Nicole Hammer, a Master of Public Health student in the social and behavioral sciences concentration at the University of Florida College of Public Health and Health Professions, tied for first place across the Biomedical Informatics Division at Education Day on April 16.
This annual event is hosted by the Department of Health Outcomes and Biomedical Informatics in the UF College of Medicine.
Hammer presented her poster “Barriers to Accessible and Effective Colorectal Cancer Screening (CRCS): Patient & Provider Shared Decision-Making (SDM) Perspectives on Colonoscopies & Fecal Immunochemical Tests (FITs).” Her research examined patient and provider shared decision-making perspectives on factors that impede access to colorectal cancer screening, an essential preventive health measure with the potential to significantly reduce incidence and mortality.
Hammer also serves as a research coordinator in the department. Her interests are in the fields of prenatal care and maternal health, child and adolescent health, and health disparities. She is mentored by Lindsey King, Ph.D., M.P.H., social and behavioral sciences program director and a clinical associate professor in the PHHP Department of Health Services Research, Management and Policy.