OMHHE Past Program Student Projects ~ 2011
Project: IMHOTEP is an eleven-week internship designed to increase the knowledge and skills of rising juniors and seniors and recent graduates of an undergraduate institution in biostatistics, epidemiology, and occupational safety and health. Since the inception of Project: IMHOTEP, interns have been placed in various centers, institutes, and offices (CIOs) within the CDC and various domestic and international agencies. To date, 530 students from Project IMHOTEP and 336 from PHSFP have gone on to receive graduate degrees and employment in the field of public health!
Internship Interns & Mentor Assignments
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CDC National Center/Office/Institute |
Intern |
Project |
Mentor(s) |
Office of Minority Health & Health Equity, Office of the Director | Jamaal Allen |
The Association between Mortality Rate Ratios and Residential Segregation among Residents in the Mississippi Delta Region |
Karen Bouye, MPH, MS, PhD |
Office of Public Health Preparedness And Response; Division Of State And Local Readiness; Office of The Director | Antoine Barr |
Identifying Promising Practice Criteria |
Crista-Marie Singleton, MD, MPH |
Morehouse School of Medicine; Community Health and Preventive Medicine | Shelton Bartley |
A Community Health-Related Resources Assessment: West End |
Robina Willocok, MPH, PhD |
Morehouse School of Medicine; Community Health and Preventive Medicine | Danaya Bethea |
Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Programs: Curriculum Based or Youth Development |
Mary Langley, PhD, MPH RN, ICPS |
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health; Education and Information Division | Patrice Bland |
Occupational Risk Assessment and Hazard Banding |
Stephen Gilbert, MS |
Morehouse Schools of Medicine, National Center for Primary Care | Andrew Brunner |
Family Influence on Genetic Testing Decisions among African Americans with Colorectal Cancer |
Elvin Daniels, MD, PhD |
Office of Minority Health & Health Equity, Office of the Director | Benem Davids |
Association of Community Health Indicators and Social Determinants of Health |
Sonja Hutchins, MD, MPH, DrPH |
National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, & TB Prevention; Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention |
Orlando Davy |
CD4 Cell Count and CD4 Percentage Association |
Lillian Lin, PhD |
National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, & TB Prevention; Division of STD Prevention |
Edward Debrady |
Public Health and Homeless Symposium and Workgroup & Literature Review of Transmission of Sexually Transmitted Infections among Homeless Populations |
Samantha Williams, PhD |
National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases; Immunization Services Division |
Blessing Dennis |
Do Vaccination Rates of Children Living in Single Parent Homes Differ from Vaccination Rates of Children Living in Two-Parent Homes? |
Karen Wooten, MA |
Morehouse School of Medicine; Community Health and Preventive Medicine |
Onyinye Edeh |
Community Youth Mapping: Assessing the Educational and Health Opportunities available to Young People in the Atlanta Promise Neighborhood |
Rakale Quarells, PhD |
National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, & TB Prevention; Division of Tuberculosis Elimination |
Hunter Harig |
The Effect of Utilizing Alternative Population Denominators to Calculate National Tuberculosis Rates |
Elvin Magee, MPH, MS |
Sisterlove, Inc. |
Ashley Hill |
Black Women Clinical Trials, Tribulations, Trust and Truth |
Lisa Diane White |
Emory University ; Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing |
Leima Hunt |
African American Caregiver Perceptions of Necessary Support Mechanisms |
Maryam Robinson, MPH |
National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, & TB Prevention; Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention |
Janna Hutchinson |
A Look at the Sexual Behaviors and Condom Non-Use among Male and Female Students Attending Historically Black Colleges and Universities |
Madeline Sutton, MD, MPH |
USEPA REGION 4 |
Willie Johnson |
Analysis of Asthma Exacerbation Associated with Environmental Triggers |
Solomon Pollard, Jr., PhD |
Morehouse School of Medicine; Community Health and Preventive Medicine |
Florence Kanu |
Community Youth Mapping: Identifying Youth Related Resources in the Promise Neighborhood Zone |
Rhonda Holliday, PhD |
National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health; Education and Information Division |
Anwesha Majumder |
Development and Testing of Workplace Safety and Health Training Materials for Young Farm Workers in Ohio |
Rebecca Guerin |
Morehouse School of Medicine; Community Health and Preventive Medicine |
Victor Mbachu |
The Significance of Focus Groups for Pilot Testing Purposes in Construction of a Community Health Assessment |
Lisa M. Goodin, MBA |
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention & Health Promotion; Division of Reproductive Health |
Juliane Nguyen |
Exploring Sexual and Reproductive Health Disparities Experienced by Youth |
Taleria Fuller, PhD |
National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, & TB Prevention; Division of STD Prevention |
Loretta Odro |
Baseline Assessment of Program Collaboration and Service Integration: Evaluating Organizational Collaboration and Integration Strategies |
Shaunta Wright, MPH |
National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health; Education and Information Division |
Olufemi Oyedele |
Developing and Validating Hazard bands for Occupational Chemical exposures |
T.J. Lentz, PhD, MPH |
National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health; Education and Information Division |
Dominique Parker |
Interaction of Occupational and Personal Risk Factors - Application of Modeling Approaches |
Sudha Pandalai, MD, PhD |
National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health; Division of Applied Research and Technology |
Thao Phan |
National Survey of U.S. Long-Haul Truck Driver Injury and Health |
Edward Hitchcock, PhD |
Morehouse School of Medicine; Satcher Health Leadership Institute |
Brandon Ransom |
I Am Woman: A Healthy New Me! |
Kisha Holden, PhD |
National Center for Environmental Health; Division of Emergency & Environmental Health |
Jesabel Rivera |
Understanding the Impact of Environmental Health Specialist-Network (EHS-Net) Research and Support |
Kristin Delea, MPH, RESH |
National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, & TB Prevention; Division of STD Prevention |
TaNisha Roby |
Estimating Absenteeism Cost Attributable to STDs |
Kwame Owusu-Edusei, PhD |
ATSDR; Office of the Administrator; Office of the Director; Division of Health Assessment and Consultation |
Rylan Rosario |
Questionnaire Development to Assess the Needs of the State Public Health Departments |
Diane Jackson |
Morehouse School of Medicine; Satcher Health Leadership Institute |
Tiara Sinkfield |
Health Disparities Research and Policy Development for Diverse Communities |
Starla Banks, MBA |
National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, & TB Prevention; Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention |
Kamiyah Smith |
30 Years of HIV/AIDS Capacity Building Helping Those Disproportionately Affected |
Kimberly Hearn Murray, MS, PhD |
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