Public Health Research Projects

Current and Past Resident Research Projects

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Presented at ACPM Conference in 2026

  • Navigating the HPV Vaccination Landscape in Texas: Uptake and Hesitancy Factors, Dharini Chandrasekar
  • Characterizing Occupational Heavy-Metal Exposures in Texas, 2015-2024, Alex Reyes
  • Improving HIV Screening Through MA-Physician Collaboration and Data Validation: A PDSA Pilot in a Texas FQHC, Alex Reyes
  • Oral Presentation - HIV and STI Prevention in Clinical Practice: Integrating PrEP and Doxycyline Post-exposure Prophylaxis (Doxy-PEP), Alex Reyes

Presented at ACPM Conference in 2025

  • Trends in Bloodstream Infections at Texas Hemodialysis Facilities: 2020-2023, Shashank Nayak 
  • Suspected Suicide Attempts by Poisoning in Older Adults, Texas, 2028-2023, Brad Unroe

Presented at ACPM Conference in 2024

  • Poster Presentation - Evaluation of Tuberculosis Screening in a Texas County Jail, Brad Unroe
  • Oral Presentation – Creating a Public Health Rotation for Future Doctors, Alison Yarp

Presented at ACPM Conference in 2023 

  • Oral Presentation – Spreading the Word: Improving Visibility of Preventive Medicine in Medical Education, Alison Yarp
  • Suspected Suicide Attempts by Poisoning in Texas Youth and Young Adults – An Analysis of Texas Poison Center Network Data, Jan 2018 – Apr 2023, Alison Yarp
  • Utilization of Adult Blood Lead Epidemiology and Surveillance Program (ABLES) and the NIOSH ELF query system to estimate Texas workers in industry sectors with potential exposures to lead, 2014-2018, Sandra Lozano
  • Influenza Vaccination Status Among Employed Adults in Texas: Analysis of Texas Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Data, 2018-2019, Lakshmi Sahini

Presented at ACPM Conference in 2022 

  • Integrating media training in preventive medicine residency programs, Sandra Lozano
  • Oral presentation - Continuous Improvement Project to decrease HbA1c among Veterans with Diabetes Mellitus lost to follow-up during COVID-19 Pandemic, Lakshmi Sahini