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UNCG’s Department of Public Health Education Gift to Graduates 2021
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…
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Student interns support vaccination efforts
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.
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Drexel Features PHE Alumnae Samuella Ware in Shining-a-Black-Light for Black History Month
Samuella Ware, Ph.D., M.P.H. is a postdoctoral researcher at Drexel University in the College of Nursing and Health Professions (CNHP). Her research focus is on race-based theories and social structural factors that impact sexual health ad HIV vulnerability among Black men and women.
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Dr. Erica Payton Foh Awarded Inaugural CHCS Faculty Research Fellowship
Dr. Erica Payton Foh in Public Health Education is the Center for Housing and Community Studies’ inaugural Faculty Research Fellow.
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UNCG, Cone Health selected for Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Funding for Bingham Park Project
UNC Greensboro and Cone Health have been selected for a three-year award as Interdisciplinary Research Leaders (IRL) under the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF).
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Professor’s Scholarship Aims to Address Equity and Inclusion
For Crystal Dixon, diversity and inclusion cannot exist without equity. In 2019, she was appointed by the dean as chair of HHS’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee – her first task? Including the word “equity” in the title. She wanted to ensure the committee was embracing the concept of equity
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The Post-Covid World Will Find Us All In This Together
With the COVID-19 virus we as a nation were told to go home, to social distance, to stay away from each other…and yet…we frequently heard the phrase “We are all in this together”. A bonding of our human tribe during a profound moment in human history. A moment when we truly came face to face…
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Changing lives. One diaper at a time.
Kelley Massengale was having a cup of coffee in downtown Durham when she noticed a donation box for the Diaper Bank of North Carolina. She had never heard of the organization. Nor had many others, judging by a handwritten sign on the wall. It urged people not to drop dirty diapers in the box.
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This is What Resilience Looks Like: The Power of Art-Activism and Healing
The Voices of Reproductive Justice, in cooperation with UNCG’s She Can We Can, Beyond the Women’s Suffrage Centennial, presented This is What Resilience Looks Like: The Power of Art Activism and Healing Webinar, on Tuesday, April 13th. The panel was consisted of Karen Anderson, Justice Advocate, Dr. Zitty Nxumalo, Creative Artistic Director of Zodwa Dance…
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Dr. Michelle Martin Romero set to be CFRN Fellow in Inaugural Class
These fellows will meet each month with the CFRN co-directors to develop interdisciplinary research collaborations on UNCG’s campus and work towards a grant submission within the next year. We look forward to growing this fellowship program!
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Quintana Steward: Our Pacesetter Alumni Nominee
In 2001, Quintana (Clinard) Stewart officially began her career in public health education with the Forsyth County Department of Public Health just months after graduating with a degree in Public Health Education with a concentration in Community Health Education and national certification as a Health Education Specialist (CHES).
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Dr. Morrison 2021 Thomas Undergraduate Research Mentor Award
Dr. Sharon Morrison, Professor in the Department of Public Health Education, and Dr. Sudha Shreeniwas, Associate Professor in Human Development and Family Studies were named the co-recipients of the 2021 Thomas Undergraduate Research Mentor Award in the tenured category!
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MPH Students and Faculty present at CHHS Health Disparities Symposium hosted by NC A&T
Graduate students and faculty from the Department of Human Development and Family Studies as well as our own Department of Public Health Education recently collaborated to present at the CHHS Health Disparities Symposium at NC A&T. The CHHS Health Disparities Symposium was held on November 12th-13th.
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COVID-19 Q&A with Dr. Jennifer Erausquin
What is social distancing, and why is it important? How is COVID-19 causing other public health concerns? And what’s the best way to stay up-to-date with what’s going on? As we face a global outbreak of the novel coronavirus, and a rising number of cases here in the United States, there are a lot of…
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PHE Faculty and Students prepared for COVID-19
Dr. Morrison speaks with Spectrum News Triad regarding the COVID-19 virus and how our department is trained to teach courses online. This allows students to continue their education should conditions move to a higher level of health concern.
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Dr. Carrie Rosario Appointed to the North Carolina Institute of Medicine Board of Directors by NC Governor Roy Cooper
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!
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The department that plays together, stays together
With its emphasis on community engagement, don’t be surprised to see faculty, staff, and students of the Department of Public Health Education taking it to the streets, bike paths, and jogging trails. Whether it’s a 5k, such the Bill Evans Mad Hatter Run, riding mountain bikes on any of the numerous greenway trails nearby, or participating in…
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Curb the Violence
Dr. Erica Payton recently gave an interview for WUNC radio about the “Cure Violence” violence-prevention program.
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Helping the Refugee Population Navigate Resettlement in America
Dr. Sharon Morrison, along with the Center for New North Carolinians and other community partners, work with the refugee population in the Triad area to help with resettlement.
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Paul Chelimo: A Public Health Advocate and Olympic Silver Medalist
History was made at the Rio 2016 Olympics! Paul Chelimo, silver medalist in the 5,000-meter race, made history when he crossed the finish line. The first Olympian to graduate from UNCG, Paul is the first American citizen to win the 5,000-meter race since 1964.