What do you do at Kent State's College of Public Health?  I teach master’s and doctoral level epidemiology and biostatistics courses, and I am program coordinator for the epidemiology and biostatistics graduate programs.  What is your latest research/project?  I have a grant to test a comic book about the human papillomavirus (HPV) and the HPV vaccine in high school students. The goal is to increase HPV vaccine rates in this population.  What is your favorite teaching moment?  My favorite part of teaching is when I see that students really understand...

Life is full of ups and downs. There are bumps, twists, and turns that would make the average person stop and re-evaluate their goals and trajectory. A chronic illness can send even the best laid plans into a new direction.  Meet Reganne O’Brien – A master’s student in epidemiology, ready to graduate from the College of Public Health, and the founder and executive director of “The Warrior in Her” foundation. O’Brien earned her bachelor’s degree in business administration from Gannon University, in Erie, PA, despite being diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis, a chronic inflammatory dis...

Thanks to a new Mobile Wellness Unit made possible by grant funding, CPH will Join Health Care Partners to Offer Unique Experiential Learning Opportunity While Impacting Community Health.  The Kent State University College of Public Health has received a $200,000 grant from the Elisabeth Severance Prentiss Foundation to help offer free services to isolated rural communities and underserved neighborhoods of Northeast Ohio through a mobile wellness unit. The grant will also allow the college to further expand its Interprofessional Education in Health Care (IPE-HC) program, enriching stud...