Rollins Faculty and Staff to Present at ASPPH

March 11, 2024
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This year’s annual meeting of the Associated Schools and Programs of Public Health (ASPPH) will take place March 21-23 in Arlington, Virginia, at the Crystal Gateway Marriott. Rollins faculty and staff will be presenting at a number of sessions. If you are planning on attending and are mapping out your schedule, please consider attending a few of the sessions below and saying hello to the friendly faces from Rollins.   

March 21 

7:30-8:45 a.m. James W. Curran, MD, dean emeritus, will moderate the Global Advisory Committee Meeting. 


2:45-3:45 p.m. Joanne McGriff, MD, assistant dean for diversity, equity, and inclusion, will serve as a panelist for the session, Establishing Trust, Repairing Harm, and Involving Community in Scholarship and Academia.


12:00-1 p.m. Amanda Prophett, associate director of academic programs for the Hubert Department of Global Health; Jena Black, director of academic affairs and enrollment operations; and Joanne Williams, director of student engagement; will speak during the session, Structuring Support for Student Success. 

Black and Williams will discuss, Integrating Academic Affairs and Student Life: Holistic Advising Approaches & Care Collaborations for Student Success, from 12:20-12:40. 

Prophett's presentation will speak to, Enhancing student support through Team Advisement: An Evaluation of Mentoring and Advisement Community (MAC) Groups in a Master of Public Health Program from 12:40-1.

Poster Presentation 

5-6:30 p.m. Lauren Christiansen-Lindquist, PhD, teaching assistant professor, will deliver the poster presentation, Quantitative Essentials for Public Health: A math refresher


March 22 

10:45-11 a.m. Ivone Foisy, executive director of admission and enrollment, and Emily Lakemaker, director of admissions and recruitment, will deliver the presentation, Alumni Conversations Portal: A gateway for engagement with admitted students and alumni

11:15-11:25 a.m. Elizabeth Walker, PhD, teaching associate professor, will talk about, Recognizing Guest Speakers’ Valuable Contributions to Public Health Classrooms: Evaluation of a Pilot Program to Provide Thank You Gift Cards to Guest Speakers.

4:05-4:25 p.m. Robin McGee, PhD, teaching assistant professor, will speak on the topic, A Landscape Analysis of Applied Practice Experience Projects: Using Data to Inform Advising