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PHHP Days 2025

From spinal cord injury to substance abuse, collaborative teaching methods to cancer, dyslexia to diabetes and much more, students and faculty in the University of Florida’s College of Public Health and Health Professions gathered to share research and ideas during PHHP Days 2025 held April 14 and 15.

The event featured 127 oral presentations by graduate students and 127 poster presentations from undergraduate and Master of Public Health capstone students covering more than 20 major topic areas.

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Pillar presentations

Student awards

Congratulations to our top student presenters!

Graduate top student presenters

Biostatistics – PhD
Novel Statistical Methods for Integrating Viral Sequence, Human Mobility, and Disease Surveillance Data to Infer Pathogen Transmission Dynamics
Ian Murphy

Clinical and Health Psychology – PhD
Association of Participant Income and Spending with Weight Loss in a Behavioral Weight Management Program
Armaan Shetty

Master of Arts in Communication Sciences and Disorders + Audiology Doctorate
Sex Differences in Young Stroke Survivors with Aphasia
Angela Scotti

Environmental Health – PhD
Development of a Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic (PBPK) Model for Predicting Florfenicol and Florfenicol Amine Residues in Sheep and Goats
Xue Wu

Epidemiology – MS & PhD
Presentation and outcomes of pediatric traumatic brain injury in Sierra Leone
Megan Still

Health Services Research – PhD
Colorectal Cancer Screening in Adults 45-49: Provider Availability, CT Colonography Access, and Screening Rates
Rachel Liu-Galvin

One Health – MS & PhD
Generational Perspectives on Malaria Prevention and the Role of Health Messaging: Insights from Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea
Samantha Andritsch

Rehabilitation Science – PhD
Impact of Taste and Carbonation on Taste Perception, Swallow Efficiency, and Swallow Safety in Parkinson Disease
Alyssa Terry

Social and Behavioral Sciences – PhD
Effectiveness of Chatbots on Mental Health & Well-being in College Students: A Rapid Systematic Review
Shahzadhi Nyakhar

Master of Public Health top capstone presenters

Development and Evaluation of a Patient Education Handout for CLABSI Prevention in Adult Oncology Patients
Hillary Garcia

Sexual Healthcare and STI Testing Experiences among Doxy-PEP Users
Christopher Georgas

Addressing the Opioid Crisis in Gainesville, FL Through Community Education and Naloxone Distribution
Valentina Gomez

Undergraduate top poster presenters

Bachelor of Health Science
The Effects of Chronic Delta-9-Tetrahydrocannabinol Administration on Intertemporal Choice in Aged Rats
Marina Waisenberg

Bachelor of Health Science – Communication Sciences and Disorders
Presence of Executive Function Behaviors in Children who Struggle Learning to Read
Olivia March

Bachelor of Public Health
Utilizing CRISPR/Cas9 Gene Editing Techniques for Knockout of Genes in Escherichia coli Bacteria
Coleen Peggs