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POSTER PRESENTATIONS
2024
Congratulations to our 2024 Poster Award Winners: 
Innovative Models of Care Award
The Cherry Blossom Family: Evaluating the Impact of a Bereavement and Lactation Support Program for Grieving Mothers after a Perinatal Loss
Errica Capossela, DO, MS     Stephanie Lehman, PhD     Alison Wolf, CPNP, IBCLC    Alexandria Diaz, MS
Ruth Hammer, MSN, RN, IBCLC     Brooke Sanchez, MSN, CNL, CPLC, RNC-OB
Lisa M Stellwagen, MD     Krishelle Marc-Aurele, MD
Applied or Basic Research Awards
“We Feel It Too:” A Qualitative Examination of Secondary Traumatic Stress and Coping Strategies in NICU Nurses
Leah B. Sodowick, MS     Nicholas Powers, MA     Pamela A. Geller, PhD
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Perinatal Trauma-Informed Care Education Associated with Decreased Nurse Secondary Traumatic Stress
Maggie C. Runyon (she/her), MSN, RNC-OB, C-EFM, CYT-200     Mandy N. Irby, BSN, RNC-OB, C-EFM, LCC, NSI-L1 
Paula Rojas Landivar, MSN, RNC-OB, C-EFM
Policies and Initiatives Award
Implementation of the Distress Thermometer in the Perinatal Period
Jaclyn Del Pozzo, MS     Insaf Kouba, MD     Kaleigh Sartoris, MD     Matthew J. Blitz, MD, MBA
Nathan A. Keller, MD     Kristen Demertzis, PhD     Alejandro Alvarez, MPH     Luis A. Bracero, MD
DIRECTORY:
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2024 Poster Presentations

Integrated Prenatal and Perinatal Dynamics:
An Innovated Model of Care the Combines
Somatic Trauma Resolution, Midwifery and the Baby's Experience

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  • Lesha Nelson, OTR, CST, IPPD

  • Kate White, MA, BCBMT, RCST, CEIM, PPNE, PLC

Center for Prenatal and Perinatal Programs

Del Pozzo

Implementation of the Distress Thermometer in the Perinatal Period

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  • Nathan A. Keller, MD

  • Kristen Demertzis, PhD

  • Alejandro Alvarez, MPH

  • Luis A. Bracero, MD

Northwell Health

Hines

Integrating Mental Health Services into a High-Risk Infant Follow-Up Program

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Indiana University School of Medicine

Acceptability and Usability of a Family Guidance Tool in the NICU

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Children’s Mercy Hospital and University of Missouri Kansas City

Gladdis

Importance of Patient-Provider Racial Minority Concordance in Postpartum Depression Screening

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Meredith College

Prevatt
Matticks
Drury

Early Joint Attention Skills as a Predictor of Language Outcomes in a Very Preterm Sample

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Wayne State University

Sozen

Naltrexone Use and Positive Outcomes in Treating Opioid Use Disorder in Pregnancy

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The Cherry Blossom Family: Evaluating the Impact of a Bereavement and Lactation Support Program for Grieving Mothers after a Perinatal Loss

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  • Ruth Hammer, MSN, RN, IBCLC

  • Brooke Sanchez, MSN, CNL, CPLC, RNC- OB

  • Lisa M Stellwagen, MD

  • Krishelle Marc-Aurele, MD

University of California - San Diego
Rady Children's Hospital
University of California Health Milk Bank

Capossela
Stanton

Implementing Trauma-Informed Care Initiatives in a Level IV NICU

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  • Kathleen Stanton, PhD

  • Erica Ortiz, MD, IBCLC

  • Elizabeth Wallace, BCC

  • Armida Dominguez, RN

  • Cheryl Kifer, BSN, RN

  • Alex Zavala

  • Katie Scott, LMSW

  • Holly Paulos, BSN, RNC-NIC

  • Monica Olsen, CCLS

  • Christine Tester, MHPS

  • Molly Pont, MD

  • Lisa Boyars, MD

  • Melissa Jecker, BSN, RN

The University of Texas at Austin, Dell Medical School, Department of Pediatrics - Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Coltson

Considerations for Removing Barriers to Peri-postpartum Screening Initiatives in Linguistically and Culturally Diverse Groups Within Medical Settings 

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Inova Women’s and Children’s Hospital & Women’s Behavioral Health

Trauma-Informed Group Therapy for Parents in the NICU

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  • Corinna Klein, PhD  (she/her)

  • Sierra Kuzava, PhD  (she/her)

  • Karolina Grotkowski, PhD  (she/her/ona)

  • Alyssa Morris, PhD  (she/her)

  • Alyssa Palmer, PhD  (she/her)

  • Agustina Bertone, PhD  (she/her/ella)

  • Catherine Mogil, PsyD  (she/her)

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
David Geffen School of Medicine

Klein
Poe

The Grief-Sensitive Healthcare Project: An Innovative Approach to Compassionate Care for Perinatal Grief and Loss

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Stanford School of Medicine

Reed

Supporting Couples in the NICU: Interventions for Couples Therapy

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  • Karolina Grotkowski Reed, PhD  (she/her/ona)

  • Corinna Klein, PhD  (she/her)

  • Alyssa Palmer, PhD  (she/her)

  • Alyssa Morris, PhD  (she/her)

  • Sierra Kuzava, PhD  (she/her)

  • Agustina Bertone, PhD  (she/her/ella)

  • Catherine Mogil, PsyD  (she/her)

UCLA Family Development Program

Kelleher

Improving Family Engagement and Reducing Disparities Through Telehealth in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

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  • Jessalyn Kelleher, PsyD

  • Danielle Cooke, PhD

  • Alei Santisteban, MPH

  • Jack Dempsey, PhD

  • Kendra Huber

  • Allison Dempsey, PhD

University of Colorado School of Medicine

Cordes
Runyon

Perinatal Trauma-Informed Care Education Associated with Decreased Nurse Secondary Traumatic Stress

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  • Maggie C. Runyon (she/her), MSN, RNC-OB, C-EFM, CYT-200

  • Mandy N. Irby, BSN, RNC-OB, C-EFM, LCC, NSI-L1 

  • Paula Rojas Landivar, MSN, RNC-OB, C-EFM

Your BIRTH Partners
The Birth Nurse
 

Desai

Addressing Collaboration Barriers Associated with Doula Care: The Promotion of Social Justice in a Maternity Unit

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Ascension Seton
The University of Texas at Austin

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Bonacquisti

Sleep, Emotional Distress, and Psychological Flexibility among Postpartum Women

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  • Emily C. Woodworth, BA

  • Ryanne Schaad, MS

  • Alexa Bonacquisti, PhD, PMH-C  (she/her)

  • Victoria A. Grunberg, PhD

Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine 

Scala_Poe

Landscape of Institutional Barriers and Facilitators to Psychological Services in the NICU

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  • Melissa Scala, MD

  • Celeste H. Poe, PhD, PMH-C

  • Elizabeth C. Loi, PhD

  • Daphne Darmawan, MD, MBS

  • Richard J. Shaw, MD

  • Pamela A. Geller, PhD

  • Chavis Patterson, PhD

Stanford School of Medicine 

Strengthening Community and Support from NICU to Home for Black and Latino Families: A Community-Based Participatory Research Pilot 

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  • Tova Kruss, BS

  • Zayna M. Bakizada, MD

  • Oluwadamilola Sosanya, BS

  • Julianna Mazziotti, BS

  • Zenette McCoy, BS

  • Susanne Klawetter, PhD, LCSW

  • Devlynne S. Ondusko, MD 

OHSU Doernbecher Children's Hospital 

Kruss

Navigating Birth Trauma: A Scoping Review on Childbirth-Related Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Early Relational Health in the Family

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  • Sharon Ettinger, MA

  • Nicholas Powers, MA

  • Tara Ramamurthy

  • Divine Thomas

  • Katelyn Phan

  • Pamela A. Geller, PhD

Ettinger

Building a Model of Care for Prolonged Antepartum Admissions in a Birth Hospital: Provisioning Care through a Trauma-Informed Lens

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University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus

Cooke

Implementing a Breastfeeding Protocol to Increase the Rate of Breastfeeding in the Black Population

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Purdue Global School of Nursing

Zita Iwuoha
Sodowick

“We Feel It Too:” A Qualitative Examination of Secondary Traumatic Stress and Coping Strategies in NICU Nurses

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Drexel University

Loi

Infant and Parent Therapy Services in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU): Funding Source Type Predicts Robustness of Mental Health Services while Current Rehabilitation Services Staffing Exceeds Minimum Recommended Standard

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Stanford University School of Medicine

Hunter

Role of Integrated Health Psychologists in Supporting the Mental Health and Wellbeing of Ob-GYNs: Responding in Times of Moral Distress

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University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

Phan

Weaving Connections: Drexel NPASS Helps Unravel Stress in the NICU

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  • Caroline Hayes, BA

  • Chavis Patterson, PhD

  • Pamela A. Geller, PhD

Drexel University
National Perinatal Association Student Society (NPASS)

Ulibas

Somatosensory Experience to Facilitate Healing Trauma
for Perinatal Parents

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Co-Creating EmBRACE - A Mobile Health Solution to Improve Mental Health Screening and Support for NICU Parents: Preliminary Findings

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  • Yi Cui, MS

  • Tony Ma, MS 

  • Katie Chang, MS

  • Chavis A. Patterson, PhD

Drexel University
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Benten Technologies

Geller
Carerra

Care Model to Minimize Trauma for Perinatal Individuals with Disabilities

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Examining the Toll: A Scoping Review of Psychological Distress in NICU Providers

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  • Pamela A. Geller, PhD

  • Andrea L. Nelson, PhD

  • Leah B. Sodowick, MS

  • Hisham Nsier, BA

  • Melissa Maye, PhD

  • Shannon Hanson, PhD, MPH

  • Sage N. Saxton, PsyD

  • Miller Shivers, PhD

  • Rochelle Steinwurtzel, PsyD

  • Melissa Anderson, PhD

  • Chavis Patterson, PhD

National Network of NICU Psychologists (NNNP)

Hayes Geller

Untangling the Connection:
A Literature Review Examining Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD)
as Risk Factor for Perinatal Depression (PND)

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Drexel University

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