NHS Student Abstract Selected for APHA Conference

Several undergraduates from the School of Nursing & Health Studies were selected to present a poster on their HIV research at the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association (APHA).

The NHS students will showcase their research on, "Antiretroviral Drug Resistance Among Treatment-naïve HIV-1 Infected Individuals in Washington, DC." The annual APHA meeting will take place this year in Washington, D.C., from Nov. 3-7.

The students include Emily Marie Herzberg (NHS'08), Allison Boyd (NHS'08), Mariah Marshall (NHS'07), Miguel de Leon (NHS'10), Nicole Lamparello (NHS'08), and Allison Porter (NHS'08), all of the Department of Human Science. The undergraduates are mentored by NHS faculty members Charles Evans, M.D., Ph.D., chair of the Department of Human Science, and Michael Relf, Ph.D., chair of the Department of Nursing.

"Your abstract, selected from a large number of submittals, was judged to be of high quality and interest," the APHA letter of acceptance said.

The APHA annual meeting and exposition is the oldest and largest gathering of public health professionals in the world, attracting more than 13,000 national and international physicians, administrators, nurses, educators, researchers, epidemiologists, and related health specialists.

APHA's meeting program addresses current and emerging health science, policy, and practice issues in an effort to prevent disease and promote health.

In addition, several NHS faculty members, including NHS Dean Bette Keltner, Ph.D., will present during the conference.