What do you do at Kent State's College of Public Health? I am a professor and the associate dean for Research and Global Affairs. I teach undergraduate, master, and doctoral-level courses. Most courses I teach focus on applying theory to developing, implementing, and evaluating community-based public health programs. I direct doctoral dissertations and advise MPH students. In my role as associate dean, I facilitate the research enterprise in the College, including pre and post-award activities, research compliance, and serve on university research-related committees. In addition, I develop ...
The Kent State University College of Public Health is part of a collaborative to train 240 community health worker (CHW) trainees over the next three years. Cleveland-based MetroHealth is serving as the lead organization, bringing together a Community Health Worker Capacity Building Collaborative (CHWCBC) that includes Better Health Partnership, CHW training programs at Kent State University, Cuyahoga Community College, and Cleveland State University, and other county and community partners and health systems throughout Northeast Ohio. CHWCBC is a three-year federal grant of nearly...
Sheryl Chatfield, Ph.D., associate professor in the College of Public Health and editor-in-chief of the Ohio Journal of Public Health, and Deric Kenne, Ph.D., professor of health policy and management and interim director of the Center for Public Policy and Health (CPPH), have published their work titled "The Association Between Coping Strategies, Resilience, and Flourishing Among Students at Large U.S. University During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Mixed Methods Research Study" in the Building Healthy Academic Communities Journal. The research examines the relationship between coping strategi...
The College of Public Health is proud to announce the start of two new graduate certificates that will be available for students in 2023. New certificates include an LGBTQ+ Public Health and Clinical Research, both of which will be available this fall. “The College responds to the needs of our employers and our community. I’m thankful for our faculty and staff that have worked hard to bring these two new certificates to fruition as they respond to important workforce needs,” said Sonia Alemagno, dean, College of Public Health. The graduate certificates are open to individuals with a bach...