Fall 2023
November 27, 2023
 
Name of Student:  Erika Neutzel
Site Mentor:  Brian Loyd, PhD, DPT
Site: University of Montana – School of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science, Vestibular Research Lab
Name of Presentation:  A Comprehensive Community Education Program for Vestibular Rehabilitation
 
Name of Student: Adam Maes
Site Mentor: Lauren Bolton, MPH, Public Health Officer
Site: Anaconda-Deer Lodge County Health Department
Name of Presentation:  Measuring Health at Home:  Community Health Assessment of Anaconda Deer Lodge County
 
Name of Student: Bobbi Perkins
Site Mentor: Holly Jordt, MPH, BSN, Montana Public Health Institute (MTPHI)
Site Mentor:  Robert Childs, MPH, JBS International
Site: Lewis and Clark County/MTPHI
Name of Presentation:  Expanding Naloxone Distribution and Fentanyl Test Strips for High-Risk Populations
 
Name of Student: Heather Demorest
Site Mentor: Peter Bulger, MD, Infectious Disease Specialist, Bozeman Health
Site: Bozeman Health
Name of Presentation:  Syphilis Provider Education to Improve Health Outcomes
 
December 5, 2023
 
Name of Student: Molly Attwater
Site Mentor:  Peggy Schmidt, MS, Senior Community Health Specialist
Site:  Missoula Public Health
Name of Presentation:  Let’s Move! Missoula
 
Name of Student: Elizabeth Bert
Site Mentor: Melissa Tuck, Assistant Director, Our Daily Bread
Site:  Our Daily Bread – Stillwater, OK
Name of Presentation:  2023 Payne County Food Environment Survey
 
Name of Student: Erin Fenoff, DO
Site Mentor: Hannah Yang, MPH, DPHHS - Epidemiologist
Site:  MT DPHHS – EMS and Trauma Systems Office
Name of Presentation:  Behavioral Health Emergencies in EMS:  Data Review and Quality Analysis
 
Name of Student: Katelyn Throckmorton
Site Mentor:  Hannah Yang, MPH, DPHHS - Epidemiologist
Site:  MT DPHHS - EMS and Trauma Systems Office
Name of Presentation:  Social Determinants of Health and Overdose Events in Great Falls, MT
 
Name of Student: Maysa Walters
Site Mentor:  Dr. Ellen Goode, BS, MPH, PhD, Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Mayo Clinic
Site:  Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Name of Presentation:  Molecular and Clinical Features of High-Grade Serous Ovarian Cancers in BRCA1 and BRCA2 Mutation Carriers
 
December 11, 2023
 
Name of Student: Bailey Chalfant
Site Mentor:  LT. Darcy Merchant, MPH, Director, Environmental Health Services, IHS, Billings
Site: Indian Health Services, Crow Agency, MT
Name of Presentation:  Changing the MOV Safety Narrative of the Apsaalooke Nation:  Community Based Participatory Research within Crow Tribal Communities and Acceptance of a Primary Seatbelt Law
 
Name of Student: Ni’Cole Triplett
Site Mentor: Cora Neumann, DPH, MPH
Site:   Nitsiniikookit, Billings
Name of Presentation: Reclaiming Our Health Through Native American Storytelling
 
Name of Student: Emily Killsback
Site Mentor:  Dr. Laura Larsson, MSU College of Nursing
Site: Northern Cheyenne Tribal Environmental Protection Department
Name of Presentation:  Waste Management Awareness Program on the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation
 
Name of Student:  Ellen Etrheim
Site Mentor:  Erin Landguth, PhD, UM SPCHS
Site: University of Montana – Center for Population Health Research
Name of Presentation:  Montana Healthy Places Index
 
Name of Student:  Hannah Spadafora
Site Mentor:  Krista Goldstine-Cole, PhD, Assistant Research Professor, UM SPCHS
Site:  University of Montana – DART Lab
Name of Presentation:  Developmental Adversity Education Statistical Analysis and Reflection

Summer 2023
July 27, 2023
 
Name of Student:  Allison Cory
Site Mentor: Faith Price, Community Prevention Coordinator, All Nations Health Center
Site:  All Nations Health Center
Name of Presentation:  Qualitative Analysis of Outdoor and Land-Based Prevention Interventions
for Indigenous Youth in Missoula, MT
 
Name of Student:  Kristen Cram
Site Mentor:  Ben Schmidt, Air Quality Specialist, MCCHD
Site:  Missoula City-County Health Department (MCCHD)
Name of Presentation:  Implementing a Follow-up PM2.5 Saturation Study in Seeley Lake

Spring 2023
April 24, 2023
 
Name of Student:  Malia Freeman
Site Mentor: Jim Wardensky, Environmental Health Manager
Site:  Flathead City-County Health Department
Name of Presentation:  Assessing Risk and Implementing Interventions to Prevent Foodborne Illness in Flathead County
 
Name of Student:  Dustin Webb
Site Mentor:  Dorey Rowland, Zero-to-Five Local Collaboration Coordinator
Site:  Lincoln County Zero-to-Five Program
Name of Presentation:  Lincoln County Connections: Increasing Public Health Accessibility in Rural Montana
 
Name of student:  Stefanie Tassaro
Site Mentor:  Sarah Davis, Associate Director, RMPHTC
Site: Rocky Mountain Public Health Training Center (RMPHTC)
Name of Presentation: Competencies, Capabilities, and Strategic Skills: An Introduction to 21^st Century Public Health Foundations
 
Name of Student: Julia Ryder
Site Mentor:  Lori Byron, MD, FAAP
Site: Montana Healthcare Professionals for a Healthy Climate
Name of Presentation:  Climate Change and Human Health in Montana
 
Name of Student: Taylor Stewart
Site Mentor:  Ethan Walker, PhD, MPH, BSN
Site: University of Montana School of Public and Community Health Sciences
Name of Presentation:  Wildfire smoke health and awareness in Western Montana: assessing pilot study feasibility and participant behaviors to PM2.5 exposure
 
May 1, 2023
 
Name of Student:  Carla Guarisco
Site Mentor: Chelsea Kleinmeyer, MSN, RN, NC-BC, CDR U.S. Public Health Service, Public Health Division Director
Site:  CSKT Tribal Health
Name of Presentation:  Empowering Youth to Prepare Flavorful, Nutritious Meals & Influence Family Food Choices
 
Name of Student:  Rosie Goldich
Site Mentor:  Margaret Mullins, Determinants of Health Program Coordinator
Site:  DPHHS, Chronic Disease and Prevention and Health Promotion Bureau
Name of Presentation:  Developing Social Determinants of Health Online Resources for DPHHS Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Bureau
 
Name of student:  Brandi Williams
Site Mentor:  Kim Berg, MPH, Hill County Health Department Director
Site: Hill County Health Department
Name of Presentation: Creation and Development of the Hill County Naloxone Distribution Program
 
Name of Student: Jacqueline Sliwinski
Site Mentor:  Kaitlin Fertaly, PhD, Evaluations Services Director
Site: Rural Institute for Inclusive Communities
Name of Presentation:  Hepatitis C Testing and Treatment in Montana Needs Assessment
 
May 8, 2023
 
Name of Student:  Alexandrea Manuel
Site Mentor: Emily Wicks, Director Choteau County Library
Site:  Choteau County Library – Fort Benton
Name of Presentation:  Building Habitat and Community Capacity for Mosquito Control in Central Montana
 
Name of Student:  Portia O’Connell
Site Mentor:  Kari Harris, PhD, MPH, University of Montana School of Public and Community Health Sciences
Site:  Montana Public Health Training Center – Workforce Program
Name of Presentation:  Salary Study for Public Health Professionals 

 
Fall 2022
November 28, 2022
 
Name of Student:  Sarah Cool
Site Mentor:  Barb Harrison, PT
Site:  Shriner’s Children’s Hospital, Spokane, WA
Name of Presentation:  Wheelchair Evaluation and Approval Process Improvement
 
Name of Student:  Audrey Hoyt
Site Mentor:  Ned Dale, Assistant Superintendent, Hilton Central School District
Site:  Hilton Central School District, Hilton, NY
Name of Presentation:  Hilton Central District Fitness and Wellness Committee
 
Name of student:  Reece Brandon
Site Mentor:  Jennifer Bell, PT, ScD, COMT, University of Montana, Clinical Associate Professor
Site:  Interprofessional Hotspotting
Name of Presentation: Interprofessional Student Hotspotting: A Case for Upstream Healthcare
 
Name of Student:  Samantha Sayer
Site Mentor:  Sue Ostertag, PT, DPT, NCS, University of Montana, Clinical Assistant Professor
Site:  Empower SCI, Missoula, MT
Name of Presentation:  Interprofessional Education at Empower SCI
 
Name of Student:  Lauren Gette-King
Site Mentor:  Laura Terrill, VP External Affairs, Planned Parenthood of Montana
Site:  Planned Parenthood of Montana
Name of Presentation: Reproductive and sexual health care access in Montana: Evaluating equitable access to Telehealth Medication Abortion services by mail (“Meds by Mail”)
 
December 5, 2022
 
Name of Student:  Sara Heineman
Site Mentor:  Anna Conley, JD, LL.M., DCL
Site: Alexander Blewett School of Law
Name of Presentation: Assessment of Montana Public Health Laws & Policy in Relation to How They Align (or not) with the Foundational Public Health Services
 
Name of Student:  Jennifer Bailey
Site Mentor:  Jesse Jaeger, MS, Program Manager
Site:  Re-Source of Missoula
Name of Presentation:  LOGIC model and Strategic Plan for Home Re-Source
 
Name of student:  Molly Neu
Site Mentor:  Stephanie Morton, MSW, Program Manager Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies
Site: Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies
Name of Presentation: Increasing Capacity for the Flathead Valley County Perinatal Mental Health Coalition
 
Name of Student:  Maureen Wiegand
Site Mentor:  Christy Buttler-Nelson, MN, RN, Assistant Clinical Professor, MSU Bozeman
Site:  Montana State University, Mark & Robyn Jones School of Nursing
Name of Presentation:  The Challenge of Nursing Burnout in Rural and Frontier Communities
 
Name of Student:  Lily Hartman
Site Mentor:  Meg Ann Traci, PhD, Research Associate Professor, University of Montana
Site:  Rural Institute for Inclusive Communities
Name of Presentation: Using Smart911 to Assist in Emergency Preparedness That Includes Montanans With Disabilities: A Whole Community Approach.
 
Name of Student:  Michaela Wolfinger
Site Mentor:  Gabrielle Eklund Rowley, Executive Director, American Jobs 4 American’s Youth
Site:  American Jobs 4 American’s Youth
Name of Presentation:  A Health Focused View on American Jobs for American’s Youth (AJAY-MT) and its Summer Jobs Programs
 
Name of Student:  Cody Donaugh
Site Mentors:  Christa Weathers, Executive Director, Open Aid Alliance and Hayley Blackburn, PharmD, BCACP, BC-ADM, Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice, University of Montana
Site:  Open Aid Alliance
Name of Presentation: Caring for All:  Expanding Health Services to Missoula PWID
 
December 12, 2022
 
Name of Student:  Kim Berg
Site Mentor:  Erica McKeon-Hanson, MPH, MSEd, Community Research Associate, Montana State University
Site:  Hill County Health Department
Name of Presentation:  Hill County Health Department Risk Communications Annual Calendar
 
Name of Student:  Sarah Black
Site Mentor:  Thomas McClure, BS, Director of Health Promotions and Elizabeth Williams, MSEd, MPH-CHPS, PhD-C
Site:  All Nations Health Center
Name of Presentation:  Relationships between health status and food security among urban American Indian populations
 
Name of student:  Celine Beamer Shepherd
Site Mentor:  Leigh Taggart, MPH, BSN, Workforce Program Manager
Site:  Montana Public Health Training Center, Workforce Program
Name of Presentation:  Montana Public Health Workforce Assessment
 
Name of Student:  Monica Difort
Site Mentor:  Leiska Omerspahic, MPH, Oneida County Health Department
Site:  Oneida County Health Department, Oneida, NY
Name of Presentation:  Lead Poisoning Prevention:  Reaching Rural Communities in Oneida County, NY
 
Name of Student:  Paige Phillips
Site Mentor:  Alexis Tobin, North Central AHEC Director
Site:  Area Health Education Center – North Central
Name of Presentation:  MedStart Camp Public Health Profession Education Seminar
 
Name of Student:  Claire May
Site Mentor:  Hannah Miller, DPT, Peak Performance
Site:  Peak Performance Physical Therapy & Sports Medicine
Name of Presentation:  Lymphedema Care:  Access for All

Name of Student: Alice Vangunten
Site Mentor: Travis Fisher, MPA, CAPT, USPHS, Director, MT/WY Tribal Dental Support Center Site: Early Childhood Services - CSKT Head Start Program
Name of Presentation: Addressing Dental Concerns in Head Start

Summer 2022

July 25, 2022

Name of Student:  Kim Kancir
Site Mentor: Cloe Erickson, Atlas Cultural Foundation, Founder
Site:  Atlas Cultural Foundation, Zawiya Ahansal, Morocco
Name of Presentation: Cataract Surgery in Rural Morocco:  Initial assessment, education and feasibility study
 
Name of Student:  Kami Kirchberg
Site Mentor:  Trisha Gardner, Immunization Section Supervisor, DPHHS and Bekki Kirsch-Wehner, Bureau Chief, Communicable Disease, DPHHS
Site:  DPHHS Immunization Program
Name of Presentation:  Supporting providers in Immunization Quality Improvement program and assessing impact of pandemic on immunization rates
 
Name of student:  Jennifer McFarlane
Site Mentor:  Matt Madsen, MPH, CHES, Research Associate II
Site:  Western Transport Institute
Name of Presentation:  Improving Pedestrian Safety through Pop-up Traffic Calming
 
Name of Student:  Darra Perdaems
Site Mentor:  Sydney Pearce, MPA, Workforce Coordinator
Site:  Montana Office of Rural Health (MORH) & Area Health Education Center (AHEC)
Name of Presentation:   An Introduction to Historical Trauma in Native American Populations: Online Education

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