NIMHD at APHA 2024 Annual Meeting & Expo

Sunday – Wednesday, Oct. 27 – 30, 2024
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Connect with NIMHD at this year’s American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting & Expo in Minneapolis. Plan to attend NIMHD staff-presented sessions and visit us in the exhibit hall to learn about our scientific research work to improve minority health and reduce health disparities. During the conference, connect with NIMHD by:

NIMHD Staff Sessions

Sunday, October 27

5:00 p.m. CT

Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders Epidemiology, Epidemiology of Health-related Behaviors Poster Session

Psychological Distress and Its Association With Socioeconomic and Behavioral Risk Factors Among Black/African American Adults

Presenter: Maryam Elhabashy, B.A., Postbaccalaureate Research Fellow, Immigrant Health & Health Disparities Research Lab

5:00 p.m. CT

Tobacco Cessation Considerations Poster Session

Comorbidities and Tobacco Product Quit Attempts During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Presenter: Bambi Jewett, M.S., FNP-BC, Research Nurse Practitioner, Tobacco Related Disparities and Control Lab

Monday, October 28

2:30 p.m. CT

Critical Issues in Public Health Session

The Weathering Hypothesis and Public Health Research

Presenter: Allana T. Forde, Ph.D., M.P.H., Staff Investigator, Race-Related Stressors and Health Disparities Lab

Tuesday, October 29

8:30 a.m. CT

Extending Our Understanding of the Factors Driving Heavy and Hazardous Drinking Session

Racial Discrimination, Subjective Social Status, and Heaving Drinking Among Black Adults: A Prospective Analysis

Presenter: Kristen Hamilton-Moseley, Ph.D., Staff Scientist, Tobacco Related Disparities and Control Lab

8:30 a.m. CT

Spatial Epidemiology Session

Geographic, Racial, and Ethic Disparities in the Burden of Chronic Kidney Disease Mortality in the U.S., 2000-2019

Presenter: Kosuke Tamura, Ph.D., Staff Investigator, Socio-Spatial Determinants of Health Lab

2:30 p.m. CT

Built Environment and Active Transportation to Enhance Physical Activity Session

Associations Between Neighborhood Walkability and Sedentary Behavior in a Nationality Representative Sample of U.S. Adults

Presenter: Yangyang Deng, Ph.D., M.S., Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Socio-Spatial Determinants of Health Lab

2:30 p.m. CT

Genomics Forum Poster Session

Inverse Probability Weighting of the All of Us Cohort Increases Genomic Discovery for Type II Diabetes in Minority Populations

Presenter: Manoj Kambara, B.S., Postbaccalaureate Research Fellow, Genomics for Health Equity Lab

4:30 p.m. CT

Caucus on Refugee and Immigrant Health Roundtable Session

Effects of Discrimination on Loneliness Mediated by Mental Health Among Immigrants and Non-immigrants

Presenter: Faustine Williams, Ph.D., M.P.H., M.S., Staff Investigator, Immigrant Health & Health Disparities Research Lab

5:00 p.m. CT

Psychosocial Epidemiology Session

Intersection of Immigration, Physical Activity, and Serious Psychological Distress on Mortality Among U.S. Adults: A Survival Analysis, 1998-2019

Presenter: David Adzrago, Ph.D., M.S.W., M.Phil., Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Immigrant Health & Health Disparities Research Lab

Meet the Experts

Visit the NIMHD Booth (#1612) to meet our scientific staff for one-on-one conversations and learn more about NIMHD research resources and opportunities.

Stop by at the below times to meet NIMHD staff members.

Sunday, October 27

12:30 – 2:00 p.m. CT

Vanessa Marshall, Ph.D., Social and Behavioral Scientist Administrator Program Officer, Division of Community Health and Population Science

Talk to me about:
PhenX Toolkit SDOH Collection
Extramural grant funding opportunities
Career development and training

1:00 – 2:30 p.m. CT

David Adzrago, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Division of Intramural Research

Talk to me about:
Intramural Research
Immigrant Health and Health Disparities Lab

2:30 – 3:00 p.m. CT

Faustine Williams, Ph.D., M.P.H., M.S., Stadtman Tenure-Track Investigator, NIH Distinguished Scholar, Division of Intramural Research

Talk to me about:
Intramural Research
Immigrant Health and Health Disparities Lab

3:00 – 4:00 p.m. CT

Allana T. Forde, Ph.D., M.P.H., Stadtman Tenure-Track Investigator, NIH Distinguished Scholar, Division of Intramural Research

Talk to me about:
Intramural Research
Race-Related Stressors & Health Disparities Lab

4:00 – 5:00 p.m. CT

Kosuke Tamura, Ph.D., Stadtman Tenure-Track Investigator, Division of Intramural Research

Talk to me about:
Intramural Research
Socio-Spatial Determinants of Health Lab

5:00 – 6:00 p.m. CT

Aruna Gogineni, Ph.D., LCSW- C, Social and Behavioral Sciences Administrator, Division of Integrative Biological and Behavioral Sciences

NIH Distinguished Scholar Immigrant Health & Health Disparities Research Lab

Talk to me about:
Division of Integrative Biological and Behavioral Sciences

Monday, October 28

10:00 – 11:30 a.m. CT

Manoj Kambara, Postbaccalaureate Research Fellow, Division of Intramural Research

Talk to me about:
Postbaccalaureate Fellowship Program

12:00 – 2:30 p.m. CT

Yangyang Deng, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Division of Intramural Research

Talk to me about:
Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
Socio-Spatial Determinants of Health

2:00 – 3:00 p.m. CT

Kristen Hamilton-Moseley, Ph.D., Staff Scientist, Division of Intramural Research

Talk to me about:
Intramural Research
Tobacco Related Disparities and Control Lab

Engage With NIH CEAL

Please check the APHA Annual Meeting & Expo website or conference app for session locations, additional speaker details, and the exhibit hall layout.


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