Dr. Elizabeth Fox, an assistant professor of practice in the Department of Public & Ecosystem Health, recently co-authored a paper published in the journal Appetite that examines the drivers of food choice among women in Nairobi, Kenya. Fox’s co-author, Dr. Shauna Downs is an assistant professor in the Rutgers School…
“Feed the world” might be an over-simplified pop-song lyric, but Dr. Elizabeth Fox, Cornell ’09, ’16, is working hard to explore the complexities of the concept. Dr. Fox joined the MPH Program in 2019, with a focus in food systems and health. More specifically, Fox’s research tackles the real-world issues…
Five years ago, the Cornell MPH Program was in its infancy and looking for faculty and staff to bring this Program from an idea to reality. The first hire the MPH Program made was Audrey Baker, now Manager of Applied Learning and Evaluation. Audrey, a graduate of Cornell’s biology and…
Cornell MPH Assistant Professor, Dr. Charley Willison and University of Michigan PhD student, Amanda Mauri recently co-authored a paper in the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Global Public Health that looks at urban homelessness in Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) nations. Willison and Mauri evaluate the presence of formal…
“The Cornell MPH Program is our longest partnership,” says Northeast Regional Center for Excellence in Vector-Borne Diseases (NEVBD) program manager Emily Mader. NEVBD focuses on workforce training, applied research, and developing a community of practice network across 13 states in the Northeastern United States and the District of Columbia. Their…
As a Clinical Research Coordinator with the Solutions Science Lab at the Stanford University School of Medicine, Andreína Martin works with Latinx children and their Spanish-speaking families enrolled in clinical trials that measure nutrition and health outcomes. Her team’s work introduces children to interventions to positively impact their “weight loss…
Dr. Robert Gravani, Director of the National Good Agricultural Practices Program in the Department of Food Science, recently spoke to Cornell MPH students about developing Risk and Communication strategies during foodborne outbreaks. Dr. Gravani began his lecture by providing examples of recent foodborne outbreaks and food recalls. He discussed in…
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Program Coordinator, Master of Public Health Thibeaux is responsible for advising students and promoting the MPH program, facilitating student orientation, developing customized collaborative community projects for student learning and establishing partnerships with internal and external stakeholders for Practicum and Capstone opportunities.
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Department of Food Science, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Research focus on enhancing the safety of fruits and vegetables throughout the produce supply chain. Outreach and extension focus on the fruit, vegetable and beverage industries in New York State, providing expertise in sanitation, processing recommendations for products that have problematic…
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Senior Extension Associate, Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine Veterinary Support Services, Animal Health Diagnostic Center Read her full bio here.