Evaluating Predictors of Addiction Treatment Completion in Eastern Missouri through a Local Organization’s Electronic Health Records

Photos on cover page from left to right: Meeting with clinic and social service providers discussing the trafficking project (Courtesy: Alexis McCathern); Delivering eggs to a family in the study Lulun egg project in Ecuador (Courtesy: Melissa Chapnick). Photos Contributed by the Students Clockwise from top left corner: The computer Amanda used at IPH to learn SPSS (Courtesy: Amanda Lee); Sickled red blood cells blocking a blood vessel which can result in strokes in young children affecting infant quality of life (Courtesy: Mohamed Gabir, Image Credit: Healthwise, Incorporated); Keratinocytes under a light microscope (Courtesy: Simon Yadgir, Image credit: Microbiology Blog 'Light up the Lab'); Sample of flyer used to recruit participants in St. Louis for the smoking study (Courtesy: Catalina Garcia); Modified binding sites mapped onto the ubiquitin structure. (Courtesy: Meredith Klashman, Image Credit: Ernst Et al. SCIENCE 339 (2013)); Mobolaji presents preliminary findings of her project to lab members and visitors (Courtesy: Mobolaji Fowose); Part of the plaque assay read out process where viral growth can be measured and plaques formed by the viruses are counted and graphically represented (Courtesy: Jeffrey Lee). Clockwise from top left corner: SAS code used in the maternal history project (Courtesy: Kidist Zewdie); Outing with the Odom lab, a motivated group who is trying to understand the malaria parasite's survival technique one molecule at a time (Courtesy: Marwa Mikati); SATISFY-SOS is an initiative started by the Institute of Quality Improvement, Research and Informatics (INQUIRI) part of the Department of Anesthesiology (Courtesy: Lingzi Luo); A mother from Cebu, Philippines, breast feeding her infant (Courtesy: Duaa Kuziez); Study of marijuana dispensaries on the Internet (Courtesy: Tatiana Bierut, Photo Credit: Robert Boston); Neutrophil knock-downs for ATG5, 4 days after the start of differentiation (Courtesy: Elizabeth Daniels); Bacterial cultures with Samd9l and Samd9 expression plasmids (Courtesy: Ya Haddy Sallah). For more than 20 years, Dr. Powderly has been actively engaged in research to improve treatments for patients with HIV. His initial studies focused on evaluating drug cocktails to identify effective first-line treatment for HIV. He has also been involved in research to understand the long-term side effects of HIV medications, particularly metabolic problems like diabetes, lipid abnormalities, and osteoporosis. Dr. Powderly's global health interests include findings solutions to develop human capital in resource-limited settings through shared educational and research endeavors. Dr. Powderly has served in a number of leadership roles in his field, including as vice chair of …