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Submissions from 2023
Respiratory Protection Against Airborne Particulate Matter, Bioaerosols, and Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Cotton Farms During Cotton Harvesting, Atin Adhikari, Pratik Banerjee, Daleniece Higgins, Caleb Adeoye, Sonam Sherpa, and Taylor Thornton
Challenges Impacting Groundwater Quality and Health in Coastal Southeastern USA, Asli Aslan
Microbial Source Tracking for Advanced Water and Wastewater Management in Georgia., Asli Aslan
Safe Water, Sustainable Environment, and Resilient Communities: Preparing Coastal Georgia for a New Chapter, Asli Aslan
Is the Public Aware of Water Quality Monitoring and Safety Notifications on Beaches?, Asli Aslan, Jeffery A. Jones, Dziyana Nazaruk, and Sibel Zeki
Efficacy of Removing Antibiotic Resistance Bacteria from Wastewater Effluent using Algal Turf Scrubbers, Victoria A. Clower, A. Sicardi, and Asli Aslan
Tetracycline Resistant Bacteria Occurrence Before and After Treating Wastewater Effluents with Algal Turf Scrubbers, Victoria A. Clower, A. Sicardi, and Asli Aslan
Skin Itching, Eye Irritations, and Respiratory Symptoms Among Swimming Pool Users and Nearby Residents in Relation to Stationary Airborne Chlorine Gas Exposure Levels, Victor Ezeamii, Atin Adhikari, Kaleigh E. Caldwell, Oluwatoyin Ayo-Farai, Chekwube Obiyano, and Kingsley A. Kalu
Associations Between Atmospheric Ozone, P.M 2.5, and Incidence Rates of Adult Diabetes, Kingsley A. Kalu, Jingjing Yin, Victoria A. Clower, and Atin Adhikari
Parental Knowledge and Perceptions on Prevention of SUID and Infant Care, Dziyana Nazaruk, Ana Palacios, Joseph Telfair, Joanne Chopak-Foss, Tilicia Mayo-Gamble, and Nandi A. Marshall
Impact of Climate Change on Airborne Mold Spores in a Metropolitan Atmosphere, Emmanuela Nwaonumah, Ferdous Ahmeda, Clara Ray, Jingjing Yin, Anindya Chanda, Burcu Adivar, and Atin Adhikari
Optimization of COVID-19 Vaccination Strategies, Ghana, Sylvia Ofori, Jessica S. Schwind, Kelly L. Sullivan, Gerardo Chowell, Benjamin Cowling, and Isaac Fung
P24-096-23 Hens Hatching Hope: A Community-Based Egg Project Aiming To Improve Nutritional and Health Status of Young Children in Rural Honduras, Ana M. Palacios, Mario Keko, Gisela Ramos, Laura Manship, Dziyana Nazaruk, Haresh Rochani, Tilicia Mayo-Gamble, Joseph Telfair, and Asli Aslan
Georgia Healthy Beaches Nowcast: Development of a Predictive Model for Bacteria Levels at Tybee Island Beaches, Luke Roberson and Asli Aslan
An Experimental Technique to Determine the Barrier Performance of Medical Gloves When Stretched, Dorothy Seybold, Kyle E. Jorgensen, Rocio Perez, Jing Kersey, Anirudda Mitra, Atin Adhikari, and Jhy-Charm Soo
Exposure to Airborne Endotoxin and Glyphosate Residues in Farms: Respiratory Deposition Modeling of Particulate Fractions and Personal Protective Equipment Selection, Jhy-Charm Soo and Atin Adhikari
Development of a Test Method to Determine Inhalation Exposure of Microplastic Particles When Reusable Disposable Masks in Place, Jhy-Charm Soo, R. L. Perez, Atin Adhikari, and Yunfeng Chen
Developing a Framework for Sustainable Processing of Food Waste with Existing Anaerobic Digestion Infrastructure, Nizam Uddin, Cassidy Hartog, Emma Murray, Luke Roberson, Asli Aslan, Francisco Cubas-Suazo, and Stetson Rowles
Utilizing the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit Program to Address the United States Opioid Epidemic: A Focus on Metro Atlanta, Georgia, Tamara Wright and Atin Adhikari
Submissions from 2022
Airborne Particulate Matter in a Ready-mix Concrete Plant and Assessment of a New Air Curtain Technology for Protecting Workers From Dust Exposures, Atin Adhikari, Victoria A. Clower, Jenny Landers, Matthew G. Adharsingh, Dalton Smith, Saman Hedjazi, and Aniruddha Mitra
Using Benefit-Risk Measure to Evaluate Alzheimer's Disease Biomarkers: A Collapsing Net Benefit Approach, Ferdous Ahmeda and Hani W. Samawi
Impact of Embedded Fitness Programming in Southeastern Georgia Career Firefighters, Derick Anglin, G. A. Ryan, Thomas Nagel, Mario Keko, Haresh Rochani, Catherine G. Gallagher, and Bridget F. Melton
Building Partnerships for Water Quality and Health in Georgia, Asli Aslan
Microbial Source Tracking to Protect Georgia’s Watersheds, Asli Aslan
Water Quality and Health at Coastal Georgia in a Changing Environment, Asli Aslan
Water Quality in the Rapid Testing Era and Effective Public Health Risk Communication, Asli Aslan
Water Quality in the Rapid Testing Era and Effective Public Health Risk Communication, Asli Aslan
The Association of Adequate Sleep Duration with Mental Health and Academic Performance in Children with ASD, Tolulope Awolusi, Kelly L. Sullivan, Logan Cowan, Joanne Chopak-Foss, and Gavin T. Colquitt
The Perplexing Relationship: Colorectal Cancer and Folate, Anunay Bhattacharya, Jian Zhang, Marian Tabi, Jingjing Yin, and Logan Cowan
Quantitation of Antibodies Reacting With Rickettsia Antigens in Sera of Healthy Individuals From Georgia, USA, Kay’La Brennon and Marina Eremeeva
Offering Diverse Students Competency-based Interprofessional Learning Opportunities, Janet Buelow, Myka Bussey-Campbell, Yvonne Z. Dillon, Debra L. Hagerty, Shaunell McGee, Bobbie Jo Newell, Steven Patterson, and Paula Tillman
Virtual Interprofessional Learning with Multiple Health Professions Students, Janet R. Buelow, Myka Bussey-Campbell, Amy Frazier, Christine J. Moore, Bobbie J. Newell, Steven Patterson, and Helen M. Taggert
Practical Grand Rounds – Collaboration with Diverse Professions Students, Janet R. Buelow, Bobbie Jo Newell, Helen M. Taggart, Steven Patterson, Amy Frazier, Christine J. Moore, and Myka Bussey-Campbell
Associations between Average ozone, PM2.5 levels and Asthma among Medicare Beneficiaries in the State of Georgia, Victoria A. Clower, Kingsley A. Kalu, Atin Adhikari, and Katie-Anne Arnoldy
Associations among Participation, Activity, and Neighborhood Characteristics among Children with Cerebral Palsy, Sarah Creveling, Rachel Hott, Mario Keko, Haresh Rochani, Ashley D. Walker Colquitt, Christopher M. Modlesky, and Gavin T. Colquitt
Weight Status, Parental Concern About Weight, and the Relationship to Physical Activity and Sport Among Children with Cerebral Palsy, Sarah Creveling, Mario Keko, Cory Cribb, Haresh Rochani, and Gavin T. Colquitt
Transcriptional expression of antimicrobial peptides in Galleria mellonella larvae infected with Bartonella bacilliformis, Garrett J. Cutchin and Marina Eremeeva
Effects of Dental Glove Materials on Mitigation of Vibration Exposures in Dentistry, Randall Ford, Atin Adhikari, Aniruddha Mitra, Jenny Landers, Matthew G. Adharsingh, Dalton Smith, Foram Patel, Ferdous Ahmeda, and Karabi Barai
Digital Health and Emerging Infectious Diseases, Isaac Fung
COVID-19 Transmission Potential and Policy Changes in Hawaii and Guam March 2020-April 2022, Xinyi Hua, Tori D. Defoe, Destiny Jordan, Alexia C. Lewis, Deandra L. Massey, and Isaac Fung
Elevated COVID-19 Case Rates of Government Employees, District of Columbia, 2020-22, Xinyi Hua, Jingjing Yin, and Isaac Fung
Cox model for Weibull Survival Data, Mario Keko, Marwan Alsharmana, Djhenne Dalmacy, and Lili Yu
Mental Health, Physical Activity and Sport Participation among Children with Developmental Disabilities, Mario Keko, Sarah Creveling, Haresh Rochani, Christopher M. Modlesky, and Gavin T. Colquitt
COVID-19 Pandemic in Brazil: Clinical manifestation and effect of comorbidities on outcomes of hospitalized SARI cases, Mario Keko and Karl E. Peace
Association Between Sleep Duration and All-cause Mortality Among Participants Stratified by Metabolic Syndrome Status, Arshpreet Kaur Mallhi, Kelly L. Sullivan, Lili Yu, and Jian Zhang
Public Health SoTL: From Anecdote to Data, Katie M. Mercer and Kelly L. Sullivan
Modeling infections and deaths averted due to COVID-19 vaccination strategies in Ghana, Sylvia Ofori, Jessica S. Schwind, Kelly L. Sullivan, Gerardo Chowell, Benjamin Cowling, and Isaac Chun-Hai Fung
Medical Diagnostics Accuracy Measures and Cut-point Selection: An Innovative Approach Based on Relative Net Benefit, Hani Samawi
New Post-test Diagnostic Accuracy Measures of a Continuous Test Based on the Average Predictive Values, Hani M. Samawi, Jing Kersey, Jingjing Yin, Chen Mo, and Haresh Rochani
Who's the Man? Examining the Relationship Between Black Masculinity, Perceived Social Support, and Sexual Behavior in Black Male College Students, James Thomas, Stacy W. Smallwood, Andrew R. Hansen, and Haresh Rochani
The Impact Of Intelligence In Youth On Cardiovascular Diseases Among 54-61 Years Old Americans, Joana Tome and Logan Cowan
Using Bayesian multilevel models to analyze Neighborhood Socioeconomic Deprivation on Birthweights: A case study in Fulton County, Georgia, USA, Wei Tu and Lili Yu
Diurnal Variations of Overall Microbial Load on Surfaces of a Rural Chicken Farm, Denisa A. Wilson, Emmanuela Nwaonumah, and Atin Adhikari
Heteroscedastic survival data analysis based on AFT model, Lili Yu
Submissions from 2021
Guest Lecture given at Environmental Health – Health Science, The University of Alabama, Evans Afriyie-Gyawu
Climate Change and Public Health, Asli Aslan
Rapid Water Quality Monitoring in a Pandemic Impacted World, Asli Aslan
The Effects of Fatigue on Selected Upper Extremity Functional Tests, Sophie Lucia Bargeron, Alicia Marie Connolly, Kali Rose Hackmann, Taylor Lane, James Karnes, Haresh Rochani, and Bryan Riemann
Effects of Fatigue on Active Joint Replication Proprioception of the Shoulder in Physically Active Individuals, Sophie Lucia Bargeron, Alicia Marie Connolly, Kali Rose Hackmann, Taylor Leanne Lane, Haresh Rochani, Ryan Michael Decarreau, James L. Karnes, Bryan L. Riemann, and George J. Davies
40 Years of the Biopharmaceutical Section: Celebrating our Past, Planning for our Future, Charles Buncher, Stacy Lindborg, Karl E. Peace, Matilde Sanchez-Kam, and Steve Wilson
Assessing Private Well Water Stewardship Behaviors in Rural Georgia, J. Edward Dotherow
A Prospective, Double-Blinded, Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing the Intraoperative Injection of Technetium Tc 99m Tilmanocept With Technetium Tc 99m Sulfur Colloid in Breast Cancer Lymphatic Mapping, Anyul Ferez-Pinzon, Samuel L. Corey, Haresh Rochani, Elena A. Rehl, and William E. Burak Jr
The Effectiveness of Interventions to Increase Mammography Uptake among Non-Adherent Asian American Women: A meta-analysis, Li-Ting Huang, Joshua Longcoy, Chun-Yi Tai, Judy H. Wang, and Kelly L. Sullivan
Factors Predicting Food Insecurity Among Students at a Historically Black College & University, Rebecca Larson, Andrew Hansen, Haresh Rochani, and Stacy W. Smallwood
Evaluation of SIMEX extrapolation methods in Accelerated failure time models with covariate measurement error, Roshni Modi, M. Y. Liu, and Lili Yu
SIMEX Methods in Accelerated Failure Time Models With Covariate Measurement Error, Roshni Modi, M. Y. Liu, and Lili Yu
Differences in Prostate Cancer Outcomes by Insurance Status of African American Males Aged 65 Years or Younger in Georgia, Sylvia Ofori and Yelena Tarasenko
Climate Change Impact on Water Resources in Mugla, Turkey, N. Ozdemir and Asli Aslan
Impact of Global Warming on Aquaculture Activities in Mugla, Turkey, N. Ozdemir and Asli Aslan
Use of Cancer Treatment Plans in Georgia: Results from 2012 and 2017 BRFSS, Willie Rajvong and Yelena Tarasenko
Proteomics analysis suggests suppression of IL-15 among individuals at greater genetic risk of COVID-19-related respiratory failure: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study (ARIC), Brian T. Steffen, James S. Pankow, Pamela L. Lutsey, Ryan T. Demmer, F. L. Norby, Logan Cowan, Josef Coresh, and Weihong Tang
What Criteria Can Return Athletes Back to Overhead Sports Using Novel Upper Extremity Functional Tests?, Luke Alan Thayer, Nicole L. Ebel, Morgan Alexa Taylor, Benjamin Leigh DeLoach, Haresh Rochani, Bryan L. Riemann, Ryan Michael Decarreau, James Karnes, and George J. Davies
Submissions from 2020
Youth in Action for Health Project: Peer Health Promoters Making a Difference, Annette Aalborg, Kimberly Orozco, Dennis Knight, Richard Ramos, Ashley Dennis, Madison Mcveigh, Denise Feria, Juan Martinez, Justice Richardson, Johnathan Lim, Baylie Smith, Hurjessica Virk, Devin Oates, Matthew Ristow, Shannon Frisinger, and Jessica S. Schwind
Levels of Airborne Particulate Matter and Radon Near Three Large Florida Phosphogypsum Stacks, Caleb Adeoye, Jayanta Gupta, A. Mele, Nora Demers, and Atin Adhikari
Respiratory Protection Against Particles of 0.3 – 10 μM in Cotton Farms During Harvesting, Caleb Adeoye, T. Thornton, S. D. Sherpa, and Atin Adhikari
Contributions of Pets to Indoor Environment Exposome: Hypothetical Links with Cancers and Respiratory Disorders, Atin Adhikari, Naduparambil Jacob, and J. Zhang
Guest Lecture given at Cultural Foods (NTFS 4630), Nutrition and Food Science Program, Health and Kinesiology Department at Georgia Southern University, Evans Afriyie-Gyawu
Guest Lecture given at Environmental Health – Health Science, The University of Alabama, Evans Afriyie-Gyawu
Guest Lecture given at Environmental Health – Health Science, The University of Alabama, Evans Afriyie-Gyawu
Impact of Recent Climate Changes on Allergenic Pollen Seasons in Atlanta, Georgia, F. Ahmed, Hani Samawi, and Atin Adhikari
Childhood Asthma Management Practices in Rural Nigeria: Exploring the Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Caregivers in Oyo State, Oyindamola Akinso, Atin Adhikari, Jingjing Yin, Joanne Chopak-Foss, and Gulzar H. Shah
Microbial Source Tracking: A Rapid Tool for Beach Safety, Asli Aslan
Exposure to Household Air Pollution Is Associated With Stillbirth and Child Mortality but Not Low Birth Weight in Ghana, Godfred O. Boateng, Laura Phipps, Evans Afriyie-Gyawu, and Frederick A. Armah
Chronic Pain, Activities and Participation in Children With Cerebral Palsy, Gavin T. Colquitt, Haresh Rochani, Christopher M. Modlesky, Barbara Weissman, and Joshua Vova
Changes in Leisure-Time Physical Activity and Risk of Ischemic and Hemorrhagic Stroke: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study, Logan Cowan, Yelena Tarasenko, Kelly Evenson, Priya Palta, and Kamakshi Lakshminarayan
Measuring Diagnostic Accuracy and Selecting Optimal Cutpoints for K-class Diseases Based on Concordance and Discordance with Application, Jing X. Kersey, Hani Samawi, Jingjing Yin, Haresh Rochani Dr., and Xinyan Zhang
Youth in Action for Health Project: Association Between Mental Health and Exposure to Violence, Devin Oates, Annette Aalborg, Hurjessica Virk, Jessica S. Schwind, Daeja Tillis, Salina Ramachhita, Amy Vang, Janis Ho, Valentina Kelly, Shannon Frisinger, and Matthew Ristow
Cancer Survivorship in Georgia: Selected Results of a Comprehensive Assessment Using 2017 BRFSS, Willie Rajvong and Yelena Tarasenko
New Post-test Diagnostic Accuracy Measures of a Continuous Test Based on the Average Predictive Values, Hani M. Samawi, Jing Kersey, Jingjing Yin, Chen Mo, and Haresh Rochani
On Efficient Logistic Regression Analysis Via Extreme Ranking, Hani Samawi, Xinyan Zhang, and Haresh Rochani
Airborne Concentrations of PM2.5 and PM10 at Cotton Farms During Harvesting, Taylor Thornton, Caleb Adeoye, Sonam Dolma Sherpa, and Atin Adhikari
Exposure Levels of Bioaerosols and Airborne Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Cotton Farms During Cotton Harvesting, Taylor Thornton, Daleniece Higgins, Pratik Banerjee, Caleb Adeoye, Sonam Dolma Sherpa, and Atin Adhikari
An Interprofessional Approach to Teaching Health Informatics, Paula Tillman, Janet Buelow, Helen M. Taggart, and Haresh Rochani
Assessing Biosecurity and Biosafety Practices on Commercial Farms Across Nepal, Joana Tome, Holly L. Richmond, Dibesh Kharmacharya, Ajit Poudel, Rajindra Napit, Saman Man Pradhan, Jyotsna Joshi, Ajay Narayan Sharma, Rupendra Chaulagain, Prakash Adhikari, Sonu Adhikari, Arjun Bhujel, Deepesh Oli, Logan Cowan, and Jessica S. Schwind
Assessing Nepal’s Climate Change Situation by Analyzing Livelihood Vulnerability: A Systematic Review of the Literature, J. Tome, Holly L. Richmond, and Jessica S. Schwind
Youth in Action for Health Project: An Assessment of Food Insecurity Among Ethnically Diverse High School Students, Hurjessica Virk, Annette Aalborg, Devin Oates, Daeja Tillis, Shannon Frisinger, Matthew Ristow, Jessica S. Schwind, and Salina Ramachhita
Exploring Cues to Action as Motivators to Increase Personal Protective Equipment Compliance Among Wastewater Workers, T. Wright, Atin Adhikari, J. Yin, R. Vogel, S. Smallwood, and G. Shah
A Nonparametric MC-SIMEX Method, Lili Yu, Congjian Liu, Jingjing Yin, and Jun Liu
Submissions from 2019
Emerging Infections Worldwide: Challenges of Sampling Bioaerosols and Other Infectious Agents in Workplaces, Atin Adhikari
