The Global Health and Equity Symposium (formerly Global Health Research Day) is a forum to showcase research by Brown students and trainees working broadly in global health and health equity.
Award-Eligible Abstract Submission Deadline - Friday, February 27, 2026, at 11:59 PM (PASSED)
Regular Abstract Submission Deadline - Friday, April 10, 2026, at 11:59 PM
Symposium Date - Tuesday, April 28, 2026
Symposium Time - 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Location - The Warren Alpert Medical School, 222 Richmond St. (LH 160 & Atrium)
Current Brown students, medical residents, and postdoctoral fellows are invited to submit abstracts. Winners will give a brief oral presentation and will be awarded cash prizes.
Eligibility Requirements:
How to Submit:
We will continue to accept submissions after February 27th for those who want to present posters at the Global Health and Equity Symposium through April 10th but they will not be eligible for awards. Final posters do not need to be submitted for review.
Abstracts must be no more than 350 words (excluding optional figure/table) and should be divided into these sections:
Note: Please review your abstract with faculty mentors and investigators prior to submission.
All submitted abstracts will be presented during the poster session.
Poster Specifications:
Printing Resources:
If you are a past CGHE Framework / Training grant recipient or a HEIDS Scholar and would like to request poster printing reimbursement, please reach out to globalhealth@brown.edu.
Please reach out to Megan Feragne (megan_feragne@brown.edu) with any questions.
Funding support provided by the Arnold T. Galkin Fund in memory of Paul J. Galkin.
With a record-breaking number of submissions, the 2026 Global Health and Equity Symposium accepted 60 projects representing the Brown community. The selection highlights a wide range of global and local research from students and scholars at every level, from undergraduate to post-graduate.
| Poster # | Full Name | Abstract Title |
| 1 | Alyssa Vecchio* | Impact of Point-of-Care Ultrasound Implementation on Antenatal Care Engagement in Bungoma County, Kenya |
| 2 | Greta List* | Anemia and Associated Factors among Deceased Under-Five Children: Data from the Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance, Sierra Leone |
| 3 | Yui Miura* | Mental Health Among Rohinga Children and Adolescents: A Mixed-Methods Study |
| 4 | Hanna Cheung^ | Developing Multilevel Suicide Prevention Strategies: Perspectives from Adolescents in Rural China |
| 5 | Shahenda Khedr^ | Bridging The Gap Between the Burden of Uterine Fibroids and Limited Surgical Capacity in Ghana |
| 6 | Monica Moore | Diabetes Management and Education in Thailand: A cultural and systemic perspective |
| 7 | Madelyn Dewitt | Design and Implementation of an Emotional Support Space for Vulnerable Children in Cancun, Mexico at Huellas de Pan |
| 8 | Myles Dworkin | Accuracy of Point of Care Ultrasound for the Diagnosis of Upper Extremity Fractures in Rural Nepal |
| 9 | Wazi Wagonzo | Machine Learning–Based Clinical Decision Support Systems in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Scoping Review of Clinical Evaluation Studies |
| 10 | Victor M. Hunt | The First Identified Case of Candida auris in Rhode Island: A Case Report |
| 11 | Isabella Hung | Predictors of Delayed Antibiotic Administration in Open Fracture Care in Rwanda |
| 12 | Huyen Nguyen | Governing the Air Within: A Comparative Policy Analysis of Indoor Air Quality in the United States and European Union |
| 13 | Ananya Uddanti | PTSD and its associations with HIV care among a Kenyan ED population |
| 14 | Ian Liu | Explainable Disease Classification via Multi-Ultrasound Images using Graph Neural Networks |
| 15 | Marymar Vacio Lazalde | Centering the experiences of Immigrant Spanish-Speaking Latinx Sexual Minorities and Implications for Research and Intervention Development |
| 16 | Sofiya Doroshenko | Mental Health Interventions for Youth Impacted by Conflict and War: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis |
| 17 | Vikram Sharma | Implementation of a novel mHealth tool for diarrhea management in low-resource settings |
| 18 | Dayoung Yu | Performance of clinical prediction models for dehydration assessment among patients with acute diarrhea: A systematic review of the literature |
| 19 | Naomi Jack | Barriers and Facilitators of Implementation of the Community-Based Integrated Care Initiative in Fussa City, Tokyo, Japan |
| 20 | Francine Ho | Prenatal Sleep Quality Impacts Newborn Neurobehavior in a Racially Diverse Cohort |
| 21 | Unmesha Roy Paladhi | Associations between maternal dietary diversity and infant birth outcomes in Ethiopia |
| 22 | Caitlyn Rhatigan | Associations between infant birth phenotypes and child neurodevelopment (Bayley-III) at 24 months in Amhara, Ethiopia |
| 23 | Garrett Wheeler | Training Amid Conflict: The Palestinian Clinical Student Experience During the Gaza War |
| 24 | Brooke Skinner | In vitro evidence for novel compound 2741-19 and piperaquine as next generation combination therapy against Plasmodium falciparum |
| 25 | Benjamin Katz | Infection Complexity and Inflammatory Markers in Minor Diabetic Amputations in the Solomon Islands |
| 26 | Anne Wachana | The Impact on Interpersonal Violence in the Peripartum Period on Postpartum Contraception Uptake: an Analysis of Rhode Island PRAMS Data, 2012-Present |
| 27 | Christina Charie | A Baseline Review of the Current Use of Armed Escorts for Humanitarian Convoys in Complex Emergencies |
| 28 | Campbell Loi | Key challenges and strategies for humanitarian health response in Sudan |
| 29 | Sujata Tewari | Long-Acting Antiretroviral Therapy for Breastfeeding Women With HIV Experiencing Barriers to Adherence in Zimbabwe: Modeling Clinical Impact and Cost-effectiveness |
| 30 | Maram Eltibi | The impact of CRISPR technology in mitigating or widening health inequities in the Middle East and North Africa compared to the United States: A case study of sickle cell disease |
| 31 | Amos Okutse | A Knowledge-infused multitask deep learning framework for longitudinal risk prediction and counterfactual modeling |
| 32 | Riya Reddy | Cardiovascular Disease as a Systemic Blind Spot in Humanitarian Emergencies |
| 33 | Lauren McCabe | Evaluating the Effectiveness of Hands-Only CPR and Choking First Aid Trainings Across Diverse Districts and Frontline Responders in Nepal |
| 34 | Graham Huntington | Humanitarian Trauma System Implementation in Haiti: Opportunities, Barriers, and Feasibility |
| 35 | Sukhman Bains | Examining Racial and Ethnic Differences in Quality of Care Between Home and In-Center Hemodialysis |
| 36 | Mouhamad Sy | Oral and plasma microbiome in the context of acute febrile illness |
| 37 | Fiza Adnan Khan | Providing Health Care in Humanitarian Crises: A Field Report from an NGO’s Response to the 2022 Pakistan Flooding |
| 38 | Azeem Sajjad | Implementation of a Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) Education Program for Central Neuraxial Anesthesia in Rwanda |
| 39 | Alexander Pralea | Use of Systemic Inflammatory Markers to Replace Chest Radiography in Clinical Decision Making for Adolescents with Tuberculosis |
| 40 | Jon Olansen | Addressing Food Insecurity in Pregnancy |
| 41 | Nadine Najah | Joint Associations of Prenatal Ambient Temperature and Greenspace Exposure on Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes |
| 42 | Lisa Duong | Predicting Route of Delivery Using Quantification of Maternal Expulsive Efforts in the Second Stage of Labor |
| 43 | Odinaka Anyanwu | Rethinking Equity in Global Health Collaborations: Perspectives from Kenyan Collaborators |
| 44 | Gabrielle Montalbano | New HIV Diagnosis with Undetectable Viral Load: Diagnostic and Management Challenges in a Resettled Refugee |
| 45 | Sreeram Anantharaman | Accounting for measurement gaps and missing outcomes in HIV viral load prediction models from EHR |
| 46 | Hamsa Shanmugam | Medical Evaluation to Support Cancellation of Removal via “Extreme Hardship” Pathway |
| 47 | Saira Moazzam | Understanding Rhode Island Physicians’ Awareness of and Approaches towards the Religious Needs of Muslim Patients in Critical Care |
| 48 | Rafael A. Davis | Caretaker Perspectives on the Ethical Use of Digital Tools for Pediatric Sepsis Detection in Bangladesh |
| 49 | Rachel Fletcher-Slater | Neonatal Mortality in Jamaica: A Global Health Challenge |
| 50 | Kimberly Ho | Demographic and Regional Disparities in GLP-1 Receptor Agonist Clinical Trials for Weight Loss with a specific focus on MASLD/MASH: A Comparative Meta-Analysis of US and International Trials |
| 51 | Kirsten d'Hemecourt | Anemia Risk and Hepatic Fibrosis in the Context of Schistosoma japonicum Infection |
| 52 | Nimrit Ahuja | Maternal Undernutrition in the Philippines: Impacts on Milk miRNA and Growth-Related Gene Pathways |
| 53 | Giovanna Deluca | Assessing the Need for Basic Emergency Care Training Among Kenyan Medical Students: A National Needs Assessment |
| 54 | Bianca Farro | Understanding the mental health needs of Ukrainians receiving MOUD treatment amid war |
| 55 | Sabeeka Shah & Moe Uddin | HIV associated CD8+ encephalitis: Case Report from Cape Town, South Africa |
| 56 | Amy Allen | Building Implementation Science Capacity in Conflict: Evaluation of a Novel Implementation Science Course for Ukrainian HIV, TB and Mental Health Researchers During Ukraine’s Humanitarian Crisis |
| 57 | Saloni Somia | Mental Health Awareness in Pakistan: A Collaborative Approach |
| 58 | Isabella Schultz | A Study on the Relationship between Health Insurance and Facility Births in Tanzania |
| 59 | Jane Zhou | Ophthalmological Preparations on National Essential Medicine Lists in Comparison to Guidance from the World Health Organization |
| 60 | Francesca Bragg | After the Fire: Surgical System Resilience and Trauma Care Recovery at Hospital do Divino Espírito Santo (HDES) |
*Best Global Health Abstract Awardee
^Honorable Mention for Best Global Health Abstract