Dual MSW/MPH Students Well-Represented at the GPHA 2014 Meeting

[l-r] Salm Ward, Ryder, Motlagh, Reeves, Demmitt, Mwaura.

March 11, 2014

UGA’s dual MSW/MPH students were well-represented at the 2014 Georgia Public Health Association Meeting on March 10^th and 11^th in Atlanta, Georgia, including co-presenting a workshop with faculty Reeves and Salm Ward, and two posters presented by dual degree students.

Students & Faculty presenting the workshop.

Social Work and Public Health:  A Dynamic Duo, a 1-hour workshop presented by students Kelly Ryder (Fall '14), Audry Motlagh (Fall '14), Mumbi Mwaura (Fall '14), and Hannah Demmitt (Fall '14), along with Dr. Trisha Reeves, PhD, MSW, Associate Professor and MSW MPH program development lead, and Dr. Trina Salm Ward, PhD, MSW, Assistant Professor and Coordinator, MSW/MPH Program.  View the slides.

Motlagh discussing poster with conference attendee.

The Importance of Interdisciplinary Collaborations:  Mapping Coastal Georgia's Social and Health Services Assets, poster presented by Audry Motlagh (Fall '14) of a project conducted with University of Georgia faculty Dr. Michelle Mohr Carney (Professor, School of Social Work) and Dr. Matthew Lee Smith (Assistant Professor, College of Public Health).  View the poster.

Ryder discussing poster with conference attendee.

What is Preventing Physicians from Providing Weight-Related Counseling?  Perspectives from Georgia Health Providers, poster presented by Kelly Ryder (Fall '14).  This poster presents results of a self-initiated Independent Study that Ms. Ryder completed with colleagues at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta and Emory University School of Medicine:  Jean Welsh, PhD, MPH, RN; Stephanie Walsh, MD; Wendy Palmer, MS, RD/LD, CHES; and Miriam Vos, MD, MSPH.  View the poster.