletins: Disseminating monthly guideline updates to providers in academic practice.
• Rode R, Juneja M, Lee E, Zoorob R. Assessing behaviors, beliefs, attitudes and trust towards vaccine preventable lung diseases in adults.
• Juneja M, Zoorob R, Varadarajan S. Can QI and service count as much as a publication? The paradigm, perspectives and potential for clinical faculty promotions.
• Mahmood H, Anyakorah I, McColloster P, Fatima A, Puga C, Lateef M. Enhancing colorectal cancer screening in a safety net healthcare facility: A comprehensive patient-centered approach.
• Juneja M, Varadarajan S, Zoorob R, Joshi B, Pirzada N, Mujahid A. Can patient education influence patient perceptions of their visit and thereby impact patient satisfaction scores?
• Juneja S, Bui R, May M, Xie M, Lee E. A just-in-time, clinical learning resource to build SDOH competencies in learners for underserved care.
• Varadarajan S, Bansal K. Build confidence and clinical skills early with a teaching assistant program for first-year medical students.
• Juneja M, Zoorob R. Creating a faculty development learning community for building competencies and collaborative scholarship.
• Goldstein S, Rianon N, Juneja M, Des Bordes J, Varadarajan S, Adkison J. Multi-institutional promotion of QI for residents and faculty through a handy QI road map.
• Hirth JM, Gonzalez S, Zoorob R, Kowalchuk A. Project REACH: Effectiveness evaluation of an intervention to reduce substance use among high-risk populations in Texas.
• Harris J, Zoorob R, Gonzalez S, Grigoryan L, Hirth JM. 25 Years of primary care research fellowship: Achievements and challenges in creating a pipeline of independent investigators.

2024 APA Annual Meeting | May 2024

• Gutierrez J, Levine R, Hirth JM, Zoorob RJ. Disparities in unintentional drug and alcohol overdose deaths preceding and during the COVID-19 pandemic.

TEACH-S Educational Symposium 2024 | May 2024

• Sarkar A, Dang, B, Goldstein S, Swails J. Mind the gap – Unmet UME faculty needs within CBME.

Second Annual Opioid Use Disorder Conference | April 2024

• Zoorob R. Substance use in pregnancy: An overview.

ACPM Preventive Medicine | April 2024

• Gutierrez JA, Hirth J, Mejia MC, Levine R, Zoorob R. Opposite trends in colon and rectal/rectal-sigmoid cancer mortality rates among persons 25 to 64 years of age in the United States. 1999-2020.
• Mejia M, Levine RS, Hennkens CH, Kitsantas P. Deaths of despair: A major and increasing contributor to US deaths.
• Ostovar-Kermani TG, Hirth JM, Mejia MC, Stafford IA, Zoorob R, Levine RS. Hypertension mortality among females of childbearing age in the United States.
• Ostovar-Kermani TG, Hirth JM, Zoorob R, Levine RS. Mortality in females of childbearing age in rural United States according to amenability to healthcare.
• Ostovar-Kermani TG, Spooner KK, Zoorob R, Hirth JM. Racial/ethnic disparities in cardiovascular disease among women of reproductive age.

ACP Internal Medicine Meeting 2024 | April 2024

• Faustinella F. Antibiotic stewardship and health equity.

SHEA Spring 2024 Conference: Science Guiding Prevention | April 2024

• Laytner LA, Trautner BW, Nash S, Zoorob R, Olmeda K, Paasche-Orlow MK, Grigoryan L. Situations predisposing primary care patients to use antibiotics without a prescription in the United States.
• Olmeda K, Braund S, Zoorob R, Laytner L, Amenta E, Mancera A, Trautner BW, Grigoryan L. Beyond the prescription pad—Finding a window of opportunity to prevent antibiotic diversion and non-prescription use.

SGEA 2024 Annual Conference | April 2024

• Sarkar A, Heidelbaugh JJ, Appelbaum N. Fairness in clinical assessments and grading – A study of family medicine clerkship directors.
• Caloudas S, Gosselin K, Ren M, Kamdar A, Bergemann A, Toussant R, Vallejo J, Ismail N, Stolar A. Assessing impact of a pilot pre-matriculation program: Medical student perspectives and experience.
• Huang WY, Zhou Y, Atkinson J, Barning K, Keen M, Purkiss J. Remediation of faculty with mistreatment concerns: Results of a survey of U. S. and Canadian family medicine clerkship directors and implications for medical schools.
• Bansal K, Varadarajan S, McArthur R, Crew A, Sargsyan Z. Starting with the "survey" physical exam: Feasibility of learning a multi-system examination in the first month of medical school.
• Varadarajan S, Sargsyan Z, McArthur R, Crew A, Bansal K. Learning and teaching in parallel: A peer-teaching assistant program in a first-year medical school clinical skills course.
• McArthur R, Varadarajan S, Crew A, Bansal K, Sargsyan Z. Use of 3-2-1 reflections as a learning and session feedback tool in an interactive medical school curriculum.
• Sargsyan Z, Varadarajan S, Bansal K, Kowalchuk A, McArthur R, Crew A. Beyond the new-symptom HPI: Teaching the "History of Chronic Illness" in preparation for clinical preceptorship of first-year medical students.

XULA-COP 17th Health Disparities Conference | April 2024

• Kelly DA, Ostovar-Kermani TG. Systematic literature review of disseminating health information to BIPOC communities.

UTHealth Houston School of Public Health's Research Day 2024 | April 2024

• Olvera A, Ostovar-Kermani TG, Hirth J, Alzate MM, Mendez Martinez Y, Zoorob R. Perspectives of sexual and reproductive healthcare providers in immigrant and refugee populations.

Child Advocates of Fort Bend's Annual Trauma Informed Care Conference | March 2024

• Alzate, MM. What does trauma look like? Understanding the impact of adverse childhood experiences and how to prevent it.

49th Annual Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Medicine Meeting | March 2024

• Nguyen ML, Lee C, Dang JT, Rainer C, Clark DL, Wilkes DM. The nalox-own project: Expanding naloxone education and distribution amongst Houston’s unhoused population.

Family and Community Medicine Grand Rounds | March 2024

• Shah N, Porter T. Long COVID.

Texas Medicaid Expansion Advocacy Training | March 2024

• Faustinella F. Advocacy strategies: How can we make a difference?

2024 SACME Annual Meeting | March 2024

• Fordis M, Balasubramanyam AK, Sarkar A, et al. Developing a template for longitudinal system-integrated CME applications using traditional and novel tools to improve care across multiple settings.

24th Annual Henry J.N. Taub & James K. Alexander Medical Student Research Symposium | March 2024

• Berrier A, Valenzuela-Flores C, Aggarwal A. Application of pediatric nutrition educational interventions on health professionals and student learners. *Third Place Award in Educational Research
• Blasingame K, Buell J, Varghese V, Rode R, Aggarwal A. Pediatric psychiatric resources for health professions in the Houston area. *Second Place Award in Educational Research and Most Popular Poster Award
• Nnyagu A, Macnojia A, Davis N, Aggarwal A, Atkinson J. Patienteducation@harrishealth.org: Provider use of patient education video in a county community-based health center.
• Ruml A, Godfrey C, Gedeon F, Maduka C, Toguem M, Rode R, Aggarwal A. The EMBRACE Project (Empowering Marginalized Backgrounds by Reframing Adolescent Sexual Health Education).
• Wang E, DiLeo M, Tiong J, Uribe M, Rode R, Lin D, Aggarwal A. Residents' perceived barriers to discharging patients who are unhoused.
• Benitez S, Lee T, Camarena B, Catania V, Aggarwal A. Exploration of the social determinants of health affecting formerly incarcerated women in transitional housing.
• Juneja S, Gutierrez JA, Kincaid L, Kowalchuk A, Zoorob R, Hirth JM. Longitudinal evaluation of participants engaged in substance use disorder recovery with Project REACH.
• Juneja S, Zoorob RJ, Kowalchuk A, Gonzalez S, Hirth JM. Effectiveness evaluation of an intervention to reduce substance use among high-risk populations in Texas.

Family and Community Medicine Fourth Annual Research Day | February 2024

Educational Research

• Nambi P, Bansal K, Rode R, Mahmood H, Juneja M, Varadarajan S. Guideline bulletins: Disseminating monthly guideline updates to providers in academic practice.
• Rode R, Mendonca C, Mahmood H, Juneja M. Creating a leadership track for family medicine residency.
• Bansal K, Varadarajan S, Juneja M, Sarkar A. Evaluating community preceptors' perspective and comprehension of workplace based assessment (WBA).
• Bui R, May M, Xie M, Lee E. A just-in-time, clinical learning resource to build SDOH competencies in learners for underserved care.

Completed Research

• Laytner L, Trautner B, Nash S, Zoorob R, Okoh J, Amenta E, Olmeda K, Salinas J, Paasche-Orlow M, Grigoryan L. Lack of knowledge of antibiotic risks contributes to primary care patients’ expectations of antibiotics for common symptoms.
• Kim-Vences S, Hirth JM, Kuncharapu I. Assessing potential benefit for routine visual impairment screenings in adults: Perspectives from Harris Health primary care clinics.
• Juneja S, Gutierrez JA, Lopez J, Shorter D, Hirth JM, Zoorob R, Levine R, Mejia MC. Disparities in unintentional drug and alcohol overdose deaths preceding and during the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Kim-Vences S, Hirth JM, Zoorob RJ. Impact of education on racial disparities in alcohol use disorder.

Case Reports

• Faustinella F. Neck masses in adults; A case from same day clinic.
• Afzalpurkar R. A case study of renal cell carcinoma diagnosis and management.

Research Work in Progress

• Broussard M, Hughes S. TECH Study – Cohort study for influence of screen use on sleep, learning and memory, and weight status in preschoolers.
• Atwal D, Saffati G, Orozco-Rendon D, Khera M. Optimizing patient education in an underserved patient population suffering from erectile dysfunction.
• Ali A, Mehrotra N, Nambi P. Beyond prescriptions; Investigating the role of increased medication adherence through personalized medication information and increased frequency of office visit in the management of patient with uncontrolled diabetes.
• Kamepalli S, Busse E, Clark D. Evaluating the efficacy of HOMES Clinic in meeting the needs of patients and volunteers through a prospective satisfaction survey.
• Abraham C, Yang D. Screening for fatty liver in obese patient using point of care ultrasound.
• Akhter Z, Hirth JM, Gutierrez JA. The role of cultural humility in current clinical approaches towards culturally diverse patients in chronic disease management in the Houston metro area.
• Olvera A, Ostovar-Kermani TG, Hirth JM, Alzate M, Mendez Martinez Y, Zoorob R. Perspectives of sexual and reproductive health providers: Healthcare for immigrants and refugees.

QI Work in Progress

• Joshi B, Bhattarai S. Improving access to office-based procedures in community clinic.
• Bhattarai S, Joshi B. Patient insights of obesity as a risk for chronic disease.
• Pirzada N, Mujahid A, Joshi B, Khan F. Can patient education influence patient perceptions of their visit and thereby impact patient satisfaction scores?

2024 CoE EHD Research Annual Meeting | February 2024

• Spooner KK, Ostovar-Kermani TG, Guffey D, Rode R, Greely JT, Butler AM, Hamilton WJ. Assessing the role of environmental and social factors on the health of the black maternal-fetal dyad during pregnancy: A pilot.

Family and Community Medicine Grand Rounds | February 2024

• Afzalpurkar R, Mehrotra N. Case presentations: Missed opportunities.

2024 STFM Conference on Medical Student Education | February 2024

• Juneja M, Rode R, Mahmood H. Building a faculty learning community for development and advancement.
• Alarcon L, Sarkar A, Saucier A, Clithero-Eridon A, Chartash D, George A. Developing a shared language among family medicine educators around competency-based medical education.
• Juneja M, Sarkar A, Bui R, Barning K, DeCuir J, May M, Nadella M. Can concept maps assist in organizing information and active learning during clinical case-based discussions?
• Sarkar A, Ren M, Barning K, Smith K, Keisler B. Incorporating workplace-based assessments into medical student performance evaluation.
• Atkinson J, Alarcon L, Blair E, Clithero-Eridon A, Clark C, Nickolich S, Chartash D, Goldstein S, Cantone R, Shepherd D, George A, Luzarraga J. Optimizing (mis)treatment.
• Rode R, Aggarwal A, Zoorob R, Danek L. Sharing an experience with creating a procedure in primary care elective for medical students (for students).
• Juneja M, Greely J, May M. Studying the influence of extra-curricular and sociocultural influences on implicit bias perceptions of medical students.
• Aggarwal A, Zoorob R, Rode R, Huang E, Gugala Z Jr, Benitez S, Huang W. Teaching and enhancing research opportunities for medical students (for students).
• May M, DeCuir J, Nadella M, Mercado A, Juneja M. The effect of early volunteerism on medical student specialty choice and career intentions (for students). *STFM Special Recognition Blue Ribbon
• Joshi B, Aggarwal A. Increasing medical student knowledge and competency in care of refugee and immigrant population (for students).
• McDowell Takahashi K, Agrons K, Aggarwal A. Assessing and addressing medical student knowledge gaps in telehealth.
• Juneja M, Sarkar A, Mahmood H, Zoorob R, Ismail N, McCurry V. Undergraduate medical education: Are classrooms truly becoming obsolete?

Seventh Annual Texas Medical Center Antimicrobial Resistance & Stewardship Conference | January 2024

• Amenta E, Grigoryan L, Olmeda K, Laytner L, Paasche-Orlow M, Trautner BW. Sociodemographic factors associated with knowledge of antibiotic risks among an outpatient population.
• Braund S, Amenta E, Grigoryan L, Trautner BW. Organizational readiness assessment for a national antimicrobial stewardship intervention.
• Laytner LA, Trautner BW, Nash S, Zoorob R, Olmeda K, Paasche-Orlow MK, Grigoryan L. Situations predisposing primary care patients to use antibiotics without a prescription in the United States.