Capstone Projects
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Client: Institute for Urban Family Health
Team: Kristy Park
The Institute for Urban Family Health is a not-for-profit health care organization whose mission is to provide quality health care for urban populations. Led by the Institute for Urban Family Health and several community-based organizations and faith …
Client: Gouverneur Healthcare Services
Team: Jeffery Holt, Shireen Nejatheim Lewis, David Noriega, Deepa Parikh
Gouverneur is an expansive diagnostic and treatment center located in Manhattans Lower East Side serving patients within an ambulatory care capacity and a 210 bed Skilled Nursing Facility. Recently, executive management has identified communication gaps …
Client: New York AIDS Coalition
Team: Irene Chiu, Grace Chu, Modabi (Joyce) Nduku, Michelle VanOoteghem
The New York AIDS Coalition (NYAC) is an alliance of more than 200 HIV/AIDS service organizations in New York City and State. Recently, NYACs members became aware that the general public is still uneducated and apathetic about HIV/AIDS. To assess the …
Client: New Destiny Housing Corporation
Team: Michele Kennedy, Chandra Kring, Wendy Lee, Sarah Robinson, Jonathan Voss
New Destiny Housing Corporation is a nonprofit advocacy organization seeking to provide permanent affordable housing to victims of domestic violence (DV). The Capstone team was asked to investigate the possibility of linking DV survivors to Low Income …
Client: United Nations Capital Development Fund
Team: "Andrea Buteau, Rebecca Feinberg, Jennifer Kuhlman, Sergio Palacios, Celine van den Abeele, Anna York"
"The United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) requested this project for the purpose of learning lessons from the implementation of the EUfunded, Nicaraguanexecuted, PRODELSA program. PRODELSA is based on the premise that Nicaraguan Municipal …
Client: Lutheran Medical Center
Team: Anu Ashok
The residency at Lutheran afforded an opportunity to work with senior-level management spanning across many areas of operations and regulatory affairs. The resident began the curriculum by engaging in various initiatives related to length of stay, from …
Client: Lutheran Medical Center
Team: Patty Chiu
The resident worked on various projects that involved creating, implementing, and overseeing a medical records suspension process and researching and recommending a GME/medical education software for the medical education department. The resident worked …
Client: Congressional Research Service
Team: "Amanda Kogut, Sean Maloney, Ok Namkung, Santhosh Ramdoss, Gabrielle Wang"
"The Congressional Research Service (CRS) is a nonpartisan entity serving Congressional staff and committee members with uptodate information regarding international and domestic policy issues. Just as the Chinese economy has developed so has its …
Client: VA NY Harbor Healthcare System
Team: Jill Mazza
The residents responsibilities and projects included: completing a series of rotations through the six main divisions of the organization; completing the IRB approval process to conduct a survey-based smallpox vaccination research study; participating in …
Client: Big Brothers Big Sisters of New York City
Team: "Michelle D’Amico, Diane Gustard, Alexis Nissenbaum, Blake Redding"
"Big Brothers Big Sisters of New York City (BBBS) Center for Training and Professional Development engaged the Capstone team to conduct research on the needs and challenges of the immigrant youth population in the New York City region. In order to gather …
Client: Mount Sinai Hospital of Queens
Team: Deepa Patel
The Mount Sinai Hospital of Queens, a 235-bed community hospital was purchased by Mount Sinai Hospital in June 1999. The resident had the opportunity to collaborate directly with the Chief Operating Officer of the hospital on a variety of projects. The …
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Team: Ana Cristina P. da Silva, Ryan Anthony Greene, Eric Kim, Alexis C. Platis, Lori Schomp, Juquan Tan, Jacob Ulevich
Public pension systems are integral components of state and local government finance, but the funding of these systems is emerging as a major fiscal challenge in cities across the United States. The growth rate of financial obligations across public …
Client: Office of Environmental Surveillance and Policy, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Team: Geera Butala, Minwon Cho, Jennifer Ann Fenley, Binta Patel
The New York City Department of Health and Mental Health Hygienes (DOHMH) Office of Environmental Surveillance and Policy (OESP) is charged with gathering, analyzing, interpreting and utilizing data to evaluate the environmental public health needs of …
Client: United Methodist Committee on Relief: Indonesia Assessment
Team: Erin Ballard, Olivier Gallou, Karrin Smoley
In December 2004, an earthquake shook Southeast Asia creating a tsunami that devastated the region. In Indonesia, an estimated 150,000 people were dead or missing and just over a half-million people were displaced by the disaster. Prior to the tsunami, a …
Client: New York Methodist Hospital
Team: Susan Geraci
New York Methodist Hospital is a voluntary, acute-care teaching facility located in Park Slope Brooklyn affiliated with the NewYork-Presbyterian Healthcare System. As a member of the administrative staff, the resident provided operational support on many …
Client: New York Organ Donor Network
Team: Beatrice Aladin
The New York Organ Donor Network (NYODN) is one of the nations largest nonprofit, federally designated organ procurement organizations (OPO). The resident worked on several projects, the most rewarding of which was the Caribbean Initiative. This project …
Client: New York University Downtown Hospital
Team: Xiangping Li
The resident played a lead role in the DME (Durable Medical Equipment) Program. During her rotation in the Rehabilitation Clinic, the resident learned that the hospital had been giving out durable medical equipment, such as canes and crutches, to the …
Client: New York University School of Medicine
Team: Meeli Patel
The resident was involved in many ongoing and new projects within the Planning and Business Initiatives Department. A comprehensive faculty recruitment process was developed by the office and is now in transition to an online, interactive web-based …
Client: New York University School of Medicine
Team: Sonal K. Malla
The residents responsibilities and projects included: interviewing and shadowing key executives for broader exposure and a better understanding of communications pertinent to the functionality of academic medical centers; coordinating data for metrics …
Client: New York-Presbyterian Hospital Ambulatory Care Network
Team: Rita Ruggiero
The resident had the opportunity to work with several managers at the Ambulatory Care Network (ACN) , which is clustered around Weill Cornell Medical Center and Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center. The residents projects spanned across the areas of …
Client: North ShoreLIJ Health System
Team: Jessica Rosen
The Department of Procurement and Contract Managements primary involvement in compliance involves conforming to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996. The HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules state that a covered entity is …
Client: North ShoreLong Island Jewish Health System
Team: Sarah Jones, Jon Sendach
Completing a project under the direction of senior leadership of the North ShoreLong Island Jewish Health System Quality Management Department, the administrative residents had the opportunity to determine why the compliance rate for smoking cessation …
Client: NYU School of Medicine Faculty Group Practice
Team: Eren Kaya
At the NYU Medical School Faculty Group Practice the resident had the opportunity to be involved in various projects including assisting senior management and practice managers in achieving operational and financial goals. The resident provided research …
Client: Odyssey House, Inc.
Team: Alan Lawrence
Odyssey House, Inc. is a nonprofit addiction treatment center within the enhanced therapeutic community treatment model, offering family, adult, and adolescent mental health treatment programs at facilities in various locations throughout New York. The …
Client: Education Development Center
Team: Tamar Matalon, Pamela Tanjuatco, Erica Waples, Anna Zak
The Our World Survey 2007 captures the perceptions, attitudes and knowledge young people (ages 15-24), in all regions of the world, have on the topics of global citizenship and identity. The results and analysis of this survey are intended to inform …
Client: Municipal Development Partnership of Eastern and Southern Africa
Team: "Courtney Babcock, Erin Brannan, Priyanka Gupta, Shital Shah"
"The Municipal Development Partnership of Eastern and Southern Africa (MDPESA) sponsored the Africa Regional Seminar on Participatory Budgeting in Durban, South Africa, in March 2008 to explore participatory budgeting and governance in the African …
Client: US Government Accountability Office
Team: Matthew Bitz, Lizette Cast, Sarah Evanetz, Anitra Gerald, Carmen Simon, Olti Zejnati
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is a non-partisan, independent office serving the United States Congress through monitoring, research, and projections for the future. They take particular interest in the nations financial picture. GAO engaged …
Client: Weill Cornell Physician Organization
Team: Svetlana Titiyevskaya
The resident has been involved in a major planning process aimed at improving ambulatory care encounters. She was responsible for conducting the patient survey and performing correlational analysis. The resident also helped lead, and collected data from, …
Client: University of Cape Town Faculty of Health Sciences and New York University
Team: Maria Elba Bobiles, Jennie Johanson, Ksenia Koban, Amelia Muccio, Tutti Touray
In the past decade, academic institutions have begun to pay increasing attention to societal challenges and their role in contributing to their solutions. Social responsiveness (SR) - scholarly based activities with projected outcomes that contribute to …
Client: Abyssinian Development Corporation
Team: Christina Bottego, Alicia Holmes, Maria Lesser, Tracy Mulet, Rob Reiter
The Abyssinian Development Corporation (ADC) is a nonprofit community development organization based in Harlem. This Capstone project provides a policy analysis focused on expiring use, distressed Section 8 properties. The policy analysis and resulting …
Client: United Methodist Committee on Relief, Justice for Our Neighbors Program
Team: Sang-Min Lee, Sahar Muradi, Sultan Torshkhoev
Established in 1999, Justice for Our Neighbors (JFON) is a program of the United Methodist Committee on Relief. Its mission is a faith-driven ministry welcoming immigrants into churches and communities by providing free, high-quality immigration legal …
Client: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs
Team: "Amna Khawar, Jessica R Kiessel, Hope Tumukunde"
"The Division for Public Administration and Development Management of UNDESA examines issues of public administration, public finance, and public management at the United Nations. The Capstone team was enlisted to conduct research about citizen engagement …
Client: American Jewish Committee
Team: Lauren Israel, Yosie Levine, Olivier Pailloucq, Lorin Rokoff, Chaim Rose, Kim Zeitman
The American Jewish Committee (AJC) is an international think tank and advocacy organization that seeks to protect Jews and other minorities by promoting pluralism, democracy and human rights throughout the world. With concerns of continuity weighing …
Client: Safe Space
Team: Cleo Brooks, Breanna DiGiammarino, Casey Eiseman, Kate Hansen, Karey Scheyd
Safe Space is a nonprofit organization serving over 20,000 children and families in New York City who are dealing with a range of complex issues, including child abuse and neglect, substance abuse, domestic violence and mental health concerns. Safe Space …
Client: Ramsay Health Care Cooperate Office and Greenslopes Private Hospital
Team: Rhys Filmer
The first three months of the residents time was spent working with the Chief Operating Officer at Ramsay Health Cares Cooperate Office. Most of the residents projects involved working with the planning and development department and consisted of …
Client: Citizens Committee for Children of New York City
Team: Andrea Daniel, Samina Sattar, Abby Slovin, Cate Swinburn, Sean Thomas-Breitfeld
Citizens Committee for Children (CCC) is a nonprofit, multi-issue, child advocacy organization that works to secure every childs birthright to be healthy, housed, educated, and safe. CCC requested a Capstone team to assist them in a project examining …
Client: Saint Vincent Catholic Medical CentersSt. Vincents Hospital, Manhattan
Team: Alice Lam
The administrative residency at St. Vincents Hospital, Manhattan, is a project-based experience designed to expose the resident to key areas in hospital operations and administration. The projects ultimately involve identifying and implementing …
Client: The Coalition of Voluntary Mental Health Agencies, Inc
Team: Glenn McAnanama, Linda Nasshan, Slavica Naumovski, Effie Papas, Jamie Schimmel, Terry Vazquez
The Coalition of Voluntary Mental Health Agencies, Inc. (CVMHA) represents community-based mental health agencies in New York State. State government provided this sector with only three Cost Of Living Adjustment increases in the past twelve years, …
Client: Silvercrest Extended Care Facility
Team: Stacey Shotland
The resident rotated through all departments as mandated by the NYS Department of Health and worked directly with the Administrator and all department heads. Her residency duties involved observing the day-to-day functions of departments, attending upper …
Client: Village of Ossining, Westchester County Department of Planning
Team: Jeanmarie Brennan, Susan Willetts Favate, Danielle Grillo, Andrew Murray, Richard Rain, Jordan Smith
The Capstone team produced a report examining the planning context and feasibility of a Sing Sing Historic Prison Museum within the walls of the active Sing Sing Correctional Facility. The report is part of a comprehensive resource package for community …
Client: Enterprise Community Partners
Team: Michael Davis, Jane DeLashmutt, Susanne Huerta, Carrie Knudson, Becca Nagorsky, Jordan Schuler
Between 2000 and 2005 the median rent and home value of Staten Island's Community District 1 increased by 33 and 110 percent, respectively, outpacing the only 11 percent increase in median household income. The combination of accelerated housing costs and …
Client: New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation's Office of Planning & HIV Services
Team: Andrew Ashkenase, Ying Ying Cheung, Brendan Considine, Allison Leaming, Tatiana Ramirez
The Capstone team was asked to analyze the potential impact of the New York State Medicaid reforms proposed by the Senate Medicaid Reform Task Force, the Governors Working Group on Medicaid Reform, and the Fiscal Year 2004 Executive Budget on the …
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Team: Jason Bailey, Cuong Nguyen, Stephen Roberts, Renuka Vijayanathan, Samantha Wilt
Public concerns are growing in the United States about the impacts of fossil fuel-based energy. In recent years, 21 state legislatures have enacted Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS) to help promote the transition to alternatives. An RPS is a mandate …
Client: The Institute for Urban Family Health
Team: Nicole Tiger
The Institute for Urban Family Health is a not-for-profit health care organization whose mission is to improve the quality and availability of family practice services in response to the needs of medically underserved populations. The resident was …
Client: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs
Team: Shannon Bond, Sharon Makoriwa, Jessica Barrett Simpson, Julia Zoo
Since 1999, the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs has been an institutional organizer of the Global Forum on Reinventing Government, which in 2007 will focus on the theme Building Trust in Government. To contribute to this forum, and to the …
Client: Council on Health Research for Development
Team: Laura D'Alessandro, Leigh-Ann Krapf, Alana Ortez, Nathan Rodgers
The Council on Health Research for Development (COHRED) is a Geneva-based NGO that works with countries to set health research priorities and assess capacity and capacity-building needs for health research. The Capstone team is working with COHRED to …
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Team: Jimmy Bendernagel, Michael Berne, Peter Madden, Keren Mertens, Kim Romano
Created in 1986, the Low Income Housing Tax Credit Program (LIHTC) is the largest federal funding source for the development of affordable housing. The program has financed over 1.8 million affordable units targeted towards a range of income levels, all …
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Team: Chester Asher, Eric Kim, Barbara Morgan, Gareth Robinson
After many studies conducted during the 1970s found that a lower drinking age had an effect upon the number of motor vehicle crashes involving teens, many stakeholders began to call for an increase in the minimum legal drinking age. While many states …
Client: VA New York Harbor Healthcare System
Team: Stephanie B. Berkson
Reporting to the director of the healthcare system, the resident participated in and contributed to various projects, including a prospective patient safety assessment; preparation for a JCAHO survey; preparation of policy fact sheets; coordination of the …
Client: SUNY College of Optometry
Team: Lauren Feldman
The resident concentrated most of her efforts on data collection and analysis and participated in the Institutional Review Board (IRB) and the Environmental and Infection Control Committee. She also helped develop grant proposals, white papers, and …