The IMPACT Lab provides students with hands-on experience in population health research. Students participate in study design, data analysis, scientific writing, conference presentations, and grant development while contributing to projects that address real-world public health challenges. Some example articles by students include:
Schroer L.*, Davis C., Chhabria Unrue K. (2025) Determinants of HIV testing in Ethiopia using Demographic and Health Survey Data (2005–2016) Special Issue. Journal: International Public Health Journal. 2025;17(3).
Nash B.*, Cohen A., Tshiswaka D., Chhabria Unrue K. (Under Review) Effect of Self-management Education in Pediatric Asthma Patients: A retrospective Cohort Chart Review Study. Journal: Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology.
Chhabria Unrue K, Mehta S*, Cohen A. Sandulache V. (Under Review) Leveraging the NIH All of Us Research Program to Quantify Metabolic Syndrome Burden and Mental Health Disorders in Head and Neck Cancer Survivors. Journal: JMIR Cancer
Graduate Research Assistants, Shelby Blair, Shrishti Sharma, Erin Wade, and Brooke Nash, presented scientific posters held in Pensacola Florida June 2026.
Graduate Research Assistant, Shelby Blair, presented scientific poster at the Graduate Schools of Florida conference held in Gainesville FL April 2026.
Mental Health Outcomes and Food Insecurity Among Uninsured Women in Northwest Florida
Shelby Blair*, Jacob George*, Ali Kent*, Christian Oglesby*, Karishma Chhabria Unrue
Is hypertension among Breast Cancer Survivors Associated with Poor Mental Health - Literature Review 2015-2026
Shelby Blair*, Bowe A.*, Struckel K.*, Gruwell C., Karishma Chhabria Unrue
Depression and Metabolic Syndrome in Women of Reproductive Age: A population based NHANES study 2011-2023
Shelby Blair*, Colette Davis, Achraf Cohen, Karishma Chhabria Unrue
Clinical Paradox for Obesity among Head and Neck Cancer Survivors
Shrishti Sharma*, Achraf Cohen, Karishma Chhabria Unrue
Development and Validation of Short-Form Medical Outcomes Social Support Scale
Erin Wade*, Kaydence Struckel*, Karishma Chhabria Unrue
Food Insecurity and Perinatal Depression in the United States: The Independent and Compounding Role of Metabolic Syndrome
Aliza Williams*, Colette Davis, Achraf Cohen, and Karishma Chhabria Unrue
Dysmetabolic Syndrome Burden as a Predictor of Mental Illness Among Head and Neck Cancer Survivors: Evidence from Multinomial Modeling using All of Us Data
Shrishti Sharma*, Achraf Cohen, and Karishma Chhabria Unrue
Metabolic Syndrome Drives Depression Risk, Not HPV Vaccination: Findings from NHANES
Karishma Chhabria Unrue and Achraf Cohen
Opportunistic asthma self-management education in routine care improves lung function in children
Karishma Chhabria Unrue and Brooke Nash*
Higher Metabolic Syndrome Burden is associated with Increased Risk of Depression in Reproductive-Aged Women
Shelby Blair*, Colette Davis, Achraf Cohen, and Karishma Chhabria Unrue