Congratulations to Cohort 6 members of the Students Participating as AMbassadors for Research in Kentucky (SPARK) program who successfully presented their research projects at the 21st Annual Center for Clinical and Translational Science Spring Conference, AI: Bridging Clinical Care: Innovation, Research, and Technology on March 31, 2026 in Lexington, Kentucky.
The following students delivered oral presentations during the session "Preparing the Next Generation of Translational Science Researchers: DREAM Scholars and Students Participating as Ambassadors for Research in Kentucky (SPARK) Programs"
Ainsley Byers: “Exploring Rural Kentuckians' Knowledge, Perception, and Behaviors Related to Oral Cancer Risk and Oral Cancer Screening.”
Mariam Younis: “Acculturation & Diabetes: A Mixed-Methods Study on Risk Perception and Self-Management among Arab Americans in Kentucky.”
Amy Moctezuma Perez: “Experiences of Latina Women in Accessing Reproductive Healthcare in New Destination States.”
During the afternoon poster session Madeline Barrie presented “Informing Planning Processes through Agents’ Voices: Leveraging HEEL’s County-Level Experiences to Shape Future Health," and Akua Asamoah presented “Prenatal Experiences of Black American and Ghanaian Women: Provider-Patient Experiences and Interactions."
Congratulations to all on completing this milestone!
