Posters  Presentation

Jamaica Diaspora Taskforce Action Network-

Health & Wellness Taskforce (JDTAN-HW)

Non-Communicable Disease 

Virtual Summit 2025

Thursday August 14, 2025 at 11:40 AM

Your Brain Health Matters: A tailored tool for Dementia Awareness

Authors: Triana Abel, Alexandra Ortega, Sofia Ramirez, Andrea Mejia, Tan Abascal, Alexia Frydman, Kirsten Crenshaw, Elizabeth Crocco, David 

Loewenstein, Rosie Curiel Cid.

Increasing Colorectal Cancer Screening Among High Risk African American Young Adults with Obesity.

Authors: Dr. Ena Wanliss & Janani Rajbhandari-Thapa PhD

The Lived Experience of Black Young Adults with Hypertension.

Author: Marsha-Gaye Elson-Joseph, PhD.

Friday August 15, 2025 at 11:30 AM

Black/African American and Afro-Caribbean Older Adults’ Perspectives on Home-Based Evaluations.

Authors: Ortega, A., Psy.D., Abel, T., M.D., Mejia, A., B.A., Reyes Kontorovsky, N.,

B.A., Hinton, D., B.S., Abascal, T., B.S., Almirola, C., M.P.H., Crenshaw, K., Psy.D.,

Curiel, R., Psy.D., Loewenstein, D., Ph.D., ABPP-CN

Presenter: Dr. Andrea Mejia

Confidence through Connection: How Webinars Tackle Caregiver Burden Within Communities.

Authors: Sofia Ramirez, Triana Abel Encarnacion, Alexandra Ortega, Kirsten Crenshaw,

Emory Neer, Brooke Bosworth, Rosie Curiel Cid, Elizabeth Crocco.

Improving Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and Care in Pregnancy.

Author: Stephanie Porter-Plummer