Brook Blakey is a graduate of the BSPH concentration in Clinical Trials Research. She did her internship with Dr. Monique Washington at the Louis Stokes Veteran’s Administration Hospital in the Spinal Cord Injury Department. Brook and the team presented their research, “Health Care for Women with SCI/D: Updates in Preventative Care Guidelines, Barriers and Interventions” at the Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA) 9th Annual Healthcare Summit + Expo, Aug. 15 - 17, 2019, in Orlando, FL. Obianuju Genevieve Aguolu, PHD, MBBS, MPH is now in a postdoc position with the Omer Research Group at Yale...
P’Ashe Jones is a second-year epidemiology doctoral student from the Bahamas who plans to return to her home in the Bahamas and work for either the Ministry of Health or another government agency such as the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA). P’Ashe’s family members, who live in the Bahamas, were not directly affected by hurricane Dorian that hit the country in August. However, after she saw the terrible videos and images of the destruction of two of the islands and of the people who were left with nothing, she felt a need to help her Bahamian people. As a public health student, she ...
The College of Public Health participated in the 2019 Homecoming Parade on Sept. 21 with the theme “Creating a healthier nation in one generation.” CPH faculty, staff, and members of the Public Health Student Alliance walked in the parade to promote public health. Following the parade, a brunch reception was held in Moulton Hall for participants and alumni. ...
Each year, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention awards more than $10 million to local health departments in Ohio for public health emergency preparedness and response. A team of faculty and students in the College of Public Health was recently called upon to help local public health preparedness leaders tasked with developing recommendations for CDC-funded preparedness activities in the years ahead. Dr. Sheryl Chatfield and doctoral students Kristen DeBois, Jared Durieux and Shelly Evans, working with state-local preparedness liaison Matthew Stefanak, who also serves as one o...
This year, Dr. Christopher Woolverton from the College of Public Health and Dr. Pam Stephenson from the College of Nursing, accompanied 20 students to the Florence Health Institute for a month-long study abroad experience. Students took a public health microbiology course, “Plagues that Shaped the World” and a nursing course, “Comparative Healthcare Systems” that compared Italian and U.S. healthcare models. There were eight field trips including the vaccine institute, public and private hospitals and the anatomical wax museum. Participants traveled to both Florence and Sienna, Italy. https:/...
In May of 2019, Dr. Thomas Brewer and Dr. Madhav Bhatta led 26 students to Geneva, Switzerland for the World Health Assembly at the United Nations Headquarters. Students met Dr. Manoj Kurian, a Malaysian medical doctor trained in Community Health and Health Systems Management, who is affiliated with the World Council of Churches. Dr. Kurian arranged for students to meet with speakers in various health fields throughout the week in Geneva. Students also took day trips to Annecy and Chamonix, France, and ascended to the top of Mount Blanc, the tallest mountain in western Europe. Students had t...
Fans of the Kent State University Golden Flashes looking to follow their favorite players on the court will have to look for their jersey numbers and not their names at a special men’s basketball game later this week. Players will be wearing student-designed uniforms with the space on the back that is usually designated for their names instead displaying the phrase “1 in 59” to promote autism awareness and education. One in 59 The “1 in 59” statistic refers to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study that found that one in 59 children is diagnosed as being on the autism spec...
Congratulations to Dr. Tom Brewer, associate professor of Health Policy and Management, for receiving a $59,820 grant to conduct a policy surveillance of Medicaid statutes and regulations related to coverage for podiatric medical services. Dr. Brewer is collaborating with the Center for Public Health Law Research at the Beasley School of Law, Temple University where he holds a research fellowship. Ultimately the data will become part of the LawAtlas Project which makes public health related data available to researchers, policymakers and the public. The project, entitled "Medicaid Coverage f...
Kent State University at Ashtabula will host a viewing of Fire in the Heartland: Kent State, May 4, and Student Protest in America”, a 2010 selection to the Cleveland Film Festival, in the Main Hall Auditorium at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2020. The event is free and open to the public. According to promotion for the film, Fire in the Heartland: Kent State, May 4th, and Student Protest in America is the story of a generation of students at Kent State University, who believed in the 1960s and 1970s that they were not being told the truth about racism, the violence of police and military a...
When it comes to recycling Northeast Ohioans may have some unlearning to do. Nationwide changes for acceptable recycling materials are currently in effect for the region and the Kent Campus. 2020 Kent Campus Recycling Changes: Plastic BOTTLES & JUGS should be placed in our campus RECYCLING. All plastic OTHER THAN bottles and jugs should be placed in LANDFILL containers. Paper cartons are also NOT recyclable. Only plastic bottles and jugs should be placed in recycling containers instead of previously accepted plastics labeled#1-#7. A “bottle” or “jug” is defined as a ...