Drawn to the MPH Program’s focus on sustainability, equity and engagement, Dr. Kate Dickin joined Cornell’s MPH faculty in 2021 after over a decade as a researcher and mentor with the Division of Nutritional Sciences. There, she led multiple international and U.S. research projects, and taught a class for undergraduates…
When she was still an undergraduate student at Cornell, Victoria Montero co-founded the College and Career Readiness Initiative (CCRI), which helps underserved high school students prepare for college. “I always wanted to be involved in a project I was very passionate about,” says Montero, who shifted from a pre-medical track…
After George Floyd was killed by police in 2020, in the midst of a pandemic disproportionately impacting people of color, Pertula George-Redd realized, “I want to channel my sadness and anger to do something for my community.” That year, George-Redd founded Acres4Change to “create a path to land ownership” for…
“Cornell’s combination of public health and ecosystem health is a perfect fit—it marries all the elements of my research into one,” says Dr. Raina Plowright, a world-renowned ecologist and epidemiologist who joined Cornell in 2022 as a Radical Collaboration hire, Cornell Atkinson Scholar, and MPH Program professor in the new…
One of the main reasons for creating Cornell’s MPH Program was to help spur national conversations on the links between climate change and health. “The field as a whole just wasn’t doing this yet,” says Dr. Alexander Travis, the MPH Program’s director. To make this goal a reality, the MPH…
Since the age of five, Dr. Kevin Cummings knew he wanted to become a veterinarian. He grew up playing with his dogs and watching birds outside of Buffalo, New York. Pursuing his dream years later at Cornell’s College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM) and then in clinical practice, he was always…
In 2022, Cornell and Weill Cornell Medicine announced the new Cornell Center for Pandemic Prevention and Response (CCPPR). Addressing something as far-reaching as a pandemic requires close collaboration across historically siloed disciplines, and Cornell’s strengths position it to develop the transdisciplinary teams of faculty, students, and organizational partners necessary for…
The Pandemic Response Officer (PRO) Program was first launched in 2020 by Cornell’s COVID-19 Response Team. Co-led by the MPH Program’s associate director, Dr. Gen Meredith, the campus-wide initiative set out to limit transmission and ensure that any Cornellian with COVID-19 would feel supported. “Early on,” says Dr. Meredith, “Cornell…
A nonprofit and researchers from Boston University and Cornell University will study the landscape of homelessness public policy and its consequences Numerous government agencies at all levels make public policies that are influential to the well-being of people experiencing homelessness in the U.S. But, the way these decisions get…
The landmark Supreme Court decision, Roe vs. Wade in 1973, established the constitutional right to abortion while simultaneously providing states with regulatory power over access to reproductive health services (Gaj et al 2021). Around the world through the end of the 20th century, other high-income countries and western democracies followed…