Fall 2023
November 27, 2023
Name of Student: Erika Neutzel
Site Mentor: Brian Loyd, PhD, DPT
Site: 91次元 – School of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science, Vestibular Research Lab
Name of Presentation: A Comprehensive Community Education Program for Vestibular Rehabilitation
Name of Student: Adam Maes
Site Mentor: Lauren Bolton, MPH, Public Health Officer
Site: Anaconda-Deer Lodge County Health Department
Name of Presentation: Measuring Health at Home: Community Health Assessment of Anaconda Deer Lodge County
Name of Student: Bobbi Perkins
Site Mentor: Holly Jordt, MPH, BSN, Montana Public Health Institute (MTPHI)
Site Mentor: Robert Childs, MPH, JBS International
Site: Lewis and Clark County/MTPHI
Name of Presentation: Expanding Naloxone Distribution and Fentanyl Test Strips for High-Risk Populations
Name of Student: Heather Demorest
Site Mentor: Peter Bulger, MD, Infectious Disease Specialist, Bozeman Health
Site: Bozeman Health
Name of Presentation: Syphilis Provider Education to Improve Health Outcomes
December 5, 2023
Name of Student: Molly Attwater
Site Mentor: Peggy Schmidt, MS, Senior Community Health Specialist
Site: Missoula Public Health
Name of Presentation: Let’s Move! Missoula
Name of Student: Elizabeth Bert
Site Mentor: Melissa Tuck, Assistant Director, Our Daily Bread
Site: Our Daily Bread – Stillwater, OK
Name of Presentation: 2023 Payne County Food Environment Survey
Name of Student: Erin Fenoff, DO
Site Mentor: Hannah Yang, MPH, DPHHS - Epidemiologist
Site: MT DPHHS – EMS and Trauma Systems Office
Name of Presentation: Behavioral Health Emergencies in EMS: Data Review and Quality Analysis
Name of Student: Katelyn Throckmorton
Site Mentor: Hannah Yang, MPH, DPHHS - Epidemiologist
Site: MT DPHHS - EMS and Trauma Systems Office
Name of Presentation: Social Determinants of Health and Overdose Events in Great Falls, MT
Name of Student: Maysa Walters
Site Mentor: Dr. Ellen Goode, BS, MPH, PhD, Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Mayo Clinic
Site: Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Name of Presentation: Molecular and Clinical Features of High-Grade Serous Ovarian Cancers in BRCA1 and BRCA2 Mutation Carriers
December 11, 2023
Name of Student: Bailey Chalfant
Site Mentor: LT. Darcy Merchant, MPH, Director, Environmental Health Services, IHS, Billings
Site: Indian Health Services, Crow Agency, MT
Name of Presentation: Changing the MOV Safety Narrative of the Apsaalooke Nation: Community Based Participatory Research within Crow Tribal Communities and Acceptance of a Primary Seatbelt Law
Name of Student: Ni’Cole Triplett
Site Mentor: Cora Neumann, DPH, MPH
Site: Nitsiniikookit, Billings
Name of Presentation: Reclaiming Our Health Through Native American Storytelling
Name of Student: Emily Killsback
Site Mentor: Dr. Laura Larsson, MSU College of Nursing
Site: Northern Cheyenne Tribal Environmental Protection Department
Name of Presentation: Waste Management Awareness Program on the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation
Name of Student: Ellen Etrheim
Site Mentor: Erin Landguth, PhD, UM SPCHS
Site: 91次元 – Center for Population Health Research
Name of Presentation: Montana Healthy Places Index
Name of Student: Hannah Spadafora
Site Mentor: Krista Goldstine-Cole, PhD, Assistant Research Professor, UM SPCHS
Site: 91次元 – DART Lab
Name of Presentation: Developmental Adversity Education Statistical Analysis and Reflection
Summer 2023
July 27, 2023
Name of Student: Allison Cory
Site Mentor: Faith Price, Community Prevention Coordinator, All Nations Health Center
Site: All Nations Health Center
Name of Presentation: Qualitative Analysis of Outdoor and Land-Based Prevention Interventions
for Indigenous Youth in Missoula, MT
Name of Student: Kristen Cram
Site Mentor: Ben Schmidt, Air Quality Specialist, MCCHD
Site: Missoula City-County Health Department (MCCHD)
Name of Presentation: Implementing a Follow-up PM2.5 Saturation Study in Seeley Lake
Spring 2023
April 24, 2023
Name of Student: Malia Freeman
Site Mentor: Jim Wardensky, Environmental Health Manager
Site: Flathead City-County Health Department
Name of Presentation: Assessing Risk and Implementing Interventions to Prevent Foodborne Illness in Flathead County
Name of Student: Dustin Webb
Site Mentor: Dorey Rowland, Zero-to-Five Local Collaboration Coordinator
Site: Lincoln County Zero-to-Five Program
Name of Presentation: Lincoln County Connections: Increasing Public Health Accessibility in Rural Montana
Name of student: Stefanie Tassaro
Site Mentor: Sarah Davis, Associate Director, RMPHTC
Site: Rocky Mountain Public Health Training Center (RMPHTC)
Name of Presentation: Competencies, Capabilities, and Strategic Skills: An Introduction to 21st Century Public Health Foundations
Name of Student: Julia Ryder
Site Mentor: Lori Byron, MD, FAAP
Site: Montana Healthcare Professionals for a Healthy Climate
Name of Presentation: Climate Change and Human Health in Montana
Name of Student: Taylor Stewart
Site Mentor: Ethan Walker, PhD, MPH, BSN
Site: 91次元 School of Public and Community Health Sciences
Name of Presentation: Wildfire smoke health and awareness in Western Montana: assessing pilot study feasibility and participant behaviors to PM2.5 exposure
May 1, 2023
Name of Student: Carla Guarisco
Site Mentor: Chelsea Kleinmeyer, MSN, RN, NC-BC, CDR U.S. Public Health Service, Public Health Division Director
Site: CSKT Tribal Health
Name of Presentation: Empowering Youth to Prepare Flavorful, Nutritious Meals & Influence Family Food Choices
Name of Student: Rosie Goldich
Site Mentor: Margaret Mullins, Determinants of Health Program Coordinator
Site: DPHHS, Chronic Disease and Prevention and Health Promotion Bureau
Name of Presentation: Developing Social Determinants of Health Online Resources for DPHHS Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Bureau
Name of student: Brandi Williams
Site Mentor: Kim Berg, MPH, Hill County Health Department Director
Site: Hill County Health Department
Name of Presentation: Creation and Development of the Hill County Naloxone Distribution Program
Name of Student: Jacqueline Sliwinski
Site Mentor: Kaitlin Fertaly, PhD, Evaluations Services Director
Site: Rural Institute for Inclusive Communities
Name of Presentation: Hepatitis C Testing and Treatment in Montana Needs Assessment
May 8, 2023
Name of Student: Alexandrea Manuel
Site Mentor: Emily Wicks, Director Choteau County Library
Site: Choteau County Library – Fort Benton
Name of Presentation: Building Habitat and Community Capacity for Mosquito Control in Central Montana
Name of Student: Portia O’Connell
Site Mentor: Kari Harris, PhD, MPH, 91次元 School of Public and Community Health Sciences
Site: Montana Public Health Training Center – Workforce Program
Name of Presentation: Salary Study for Public Health Professionals
Fall 2022
November 28, 2022
Name of Student: Sarah Cool
Site Mentor: Barb Harrison, PT
Site: Shriner’s Children’s Hospital, Spokane, WA
Name of Presentation: Wheelchair Evaluation and Approval Process Improvement
Name of Student: Audrey Hoyt
Site Mentor: Ned Dale, Assistant Superintendent, Hilton Central School District
Site: Hilton Central School District, Hilton, NY
Name of Presentation: Hilton Central District Fitness and Wellness Committee
Name of student: Reece Brandon
Site Mentor: Jennifer Bell, PT, ScD, COMT, 91次元, Clinical Associate Professor
Site: Interprofessional Hotspotting
Name of Presentation: Interprofessional Student Hotspotting: A Case for Upstream Healthcare
Name of Student: Samantha Sayer
Site Mentor: Sue Ostertag, PT, DPT, NCS, 91次元, Clinical Assistant Professor
Site: Empower SCI, Missoula, MT
Name of Presentation: Interprofessional Education at Empower SCI
Name of Student: Lauren Gette-King
Site Mentor: Laura Terrill, VP External Affairs, Planned Parenthood of Montana
Site: Planned Parenthood of Montana
Name of Presentation: Reproductive and sexual health care access in Montana: Evaluating equitable access to Telehealth Medication Abortion services by mail (“Meds by Mail”)
December 5, 2022
Name of Student: Sara Heineman
Site Mentor: Anna Conley, JD, LL.M., DCL
Site: Alexander Blewett School of Law
Name of Presentation: Assessment of Montana Public Health Laws & Policy in Relation to How They Align (or not) with the Foundational Public Health Services
Name of Student: Jennifer Bailey
Site Mentor: Jesse Jaeger, MS, Program Manager
Site: Re-Source of Missoula
Name of Presentation: LOGIC model and Strategic Plan for Home Re-Source
Name of student: Molly Neu
Site Mentor: Stephanie Morton, MSW, Program Manager Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies
Site: Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies
Name of Presentation: Increasing Capacity for the Flathead Valley County Perinatal Mental Health Coalition
Name of Student: Maureen Wiegand
Site Mentor: Christy Buttler-Nelson, MN, RN, Assistant Clinical Professor, MSU Bozeman
Site: Montana State University, Mark & Robyn Jones School of Nursing
Name of Presentation: The Challenge of Nursing Burnout in Rural and Frontier Communities
Name of Student: Lily Hartman
Site Mentor: Meg Ann Traci, PhD, Research Associate Professor, 91次元
Site: Rural Institute for Inclusive Communities
Name of Presentation: Using Smart911 to Assist in Emergency Preparedness That Includes Montanans With Disabilities: A Whole Community Approach.
Name of Student: Michaela Wolfinger
Site Mentor: Gabrielle Eklund Rowley, Executive Director, American Jobs 4 American’s Youth
Site: American Jobs 4 American’s Youth
Name of Presentation: A Health Focused View on American Jobs for American’s Youth (AJAY-MT) and its Summer Jobs Programs
Name of Student: Cody Donaugh
Site Mentors: Christa Weathers, Executive Director, Open Aid Alliance and Hayley Blackburn, PharmD, BCACP, BC-ADM, Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice, 91次元
Site: Open Aid Alliance
Name of Presentation: Caring for All: Expanding Health Services to Missoula PWID
December 12, 2022
Name of Student: Kim Berg
Site Mentor: Erica McKeon-Hanson, MPH, MSEd, Community Research Associate, Montana State University
Site: Hill County Health Department
Name of Presentation: Hill County Health Department Risk Communications Annual Calendar
Name of Student: Sarah Black
Site Mentor: Thomas McClure, BS, Director of Health Promotions and Elizabeth Williams, MSEd, MPH-CHPS, PhD-C
Site: All Nations Health Center
Name of Presentation: Relationships between health status and food security among urban American Indian populations
Name of student: Celine Beamer Shepherd
Site Mentor: Leigh Taggart, MPH, BSN, Workforce Program Manager
Site: Montana Public Health Training Center, Workforce Program
Name of Presentation: Montana Public Health Workforce Assessment
Name of Student: Monica Difort
Site Mentor: Leiska Omerspahic, MPH, Oneida County Health Department
Site: Oneida County Health Department, Oneida, NY
Name of Presentation: Lead Poisoning Prevention: Reaching Rural Communities in Oneida County, NY
Name of Student: Paige Phillips
Site Mentor: Alexis Tobin, North Central AHEC Director
Site: Area Health Education Center – North Central
Name of Presentation: MedStart Camp Public Health Profession Education Seminar
Name of Student: Claire May
Site Mentor: Hannah Miller, DPT, Peak Performance
Site: Peak Performance Physical Therapy & Sports Medicine
Name of Presentation: Lymphedema Care: Access for All
Name of Student: Alice Vangunten
Site Mentor: Travis Fisher, MPA, CAPT, USPHS, Director, MT/WY Tribal Dental Support Center Site: Early Childhood Services - CSKT Head Start Program
Name of Presentation: Addressing Dental Concerns in Head Start
Summer 2022
July 25, 2022
Name of Student: Kim Kancir
Site Mentor: Cloe Erickson, Atlas Cultural Foundation, Founder
Site: Atlas Cultural Foundation, Zawiya Ahansal, Morocco
Name of Presentation: Cataract Surgery in Rural Morocco: Initial assessment, education and feasibility study
Name of Student: Kami Kirchberg
Site Mentor: Trisha Gardner, Immunization Section Supervisor, DPHHS and Bekki Kirsch-Wehner, Bureau Chief, Communicable Disease, DPHHS
Site: DPHHS Immunization Program
Name of Presentation: Supporting providers in Immunization Quality Improvement program and assessing impact of pandemic on immunization rates
Name of student: Jennifer McFarlane
Site Mentor: Matt Madsen, MPH, CHES, Research Associate II
Site: Western Transport Institute
Name of Presentation: Improving Pedestrian Safety through Pop-up Traffic Calming
Name of Student: Darra Perdaems
Site Mentor: Sydney Pearce, MPA, Workforce Coordinator
Site: Montana Office of Rural Health (MORH) & Area Health Education Center (AHEC)
Name of Presentation: An Introduction to Historical Trauma in Native American Populations: Online Education
Applied Practice Experiences - Spring 2022
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Student Name |
APE Academic Mentor |
APE Site Mentor |
APE Site Organization |
APE Title |
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Alexandria Albers |
Leigh Taggart |
Elizabeth Williams, MPH |
All Nations |
Evaluation of All Nations Health Center’s Covid-19 Support Program
|
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Morgan Miller |
Leigh Taggart |
Amy Cilimburg, Executive Director |
Climate Smart Missoula |
Developing Best Practices for Addressing Extreme Heat in Montana
|
|
Erin Schmitt |
Leigh Taggart |
Mandy Pokorny, MHA, BSN |
Logan Health |
Expanding Specialty Care Access in Rural Libby, MT with Virtual Health Services |
|
Madalen BieterLete |
Leigh Taggart |
Julianna Donnelly Tzul |
International Rescue Committee, Boise ID |
Welcome to America: Reproductive Health Education for Newly Resettled Refugees |
|
Leo John Bird |
Blakely Brown, PhD, RD |
Amy Kryzek, MA |
Partnership Health Center |
Meaningful Community Participation in Health Services Development and Evaluation |
|
Steffi Chinnu Johns |
Leigh Taggart |
Kim Brown, BSW, MSW, RSW |
91次元 Rural Institute for Inclusive Communities |
Preliminary Catalog for Care Coordination in Montana |
|
Seana Westcarr-Gray |
Leigh Taggart |
David Gilkey, D.C., Ph.D. |
Montana Environmental Health Association |
Montana Environmental Health Association Needs Assessment
|
|
Diane Brown |
Leigh Taggart |
Dr. Annie Glover, PhD, MPH, MPA |
91次元 Rural Institute for Inclusive Communities |
Research & Evaluation in Practice: A Look at the Rural Institute’s Work with the MOMS (Montana Obstetrics & Maternal Support) Program |
|
Sarah Levitsky |
Leigh Taggart |
Hayley Devlin |
Missoula City-County Health Department |
Health Information Acquisition During Covid-19 Pandemic in Rural Missoula County |
Applied Practice Experiences - Fall 2021
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Student Name |
APE Academic Mentor |
APE Site Mentor |
APE Site Organization |
APE Title |
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Shauna Wood |
Leigh Taggart |
Jenny Krapf, LPN |
Glacier County Health Department |
Mind, Body, Soul |
|
Danial Power |
Leigh Taggart |
Xanna Burg, MPH |
Kids Count Montana |
Montana Children’s Health Dashboard |
|
Julie Cahoon |
Blakely Brown, PhD |
D’Shane Barnett, Co-Principal Investigator |
All Nations Health Center |
Intimate Partner Violence Prevalence among American Indians in Missoula and Ravalli Counties
|
|
Alex Long |
Leigh Taggart |
Melissa Dale, MPH |
Stepping On, Montana Falls Prevention Program, DPHHS |
Fall Prevention Site Leader Improved Experience Initiative |
|
Amy Palmer |
Curtis Noonan, PhD |
Rhonda Facile, BA, MS |
CDISC |
Standardized Data Collection Instruments and Database for Commonly Collected Disease Registry Data |
|
Alexis Olson |
Leigh Taggart |
Carolyn Pollari, MHA |
One Health, Hardin, MT |
School-based Health in a Frontier Setting |
|
Chelsey Caldwell |
Leigh Taggart |
Maria McNeill Williams, NP |
St. Joe’s Medical Center Polson and Ronan, MT |
Patient Satisfaction with a Montana iMAT Clinic |
Applied Practice Experiences - Spring 2021
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Student Name |
APE Academic Mentor |
APE Site Mentor |
APE Site Organization |
APE Title |
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Justan Baker |
Sofia Newcomer |
Rachel Hinnenkamp |
Department of Public Health and Human Services Helena, Montana |
The Impact of COVID-19 on Reported Gastrointestinal Illness Incdence in Montana in 2020 |
|
Callie Morris |
Sofia Newcomer |
Lily Apedaile |
Western Montana Area Health Education Center (AHEC) Missoula, Montana |
The Analysis of COVID-19 Data Trends on Campus, Data Analysis on Mask Adherence within the Missoula Community, and a Shor Proposal Outlining Future GrizHealth Post COVID-19 |
|
Haley Erickson |
Annie Belcourt |
Jacqueline Isaly |
Department of Public Health and Human Services Helena, Montana |
Family Connects Homevisiting: A Universal Approach to Supporting Families |
|
Lonnie Murphy |
Curtis Noonan |
Haley Blackburn |
Skaggs School of Pharmacy, 91次元 Missoula, Montana |
Implementation of Bluetooth Enabled Glucose Meters in a Pharmacist Administered Diabetes Education and Self-Management Program |
|
Jessica Kennedy-Stiffarm |
Erin Semmens |
Kim Larson |
Hill County Health Department Havre, Montana |
Hill County Health Department Website: Deconstruction and Reconstruction |
|
Mattea Grant |
Kari Harris |
Chelsea Kleinmeyer |
Confederated Salish Kootenai Tribal Health St. Ignatius, Montana |
Growing Older Staying Stronger Project |
|
Ryan Mulcahy |
Annie Belcourt |
Ray Rogers |
NCHCI & Praxis |
Praxis Simulation: Exploring the Benefits and Design of a Dedicated Medical Simulation Center |
|
Abbie Phillip |
Erin Semmens |
William MacGregor |
Citizens Technical Environmental Committee Butte, Montana |
Developing a Qualitative Data Collection Tool and Outreach for a Formative Evaluation of Health Communication Materials |
Applied Practice Experiences - Fall 2020
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Student Name |
APE Academic Mentor |
APE Site Mentor |
APE Site Organization |
APE Title |
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Nathan Munn |
Erin Semmens |
Karl Rosston |
Department of Public Health and Human Services Helena, Montana |
Matching Montana suicide demographics with existing prevention programs and development of a program evaluation tool for current and future initiatives |
|
Crystal Fortune |
Kari Harris |
Angela Dusko |
Montana Public Health Laboratory |
Montana Newborn Screening and Follow-Up Program |
|
Holly Jordt |
Tony Ward |
Heather Murray |
Flathead City-County Health Department |
Orienting Your New Board of Health Member |
|
B-Rad Applegate |
Annie Sondag |
David Herrera |
Gay Health Task Force |
United we Stand, Community Partners in Public Health |
|
Sarah Stafford |
Erin Semmens |
Teresa Prine |
Primary Therapy Source Twin Falls, ID |
Evaluation of Concussion Management Protocols in the School System |
|
Erica McMurray |
Annie Belcourt |
Melissa Henderson |
Healthy By Design |
Healthy Neighborhoods Work Group |
|
Katie Smith |
Tony Ward |
Becky Sprunger |
Action Inc. Butte, MT |
Action Inc. Outreach Tools Development for New Youth Homelessness Demonstration Programs. |
|
Hannah Porch |
Kimber McKay |
Mary Dickson |
Community Medical Center |
CMC Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative Annual Quality Improvement Project |
Applied Practice Experiences - Spring 2020
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Student Name |
APE Academic Mentor |
APE Site Mentor |
APE Site Organization |
APE Title |
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Sara McClure Cox |
Dr. Semmens |
Bonnie Stephens M.D. |
Community Medical Center-Missoula |
RN perceptions of a practice change to the Eat Sleep Console Model for the care of infants with the diagnosis of Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome |
|
Lacy Little |
Dr. Semmens |
Kathryn Girard MHS, RD |
DPHHS WIC Program |
Food Insecurity in Montana and How WIC Helps |
|
Sara Jestrab |
Dr. Newcomer |
Colleen Morris |
Missoula City-County Health Department |
Immunization Coalition-Building in Western Montana |
|
Amy Surbrugg |
Dr. Newcomer |
Bekki Wehner |
DPHHS Immunization Program |
Immunization Services at Montana Public Health Departments |
|
Seth Cornell |
Dr. Semmens |
Laura Williamson, MPH |
DPHHS Office of Epidemiology and Scientific Support |
APE Interrupted: Act 1 - Perinatal Vital Statistics in Butte-Silver Bow. Act 2 - COVID-19 Public Health Posters |
|
Logan Smith |
Dr. Noonan |
Cheryl Cohen |
Montana Department of Commerce |
Montana Medicaid Innovation Accelerator Program: A Journey through Data, Policy and Stakeholder Engagement |
|
Joshua Brown |
Dr. Brown |
Nora Frank-Buckerner, MPH |
Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board |
WEAVE-NW Food Sovereignty Project Manager |
|
Kathi Hooper |
Dr. Ward |
Kris Newgard |
Kootenai Climate Group |
Kootenai Climate Group: Climate Matters |
|
Ashley Hilliard |
Dr. Sondag |
Carly Holman |
Center for Children, Families, and Workforce Development |
Let’s Bridge Montana: A Web-Based Interactive Community Resource Guide for Western Montana |
|
Lisa Dworak |
Drs. Barsky and Harris |
Lisa Beczkiewicz |
Missoula City-County Health Department |
A Representative Workforce Builds a Healthier Missoula |
|
Kevin Barajas |
Dr. Ward |
Eileen Boyd |
Disneyland Resort |
Occupational Health and Safety in Disneyland and COVID-19 business guidelines |