CSUF ETA SIGMA GAMMA

2ND ANNUAL VIRTUAL

PUBLIC HEALTH SYMPOSIUM

ADDRESSING CANCER, REPRODUCTIVE & MENTAL HEALTH DISPARITY

Friday, April 7th, 2023, 9am - 1pm Pacific Time

Join us at this virtual symposium to understand and address issues surrounding recent cancer, reproductive, and mental health disparities. Cancer, reproductive and mental health disparities impact quality of life and general well being. This symposium will bring together experts from Southern California to share their perspectives surrounding the subject matter. This event is free and open to the public, hosted by CSUF ESG. ESG is a student-run public health educational honorary organization.

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Cancer Health Disparity (9am-10am)

Speakers: Dr. Tan Nguyen and Dr. Gelareh Sadigh

Reproductive Health Disparity (10am-11am)

Speakers: Dr. Jane Yun and Dr. Rupa Basu

Mental Health Disparity (11am-12pm)

Speakers: Dr. Kendra Flores-Carter and Dr. Yuying Tsong

Student Presentations (12:30pm-1:30pm)

Speakers: Pauline Lim, Jinyi Li, & Joanne Reyes

Health disparity and policy

Medicaid-WIC Population Associated Pregnancy Outcomes and Complications by Race

Perceive Risk of Cancer from Alcohol and Frequent Worry About Cancer Association with Self-Reported Depressive Symptoms Among US Adult

Disparities in the Likelihood of Caregiving for Mental Health: National Population-Base Analysis

The Joint Effect of receiving WIC and Maternal Obesity During Pregnancy on Gestational Weight Gain

Clinical reproductive health and intervention

Maternal and neonatal complications associated with endometriosis and induction of labor

Neonatal morbidity and mortality associated with gestational weight gain in women with polycystic ovarian syndrome

The impact of advanced maternal age in maternal and neonatal outcomes in patients with endometriosis

Health Data Analysis Workshop (2pm-4pm)

Introduction to health data analysis using R/R Studio
Friday, April 7th, 2pm - 4 pm

Free to Attend

Symposium Directors

Dr. Bo Y Park

Dr. Bo Park is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Public Health at California State University Fullerton. She is a perinatal epidemiologist and her primary research interest is on unraveling the complex relationship between environmental exposures and pregnancy related health outcomes. She received her doctorate in epidemiology and biostatistics from Drexel University, and her MPH from Dartmouth College. She was a postdoctoral fellow in the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of Mental Health. In Dr. Park’s lab, Perinatal Environmental Exposure Awareness Study (PEEAS), undergraduate and graduate students are engaged in projects examining the role of environmental exposures on maternal and child outcomes.

Dr. Lohuwa Mamudu

Dr. Lohuwa Mamudu is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Public Health at California State University Fullerton (CSUF). He is a Statistician/Data Analyst/Data Scientist, Epidemiologist, and Research Consultant. His research is data-driven and interdisciplinarily focused on statistical/analytical modeling and applications of qualitative and quantitative statistical and machine learning methods and algorithms. He collaborates with the National Institute of Health (NIH) as a Freelance Data Analyst and researcher, working on cancer disease outcomes and disparities (breast, lung cancer, etc.), infectious disease, and immigration health disparities (depression, anxiety, and psychological distress) in the United States. He is also the Advisor of a Cancer Research Lab in the Department of Public Health at CSUF.

Invited Speakers

Dr. Kendra Flores-Carter

Dr. Kendra Flores-Carter is a Published Author, California Baptist University, Professor of Social Work, and a Researcher in the social and behavioral sciences field specifically women’s and child health. An advocate for social justice and change, she has dedicated her career to bring educational awareness to disparities/equity concerns in healthcare experiences and various other psychosocial issues affecting marginalized women and children. A former Medical Social Worker for over 10 years Dr. Flores-Carter worked to provide services to children suffering from Trauma related to Child Abuse/Neglect and women experiencing significant life crisis such as Intimate Partner Violence, Substance Abuse Complications, Incarceration, Homelessness & Mental Illness. Dr. Flores-Carter holds a BA in Psychology from California State University, Dominguez Hills, an MSW from California State University, Long Beach as well as a Doctor of Social Work degree from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Dr. Rupa Basu

Dr. Rupa Basu, PhD, MPH, is currently the Chief of the Air and Climate Epidemiology Section at the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) of the California Environmental Protection Agency. She has published extensively on research focusing on examining temperature and air pollution on health outcomes, including mortality, morbidity, and adverse birth outcomes, while identifying vulnerable subgroups. Prior to joining OEHHA, she worked at the US Environmental Protection Agency, after obtaining her PhD degree in epidemiology from The Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health and her MPH degree from the UCLA School of Public Health. She collaborates with external agencies such as the Scripps Institute of Oceanography and the Kaiser Division of Research on research studies that have been federally funded.

Dr. Gelareh Sadigh

Dr. Gelareh Sadigh is an Associate Professor-in Residence and Director of Health Services and Comparative Outcome Research in the Department of Radiological Sciences at University of California, Irvine. Dr. Sadigh's major clinical interests include imaging of brain and spine particularly brain neoplasms and white matter diseases.

Dr. Sadigh's research interests encompass financial hardship, price transparency and costs of care discussion, health care utilization, care adherence, and health disparity. She has a track record of successfully receiving research funding. Her work in these areas has served to identify current gaps in patient-centered healthcare delivery.

Dr. Tan Nguyen

Dr. Tan Nguyen has worked in higher education since 2009. He is a clinical professor in the department of Family Medicine at UC Irvine where he serves as the department's Director of Medical Education. Dr. Nguyen is a Dean's Scholar who is involved in teaching medical students from first to fourth year in the Clinical Foundation Course, Family Medicine Clerkship & Sub-I and Electives in Gender Diversity, Health Equity, and Medical Humanities. He also serves as the faculty advisor for Asian Pacific American Medical Student Association (APAMSA). He has been recognized with the UCI SOM Excellence in Teaching and OCMA Physician of Excellence Awards for his interests in creating innovative learning for students and incorporating diversity, equity and inclusion training.

Dr. Jane Yun

Dr. Jane Yun is an OB/Gyn at Loma Linda University where she serves as an associate professor in the School of Medicine, associate director of the OB/Gyn residency program and associate medical director of Clinical Informatics. She is also the medical director of the OB/Gyn department at SACHS, a federally qualified health center in San Bernardino, California which cares primarily for patients in the underserved population.

She has a special interest in health disparities in the population she works with by examining their specific social determinants of health. In her work at SACHS, she has promoted the group care approach to prenatal care, postpartum depression and interpregnancy health.

Dr. Yuying Tsong

Dr. Yuying Tsong is the Associate Vice President for Student Success, a psychologist and Professor in the Department of Human Services at California State University, Fullerton. A mixed-method researcher, her/their research and clinical areas of interests include sexual and ethnic minority mental health, Asian American body image and disordered eating, immigration and adjustment, transnational family’s bi-cultural adaptation process, and help seeking attitudes and behaviors. Nationally, Dr. Tsong serves on the American Psychological Association Board of Convention Affairs and is Past President and fellows of the Society for the Psychology of Women. She/They co-edited the journal of Women and Therapy special issue on Trauma and Psychology Well-being of Asian American Women and has an upcoming book, entitled “Body Image and the Asian Experience: Asians, Asian Americans, and Asian Diasporas Across the Globe.”

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