NEPHTC Student Projects Over the Years
2014-15 | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-18| 2018-19 | 2019-20| 2020-21
Ian Hulbert
The Vermont Department of Mental Health identified five groups at-risk for suicide: Adult Males, Seniors and Elders, Youth and young adults, LGBTQ Youth and young adults, and Refugees. Each group... More
Alexandra Banks
Food on the Move aims to address food insecurity by providing low cost fruits and vegetables to neighborhoods that need it most. Alexandra's project evaluates the effectiveness of this mobile... More
Morgan Duffney
Morgan's goal in this internship project at the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) was to develop new resources to support the Health Equity Zones (HEZ) Initiative, as well as... More
Emily Sorey-Backus
This project addressed the lack of understanding among school teachers and school staff around the mental health of their students and in particular, the effects of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). More
Brittnee Gauna
Maine is seeing many immigrants coming to the state and there are many gaps in accessing healthcare, housing, transportations, insurance, jobs, etc. in these communities that we don’t see in... More
Gabrielle Lanich
Low-income populations in Maine struggle to access healthy and nutritious food to eat, and as a result they may face health issues such as obesity. Maine SNAP-Ed implements many programs... More
Nicole Jeter
In a multilingual and ethnically diverse primary care waiting room, a majority of the patients do not have knowledge of or access to mindfulness recordings. This internship project aimed to... More
Emma McCarthy
The goal of this project was to assess how thoroughly City on a Hill Circuit Street (CoaH) addresses, through education and provision of resources, the areas with the largest risk... More
Kirsten Carew
The health equity problem we addressed was inadequate access to healthy foods among food insecure families. We focused on the low-income population that utilizes the services of a food pantry. More
Yosha Singh
As Health Equity Interns, we supported in developing promotion materials and study tools; collecting data; and analyzing qualitative data. These efforts supported the Community Health Needs assessments for Middlesex Hospital... More
Moid Ali
As a Health Equity Intern, Moid supported in study tools; collecting data; and managing qualitative data. These efforts supported the Community Health Needs assessments for Middlesex Hospital and the Yale... More
Samuel McClean
Health Equity Through Community Gardens NEPHTC Health Equity Intern, Sam McClean, worked as the Community Garden Coordinator with Maine General Medical Center’s health Waterville Action Team. NEPHTC is happy to see how... More
Maria Polino
Maria worked with The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts to identify vulnerable food insecure populations throughout all of Western Massachusetts. Policy barriers which affect food distribution were analyzed and explored. More
Erika Penrod
Erika supported with data analytics and health assessment of the City of Portland. Additionally, Erika created health infographics of social disparities, disseminated data to key stakeholders through county-wide collaboration.
Laura Nelson
Laura worked with Vermont Department of Health to identify evidence based strategies for addressing 5 priority health outcomes. To accomplish this, Laura conducted literature searches and organized community meetings on... More
Hollie Legee-Cressman
Hollie analyzed peer-reviewed journals and collaborated with other organizations to understand the adverse childhood experiences that put someone at risk of developing a substance use disorder and the impact of... More
William Goedel
William assisted with the RIPHI Infectious Disease branch on survey and focus group administration, quantitative/qualitative data analysis, and reporting for a new marketing initiative to vulnerable populations to HIV/STI’s. Additionally, William... More
Susan Lemere
Susan assisted the the principle investigator at the University of Amherst in researching and planning health programs for people in rural areas who use drugs. Susan's efforts supported program staff with... More
Tuhina Venkatayogi
Tuhina conducted literature reviews and developed an annotated bibliography on best practices for community engagement. Additionally, she reviewed and summarized past VDH documentation on community engagement with POC and other minorities;... More
Eve Sullivan
Eve assisted in conducting a Needs Assessment of all of Western Massachusetts. This Needs Assessment entailed conducting focus groups with community members and analyzing qualitative and quantitative data from the area.
Alison Green
Alison worked with Food on the Move to evaluate barriers to fresh fruit and vegetable consumption in Rhode Island. To accomplish this, in-person and phone surveys were conducted with potential customers... More
Caitlin Daikus
Caitlin assisted in implementing Supporting Wellness at Pantries (SWAP) incentives at two local pantries. This included re-structuring the pantries and categorizing and marking donations as healthy and unhealthy foods. The project... More
Eliza Hallett
Eliza assisted RIPHI with a large-scale evaluation of the Food on the Move market. Surveys were conducted at different market sites and was then analyzed. The final result was a... More
Kendra Hanlon
Kendra supported the New Haven Health Leaders program in a developmental role. She participated in curriculum development meetings, tool and fidelity measure development and in implementing the curriculum and tools.
Devinne Healy
Devinne help evaluate the application of a systems thinking approach to Public Health departments in New England. This involved evaluating results of solutions to select problems faced by each department and... More
Fiona McEnany
Fiona McEnany designed and implemented a survey of people who inject drugs (PWID) for the HIV/HCV* Resource Center at the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice. The internship taught... More