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…
“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…
At once the blink of an eye and a long enough time for the whole world to change, we have just completed our first five years of instruction. On this anniversary, let’s review what we’ve accomplished and where we’re going. Where We Started Our Master of Public Health (MPH) Program…