“I’ve never cried in an interview before, but I was so moved by the conversation and personal connection,” said UNCG doctoral student Mohammed Jibriel. “I knew UNCG was the right place for me.”
Congratulations to Carrie Rosario, Dr.PH., MPH, CHES, on her recent appointment to North Carolina Institute of Medicine (NCIOM) Board of Directors by NC Governor Roy Cooper!
Louise Vincent, who received her MPH from UNCG in 2013, is currently the executive director of the North Carolina Survivors Union, a harm-reduction and syringe service program in Greensboro, NC.
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Structural racism, a fundamental cause of health inequities, must be dismantled to fulfill societyʼs interest in ensuring conditions in which all people have opportunities conducive to health. Correspondingly, the Ten Essential Public Health Services center equity, and Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH) accreditation criteria require public health students to learn about racism.
There are still questions about COVID-19, vaccines, and the new Delta variant. At times, it can feel like information overload. We checked in with UNCG School of Health and Human Sciences’ resident pandemic expert, Dr. Jennifer Toller Erausquin, to help extract fact from fiction. Erausquin is an associate professor in the Department of Public Education and a social epidemiologist who studies the way social determinants ― such as social structures, institutions, and relationships ― affect patterns of disease among populations.
Not only did the faculty in the Department of Public Health Education kick off a new semester of preparing the next generation of public health leaders, they were also voted as one of the top 3 Bachelor’s in Community Health Education by Best Value Schools!
Dr. Sharon Morrison, professor in the Dept. of Public Health Education, has been working with these populations for over 15 years, and when the pandemic hit, she swiftly changed her coursework and research so she and her students could focus on outreach for African American, Bhutanese, Montagnard, and African immigrant and refugee communities.
D.C. police have hired a director for a new office to help officers and civilian staff members dealing with physical and emotional problems, in large part stemming from the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.
Given the powerful experiences of this past year, the Faculty and Staff of the Department of Public Health Education at UNCG offer this video as a graduation gift to you, our amazing students. We hope this time capsule of our moment in time honors you, your endurance, and your future success. Congratulations pandemic and social justice Graduates of the 2021!
Masters of Public Health in Community Health Education students, Caroline Wells and Aaron Sturdivant, spent their final semester at UNCG providing community support for the COVID-19 vaccine rollout.