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Summer just started, but now is a great time to schedule back-to-school vaccine appointments for this fall. For vaccine recommendations by age, visit bit.ly/4o1AgTw or talk with a healthcare professional.

Have you heard? 📣 CIRE is offering a free vaccine education opportunity designed to fit your schedule.

Here's what one participant had to say about this learning module: "Very well done and provided education that is not typically seen in other platforms when it comes to vaccines."

Learn more at bit.ly/cirevaxmodules.

Congratulations to our Assistant Director, Lauren Dybsand, on being recognized with the Department of Public Health's Colleague of the Year award!

Lauren shared, “It is a pleasure to work with such an amazing team every day. I feel so lucky to work alongside such dedicated and wonderful colleagues.”

Congratulations, Lauren, on this achievement!

🎉 Congratulations to Lauren Dybsand, recipient of the 2025–2026 Department of Public Health Colleague of the Year Award. 🎉

This award recognizes a colleague whose dedication, professionalism, and commitment to supporting our students, faculty, staff, and community embody the values of the Department of Public Health.

Thank you, Lauren, for your contributions and the positive impact you make every day. We are grateful to have you as part of the NDSU Public Health community.

We are so proud to celebrate Akua Osei-Bonsu on being named Student Researcher of the Year! Congratulations on this well-deserved recognition and on your graduation.

Akua was an incredible part of the CIRE team as a graduate assistant, and we are grateful for all of her hard work, dedication, and contributions during her time with us.

We wish her all the best in her future endeavors and cannot wait to see all that she accomplishes next!

🎉 Congratulations to our 2025–2026 Department of Public Health student award recipients!🎉

We are proud to recognize students whose dedication, leadership, and contributions have made a meaningful impact on our department and community.

🏆 Student Researchers of the Year

Aidan Stigman
Julian Boyd

🏆 Student Leader of the Year

Akua Osei-Bonsu

Thank you for your commitment to advancing public health through scholarship, service, and leadership. We look forward to seeing the impact you continue to make.

The HPV vaccine can prevent cancers that affect both men and women. When given to young boys, the HPV vaccine resulted in a 54% reduction in the risk of HPV-related cancers.

HPV vaccination is recommended for preteens and teens, and catch-up vaccination is recommended through age 26. Talk with a trusted healthcare professional to learn more.

Wherever summer takes you, vaccines help protect the journey.

Diseases don’t stop at borders, and with measles outbreaks continuing around the world, staying up to date on vaccines is more important than ever. The MMR vaccine helps protect against measles, mumps, and rubella—serious diseases that can spread quickly through travel and communities.

Before your next trip, make sure you and your family are protected.

Whether you work in healthcare or public health, are studying in the field, or just want trustworthy information, CIRE offers a free learning opportunity designed to fit your schedule.

Here's what one participant had to say about this learning module: "Loved the videos of patient encounters - very effective."

Learn more at bit.ly/cirevaxmodules.

Congratulations to Maeve Williams, CIRE Project Manager, on being selected for the 2nd cohort of the North Dakota Public Health Leadership Academy!

This program, hosted by ND HHS, is designed to empower emerging public health leaders through live sessions, coaching, self-paced learning, and collaboration with experts across the field.

Maeve shared: “I’m very excited to work with other public health leaders in North Dakota to strengthen my own leadership skills and hopefully build partnerships to help each other work towards the public health goals in the state.”

We’re so excited to see the impact she’ll continue to make in public health. Congratulations, Maeve!

Register now for tomorrow's webinar! bit.ly/4bTjWhV

Rotavirus can spread quickly and cause severe dehydration in babies and young children, but vaccination has dramatically reduced hospitalizations and serious illness in the U.S.

Because the rotavirus vaccine schedule must be completed early in infancy, staying on time with well-child visits is especially important.

Protecting children from rotavirus means preventing fear, hospital stays, missed work, medical costs, and unnecessary suffering.