The 13th Annual ATRN Health Summit is a two-day event that was held October 5 and 6, 2023 at West Virginia University in Morgantown, West Virginia. The ATRN is a 501c3 organization comprised of nine academic and medical institutions and multiple community-based organizations. This event gave the research community an opportunity to share their presentations with attendees regarding their projects.
Dr. Seuli Brill, Chief of the Combined Internal Medicine and Pediatrics Section and Research Director for The Ohio State University Division of General Internal Medicine, was the ATRN Summit Keynote Speaker on Day Two of the event with her presentation: A Tale of Two Counties: Building Infrastructure and Access to Promote Maternal Health Equity in Ohio Appalachia.
Other presentations by The Ohio State University and Nationwide Children’s Hospital include:
- How to Effectively Utilize Undergraduate Interns in Recruitment and Enrollment by Madison Tichter, Nationwide Children’s Hospital
- Social Determinants of Health, Racioethnicity, and Severe Maternal Mortality Comorbidity Risk and Emergency Department Visits during Pregnancy by Naleef Fareed, The Ohio State University
- Conducting a Community Scientist Academy to Prepare Stakeholders for Engagement in Research by Jeff Grever, The Ohio State University
- Pediatric Cancer Symptoms Reported by Child-Caregiver Dyads and Associations with Rural and Appalachian Residency by Ashley Benhayoun, Nationwide Children’s Hospital
- Unlocking the Secret Connection: Appalachian and Medically Underserved Pediatric Stem Cell Transplant Patients Experience Higher Rates of Disease Relapse by Olivia Kuns, Nationwide Children’s Hospital
- Leveraging School-based Healthcare as a Health Equity Strategy in Appalachia by Mary Kay Irwin, Nationwide Children’s Hospital
- Per Capita Density of Tobacco Retailors in Rural Ohio by Megan Roberts, The Ohio State University
- Community Advisory Board of Southeast Ohio: Collaboration Between Community and Researchers by Beverly Stringer, The Ohio State University
- Effects of a Tele-Health Intervention on Physical Activity and Physical Activity Self-efficacy: Results of the Home-based Exercise in Rural Ohio (HERO) Trial by Zachary L. Chaplow, The Ohio State University
If you are interested in becoming involved with the ATRN please reach out to Beverly Stringer (Beverly.stringer@osumc.edu ) for more information.
Julie Johnson, PharmD, is the Director and Principal Investigator at The Ohio State University Clinical and Translational Science Institute.