{"id":19099,"date":"2026-06-05T13:46:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T20:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/?p=19099"},"modified":"2026-07-08T14:09:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T21:09:20","slug":"global-wach-student-poster-symposium-round-up-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/2026\/06\/05\/global-wach-student-poster-symposium-round-up-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Global WACh Student Poster Symposium Round-Up 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-19113 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/GWAChSymposiumJune2026_600x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/GWAChSymposiumJune2026_600x300.jpg 600w, https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/GWAChSymposiumJune2026_600x300-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/GWAChSymposiumJune2026_600x300-375x188.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>On June 2nd in the Hans Rosling Center for Population Health, Global WACh hosted its annual Student Poster Symposium that featured 11 graduate student research posters focused on maternal-child health.<\/p>\n<p>The majority of presenters are enrolled in the <a href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/leadership-development\/graduate-certificate-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Global WACh Graduate Certificate Program<\/a> and are graduating in the 2026 academic year. The certificate program offers opportunities for additional learning about woman, adolescent, and child health topics through 12 credits of coursework and a 90-hour capstone. We wish these students the very best in their future endeavors as public health professionals.<\/p>\n<p>See a list of featured students and poster titles.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Featured Students<\/h3>\n<div class=\"wp-custom-table-container\" style=\"overflow-x: auto; margin: 20px 0;\">\n<style>\n    .wp-custom-table {<br \/>      width: 100%;<br \/>      border-collapse: collapse;<br \/>      font-family: sans-serif;<br \/>      font-size: 15px;<br \/>      text-align: left;<br \/>    }<br \/>    .wp-custom-table thead tr {<br \/>      background-color: #3995b9;<br \/>      color: #ffffff;<br \/>      font-weight: bold;<br \/>    }<br \/>    .wp-custom-table th,<br \/>    .wp-custom-table td {<br \/>      padding: 12px 15px;<br \/>      border: 1px solid #dddddd;<br \/>    }<br \/>    .wp-custom-table tbody tr:nth-of-type(even) {<br \/>      background-color: #f3f3f3;<br \/>    }<br \/>    .wp-custom-table tbody tr:last-of-type {<br \/>      border-bottom: 1px solid #005a87;<br \/>    }<br \/>  <\/style>\n<table class=\"wp-custom-table\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Student Name<\/th>\n<th>Academic Program<\/th>\n<th>Poster Title<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Cynthia Aluoch Auma<\/td>\n<td>PhD Student in Implementation Science, Department of Global Health<\/td>\n<td>Partner Dynamics and Intimate Partner Violence Influence on Women\u2019s PrEP Uptake in Kenya<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Amanda Debuo Der<\/td>\n<td>MPH Student, Department of Global Health<\/td>\n<td>Post-abortion contraception in telehealth medication abortion: patient decision-making, preferences, and experiences<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Brooke Erickson<\/td>\n<td>MPH Student, Department of Global Health<\/td>\n<td>Barriers and Facilitators to Perinatal Mental Health Research Recruitment: A Qualitative Study with Clinical Teams<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Vimathi Gummalla<\/td>\n<td>PhD Student, UW Medical Scientist Training Program<\/td>\n<td>Clinical Outcomes of Neonates Treated with bCPAP: A 10-Year Retrospective Cohort Study from Kiwoko, Uganda<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hafsa Hariir<\/td>\n<td>MPH Student, Department of Health Systems and Population Health<\/td>\n<td>Developing Dissemination Materials for the RISE Consortium<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Chidozie Iwu<\/td>\n<td>PhD Candidate, Department of Epidemiology<\/td>\n<td>Stigma as a barrier to the uptake of HIV prevention services in family planning clinics in Kenya<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Angella Kim<\/td>\n<td>MPH Student, Department of Health Systems and Population Health<\/td>\n<td>Advancing Maternal Immunization (MI) Engagement: A Scoping Review to Inform Community Health Worker Communication Practices to Address MI Hesitancy in Washington State<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Mapenzi Kinege<\/td>\n<td>MPH Student, Department of Global Health<\/td>\n<td>The Influence of WASH-Related Menstrual Hygiene Management Interventions on School Attendance Among Adolescent Girls in Sub-Saharan Africa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Jade Minzlaff<\/td>\n<td>PhD Student, Department of BioEngineering<\/td>\n<td>Calibration of Portable XRF as a Non-invasive Screening Method for Neurotoxic Heavy-Metal Exposure Using Hair and Other Biological Samples<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Margaret Nickel<\/td>\n<td>MPH Student, Department of Global Health<\/td>\n<td>Improving Perinatal Outcomes among Kenyan Women with Integrated STI Testing: The PrIMI Study<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Anusha Sulladmath<\/td>\n<td>MPH Student, Department of Health Systems and Population Health<\/td>\n<td>From Tortillas to Tacuaz\u00edn: Localizing Dietary Diversity Measurement in Rural Q&#8217;eqchi&#8217; Communities<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On June 2nd in the Hans Rosling Center for Population Health, Global WACh hosted its annual Student Poster Symposium that featured 11 graduate student research posters focused on maternal-child health. The majority of presenters are enrolled in the Global WACh Graduate Certificate Program and are graduating in the 2026 academic year. The certificate program offers&#8230;<\/p>\n<div><a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/2026\/06\/05\/global-wach-student-poster-symposium-round-up-2026\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Global WACh Student Poster Symposium Round-Up 2026\">Read more<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[82,16,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-certificate-program","category-research","category-students"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19099","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19099"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19099\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19117,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19099\/revisions\/19117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}