Scholarship Topic Archive
| Title of Research/Thesis | GSP Student | Year of Graduation |
|---|---|---|
| Responsible Citizenship, Masculinity, & HIV/AIDS Activism in Cape Town, South Africa | Gauri Raval | 2012 |
| The Prevalence of Eating Disorders in Urban Chinese Women | Anjie Li | 2012 |
| Patient Perceptions of Emergency Department Usage and Formation of a Health Information Exchange | Stephanie Gold | 2012 |
| Healthy Mothers, Healthy Children: Maternal Determinants of Childhood Diarrheal Incidence | Grace Milad | 2012 |
| Surrogate Decision Making in Advanced Dementia: Causes of Stress & Anxiety | Diane Leigh | 2012 |
| Parental Knowledge & Practices About Influenza Vaccine | Kathleen Pridgen | 2012 |
| Postpartum Weight Retention among Refugee patients at the International Family Medicine Clinic: A Pilot Study | Jennifer Carnahan (Thesis) | 2009 |
| The Patient perspective on How Physicians can Improve the Discussion of Religious and Spiritual Beliefs | Andrew South (Thesis) | 2009 |
| Longitudinal Analysis of Growth and Health in Cerebral Palsy | Elisa Padilla (Thesis) | 2009 |
| Satisfaction and continuity of Care in Military Patients | Steven Lewis | 2011 |
| Assessment of Medically-Based Experiences of Technology Dependent Children and Their Families | Bann Al-Shammaa | 2011 |
| An Analysis of Reported Domestic Screening Rates During Annual Exams in Primary Care Environments | Dana Mueller | 2011 |
| The Effect of Driving Distance on Hypertension Control in Diabetics | Nicholas Buckwalter | 2011 |
| Contraceptive Practices and the Prevalence of Condom Use with Hormonal Contraception in rural Tanzania | Elizabeth Vance | 2011 |
| Prenatal Care in Haridwar, India: Attitudes and Accessibility | Laura Ekka | 2010 |
| Collaborative Efforts for Better Health in Four Villages served by Heart to Honduras | Mark Troyer | 2011 |
| Understanding the Primary Care Physician’s Role in Health Care Transition for Adolescents and Young Adults with Down Syndrome | Megan Lohr | 2010 |
| Physicians’ Attitudes Towards Overweight and Obese Patients | Katie Grouse | 2010 |
| Social and Behavioral Factors Affecting Sexual Decision Making in UVA Undergraduate Students | Harmony Caton | 2010 |
| Adolescent and Parent Perceptions of Provider Communication Concerning Adolescent Sexual Health | Anne Colgrove | 2010 |
| The Patient Perspective on How Physicians can Facilitate Discussion of Faith, Religion, and Spirituality with their Patients | Andrew South | 2009 |
| Hypertension and Polycystic Ovary Syndrome in Obese Girls | Megan Dunay | 2010 |
| Motivations of Aged Population to Exercise in Retirement Communities and Senior Centers | Rebecca Previs | 2009 |
| Longitudinal Analysis of Growth and Health in Cerebral Palsy | Elisa Padilla | 2009 |
| Using Appreciative Inquiry to Discover How Exemplary Teaching Occurs in OneMedical Center | Melissa Fullerton | 2008 |
| Elevated Blood Pressure in Obese Adolescents: Prevalence & Assoc. with Serum Magnesium | MacKenzie Hillard | 2008 |
| Physician Empathy & Personal Experience with Chronic Illness | Gabriel Spring | 2008 |
| International Family Medicine Clinic Improvement Project: Survey of Refugee Patients with Reduced Post-Medicaid Heatlh Care | Jennifer Carnahan | 2009 |
| Clinical Presentation of Children with Diabetic Ketoacidosis Presenting to an Emergency Room in Costa Rica | Allyson Morman | 2008 |
| Physician Self-Disclosure and The Doctor-Patient Relationship | Adam Carlson | 2007 |
| Physician Knowledge of General Exercise Principles and Exercise Counseling Practices | Jonathan Newman | 2007 |
| The Impact of Cardiovascular Risk Factor Case-Mgmt. on the Metabolic Syndrome in a Low-Risk Primary Prevention Population: A Randomized Controlled Trial | Courtney Kowalczyk | 2007 |
| Somatization: Issues in Refugee Mental Health | Jennifer Edwards | 2006 |
| Adolescent and Parent Perceptions of Provider Communication Concerning Adolescent Sexual Health | Kate Schrecengost | 2006 |
| Perspectives on Obese Women in Health Care | Amy Oyler | 2006 |
| Health Promotion and Lay Health Leaders in San Pablo de Heredia, Costa Rica | Maria LaPlante | 2006 |
| Inpatient Experience in a Teaching Hospital | Kristin T. Lane | 2006 |
| A Retrospective Program Evaluation of the Fruit and Vegetable Challenge at Yancey Elementary School | Jacob Towery | 2006 |
| Inadequacy in Adolescent Health Training Amongst Pediatric Residency Programs | Paul McIntosh | 2005 |
| Defining Depression | Charlotte Atiemo | 2005 |
| Multiple Perspectives on Highly Active Anti-Retroviral Therapy | Mike Coladonato | 2005 |
| Assessment of Undergrad. Medical Students’ Knowledge on Sexual Health | Jonathan Lee | 2005 |
| Nutrition and Medical Education | David C. Hall | 2005 |
| Project Access: Program Description & Evaluation of the Quality of the Provision of Primary Care | Christine Hurley | 2004 |
| Parental Knowledge About Head Lice and Their Treatment in Children | Jocelyn Grazela | 2004 |
| The Effect of Individual Spirituality on Medical Students’ Decision to Enter Medical School & Their Perceived Roles as Physicians | Scott Iwashyna | 2004 |
| Qualitative Investigation of Patients’ Experience in Source Isolation at UVA Medical Center | William Callahan | 2004 |
| The Effect of Counseling From a Medical Student on Smoking Cessation Rates in a Population of Healthy Primary Care Patients at UVA | Jeffrey Andolina | 2004 |
| Patient Preferences for Spiritual Care Integration by Physicians | Hannah Cho | 2004 |
| Affects of Continuity of Care on Perceived Quality of Life in Nursing Homes | Cari Dahl | |
| Obstacles to Care Perceived by Women with Type II Diabetes | Marsha Taylor and Courtney Judd | 2003 |
| Stereotypes of Aging: Implications for the Health Care Seeking Behavior of Older Patients | Nina Ross | 2003 |
| Patient Attitudes Towards a Web-based Tool for Collecting & Evaluating Family History | Katherine Geer | 2003 |
| Dominican Republic Health Care Project | Kerry Robinson | 2003 |
| Nutrition Screening in the Primary Care Setting | Mark Lepsch | 2002 |
| The Effectiveness of Screening for Type II Diabetes in a High Risk Population | Stephanie Johnson | 2002 |
| A Qualitative Assessment of Biomedical Ethics in Primary Care Medicine | Cheryl Lundeberg | 2003 |
| Breast Cancer Knowledge & Self Care Practices of Random Women in the University of Virginia Primary Care Center | Sandy Robertson | 2002 |
| Depression and Anxiety in a General Medicine Outpatient Population: A Three Year Follow-up | John Duryee | 2002 |
| Child Abuse Prevention | Lisa York (Summer Research Paper and Thesis) | 2001 |
| Socioeconomic Trends in Gonsalves Dias – A Household Survey | Shelly Carlson | 2002 |
| Physicians’ Attitudes Toward Nursing Home Practice | Brad Manning | 2002 |
| An Investigation Into the Use of Rating Scales for Diagnosis of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder | Rob Trundle (Summer Research Paper and Thesis) | Hyperactivity |
| Regular Physical Activity – Identify most common motivations in people already physically active and most common barriers in those who are not. | John Youk (Thesis) | 2001 |
| Depression & Anxiety Among Residents’ Patients: Difficult Diagnoses | David Didden (Thesis) | 1999 |
| The Evaluation & Treatment of Acute Diarrhea in Infants and Children | Patricia Hughes (Thesis) | 1999 |
| Redefining Health Care for the Deaf Community | Rachel St. John (Thesis) | 1999 |
| Palliative Care Education at the University School of Med.: A Survey of Knowledge and Attitudes | Christopher Smalley (Thesis) | 1998 |
| Breastfeeding Initiation & Cessation in a Low-Income Latina Population | Susan Hayden (Thesis) | 2000 |
| An Assessment of Uninsured Patients Seeking Care at a Local Free Clinic | Robert Kennedy (Thesis) | 2000 |
| Alternative Medicine: What Does it Mean for Primary Care Physicians? | Lynn Darby Fogarty (Thesis) | 2000 |
| Follow-Up Care by Primary Care and Specialist Physicians After a Diagnosis of Breast Cancer – Patient’s Perspectives | Michele Birch | 1998 |
* All of these documents are on file in the GSP Office.