Capstone Projects
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Client: A Leading Nonprofit Organization
Team: Alicia Espinoza, Afi French, Carlos Manzano
The Capstone team presented an analysis of a leading nonprofit organizations (LNPO) post-September 11 trends in visitorship and benchmarked these trends in comparison with other similar organizations and attractions. The team offered recommendations for …
Client: United Hospital Fund
Team: Maria Damasco, Sarah Dannan, Vaughn Murria, Jenny O'Brian, Niketa Sheth
Between 1946 and 1964, 77 million children were born, creating a baby boom. In 2007, the oldest members of this generation will turn 61 and edge nearer to the traditional retirement age. Yet just as this generation has changed American cultural …
Client: New York-Presbyterian Hospital
Team: Erik Edwards
The resident was involved in the Performance Improvement Initiative, an ongoing project in the Perioperative Services Department of the hospital. The resident also worked on the hospitals Volume & New Business Task Force on both short- and long-term …
Client: Weill Cornell Medical CollegePhysician Organization
Team: Funmilayo A. Jack
The Weill Cornell Physician Organization is comprised of more than 700 physicians who are the full-time faculty of Weill Cornell Medical College. The medical college has recently undertaken an effort called Weill Cornell: We Care. The goal of this effort …
Client: William F. Ryan Community Health Center
Team: Evans Asumang
William F. Ryan Community Health Center receives grants from the federal, state, and local government agencies to conduct HIV counseling, testing, and referral services in New York City. The Center is authorized to conduct waived testing, which is …
Client: EMpower
Team: Ade Adefope, Grace Hong, Gretchen Hagelow, Liza Pullman
EMpower is a nonprofit organization that provides grants to youth-oriented programs in emerging market countries. The 2007 World Development Report estimates that there are 1.5 billion young people aged 12 to 24 worldwide, 1.3 billion of whom live in the …
Client: Community Board 6 - The Land Use Committee
Team: Gaby Amabile, Kim Baker, Edgar Bajana, Rebecca Brown, Roberta Glogover, Kerri Kitchen, Jennifer Lara, Inbal Levy, Tori Mack, Meloney McGuire, Maribel Rios, Amy Thompson, Joshua Klainberg
The Capstone team was asked by Community Board 6 to develop a comprehensive 197A plan for the Waterside Area. The Waterside Area extends from 34th street to 42nd street and from 2nd Avenue to the East River. The Waterside Area represents one of the …
Client: Institute of Public Administration (IPA)
Team: Lea Freund, David Klebenov, Noah Lapine, Rena Masten, Mark Oberndorf, and Gil Soltz
Smart Growth is a widely-used term that refers to land use practices that reinforce environmental protection, economic development, transportation options and encourage dense, walkable communities. Many in the field view smart growth as an antidote to the …
Client: Primary Care Development Corporation (PCDC)
Team: Laura Hart-Cole, Felicia Falco, Hyacinth Johnson, Mary Ellen Reyes, Anita Richichi
The Primary Care development Corporation (PCDC) is a public/private partnership that promotes the building of a sustainable, permanent community infrastructure for primary and preventive care in medically under served communities in New York City. …
Client: Health Force: Men and Women Against AIDS
Team: Nigel Ferguson, Laura Fishler, Bryan Garcia, Jorge Rodriguez, and Lisa Saraceno
Founded in1990, as an incubator project of Bronx Community College (BCC), Health Force has grown into a $2.5 million peer-based health prevention and education program that trains adults and youth in the South Bronx to serve as AIDS and Asthma peer …
Client: Citizens Committee for Children of New York
Team: Robin Brown, Adira Siman, Reshma Singh, Julie Toal
The Citizens Committee for Children (CCC) is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to advocating for children in New York City. They are currently embarking on an extensive campaign to increase the affordable housing supply in the City. In preparation …
Client: New York Citys Department of Health, Pest Control Services
Team: Shelley McKay, Mary Montefusco, Jane Sallustro, Ivan Troy, Holly Wallace
The Pest Control Services of the city of New York, in response to the Mayors initiative on rodent control asked the Capstone team to look at staff allocation at their regional offices, review existing policies and procedures to ensure timely response to …
Client: Office of the Bronx Borough President
Team: Rosemary Cancel-Santiago, Tara Costello, Catherine Foley Geib, Martha Kuzma, Mitchelle Pierre
The Office of the Bronx Borough President requested a Capstone team analyze service delivery to New York Citys mentally ill population. The Capstone team completed an overview of the system's present capacity and service delivery strategy to analyze the …
Client: New York City Department of Juvenile Justice
Team: Matthew Hiester, Marta Hokenstad, Laura Torres, Lisa Weninger, Frances Yen
Since 1998, the New York City Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) has operated an accountability and performance management tool known as the Group-Oriented Analysis and Leadership Strategies (GOALS) system. Based on a set of performance measurement …
Client: United Cerebral Palsy of New York
Team: Lisa Adinolfi, Emily Carrabine, Norberto Negron, Conrad Pinnock, Pria Rai, Amit Shelat, Martha Sobhani
United Cerebral Palsy of New York City (UCP/NYC) is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to servicing individuals with developmental disabilities. Like many other service providers in this sector, UCP/ NYC is facing high employee turnover and is …
Client: West Harlem Environmental Action (WE ACT)
Team: Kara Aylward, Wendy Bernal, Tracy Brisson, Chun-Chi Fang, Kimberly C. Felder, and Yu-Lin Tsai
West Harlem Environmental Action (WE ACT) is a non-profit environmental justice organization in New York City working to address and improve the environment of predominately African American and Latino neighborhoods. WE ACT, along with other …
Client: Jewish Home and Hospital
Team: Deepali Charles, Chaya Gelbstein Neuhaus, Julian John, Patrice Jones, Aryeh Klein, Camille Watson, Susan Schneider Zapata
The Jewish Home and Hospital (JHH) is non-profit nursing home that provides care primarily to senior citizens in need of long-term skilled nursing care. JHH also provides short-term and long-term physical rehabilitative therapy and has a "step down" unit …
Client: New York University, Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, Center for Management
Team: Amy Ahart, Laura Edmondson, Masashi Higashitani, Avery Joel, Dan Junkins, Anna Shiau, Barbara Wanasek
The Capstone team provided the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School with research and recommendations for adding value to the relationship between alumni and the Wagner School by increasing alumni participation in the Center for Management's continuing …
Client: New York City Mayors Office of Operations, Management Analysis Unit
Team: Jin Chai, Bethany Godsoe, Walter Hearvey, Yongseok Lee, Levesia Rushing, and Michelle Yanche
A Capstone team was asked to analyze how the Management Analysis Unit at the Mayors Office of Operations was meeting the mission of Mayoral Directive 94-3. The Mayoral Directive 94-3 gives the Mayors Office of Operations (Operations) and the Office of …
Client: Montefiore Medical Center, The Bronx, NY
Team: Rosemarie Addusti, Dennis Clark, John Di Matteo, Orville Francis, Jack Genicoff, Teodore Todhe
The Capstone team was asked to analyze the cause of the Medical Centers Faculty Practice Plans (FPP) billing write-offs. Of concern to management is whether the FPP is effectively billing and collecting for services provided. This includes all aspects …
Client: Mount Sinai NYU Health - Department of Human Resources
Team: Yen-Wen Vivian Chen, Maggie D'Amato, Injy Khorshid, Michelle Lee, Bonnie Midnica
In July of 1997 Mount Sinai and NYU merged their respective hospitals and created a holding company entitled Mount Sinai NYU Health. As a result of the merger the Human Resource staffs were consolidated and in June 2000 move to a single corporate …
Client: Health Care Financing Administrations (HCFA) New York Regional Office - The Division of Medicaid and State Operations
Team: Eileen Cahill, Jennifer Daymude, John Jasek, Stephanie Levy, Kate Liebman
Auto-Assignment of individuals into Mandatory Medicaid Managed Care (MMMC) plans is sometimes cited as an indication of poor education and outreach efforts. The Capstone team investigated, via literature and key informant review, the utility of …
Client: Isabella Geriatric Center
Team: Elizabeth Fariello, Shana Gandal, Avi Kamelhar, Chi Yeon Kim, Atara Yudin
The Isabella Geriatric Center has been at the forefront of caring for the elderly in its surrounding neighborhood since 1875. Recently, Isabella identified an opportunity to assist elderly individuals in their own homes by participating as a provider in a …
Client: YMCA of Greater New York
Team: Nick Atwood, Melissa Castillo, Sonya Choudhury, Julia Fiumano, Rebecca Lawrence, Chymeka Olfonse, Vicki Vowell, Amanda Wolf
The YMCA of Greater New York, as part of its capital campaign to build or renovate facilities in the five boroughs, plans to expand the Brooklyn Central YMCA branch by opening a new site. The Capstone team was asked to advise the YMCA on how to proceed …
Client: Association of Community Employment Programs for the Homeless (ACE)
Team: Richard Clausell, David Cleghorn, Frantz Dupuy, Sal Rullan, and Dennis Schoeller
The Soho Partnership operates under the auspices of ACE, the Association of Community Employment Programs for the Homeless. The Soho Partnership was established in 1992 to provide employment training and life skills-building to homeless men and women in …
Client: The Office of the Staten Island Borough President
Team: Greg Fitzgerald, Alison Johnson, Dennis Lisk, Tricia Rumola, Carol Samol, Vernon Samuel, Adam Torres, Eric Tyrer, Nicole Viscome, Owen Wells, Rob Zand, Carolyn Zern
The Capstone team was asked to study and prepare a revitalization plan for the Kill Van Kull Waterfront on the North Shore of Staten Island. The one-mile waterfront study area was once home to a thriving maritime and heavy industrial manufacturing base …
Client: New York Citys Health and Hospitals Corporation
Team: Jamie Bachman, Ann Margaret Barrow, Jerald Bruno, Stacy Caruso, Kajal Desai, Meredith Stern
New York Citys Health and Hospitals Corporation (HHC) is a public benefit corporation created by the New York Legislature in 1970. The HHC operates facilities in all five boroughs of New York City, providing general, ambulatory, emergency and long-term …
Client: City Limits Community Information Service, Inc
Team: Nicole Banks, Fred Corden, Juana Hines, Kimberly MacNeill, Rupal Patel and Mark Yoshiyama
City Limits Community Information Service, Inc. (City Limits) is a non-profit organization committed to providing independent journalism and investigative research and analysis to those advocating for a more equitable New York City. The Capstone team was …
Client: The New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NYSPCC)
Team: Maryann Lauria, Chae Meyer, Kristy Truelove, Sandra Vassos and Beverley Warner
The New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NYSPCC) is a leading child welfare agency in New York City and has been in existence since 1875. Their mission is to protect children from abuse and it does so through constantly evolving …
Client: Bellevue Medical Center
Team: Yun-Ju Chen, Phil Kolton, Nancy Kwon, Kerry Liebowitz, Amanda Saunders, Julia Shin
Bellevue Medical Center is developing a Heart Health Service Line that integrates all of its cardiovascular services in order to improve efficiency, communication, and patient service. In order to help Bellevue Operations Team to achieve their vision, the …
Client: Bronx Aids Services, Inc. (BAS)
Team: Brenda Adjei, Ricardo Fernandez, Kieko Ishikawa, Mitasha Joseph, Jim Leader
The Capstone team was asked to prepare a framework for a two year strategic plan for Bronx AIDS Services (BAS), Inc., a not-for-profit HIV/AIDS service organization. In recent years the agencys scope of service scope has moved beyond its mandated mission …
Client: Medical and Health Research of NYC: MIC- Womens Health Services
Team: Charlene Edwards, Amy Markovitz, Rhona Moore, Christopher Rodriquez, Eileen Russo
MIC is a service division of Medical & Health Research Association of New York City, Inc. (MHRA) and provides womens health services to a medically under served population in Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx and Manhattan. The Capstone team was asked to …
Client: City of Yonkers
Team: Hal Cohen, Robert Colangelo, David Cuff, Tracy Fischetti-Shepard, Brendan Healey, Shani Leibowitz, Massiel Medina, Aimee Molloy, Faith Ann Scobbo, Neha Shan, Melissa Smith, Sabine von Aulock, and Alexandra Yurchyshyn
Downtown Yonkers, located on the Hudson River in lower Westchester, just north of New York City, was once a thriving area. As with many cities in the Northeast, the loss of manufacturing and the rise of regional shopping centers sapped much of the citys …
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Team: Ja Seung Koo, Edwin Tang, Soekhyung Park, Kazuhisa Nakao
The Capstone team examined the relationship between the initial year's economic output and the overall economic growth rate based on the convergency theory. In addition, we would like to look at the different impacts of the socio-demographic factors such …
Client: New York Hotel Trades Council and Hotel Association of N.Y.C Health Center, Inc.
Team: Hollie Evans, Amany William Hanna, Stacy Hirschfield, Meredith Levine, Jennifer Mercadante, Jerome Penn, Kristin Viger
The New York Hotel Trades Association provides medical services to unionized hotel employees within the City of New York. The medical services, which include internal medicine, pediatrics, surgery, OB/GYN, radiology and other diagnostic services are …
Evaluation of The Maternal, Infant and Reproductive Health Program: Prenatal Case Management Program
Client: New York City Department of Health
Team: Blenae Abebe, Shailja Gaur, Kathy Guggino, Sean Malone, Geetanjeli Sheogobind
The Maternal, Infant and Reproductive Health Program, (MIRHP) formerly known as the Bureau of Maternity Services and Family Planning, has a distinguished history of leadership in reproductive health. The Program was formed in 1967 to promote the …
Client: Generations Plus/ Northern Manhattan Network
Team: Theresa Bain-Lewis, Lainie Baxt, Renee Citron, Adrienne Dicembri, and Jeanne Oh
The Capstone team analyzed the external marketplace for Generations Plus/ Northern Manhattan Network (the Network) in order to improve its marketability to consumers by geographical location. Comprised of three acute care facilities and three ambulatory …
Client: Common Ground Community Housing Development Fund Corp., Inc.
Team: Leslie Blau, Connie Casto, Nikki Fish-Freud, Kevin Lee, Jennifer Page, and Maxine Silent
Common Ground, a not-for-profit corporation that develops innovative solutions to homelessness, has received national awards for their remarkably successful approach to address the root causes of homelessness. Common Grounds affordable housing model …
Client: Isabella Geriatric Center
Team: Jill Lalli, Nicole Potthoff, Benjamin Staiman, Claudette Scheffold, Emily Zivin
The Capstone team assessed the feasibility of a shared information network among geriatric service providers in Northern Manhattan. Information sharing among providers is currently informal and incomplete. This creates difficulties in coordinating care, …
Client: Community Voices Heard
Team: Meredith Ballew, Joy Langford, Maggie Mari, George Paralemos, David Rudich, Sarah Stecker
Community Voices Heard (CVH) is a membership organization of low-income individuals working together to build the power of families, communities, and low-income people throughout New York City. This organization, largely composed of former and current …
Client: Applied Research Capstone
Team: Lisa Cole, Alison Freiman, Pamela Hannigan, Aamir Raza
The Capstone team explored the impact of fiscal institutions on state and local government spending growth since the tax revolt of the late 1970s. Prior research has produced mixed results, which may have been compromised by the fact that these …
Client: American Civil Liberties Union and Legal Aid Society Juvenile Rights Division
Team: Stacey Block, Elena DeStefano, Samantha Galing, Azadeh Osanloo, DeShawn Wright, George Zamora
The Capstone team assisted the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Legal Aid Society - Juvenile Rights Division (LASJRD) in determining whether there are gender disparities in the New York juvenile justice system. After a comprehensive …
Client: Woodhull Medical Center/Health and Hospitals Corp
Team: Amy Gerard, Carol Park, Reonel Saddul, Jill Zirinsky
As one of Health and Hospital Corp (HHC) hospitals, Woodhull Medical Center implemented a clinical information system, HDS, in the early 1990s. Designed by Per Se Technologies, HDS is supported by both HHC and Woodhull MIS departments. Woodhull Medical …
Client: New York City Department of Youth and Community Development
Team: Magali Bastos, Gregory Campell, Cindy Cocchiola, Melissa Marchisotto, Kim McDonald, Fernando Muniz, Randy Peers
The Capstone Team has worked with the New York City Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD) to identify strategies, challenges and benefits of developing and implementing a youth development outcomes tracking system. The Capstone team …
Client: Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service Health Program
Team: Susan Corts, Jason Frank, Eileen Jamison, Mei Lee, Dennis Murtagh, Noel Ruiz, Deidra Sanderson
The Capstone team was asked to assist the Health Program at the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service in gathering information to continue its competitive edge among national Health Management programs with a focus on increasing the applicant …
Client: Applied Research Capstone
Team: Helena Mariadason, Ximena Morgan, Ephraim Shapiro, Kiyoko Takeda
In 1998 the Indonesian Ministry of Health introduced a new health policy strategy called Healthy Indonesia 2010. This policy is based on the application of the new Healthy Paradigm, which focuses resources on promotional and preventive efforts over …
Client: Citizens Budget Commission
Team: Chiaki Ishikawa, Warner Johnston, Heather Wrzesenski, Megan Poplowski
The Citizens Budget Commission is a nonpartisan, nonprofit civic organization devoted to influencing constructive change in the finances and services of New York City and New York State government. The Capstone team was asked to identify an area in which …
Client: Gouverneur Diagnostic and Treatment Center (GDTC)
Team: Donna Fitzgerald, Susan Goldberg, Adam Musah, Javier Ortega, Julia Shvetsova
The Capstone team was asked to examine the impact that Mandatory Medicaid Managed Care enrollment has had on the Gouverneur Diagnostic and Treatment Center (GDTC) Medicaid population base. A 1000 patient cohort of GDTC Medicaid recipients residing within …
Client: Legal Aid Society of New York - Civil Division
Team: Petra DeCaille-Poleon, Deirdre A. Johnson, Wendy P. Malliet, Susana Razo, and Jeffrey Resch
The Legal Aid Society of New York has been providing legal counsel and representation to those that can not afford to pay for legal services since 1876. Donations are the primary source of funding to acquire and sustain resources to provide these services …
Client: New York Presbyterian Hospital (NYPH)
Team: Adolfo Firpo, M.D., Stephanie Kim, Tom Magnotta, Michael Murray, Tricia Ross
August 1, 2000 marked the implementation of the Medicare Ambulatory Payment Classification (APC) Outpatient Prospective Payment System. The Capstone team was asked by New York Presbyterian Hospital (NYPH) to research the new regulations to assist NYPH in …