Public Health Education student awarded $10,000 grant

Public Health Education student awarded $10,000 grant

Public Health Education doctoral student Mohammed Jibriel is one of 43 national recipients of the 2024 BMe Vanguard Awards. Jibriel intends to use his grant to support a youth program at the Sudan House in Greensboro. The organization promotes cultural understanding and integration between Americans and Sudanese immigrant and refugee communities. Jibriel was nominated for the grant by Interfaith America.

DR Erausquin

Public Health Education Professor Shares Tips on New Covid Vaccine

 It does look like (the new Covid strain) has similar enough features to the X variants that the updated fall 2023 vaccine should also provide some protection against that Dr. Jennifer Toller Erausquin, social epidemiologist and associate department chair for the Public Health Education Department (School of Health and Human… Continue reading…

Dr. David Wyrick

Dr. Wyrick Weighs in on Athletes’ Use of Alcohol

Pain control is one of three primary reasons athletes report using alcohol, along with stress management and as a way to celebrate, according to Dr. David Wyrick. Though, when it comes to pain, “there’s no evidence that alcohol has medicinal benefits,” he said.

Regina McCoy interviewed by Triad Today

Professor Regina McCoy Featured on Triad Today

Regina McCoy, professor in the Department of Public Health Education and co-Director of UNCG Health Coach Training Center, was recently featured on Triad Today, the area’s only locally produced public affairs program.