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15th ANNUAL 2022 STUDENT CONFERENCE ON GLOBAL CHALLENGES: LIVE WELL.


DATE: MAY 19TH, 2022

The conference was held virtually on Symposium, a conference website platform. 

ABOUT THE STUDENT CONFERENCE ON GLOBAL CHALLENGES

The Office of Global Engagement is pleased to announce the 15th Annual Student Conference on Global Challenges: LIVE WELL. This year, the conference was held on Thursday, May 19th, 2022. Due to tech and science and healthcare innovations we are all living longer – but are we living it well? What can we do to live “better” while living longer?

Some of the biggest global challenges that we face today, such as climate change, healthcare, security, justice & equity, access to food and clean water, education, and infrastructure must be approached with a lens for a diverse, intergenerational population. Drexel University became the first age-friendly university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 2019 with the goal of reimagining the campus as a “community for life” and creating learning environments that disrupt ageism, embrace people of all ages, foster intergenerational connectivity, and innovate through age-related research from the cellular to the societal levels.   

In celebration of these efforts, the 15th Annual Student Conference on Global Challenges highlighted the theme of “Live Well.” The conference gives undergraduate and graduate students the opportunity to present research and engage in critical dialogue regarding what it means to age and develop across the world across disciplines.

For more information on the AgeWell Collaboratory, led by the College of Nursing and Health Professions, please click here.

CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

Click the session links below to join each individual Zoom!

9:15 am

Welcome from Vice Provost Rogelio Miñana

9:30-10:30 am

Joint Keynote 1:Dean Laura N. Gitlin, PhD & Jean Gajardo, PhD, OT.

Aging Well in the United States and Chile: Innovations and Opportunities

10:45-11:45 am

Joint Keynote 2: Shushi Yoshinaga & Kristine Mulhorn, PhD, MHSA, FGSA

Traditional Japanese crafts in the context of a super aging phenomenon

12:00-1:00 pm

Faculty Spotlights: AgeWell Grant Recipients Flashtalks

Second Story Collective: Age friendly @ Ross Commons
Rachel Wenrick, Founding Director Drexel Writers Room
D.S. Nicholas, AIA, NCIDQ, LEED GA, NCARB Associate Professor

Revealing and Reducing “Invisible” Boundaries: Conducting an Equity Audit of Access and Inclusion to Drexel Health, Wellness and Recreation  
    Programs for Older Adult Promise Neighborhood Community Members
Stephanie Smith Budhai, PhD, associate clinical professor, School of Education and faculty fellow, Lindy Center for Civic Engagement
Carrie Hutnick, MEd, associate director for Community-Based Learning, Lindy Center for Civic Engagement; 
Cameron Kiosoglous, PhD, assistant clinical professor, School of Education 
Graduate Research Assistant: Karena Escalante, MEd, PhD Student, School of Education 
Presented by Stephanie Smith Budhai, PhD & Karena Escalante, MEd

Intergenerational Community-based Participatory Design: Connecting Product Design Students with Aging Population in Philadelphia’s Asian Community
June He, Assistant Professor in Product Design, Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design
Catherine Quay, Assistant Clinical Professor in Nursing, College of Nursing

The West Philadelphia Community Archivists: An Age-Friendly Participatory Heritage Project
Ayana Allen-Handy, PhD, Associate Professor School of Education, Director Justice-oriented Youth (JoY) Education Lab
Karena Escalante, PhD Student, School of Education
Jahyonna Brown, Data Research Assistant, Justice-oriented Youth Education Lab
Presented by Karena Escalante and Jahyonna Brown

Tech Ambassadors - Seeking Digital Equity for Older Adults
Andy Stutzman, Director for Civic Technology, ExCITe Center
Laura Sato, AmeriCorps VISTA for Digital Inclusion, ExCITe Center

Virtual Shoes: Using Virtual Reality to Enhance Safety and Foster Better Design for Older Adults in the Built Environment
Donald McEachron, PhD, teaching professor, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems
Adam Zahn, MS, director, Global Engagement, Office of Global Engagement
Eugenia Victoria Ellis, PhD, AIA, associate professor emerita, College of Engineering & Westphal College of Media Arts & Design Nicholas Jushchyshyn, MFA, program director, Virtual Reality & Immersive Media, Westphal College of Media Arts & Design

1:15-2:30 pm

Concurrent Panels 1

Global Health & Wellness

Access to and interaction with German mental healthcare services by local refugee populations in urban settings: a multi-case study from Berlin
Thayjas Patil, College of Medicine

A Guide to Better Cardiovascular Health for Male Accountants Aged 30-50 Years Old
Diana Than & Sharon Shi, LeBow College of Business

Microgreens Employed as a Tool to Educate Patients about Prevention of Diet-Related Disease
Benjamin Haslund-Gourley & Swaksha Rachuri, College of Medicine

Trends in Adverse Drug Event Admissions Among Older Adults in the United States: National Inpatient Sample 2018
Martha Coates, Dr. Patricia Shewokis, PhD & Dr. Rose Anna DiMaria-Ghalili, PhD, College of Nursing and Health Professions

Global Science, Technology & Society

Validity Examinations for Fair Word Embeddings
Lu Wang, College of Computing and Informatics

Effects of Online Learning on Neuroplasticity in Elementary Students from Ages 4-9
Simar Kaur & Tiffany Mai, LeBow College of Business

Household characteristics associated with water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) practices in Tajikistan
Cynthia Klobodu, College of Nursing and Health Professions

Examining the Relationship Between Milk Types Fed, White Matter Microstructure and Neurodevelopmental Outcomes
Christina Lildharrie, Pennoni Honors College

2:45-4:00 pm

Concurrent Panels 2

Global Climate, Environment, and Sustainability

How Climate Change Affects Oceans and Humans?
Meghan Gupta, Dornsife School of Public Health

Investigating the Effects of Climate Change and Agriculture on Healthy Aging
Gloria Zacharias, College of Arts and Sciences

Evaluating Green Space Availability Proximal to Philadelphia K-12 Schools.
Aaron Jeong, College of Arts and Sciences

Global Human Rights and Social-Political Trends

An Intergenerational Approach to Community Preservation: A West Philadelphia High School Case Study
Karena Escalante, School of Education, Dr. Ayana Allen-Handy, Ms. Marie Walker, West Philadelphia High School Students

Intimate Partner Violence and Risk Behaviors in LGBTQ+ Youths
Anna Kulach, College of Arts and Sciences

An examination of practical guidance on adolescent girls' menstrual health knowledge, attitudes, and practices in Uttar Pradesh, India
Suzanne Block, Dornsife School of Public Health

Loneliness in Older Adults during Year 1 of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Adrienne Couteau, Hannah Kirby Droogan, Martha Coates, Zach Hathaway, Rose Ann DiMaria-Ghalili, College of Nursing and Health Professions

4:00-5:00pm

Virtual Poster Session

Maya Doan, LeBow College of Business
Janvi Patel, College of Arts and Sciences
Dawn Gresham, LeBow College of Business
Sarah Wetzel, Dornsife School of Public Health
AgeWell Collaboratory Student Network, College of Nursing and Health Professions
Lily Grmek & Katrina Magtalas, LeBow College of Business
Michael Hauer, Dornsife School of Public Health

View Recorded Conference Sessions

Welcome from Vice Provost Rogelio Miñana


Joint Keynote 1: Aging Well in the United States and Chile: Innovations and Opportunities

 

Joint Keynote 2: Traditional Japanese crafts in the context of a super aging phenomenon

Faculty Spotlights: AgeWell Grant Recipients Flashtalks

Global Health & Wellness Panel

Global Science, Technology & Society

Global Climate, Environment, and Sustainability

Global Human Rights and Social-Political Trends

How to Register

To apply as a student panelist or poster presenter, you may access the Call for Proposals: https://drexel.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8kuj2MGYhSumuNg. Submissions will be due April 18th, 2022, and panelists will be notified by April 30th, 2022.

To register for free as an attendee, please click here: https://drexel.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_beJD2SHikuOAOt8

Attendees will receive the link to Symposium in the coming months.


Questions or concerns? Please email global@drexel.edu.