Here are the winners of the 2023 Health Disparities and Social Justice Poster Competition

Five researchers across education and training levels won awards at Pitt’s Health Disparities and Social Justice Poster Competition. The University’s six schools of the health sciences as well as the Schools of Social Work and Education and the Department of Psychology were represented at the March 30 event.

Faculty reviewed abstracts on research on health disparities and social justice and selected students and trainees to present in one category — bachelors, masters, doctoral, first professional or postdoctoral fellow — based on experience. Posters were judged for originality, significance to the author's field, representation of the poster, research methods, visual impact and presentation skills. The winners received cash prizes.

Here are the winners of the 2023 competition:

Bachelors: Priya Gupta, School of Social Work — "Assessing bias in mobile crisis intervention: An experimental pilot study"

Masters: Aparna Ramani, School of Public Health — "HDPulse: A resource for understanding disparities in mental health outcomes"

Doctoral: Oshin Miranda, School of Pharmacy — "DeepBiomarker2: Prediction of alcohol and substance abuse disorder risk in post-traumatic stress disorder patients using electronic medical records and multiple social determinants of health parameters"

Post Doctoral: Lilcelia "CeCe" Williams, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences — "Social characteristics of racial minority stroke survivors and perceived discrimination: A secondary analysis"

First Professional: Julia Lam, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences — "A future beyond survival: Occupational Therapy's role in homelessness"