PQHS State of the Department Address - January 11, 2022

1. Welcome, Opening Remarks, Overview
   - Jeroan Allison, MD, MS
   
   
2. Administrative Slides
   - Sarah Yeboah
   
   
3. Diversity Action Committee
   - Sharina Person, PhD
   
   
4. Office of Health Equity
   - Milagros Rosal, PhD
   
   
5. PQHS Education
   - (Kate Lapane, PhD) Jeroan Allison, MD, MS
   
   
6. PQHS Research and Service
   – Jeroan Allison, MD, MS
   
   
7. Recuerda La Memoria
   –  Germán Chiriboga, MPH
   
   
8. Promoting COVD-19 Vaccines: Empowering Youth and Families
   - Stephenie Lemon, PhD
   
   
9. Research Informatics Core
   - Adrian Zai, MD, PhD, MPH
   
   
10. Storytelling Interventions in the Time of COVID
    - Sarah Forrester, PhD
    
    
    

11. UMass Memorial Health – UMass Chan Medical School
      Health Policy Task Force
      – Eric Mick, ScD

12. Quantitative Methods Core: Central to Our Department’s
      Mission
      – Bruce Barton, PhD

13. Massachusetts Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment
      Program (DSRIP): Independent Evaluation
      – Matt Alcusky, PhD, PharmD, MS and
         Jay Himmelstein, MD, MPH

14. Enhancing diabetes self-management training with
      Behavioral Economics + Patient-facing Technologies
      – Dan Amante, PhD, MPH

15. mHealth Messaging to Motivate Quitline Use and Quitting
      in People living with HIV-PLWH (M2Q2-HIV)
      – Rajani Sadasivam, PhD

16. Dissertation Research
      – Catherine Nagawa, PhD

17. Learning to Step Outside your Lane:  Building VA/UMMS
      Partnerships
      – Kristin Mattocks, PhD, MPH

18. The Solidarity Project
      – Arlene Ash, PhD