When she applied to Cornell’s MPH Program, Jubi Lin was most curious about the One Health paradigm. “I always wanted to go into human medicine, but had never thought about how it was connected to all these sectors before,” she recalls. She was first drawn to public health after…
Dr. Casey Cazer, Cornell ’16, ’20, a veterinarian and assistant professor in the Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, has mentored three MPH students in applied research projects that use veterinary clinical data and machine learning to explore antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Using a One Health perspective, they focus on…
Growing up in South Africa, Anke Kotze was aware of public health crises every day. Droughts and fires, HIV and tuberculosis epidemics, rationed electricity, and a failing healthcare system shaped her worldview. “I realized I was in a position to make change,” reflects Kotze, who came to Cornell to learn…
“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…
In late spring of 2020, after campus shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a group formed at Cornell to plan for the potential reopening of campus in the fall. “Reopening was predicated on understanding behavioral surveillance data,” says emergency preparedness and response expert Dr. Isaac Weisfuse, adjunct faculty with…
Since its inception, the MPH Program has been dedicated to working hand-in-hand with public health organizations to support their needs. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic overwhelmed health departments across the state, national assessments showed that many public health agencies would benefit from more formal training and support. “It has long…
After graduating from the Cornell MPH program’s Infectious Disease Epidemiology track in May 2020, Shane Conyers began a PhD program in Epidemiology. In addition to a full roster of coursework in his first year at Emory University, Conyers is already involved in two of his own research projects there, one…
Caitlin Baumhart joined the MPH Program in January 2018, while working on her Master of Professional Studies in International Development after finishing 4 years in Tanzania with the Peace Corps. As a student studying in the Infectious Disease Epidemiology concentration, she quickly became immersed in work with the Northeast Regional…
Hirokazu Togo came to Cornell’s MPH Program on a Fulbright scholarship, on a two-year sabbatical from his position as Senior Environmental Health Officer for the Tokyo Metropolitan Government. After graduating as first-ever valedictorian of a Cornell MPH class, in May 2019, Hirokazu returned to his position in Tokyo—now, with greater…
Ana Cristina Barsallo Cochez joined the Cornell MPH Program after earning a Master of Science in Food Safety from Cornell. As a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine who had been practicing in Panama, she was interested in foodborne outbreaks and came to Cornell to gain skills that could help her impact…