Student Spotlight
IPH Student Leads Monthly Lunch and Learn Series
Cecilia Miranda, a current MPH student, was selected to lead a lunch and learn presentation this semester for the Office of Student Life and Leadership & Intercultural Relations on disparities in healthcare and the charitable organizations that help people receive access to care.
IPH Student Receives Scholarship in Injury Prevention
MPH student, Bethany West, was selected to receive the Center for Injury Control's Graduate Student Summer Scholarship in Injury Prevention from Emory University based on her proposal entitled "A Closer Look at Gender Specific Risks in Youth Suicidal Behavior Trends: Implications for Prevention Strategies." She will receive a $1,000 stipend, CIC faculty support, a scholarship certificate, an opportunity to present to injury experts and recognition on the CIC website. Read more on the Center for Injury Control.
Jessica Howell Evaluates Smoking Cessation Program for ACS
3/24/2008
Where is your practicum?
American Cancer Society, Behavioral Research Center
What are you working on?
At ACS, I'm developing a survey tool to conduct a process evaluation of an employer-based smoking cessation program, determining how the program is being implemented and ways it can be improved, taking this information to conduct an outcomes evaluation for a specific work site and determining how successful the program is in getting people to make a quit-attempt.
What is your role?
I am interviewing employees who have trained to facilitate the program in their company and analyzing results and providing feedback to my team, which includes people from the Behavioral Research Center, Health Promotions division, and Corporate Communications division.
How is the experience so far?
The experience has been challenging and very informative. Because I'm working on a team that brings together multiple divisions, I'm learning how important it is to have a thorough understanding of my work and be able to present it in a variety of ways. While there are certain challenges to working in a very large organization, I'm enjoying the unique collaborative culture the American Cancer Society has to offer.
MPH Students recognized at Honors Day
Daniela Salas and Matthew Johnson were the recipients of the 2007 Public Health Student Acheivement Awards. Salas and Johnson, along with spring 2007 MPH graduates, were recognized at the College of Health and Human Sciences Honor's Day on April 23, 2007. Pictured are Salas, Dean Susan Kelley, and spring graduates Johnson and Belsie Gonzalez.
Exciting Student News…Institute of Public Health students continue to excel! Read about some of the accomplishments of our great students here…
- Jennifer Betts will be starting Medical School in the Fall at the Georgia Campus - Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine.
- John DePasquale has been accepted into the Epidemic Intelligence Service and will be starting his training this summer and assigned to the state of Florida.
- Katie Sobush has accepted a position in CDC’s Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity
- Eryn Marchiolo has been appointed the new health promotion coordinator at the DeKalb County Board of Health.
- Shaunta Parker is Communications and Educations Manager of the Georgia Center for Oncology Research and Education
Check the Student Spotlight frequently for more updates.
Shaunta Parker, Communications and Education Manager, Georgia Center for Oncology Research and Education
Ms. Shaunta Parker, a student in the MPH program and the Communications and Education Manager at the Georgia Center for Oncology Research and Education, was highlighted as a local minority leader in health care in this month's Atlanta Hospital News for her ongoing health promotion and disease prevention work. To read the article please click here and go to page 19.
CDC/genomics Position Promotion
Ms. Jeanette St. Pierre, a part-time MPH student (Prevention Sciences track) as well as a PhD student in English at Georgia State University, was promoted in January, 2007 at work. A Health Communication Specialist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as of January 21 Jeanette becomes the team leader for the communications team in the National Office of Public Health Genomics, in the CDC's Coordinating Center for Health Promotion. Congratulations, Jeanette!