KU-Master of Public Health Program

Happy National Public Health Week! APHA's theme this year is “Protecting, Connecting and Thriving" and they are starting the week off strong with the first daily theme - Civic Engagement 🗳️

Voting is a powerful tool for driving change and studies show better public health outcomes occur in states where more people vote. Civic engagement helps allocate resources to support healthy lives and it's both our duty and privilege to engage in the democratic process to shape our future.

Access the toolkit here: https://nphw.org/Tools-and-Tips/Toolkit

Q&A with Sharla Smith, Maternal and Fetal Health Researcher Sharla Smith, Ph.D., MPH, answered a few questions about her work and the problem of health disparities for Black infants and mothers.

Participants will learn how to synthesize coded data into main findings and conclusions. Participants will also be introduced to strategies for writing and applying non‐ traditional methods of disseminating findings.
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Congratulations to KU-MPH grad Tara Nolen!

Congratulations to Community Health Manager Tara Nolen, who is being recognized for Excellence in Health Care by the Wichita Business Journal!

What advice would she give someone considering a career in health care? "Find a path that you love; something that speaks to your heart and soul... If you can find a mission or a calling to believe in, then bad days will just be a slight bump in the road."

Learn more about Tara's passion for serving others here: https://bit.ly/3A4BGEc

Governor Laura Kelly proclaims August “Kansas Breastfeeding Month”🤱🏻🤱🏾🤱🤱🏽🤱🏼 Thank you to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, Kansas Birth Justice Action, Kansas Children’s Cabinet, Senator Kristen O'Shea, Senator Dinah Sykes for joining us in celebrating 🎉

https://news.ku.edu/2022/07/15/people-underestimate-surprising-impact-reaching-out-study-finds

Reaching out appreciation Get the info on how a new study reveals the surprising impact of reaching out and reconnecting

Congratulations to KU-MPH graduate Dr. Ithar Hassaballa!

Ithar Hassaballa: Boston Congress of Public Health in 40 under 40 Winner - NYC Daily Post The inaugural 40 Under 40 Public Health Catalyst Awards aim to highlight the rising leaders and innovators of the public health field. The Boston Congress of Public Health (BCPH) and the HPHR Journal selected a group of “leaders, entrepreneurs, researchers, scientists, activists”, and doctors th...

We love to see our MPH faculty, graduates, and students working in governmental public health!

Our Community Health Team has been working to improve social and environmental health factors in Douglas County for over a decade, but at today's staff meeting we were introduced (and re-introduced) to some new members of that team who will be helping us move forward with these initiatives, as well as the upcoming Community Health Plan! 👍

Leading the group is our Academic Health Department liaison Vicki Collie-Akers (back right). Laura McColloch is also a longtime LDCPH employee (front center), but they are now joined by Tatiana Darby, Christina Baker, and Sara Obermeier (pictured from left to right, not pictured: Sarah Landry). We cannot emphasize enough how important the mission of the Community Health Team is to us as an organization and how excited we are to have these new staff members contributing to that work. Welcome! 💕

Check out this awesome work by KU-MPH faculty and students.

(S)HE Stories Student Documentary: Incarceration to Empowerment Public health graduate students Katie Russell and Sydney Wells wrote and edited this short documentary about the Sexual Health Empowerment Team ladies and pr...

The University of Kansas Cancer Center population health researcher, Christie Befort, PhD, received a $4.5 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to fund her work exploring sustainable obesity treatment options for people in rural communities.

More than 40% of American adults have obesity, and that number is growing. From 1999 to 2018, U.S. obesity prevalence increased from 30.5% to 42.4%. Being overweight or having obesity is linked with a higher risk of getting 13 types of cancer. These cancers make up 40% of all cancers diagnosed in the United States each year.

Learn more ➔ https://bit.ly/3vMVwmp.