At first thought, forensic pathology may not seem like public health. Working in a coroner’s office in her hometown, however; Maura Benner could see the connections. “A lot of the problems we saw can be explained with the social determinants of health,” she says. She realized that autopsies represented “so…
In her sophomore year of college, Avni Patel enrolled in a public health social justice course. The professor focused on feminist theory in public health. “My passion for public health stemmed from my feminism and guided me,” says Patel. After college, she went to India to develop different health curricula…
Cornell MPH Professor Dr. Gary Whittaker and Qinghua Guo, Cornell MPH ’22, recently published a paper in Comparative Medicine that examines the underlying origins of zoonotic coronaviruses in bats. The paper, written with Cornell DVM Graduate Alison Stout and former postdoctoral associate Jean Millet, aims to understand where coronaviruses like…
Two Cornell MPH students, Avni Patel, MPH ’22, and Seb Loonen, MPH ’22, have been selected to attend the Cornell in Washington (CIW) program for the 2022 Spring semester. As students in the program, they will spend time in the nation’s capital learning about the intersection of policy and public…
Students Kellyann Baxendell and Victoria Montero qualified for the Emory Morningside Global Health Case after winning the Cornell competition last spring. Their winning case, “Measles Elimination and Nutritional Supplementation Program: The MEANS to an end of measles in Syria,” focused on empowering locals to distribute measles vaccines and nutrition packets…
Mr. Hirokazu Togo, a public servant specializing in food safety at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, took a leave of absence to study at Cornell University in New York State. After receiving advice from a work supervisor, Mr. Togo became interested in pursuing a masters’ degree in public health during…
Hirokazu Togo is a master of public health student from Tokyo, Japan. After attending the Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine in Japan, he chose to pursue an MPH at Cornell with a concentration in food systems for health.What is your area of research and why is it…
Makenzie Peterson, the Wellness Program Director at Cornell’s College of Veterinary Medicine, spoke to the Special Topics class on “Addressing Mental Health in Public Health”. Makenzie possess an impressive number of certificates and trainings (Reproductive Loss and Abortion Doula Training, Sexual Misconduct Hearing Board Training, and Opioid Overdose Prevention Educator,…
Cornell MPH Student, Mariacamila Garcia Estrella recently visited Honduras with FARVets to help out in a sterilization clinic for dogs and cats and provided educational outreach in schools to teach about responsible pet ownership, illegal pet trade and rabies prevention. While in Honduras she was interviewed with the director of…
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