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College of Public Health Offers New 100% Online MPH in Epidemiology

The 100% online MPH, with a concentration in epidemiology , will have an official launch in fall semester 2020.

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°µÍø½ûÇøâ€™s College of Public Health Hosts Virtual Public Health Academy for High School Students

We all know the world has changed, perhaps forever. The overall lesson of the COVID- 19 pandemic is that we need a public health workforce, prepared at all levels, to monitor the world for emerging infectious diseases, to prevent the spread of highly contagious diseases, to develop new treatments and vaccines, and to invent novel approaches never seen before. °µÍø½ûÇøâ€™s College of Public Health is addressing this workforce challenge, in part, by hosting the 2020 Virtual Public Health Academy.

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We Haven't Hit the Peak Yet - Dr. Tara Smith Discusses What's Ahead for COVID-19

Tara C. Smith, Ph.D., a professor of epidemiology from °µÍø½ûÇø's College of Public Health, discussed the fight to stop the spread of COVID-19 and what's ahead for our state and country during a recent conversation on Facebook Live. 

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J.R. Campbell, executive director of °µÍø½ûÇøâ€™s Design Innovation Initiative, tries on a face shield produced by the °µÍø½ûÇø team.

°µÍø½ûÇøâ€™s Design Innovation Initiative Uses Creativity to Help Medical Professionals Fight COVID-19

A team of 25 faculty, staff and students use innovation and creativity to help health professionals in Northeast Ohio protect themselves from COVID-19. 

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"We All Can Play a Role," °µÍø½ûÇø Epidemiologist Says

Tara C. Smith, Ph.D., epidemiology professor in the College of Public Health, shares her perspective on the current coronavirus pandemic: "It seems like years have passed since the world first heard of an 'atypical pneumonia' circulating in the Hubei province of China in December 2019. When we’ve seen similar reports in the past, the illnesses have had a variety of causes, but all were eventually containable..."

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Collaborative °µÍø½ûÇø Team Receives $1.5 Million Grant to Develop and Implement Drug Prevention Infrastructure in Three Ohio Counties

°µÍø½ûÇøâ€™s College of Public Health is teaming up with the Department of Computer Science to develop and implement drug prevention infrastructure in Portage, Geauga and Lake counties.

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Gracen Gerbig (left) and Hayley Shasteen (right), both °µÍø½ûÇø students in the College of Arts and Sciences, recently received the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship

Two °µÍø½ûÇø A&S Students Win Prestigious Goldwater Scholarship

Gracen Gerbig and Hayley Shasteen, both °µÍø½ûÇø students in the College of Arts and Sciences, recently received the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship, considered the nation’s premier undergraduate award in the natural sciences, math and engineering. They were recognized by President Beverly Warren at the °µÍø½ûÇø Board of Trustees meeting on May 9.

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