Symposium Posters

"Seeking Alternative Approaches for Addressing Sickle Cell Disease in Ghana: Integrating Indigenous Traditional Healing Practices"
Archibold, Estelle, MA, MDiv candidate (CST)

"Contemplative Practices for Persons with Early-Stage Dementia and their Family Care Partners: Fostering Well-being and Connectedness"
Bauer-Wu, Susan, PhD, RN (SON); Negi, Lobsang Tenzin, PhD (Religion); Hepburn, Kenneth, PhD (SON); Lah, James, PhD, MD (SOM); Patterson, Bobbi, PhD (Religion); Jha, Amishi, PhD (University of Pennsylvania)

"Sexual Health Education & Disease Prevention in Minority Communities at the Intersection of Faith and Real Life"
Blevins, John, ThD (CST)

"Spirituality, Social Capital, and Maternal-Infant Outcomes in Pregnant Latinas"
Dalmida, Safiya, PhD (SON); Robertson, Bethany, DNP (SON); Thompson, Winifred, PhD (RSPH); Carrion, Maria, PhD (Spanish); Erskine, Noel, PhD (CST); Palomeque, Francisco, MPH (SON); Scruggs, Niambe, MD (SON); Mitchell, Sarah, BSN (SON); Sniderman, Meg, BA (SON)

"Study to Develop and Assess the Emory Meditation Practice Tradition and Experience (EMPTE) Scale"
Dunne, John (Religion); Negi, Lobsang Tenzin, PhD (Religion); Raison, Charles, MD (SOM); Thompson, Nancy, PhD (RSPH); Dodson-Lavelle, Brooke, PhD candidate (GDR); Sivilli, Teri, MPH candidate (SOM)

"Religion and the Sexual Health of Young People in Potchefstroom and Eldorado Park, South Africa"
Ellis, Laura, MPH candidate (RSPH)

"Shattered Shangri-la: Differences in Depressive and Anxiety Symptoms in Students Born in Tibet Compared to Tibetan Students Born in Exile"
Evans, Dabney, MPH (RSPH); Buxton, David (Virginia Commonwealth University SOM); Ngodup, Dawa (Tibetan Childrens' Villages); Raison, Charles, MD (SOM)

"Religious Guidance and Care Regarding Genomic Testing"
Faucett, Andrew, MS, CGC (SOM); Hearn, Kimberly, ThM (CST); Kinlaw, Kathy, MDiv (Center for Ethics); Page, Patricia, MS, CGC (SOM); Yang, Zhou, PhD (RSPH); Scheib, Karen, PhD (CST)

"The Intersections of Healing and Health Amid African Traditional Religions and the Black Church: The Ghana Travel Seminar, Summer 2008"
Frazier, Kyndra, MDiv candidate (CST)

"Are conservative states creating more teen moms? The role of religion and policy"
Gaydos, Laura, PhD (RSPH); Yang, Zhou, PhD (RSPH); Kannan, Viji, MPH candidate (RSPH)

"Religion and Reproductive Health in Partnership: Surveying the Literature"
Gaydos, Laura, PhD (RSPH); Smith, Alexandria, MPH; Hogue, Carol, PhD (RSPH); Flak, Audrey, MPH candidate (RSPH)

"The Role of Faith in Family Planning for African-American Women"
Gaydos, Laura, PhD (RSPH); Roushdy Hammady, Iman, PhD; Hogue, Carol, PhD (RSPH); Thompson, Winifred, PhD; Flak, Audrey, MPH candidate (RSPH)

"Choosing Unintended Pregnancy: Women's Agency, Spirituality, and the Discourse of Public Health"
Hardison-Moody, Anne, MTS, PhD candidate (GDR); Roushdy Hammady, Iman, PhD; Seeman, Don, PhD (Religion); Gaydos, Laura, PhD (RSPH); Thompson, Winifred, PhD (RSPH); Hogue, Carol, PhD (RSPH)

"Social and Environmental Supports for Healthy Eating and Physical Activity in Rural Churches"
Kegler, Michelle (Emory Prevention Research Center); Escoffery, Cam (EPRC); Alcantara, Iris, MPH (RSPH); Hinman, Johanna, MPH, CHES (RSPH); Addison, Ann (Primary Care of Southwest Georgia & EPRC Community Advisory Board); Glanz, Karen (EPRC)

"Effect of Compassion Meditation on Neuroendocrine, Innate Immune and Behavioral Responses to Psychosocial Stress"
Pace, Thaddeus, PhD (SOM); Negi, Lobsang Tenzin, PhD (Religion); Adame, Daniel, PhD (Health, Physical Education & Dance); Cole, Steven, PhD (Research Design Associates); Sivilli, Teri, MPH candidate (SOM); Brown, Timothy, MPH (RSPH); Issa, Michael, BS (SOM); Raison, Charles, MD (SOM)

"Innate immune, neuroendocrine and behavioral responses to psychosocial stress do not predict subsequent compassion meditation practice time"
Pace, Thaddeus, PhD (SOM); Negi, Lobsang Tenzin, PhD (Religion);Sivilli, Teri, MPH candidate (SOM);Issa, Michael, BS (SOM);Cole, Steven, PhD (Research Design Associates);Adame, Daniel, PhD (Health, Physical Education & Dance);Raison, Charles, MD (SOM)

"Development and Formative Evaluation of a Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy Program for People with Epilepsy"
Reisinger, Elizabeth, PhD candidate (RSPH); Thompson, Nancy, PhD (RSPH)

"Breaking Down the Barriers: Facilitating Communication with Adolescents about Sexual Decision Making"
Renfro, Tiffaney, MSW (RSPH); Ukuku, Mary, MPH (RSPH); Bradley, Erin, MPH, PhD candidate (RSPH); Sales, Jessica, PhD (RSPH); DiClemente, Ralph, PhD (RSPH)

"Assessing and Leveraging Religious Health Assets For Safe Water Projects in Rural Haiti"
Ritter, Michael, MPH (Deep Springs International); Van Ess, Gretchen, MDiv candidate (CST)

"Assessing and Leveraging Religious Health Assets For Safe Water Projects in Rural Haiti"
Ritter, Michael, MPH (Deep Springs International); Van Ess, Gretchen, MDiv candidate (CST)

"Project A.C.T.S. - About Choices in Transplantation & Sharing"
Robinson, Dana, MPH (RSPH); Arriola, Kimberly, PhD (RSPH); Perryman, Jennie, PhD, RN (Emory Transplant Center); Thompson, Nancy, PhD (RSPH)

"Infectious Theology: A Critical Analysis of Religion, Health, and Culture Negation"
Starr, Charity, MSW, MDiv candidate (CST)

"From Physical Health to Material Wealth: Healing in the African Tradition"
Wilcox, Cheryl, MBA, MDiv candidate (CST)

"African Religious Healing Traditions: A Ghanaian Model of Health and Well-Being for African-American Congregational Care"
Vogel, Karla, JD, MDiv candidate (CST)

"A Community Health Needs Assessment for Health Planning in the Motipur Area of Uttar Pradesh, India"
Williams, Amy, MPH candidate (RSPH); Lasswell, Sarah, MPH candidate (RSPH)