Journal Publications

  1. Siddiqui, H., Rattani, A., Woods, N. K., Cure, L., Lewis, R., Twomey, J., Smith-Campbell, B., & Hill, T. (2021). A survey on machine and deep learning models for childhood and adolescent obesity. IEEE Access. pdf

  2. Showstack, R., Nicks, S., Woods, N. K., & Martínez, G. (2021). Interprofessional Education for Students of Translation/Interpreting and the Health Professions. Hispania, 104(3), 485-501.  

  3. Chesser, A.K., Keene Woods, N.,  Bowen, A., Vargas, I., & Hawley, S. (2021). Mental Health Literacy and Women: A systematic review. Kansas Nurse. pdf
  4. Keene Woods, N., Vargas, I., McCray-Miller, M., Drassen Ham, A., & Chesser, A. K. (2021). SARS-CoV2, the COVID-19 Pandemic and Community Perceptions. Journal of Primary Care & Community Health. pdf
  5. Showstack, R., S., Keene Woods, N., Lopez, A., & Chesser, A.K. (2021). Uniting Spanish-speaking Latinx Voices: A Community-engaged Approach to Health Equity. Multilingua. doi.org/10.1515/multi-2021-0082
  6. Vargas, I., Keene Woods, N., Bennett, C., Pulari, J., McCray-Miller, M., & Chesser, A.K. (2021). The Women’s Health Network: A evaluation of a community-based initiative. Journal of Family Medicine and Disease Prevention. pdf

Chapters in Books

  1. Siddiqui, H., Rattani, A., Cure, L., Keene Woods, N., Lewis, R., Twomey, J., Smith-Campbell, B., & Hill, T. (2022). Toward On-Device Weight Monitoring from Selfie Face Images Using Smartphones. In Integrating Artificial Intelligence and IoT for Advanced Health Informatics (pp. 53-67). Springer, Cham.

Conference/Symposium Presentations

  1. Maldonado, F., and Cure, L. (2022, June). A Systematic Review of Food Accessibility Measures and Decision-Support Models. Poster presentation at the 7 th Biennial National Rural Grocery Summit, Wichita, KS.
  2. Ali, U., Chesser, A.K., and Keene Woods, N. (2022, May). Assessment of Health Literacy and Pre-Pregnancy Status. Poster presentation at IHA Health Literacy Conference. Virtual.
  3. Vuong, N., Lewis, R., & Keene Woods, N. (2022, May). Key findings from my honors thesis on behavioral health and drug policy reform in Kansas. Virtual oral presentation for the Health Alliance of Sedgwick County.
  4. Ali, U. & Keene Woods, N. (2022, April). Understanding the Prevalence of Gestational Diabetes and Birth Outcomes in Kansas. Poster presentation at CRIBs Annual Conference, Wichita, KS. Invited.
  5. Vuong, N., & Keene Woods, N. (2022, April). Assessing stakeholder attitudes on prioritization of behavioral health and social determinants of health policies. Poster presentation at the 94th Annual Midwestern Psychological Association Conference.
  6. Vuong, N., Keene Woods, N., & Lewis, R. (2022, March). A qualitative analysis on stakeholder attitudes and recommendations toward harm reduction and drug policy in Kansas. Oral presentation at the 2022 Great Plains Honors Council Conference.
  7. Vuong, N., & Keene Woods, N. (2022, February). On stakeholders' prioritization of policies to address behavioral health and social determinants of health issues in Kansas. Virtual poster presentation at Kansas Undergraduate Research Days 2022. Invited.
  8. Vuong, N. , & Keene Woods, N. (2021, November). Assessing stakeholder similarities and differences on prioritization of policies to address behavioral health and behavioral health care issues in Kansas. Poster presented virtually at the Sigma Xi Annual Meeting and Student Research Conference.
  9. Vuong, N. , & Keene Woods, N. (2021, November). A qualitative analysis of stakeholders’ policy recommendations to improve behavioral health in Kansas. Poster presented in person at the Kansas Honors Connections Conference.
  10. Keene Woods, N., McCray-Miller, M., Vargas, I., & Chesser, A.K. (2021, October). The Importance of Health Literacy Screening to Advance Health Equity. American Public Health Association Conference. Virtual conference.
  11. Vuong, N., & Keene Woods, N. (2021, October). What's the behavioral health matter with Kansas? A research study on the policy and politics of behavioral health in the Sunflower State. Oral presentation at the Kansas Prevention Conference.
  12. Jesri, M, Drassen Ham, A, Chesser, A.K., & Keene Woods, N. (2021, September). Pandemic Perceptions among College Students During COVID-19. Poster presentation at Kansas Public Health Association’s Annual Conference, Virtual.
  13. Ali, U. & Keene Woods, N. (2021, September). Understanding the Prevalence of Gestational Diabetes in Urban and Rural Communities in Kansas. Poster presentation at Kansas Public Health Association’s Annual Conference, Virtual.
  14. Buie, S., Ali, U., Hill, T. & Keene Woods, N. (2021, September). Disparities in Outcomes by Insurance Payer Groups for Women with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus. Poster presentation at Kansas Public Health Association’s Annual Conference, Virtual.
  15. Vuong, N., & Keene Woods, N. (2021, September). Assessing Stakeholder Similarities and Differences on Support of Policies that Facilitate Integrated Behavioral Health Care in Kansas. Poster presentation at Kansas Public Health Association’s Annual Conference, Virtual. * Awarded top student poster.

  16. Nunez, R., Cure, L. (2021, May). Spatiotemporal Access to Healthy Food in Sedgwick County. Poster presentation at the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers Annual Conference.

  17. Siddiqui, H., Rattani, A., Kisku, D. R., & Dean, T. (2020, December). Al-based BMI inference from facial images: An application to weight monitoring. In 2020 19th IEEE International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications (ICMLA) (pp. 1101-1105). IEEE. pdf

WSU Presentations

  1. Ahmed, S. & Keene Woods, N. (2022, April). Accessibility of Treatment and Resources for Gestational Diabetes in Sedgwick County. Poster presentation at Wichita State University, Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Forum, Wichita, KS.
  2. Bhalla, R. & Cure, L. (2022, April). Food Systems Modelling: Spatio-Temporal Access to Healthy Food in Sedgwick County. Poster presentation at Wichita State University, Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Forum, Wichita, KS.
  3. Vuong, N., Lewis, R., & Keene Woods, N. (2022, April). The politics and policy of behavioral health and drug policy reform in Kansas. Oral presentation at Wichita State University’s Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Forum.
  4. Keene Woods, N. (2021, September). Flint Hills Water Crisis and the Future of Public Health. Invited faculty presentation at 2021 Wichita State University Academic Convocation, Wichita, KS. Invited

  5. Siddiqui, H., Rattani, A., & Hill, T. (2021, November). Deep Learning Models for Obesity Classification Using Facial Images. Poster and oral presentation at Wichita State University Analytics Showcase.

  6. Nunez, R. & Cure, L. (2021, November). Spatiotemporal Access to Healthy Food in  Sedgwick County.  Poster and oral presentation at Wichita State University's Analytics Showcase.

  7. Ali, U., Keene Woods, N., Cure, L., Rattani, A., & Hill, T. (2021, April). Understanding the Prevalence of Gestational Diabetes in Urban and Rural Communities in Kansas. Poster and oral presentation at Wichita State University's GRASP Symposium.

  8. Siddiqui, H., Rattani, A., Cure, L., Keene Woods, N., Lewis, R., Twomey, J., Smith-Campbell, B., & Hill, T. (2021, April). Obesity Classification from Facial Images Using Deep Learning. Poster and oral presentation at Wichita State University's GRASP Symposium.