Partner Spotlights
Growing up in Ghana, Osei Kwadwo Boateng experienced disparities in rural healthcare infrastructure firsthand “Someone living in a rural area might walk ten miles or more to a city, just hoping to see a doctor,” he explains After losing his grandmother—which he...
As a small, rural health department, Madison County Department of Health (MCDOH) relies on interns for extra support Internships are “a win-win,” says MCDOH quality improvement coordinator Erica Bird “We have a staff of about 30, so we really appreciate the extra...
In December 2021, a team of Cornell University MPH Program faculty were awarded a 2021-22 Engaged Research Grant from the David M Einhorn Center for Community Engagement The group, led by Lara Parrilla, lecturer and community and academic partnership manager, was one...
When Dr Lorraine Francis, associate professor of practice with the MPH Program, arrived in Ithaca in 2019, she brought to the Cornell community 18 years of experience in Caribbean public health, including tracking disease outbreaks and helping Caribbean nations prepare...
"MPH students really informed our model, and now people are reaching out from all over the country, asking to replicate it" -Pertula George-Redd, Founder of Acres4Change After George Floyd was killed by police in 2020, in the midst of a pandemic...
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...
In partnership with Dr Onyinye Balogun in Radiation Oncology at Weill Cornell Medicine, Dr Amelia Greiner Safi (Public and Ecosystem Health), MPH students Jennifer Gil and Nyaradzo Sirewu, and Global Health student Hannah Lee have launched their nation-wide study...
Since our Program’s first year, MPH students, faculty, and staff have helped build coalitions with local agencies aiming to improve access to healthy food and education for youth and families in communities surrounding Cornell Students have conducted needs...
