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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...
As unprecedented unemployment rates and disruptions in food supply chains have continued to unfold around the world, the pandemic has led to a substantial rise in food insecurity, which includes actual and perceived lack of access to nutritious food...
Michelle Falkenbach, a Postdoctoral Associate working with Assistant Professor Dr Willison recently released her book volume on health policy The Populist Radical Right and Health includes case studies from around the world about how these political trends are...
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...
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...
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...
When Emily McGraw joined the Learn Charter School Network in Chicago in January 2020, she had no idea how important her MPH degree would prove to be Before coming to Cornell, she has been a school principal in New York City, and now as Director of Curriculum and...
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...
In his senior year of college, Kenny Escobar took a class on healthcare disparities that changed his trajectory He wanted to make a difference in communities “I’m glad I found out that public health was my path,” says Escobar “The MPH Program at Cornell was a...
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...
Cornell MPH condemns the recent murders of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and those whose deaths have not been as publicized We as a program cannot and will not tolerate racism or discrimination in any form It is now more than ever our responsibility to...
