Presentations
Research presentations by the Department of Family and Community Medicine
Presentations
2026 Invited Presentations
- Arvan, M., Holt, H.K., & Parde, N. Cervical Cancer Screening Decision Support Through Information Extraction. 19th Annual DFCM Scholarship Day, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Fostering Campus Community Partnerships for Transformative Research, Education, and Practice; Chicago, IL. May 20, 2026.
- Baumann, K., Sayah, L., Strange, D., Peterson, C.E., Geller, S., & Holt, H.K. Examining Age and Sexual Minority Status in Cervical Cancer Screening: Insights from the National Health Interview Survey. 19th Annual DFCM Scholarship Day, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Fostering Campus Community Partnerships for Transformative Research, Education, and Practice; Chicago, IL. May 20, 2026.
- Beshers, C. Aguilar, J.S., Holt, H.K., Baumann, K.M., Valle Coto, M., Goba, G., & Gokhale, P. Barriers to Colposcopy in Patients Lost to Follow-up in an Urban Health Care Center. 19th Annual DFCM Scholarship Day, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Fostering Campus Community Partnerships for Transformative Research, Education, and Practice; Chicago, IL. May 20, 2026.
- Campbell, M. & Thesing, C. Does Universal Screening for Dyslipidemia in Children without Elevated Risk Reduce Rates of CV Disease in Adults?. 19th Annual DFCM Scholarship Day, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Fostering Campus Community Partnerships for Transformative Research, Education, and Practice; Chicago, IL. May 20, 2026.
- Cotoia, J., Rivas, M., & Mccullough, N. Introducing a Standardized EMR Template to Improve Diabetes Care and Reduce Medical Provider Burnout. 19th Annual DFCM Scholarship Day, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Fostering Campus Community Partnerships for Transformative Research, Education, and Practice; Chicago, IL. May 20, 2026.
- De Groote, S., Hasnain, M., Floros, M. Optimizing Shared Governance: Opportunities and Challenges. Dean’s Council presentation by Senate Leadership, University of Illinois Chicago, February 10, 2026.
- Ferketa, M. & Swakow, J. In Patients with Recurrent Vaginal Yeast Infections, Does Partner Treatment Versus No Treatment or Placebo Reduce the Rate of Re-Infection?. 19th Annual DFCM Scholarship Day, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Fostering Campus Community Partnerships for Transformative Research, Education, and Practice; Chicago, IL. May 20, 2026.
- Garg, V., Grey-Theriot, F., & Barakat, M. Well, Well, Well Child: Standardizing a Collaborative Clinic Workflow for Optimization of Well-Child Checks. 19th Annual DFCM Scholarship Day, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Fostering Campus Community Partnerships for Transformative Research, Education, and Practice; Chicago, IL. May 20, 2026.
- Hasnain, M. Panel Member. Macy Faculty Scholars Showcase, Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation Annual Meeting; Saint Louis, MO. April 23, 2026.
- Herrera, J., Ma, Y., Sun, J., & White VanGompel, E. Baseline Patient Experiences of Respectful Care, Shared Decision-Making, and Autonomy During Labor and Delivery. 19th Annual DFCM Scholarship Day, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Fostering Campus Community Partnerships for Transformative Research, Education, and Practice; Chicago, IL. May 20, 2026.
- Hickey, B., Nowak, A., Negrete, M., Ganshow, P., Tussing-Humphreys, L., Fitzgibbon, M., Reading, J. Age-Related Differences in Self-Monitoring and Lifestyle Motivators Among Cancer Survivors. 19th Annual DFCM Scholarship Day, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Fostering Campus Community Partnerships for Transformative Research, Education, and Practice; Chicago, IL. May 20, 2026.
- Holt, H. Panelist, AHRQ National Center for Excellence in Primary Care Research (NCEPCR) webinar, Building the Primary Care Research Workforce: Fellowships in Action. February 26, 2026
- Holt, H., Ma, W., Gordon, H., Sun, J., Geller, S., & Peterson, C.E. Trends in Utilization of Cervical Cancer Screening and Screening-Associated Services in a Multi-Organizational Research Network in Chicago. 19th Annual DFCM Scholarship Day, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Fostering Campus Community Partnerships for Transformative Research, Education, and Practice; Chicago, IL. May 20, 2026.
- Kim, K., Fragoso, L., & Stackhouse, N. Strategies to Increase Enrollment of Self-Measured Blood Pressure Monitoring. 19th Annual DFCM Scholarship Day, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Fostering Campus Community Partnerships for Transformative Research, Education, and Practice; Chicago, IL. May 20, 2026.
- Mauro, A., Figueroa, E., Hasnain. M. Panelist. Rooted in Resilience: Compassionate Action for Our Immigrant Communities. Advocacy Panel. Moderator, Alexy Jabbour. Organized by the Gold Humanism Honor Society (GHHS), University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago Chapter, National Solidarity Week for Humanism and Compassion. February 16, 2026.
- Mccullough, N., Maciel, C., & Bolla, R. One Shot at Stability: Can Long-Acting MOUD Reduce the Revolving Door of OUD Hospitalizations?. 19th Annual DFCM Scholarship Day, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Fostering Campus Community Partnerships for Transformative Research, Education, and Practice; Chicago, IL. May 20, 2026.
- Mo, S. Discrete Optimization – Applications in Residency Scheduling for a Hybrid Residency Program. 19th Annual DFCM Scholarship Day, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Fostering Campus Community Partnerships for Transformative Research, Education, and Practice; Chicago, IL. May 20, 2026.
- Pavithran, T., Muhareb, S., Waltrich, N., Hammerdahl, E., & Stillerman, A. Mapping the Undergraduate Medical Curriculum onto the Trauma-Informed Care Competency Set: How Well are We Doing?. 19th Annual DFCM Scholarship Day, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Fostering Campus Community Partnerships for Transformative Research, Education, and Practice; Chicago, IL. May 20, 2026.
- Sakthivel, M. & Holt, H.K. Maintenance Anti-Fungal Therapy for Treatment of Recurrent Vulvovaginal Candidiasis. 19th Annual DFCM Scholarship Day, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Fostering Campus Community Partnerships for Transformative Research, Education, and Practice; Chicago, IL. May 20, 2026.
- Salami, A., Dykens, J.A., Peterson, C.E., Seck, F.B., Awadalla, S., Diongue, F.B., Ndiaye, I., Gassama, O., Dieng, N.M., Diaw, A.M., Sarr, H., Winslow, A., Sougou, N.M., Abboud, S., Sall, A., Klima, A.C., Fall, A., Barro, A., Martell, E., El Alaoui, A.B., & Faye, A. Demand Side Barriers to Cervical Cancer Screening, Including Intrapersonal, Interpersonal, and Household-Level Barriers in Urban and Rural Senegal Among Women. 19th Annual DFCM Scholarship Day, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Fostering Campus Community Partnerships for Transformative Research, Education, and Practice; Chicago, IL. May 20, 2026.
- Suresh, M. Inositol for Treatment of Irregular Menstrual Cycles in PCOS. 19th Annual DFCM Scholarship Day, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Fostering Campus Community Partnerships for Transformative Research, Education, and Practice; Chicago, IL. May 20, 2026.
- Wagner, C., Stacks, J., Rivero, R., & Henkle, S. Building the HIV Workforce through Integrating the National HIV Curriculum into Family Medicine Residency Programs in the US. 19th Annual DFCM Scholarship Day, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Fostering Campus Community Partnerships for Transformative Research, Education, and Practice; Chicago, IL. May 20, 2026.
- Wells, C., Hasnain, M., Haque, K., & St. George, M. Take Your Health Back: Implementing Lifestyle Medicine Group Education to Address Chronic Disease in Underserved Communities. 19th Annual DFCM Scholarship Day, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Fostering Campus Community Partnerships for Transformative Research, Education, and Practice; Chicago, IL. May 20, 2026.
- Wells, C. & Brutus, M. The Lift Project: A Lifestyle Medicine-Based Mental Health Intervention in a Black Community. 19th Annual DFCM Scholarship Day, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Fostering Campus Community Partnerships for Transformative Research, Education, and Practice; Chicago, IL. May 20, 2026.
- White VanGompel, E., Rouse, L., Miller, W., Williams, M.E., Rittenhouse, C., Border, A., Plunkett, B. & Geppert, A. Centering Black Birthing People and Families in Shared Decision Making: Participatory Design for U.S. Intervention Adaptation. 19th Annual DFCM Scholarship Day, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Fostering Campus Community Partnerships for Transformative Research, Education, and Practice; Chicago, IL. May 20, 2026.
- Zufer, I., Hall, L., & Sachen, J. RIPE for Screening: Pediatric Tuberculosis Screening in an FQHC Setting. 19th Annual DFCM Scholarship Day, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Fostering Campus Community Partnerships for Transformative Research, Education, and Practice; Chicago, IL. May 20, 2026.
Peer-Reviewed Presentations 2025
- Alfaqih, M., Hammer, N., Pham, T.N.D., Pajak, S., Friedman, J., Hughes, A.M., Jimbo, M., Naylor, K.B., Molina, Y., Stackhouse, N., McClellan, S., & Gregory, M.E. (2025). Do EHRs Help or Hinder Coordination: Examining Facilitators and Barriers of EHR to CRC Screening Process. International Symposium on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare; Toronto, Canada. March 30 – April 2, 2025.
- Bellur, S., Singh, L., Haque, K., & VanGompel, E.W. Labor Culture and Disparities in Nulliparous, Term, Singleton, Vertex (NTSV) Birth Rates. 53rd North American Primary Care Research Group (NAPCRG) Annual Meeting; Atlanta, GA. November 21-25, 2025.
- Baumann, K., Sayah, L., Strange, D., Peterson, C., Geller, S., & Holt, H. Examining age and sexual minority status in cervical cancer screening: insights from the National Health Interview Survey. North American Primary Care Research Group 53rd Annual Meeting; Atlanta, GA. November 21-25, 2025.
- Da Goia Pinto, C. & Holt, H. Implementing Self-collect Human Papillomavirus (HPV) for Cervical Cancer Screening: Perspectives from Health Care Providers. Society of Teachers of Family Medicine; Salt Lake City, UT. May 3 -7, 2025.
- Da Goia Pinto, C., Haque, K., Sun, J., Rittenhouse, C., Hernandez, V., Sun, E.P., Stulberug, D., VanGompel, E.W. Factors Impacting Interconception Care in an Urban Healthcare System. 53rd North American Primary Care Research Group (NAPCRG) Annual Meeting; Atlanta, GA. November 21-25, 2025.
- Hasnain, M., Conway, L., Gruss, V., Lawshea, K., & Haque, K. Establishing the Prevalence of Dementia Among Older Individuals in Custody: A Dementia Friendly Prisons Program. North American Primary Care Research Group 53rd Annual Meeting; Atlanta, GA. November 21-25, 2025.
- Katzenstein, A., Singh, L., & VanGompel, E.W. Relationship between Health Care Team Members’ Attitude Surrounding Induction of Labor and Hospital Performance in Cesarean Birth Rates. 53rd North American Primary Care Research Group (NAPCRG) Annual Meeting; Atlanta, GA. November 21-25, 2025.
- Krishnakumar, D., Pham, T.N.D., Hammer, N., Alfaqih, M., Friedman, J., Gregory, M.E., Zarei, P., Sarrimanolis, J., Khan, E., Jimbo, M., Naylor, K.B., Molina, Y., Stackhouse, N., McClellan, S., & Hughes, A.M. (2025). Assessment of Teamwork Dynamics in Colorectal Cancer Screening: Identifying Pathways to Enhance Patient Care. International Symposium on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare; Toronto, Canada. March 30 – April 2, 2025.
- Lacy, T., Algren, S., Walvoord, E., Stringham, R., & Haury, A. Mistreatment Orientation for Learners and Faculty when Transitioning to Clinical Years. 2025 CGEA, CGSA COSR Central Collaborative Conference; Detroit, MI. April 11, 2025.
- Nizamuddin, F., Dela Cruz, T., Kochendorfer, K., Williams, A.A., & Hasnain, M. Integrating Spirituality and Religious Values into Medical Curricula and Clinical Care. 2025 University of Illinois College of Medicine, Peoria Research Day; Peoria, IL. May 7, 2025.
- Pan, V., Papautsky, E., Harris, B., & Boyd, A. Multiple Stakeholder Perspectives of the Advantages and Pitfalls of AI Applications in Patient Care. Human Factors and Ergonomics Society International Annual Conference; Chicago, IL. October 14, 2025.
- Perez, G.G., Geppert, A., & VanGompel, E.W. Designing Tools to Promote Patient-Centered Care and Reduce Unnecessary Cesareans. 53rd North American Primary Care Research Group (NAPCRG) Annual Meeting; Atlanta, GA. November 21-25, 2025.
- Pham, T.N.D., Hammer, N., Alfaqih, M., Friedman, J., Pajak, S., Gregory, M.E., Naylor, K.B., Jimbo, M., Stackhouse, N., Molina, Y., McClellan, S., & Hughes, A.M. Shared cognition – A driver to Colorectal Cancer Screening Success. International Symposium on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare; Toronto, Canada. March 30 – April 2, 2025.
- Reading, J.M., Rich, A.R., Bandealy, A., Solk, P., Starikovsky, J., Frank, A., Hasanaj, K., Wang, S., & Phillips, S.M. Availability and Characteristics of Energy Balance Programs Offered by NCI-Designated Cancer Centers. American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting; Chicago, IL. April 25-30, 2025.
- Rich, A.R., Bandealy, A., Wafford, Q.E., Hickey, B., Solk, P., Starikovsky, J., Hasanaj, K., Wang, S., Frey, J., Phillips, S.M., & Reading, J.M. Representation in Clinical Trials Evaluating Lifestyle Interventions Targeting Energy Balance in Cancer Survivors: A Scoping Review. American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting; Chicago, IL. May 30 – June 3, 2025.
- Sall, A., Sougou, N.M., Peterson, C.E., Faye, A., & Dykens, J.A. Involvement and Role of Bajenu Gox in the Adaptation and Implementation of a Patient Navigation Program for Cervical Cancer Screening in Urban and Rural Areas of Senegal: An Innovative Approach to Overcome Barriers to Prevention. Global Alliance for Chronic Disease (Annual Scientific Meeting); Kigali, Rwanda. June 2025.
- Sullivan, K.M., Glayzer, J.E., Steffen, A.D., Kobak, W.H., Suarez, M.L., Meinel, M., Stillerman, A., Cajita, M.I., Kaptchuk, T.J., Burke, L., Hrynyk, H., Takayama, M., Yajima, H., Takakura, N., Wilkie, D.J., Schlaeger, J.M. Association Between Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and Vulvodynia. Presented at: Midwest Nursing Research Society 49th Annual Research Conference; Indianapolis, IN. March 2025.
- Steckler, S., Semrad, A.C., Agnoli, M., Mayer, S., & Stillerman, A. Ketamine-assisted Therapy Groups in a Public Urban HIV Clinic: Enhancing Access and Health. Psychedelic Science 2025; Denver, CO. May 2025.
- Sullivan, K.M., Glayzer, J.E., Steffen, A.D., Kobak, W.H., Suarez, M.L., Meinel, M., Stillerman, A., Cajita, M.I., Kaptchuk, T.J., Burke, L., Hrynyk, H., Takayama, M., Yajima, H., Takakura, N., Wilkie, D.J., Schlaeger, J.M. Association Between Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and Vulvodynia. Midwest Nursing Research Society 49th Annual Research Conference; Indianapolis, IN. March 2025.
- Wells, C. Lifestyle Medicine for Prevention & Management of Diabetes, Optimizing Lifestyle for the Prevention of Metabolic Syndrome. AAFP/FMX 2025 Conference, Anaheim, CA, October 2025.