Members of our VIBE Lab kicked off the 2025 conference season at the New York City Epidemiology Forum (NYCEF). Check out our three poster presentationsma dn stay tuned for more!

Erynne presenting her poster, using VIBE data, on gendered racial microaggressions, violence, and postpartum blood pressure.

Xi presenting her poster highlighting her APEx study results investigating discrimination and prenatal care among Romani women.

Bohao presenting her poster, using APPLE data, on neighborhood walkability and diabetes trajectories.

The VIBE Research Lab Team gathered around the conference room on Thursday, October 24th to watch Columbia Mailman’s “Grand Rounds” series, featuring Linda Villarosa, journalist and author of “Under the Skin: The Hidden Toll of Racism on American Lives and on the Health of our Nation.” The talk, titled “Understanding the Toll of Race and Inequality on Health” was incredibly insightful and relevant to the nature of our work. Thank you to those who planned and coordinated this much-appreciated event!

Members of our VIBE Research Lab had an amazing time at Academy Health’s 2024 Annual Research Meeting in Baltimore, MD. Our team presented posters from preliminary findings from our APPLE Cohort and POEM for Equity studies.

Our principal investigator, Teresa Janevic, presented results for our POEM for Equity research study at the Academy Health Annual Research Meeting on July 1, 2024! Thank you, Dr. Janevic, for contributing to the conference with your informative and well-designed poster, “Systemically excluded: States’ use of the Unborn Child Option and postpartum uninsurance rates among immigrants.”

Our Data Analyst and incoming epidemiology PhD student, Natalie Boychuk, presented key findings from our APPLE Cohort study! We appreciate your contributions to Academy Health’s 2024 Annual Research Meeting with your poster “Social Determinants of Recommended A1c Testing Among Postpartum Women with T2DM,” Natalie!

Frances M. Howell, our lab’s Research Project Manager, also presented two posters focusing on qualitative findings from our POEM for Equity study!

The first poster Frances presented was first authored by our collaborator Ashley Fox at SUNY Albany, “‘Where there’s a will there’s a way:’ Continuous coverage and the Medicaid unwinding in New York, New Jersey, and Texas.” The second poster that she took the lead on was titled “‘I’m calmer now that they’re going to give it to me:’ An examination of postpartum women’s experiences navigating healthcare systems with Medicaid.” Both posters attracted many curious conference-goers and sparked novel conversations with researchers advocating for postpartum equity! Wonderful job, Frances!

After a long day at the Academy Health Annual Research Meeting, our research team enjoyed a dinner out in Baltimore with Columbia colleagues Dr. Jamie Daw, Dr. Xiao Xu, and Columbia alum, Dr. Renata Howland! Amazing job, team!