The University of South Carolina Arnold School of Public Health Office of Research and

South Carolina SmartState Center for Healthcare Quality (CHQ)

Junior Scholar Symposium

Friday, February 17, 2017

12:00-4:00 PM

Discovery I Building Room 140

915 Greene Street, Columbia, SC 29208

(Lunch will be served)

Oluwole A Babatunde, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Title: Racial disparities in linkage to care among newly diagnosed HIV cases from 2009 to 2011 in South Carolina.

CHQ mentors: Banky Olatosi & Jan Ostermann

Keith Brazendale, Department of Exercise Science

Title: Youth Physical Activity Counseling in Primary Care-Based Settings: A Narrative Review

CHQ Mentors: Michael Beets & Sayward Harrison

Wendi Da, Department of Health Promotion, Education and Behavior

Title: Association between self-report measures of antiretroviral treatment adherence and viral response among people living with HIV/AIDS in China.

CHQ Mentors:  Xiaoming Li & Shan Qiao

Md Akhtar Hossain, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Title: Cardiovascular Disease Morbidity and Mortality Among HIV/AIDS Patients in South Carolina 

CHQ Mentors: Xiaoming Li & Rishi Chakraborty

Heather Lasky, Department of Psychology

Title: Patterns of alcohol use in HIV/AIDS affected youth in rural china: Exploring school related predictors.

CHQ Mentors: Amanda Fairchild & Sayward Harrison

Queenie Jo-Yun Li , School of Journalism and Mass Communications

Title: Utilizing an Interpersonal Communication Framework to Understand Information Behaviors 

involved in HIV Disclosure.

CHQ mentors: Shan Qiao &Sayward Harrison