Last month, Cornell’s Biomedical & Biological Sciences Program held its annual symposium where students, faculty, and staff from the College of Veterinary Medicine attended sessions, a keynote, and poster session throughout the day. MPH Student Alyssa Morse, Cornell MPH ’24, represented the Whittaker Lab and presented a poster titled “Intra-host…
The COVID-19 pandemic has emphasized the importance of sustainable and equitable immunization programs worldwide. Despite decades of progress, the pandemic has created major setbacks to existing vaccination programs. This week, three Cornell MPH students took to Capitol Hill to reiterate the importance of childhood vaccination programs around the world. Second-year…
As a small, rural health department, Madison County Department of Health (MCDOH) relies on interns for extra support. Internships are “a win-win,” says MCDOH quality improvement coordinator Erica Bird. “We have a staff of about 30, so we really appreciate the extra hands, and students get to take what they…
For children in high-poverty communities, school meals are often a critical source of nutrition, and can also help offset grocery budgets for low-income households. Responding to a need to address record low school meal program participation in Tompkins County, a team of Cornell MPH students and faculty partnered with Newfield…
When Nyaradzo Sirewu and Avni Patel saw that Cornell’s Center for Health Equity (CCHEq) was looking for MPH students to build and pilot training that would help anyone take action against racism, they jumped at the opportunity. “After the George Floyd killing, people were reaching out to CCHEq, asking how…
When Anabella Pinton was first looking into public health programs, she was drawn to Cornell’s unique epidemiology concentration. “The specific focus on infectious diseases was special and intriguing,” she remembers, especially with its emphasis on animals, agriculture, and the environment. She also appreciated the smaller program size “to make connections…
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…
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…
MPH students, Seb Loonen and Avni Patel, met with staff members in Representative Sean Casten’s office to talk about their Applied Practice Experience (APE) projects, and the impact of federal funding—particularly the 2021 Research Investment to Spark the Economy Act (RISE)—on furthering public health research. Representative Casten, who co-sponsored the…
Graduate Students in Public Health (GraPH) is a new organization founded by first-year MPH students to help fellow Cornell students build careers in public health and healthcare industries. The organization was founded with the goal of fostering interdisciplinary collaboration, supporting MPH graduate education, and advocating for public health students and…