2024
Cobbs, C., Ganjoo, R., and Ward, M. (2024, Apr). Evaluating the Health Equity Knowledge and Capacity of Health Professions Students. Poster presented by student research activist at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences Medical Student Research Day.
Chimeka-Tisdale, H., Will, M., Murillo-Parra, C., Ramaiya, S., and Ward, M. (2024, Apr). Qualitative Analysis of Tailored Program Training: Findings From an Anti Racist Demonstration Project. Poster presented by student research assistants at the GW Milken School of Public Health Research Day.
Matheswaran, S., Kalita, N., Kurukunda, M., Chokshi, H., and Ward. M. (2024, Apr). Developing Training Modules for PCPs to Address Systemic Inequities in HIV and COVID-19 Vaccine and Screening Practices. Poster presented by student research assistants at the GW Milken School of Public Health Research Day
NOTE: Sadhana and team won 2nd place in the undergraduate research category for the GW Milken Institute School of Public Health 2024 Research Day.
Ward, M., Moore, B., & Barickman, A. (2024, Apr). An Approach to Applying an Intersectional Lens to Research on Black Women’s Reproductive and Sexual Health. Poster presented by student research activist at the GW Milken Institute School of Public Health Research Day.
NOTE: Bailey won 1st place in the undergraduate research category for the GW Milken Institute School of Public Health 2024 Research Day as well as 1st place for the special prize for a gendered lens by the GW Global's Women's Institute.
Ward, M., Tennant, D., Katahira, E., Turner, R. (2024, March). Disrupting Racism: Reducing Interpersonal Racism Within Medical Subcultures Through Continuous Professional Development. Poster presented by student research assistants at the GW Milken School of Public Health Research Day.
Xavier, J., Ward, M., McDonald, P., Kalita, N., & Corr, P. G. (2024, Apr). Identifying the factors influencing culturally responsive HIV and PrEP screening for racial, ethnic, sexual, and gender minoritized patients: A scoping review. Poster presented by student research activist at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences Medical Student Research Day.
- 2022
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Xavier, J. and Ward, M. (2022, Apr). Analyzing the Impact of Anti-Racist Curricula on Knowledge and Attitudes in Health Professions Students. Poster presented by student research assistant at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences Medical Student Research Day.
Kalita, N., Moore, B., and Ward, M. (2022, Apr). Training the health workforce on community based participatory research. Poster presented by student research assistant at the virtual GW Research Showcase.
NOTE: Nikhil was a finalist for the 2022 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Prize.
Moore, B, Kalita, N., and Ward, M. (2022, Apr). Training the health workforce on applying a health equity lens to research. Poster presented by student research assistant at the virtual GW Research Showcase.
NOTE: Bailey won 1st place for the 2022 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Prize.
Cobbs, C., Delgado Setien, P., Kalita, N., Ward, M., and Xavier, J. (2022, March). What Decolonizing Our Classrooms Looks Like. OVPR-funded Decolonization Lecture Series. The George Washington University.
NOTE: This webinar kicked off GW’s Spring 2022 Decolonization Lecture Series for faculty, staff and students to decolonize their classrooms, research, program policies and clinical practice.
- 2021
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Fernes, V., Wang, T., and Ward, M. (2021, April). A model for anti-racist transformation: How academic medical centers can advance racial equity. Poster presented by student research assistants at the virtual GW Research Showcase.
Ganjoo, R., Ward, M., Yoho, H. & Thoma, K. (2021, June) Assessing health equity knowledge and capacity of health professional students: A validation study. American Association of Microbiology Conference for Undergraduate Educators. Virtual dissemination.
Milando, R. and Ward, M. (2021, Sept). Creating Community-Centered Modules on Structural Racism for Health Professional Students. Poster accepted for the American Medical Association (AMA) ChangeMedEd Virtual Conference.
Shara, S. and Ward, M. (2021, Sept). Health and Racial Equity Toolkit for Clinical Investigators. Poster accepted for the American Medical Association AMA) ChangeMedEd Virtual Conference.
Thoma, K., Ward, M., Ganjoo, R. and Yoho, H. (2021, July). Development, validation and pilot-testing of a survey instrument that measures the health equity knowledge, attitudes, and capacity of health professional students. Florida Public Health Association (FPHA) 2021 “Public Health Reimagined” Virtual Conference.
Wang, T., Ward, M, and Fernes, V. (2021, Oct). An introduction to a new model for organizational change towards racial equity. Abstract accepted for poster presentation at the virtual American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting.
Ward, M. (2021, Oct). The need for processing: Training on antiracism while Black in a white colonial space. Abstract accepted for oral presentation at the virtual American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting.
Ward, M., Ganjoo, R., Thoma, K., Yoho, H. (2021, June). Standardizing health equity competencies across health professions training programs. Abstract accepted for oral presentation at the Virtual Health Equity Summit.
Ward, M., Mallinson, T., Thoma, K. A., McNelis, A. M., Davis, S., Yoho, H. R., Wentzell, E., McCall, T., Haywood, Y., & Ganjoo, R. (2021, Oct). Validating an instrument to measure health equity knowledge and capacity of students across the health professions. Abstract accepted for poster presentation at the virtual American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting.
Ward, M. Shariff, M., Yoho, H., and Shara, S. (2021, Oct). Establishing the value of autoethnographic writing in antiracist practice. Abstract accepted for a creative works display at the virtual Conference on Community Writing.
Ward, M., Yoho, H., and Milando, R. (2021, Oct). Student-led research and practice: A model for organizing antiracist institutional aims. Abstract accepted for poster presentation at the virtual American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting.
Yoho, H., Ward, M., and Ganjoo, R. (2021, April). Assessing the health equity knowledge, attitude, and capacity of students in the health professions: A baseline survey. Poster presented by student research assistant at the virtual GW Research Showcase.