News - 2017
April 20: Keynote Lecture for National Minority Health Month sponsored in cooperation with the Dow Center for Multicultural and Community Studies. Renaisa S. Anthony, MD, MPH; Deputy Director & Assistant Professor at the Center for Reducing Health Disparities at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (Omaha), will present on Health Equity and Health Disparity. Lecture will be at 7:00 PM in the Flint Hills Room, K-State Student Union. A reception to meet Dr. Anthony will follow. Please RSVP to emulcahy@ksu.edu
Public Health Activities at K-State
MPH Poster Competition Awards
|
Student |
Emphasis or Major |
Poster Title |
Award |
|
Kapaldo, Nathaniel |
IDZ |
Developing a mosquito surveillance protocol within a zoological park: A pilot study |
1st |
|
Gasper, Rebecca |
PHPA |
Physical activity messages in popular magazines: A cross-sectional analysis by target audience |
2nd |
|
Toillion, Alyssa |
IDZ |
Kansas Outreach and Education for Drug Residue Avoidance |
3rd |
|
Nicholson, Bradyn |
Kinesiology |
The Feasibility and Acceptability of Using Sit-to-Stand Desks in Self-Contained Classroom for Students with Emotional Disturbances: A Pilot Study |
UG |
Thank you also to our judges
- Ruth Wallace, Director, The Northern Institute, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Australia & visiting Fulbright Scholar
- Jennifer Green, Administrative Director and Local Health Officer, Riley County Health Department
- Susan Moore, Director, Rabies Laboratory, KSU
And thank you to BioKansas for their financial support of these awards.
- April 12: Olathe Lecture by Dr. Mulcahy "One Health and Public Health: An Update."
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April 18 & 19: The APHA Region VII (MINK) 2017 Annual Meeting will be at the University of Kansas Edwards Campus -- 1260 S Quivira Road, Overland Park.
- April 25-27: Kansas Governor's Public Health Conference in Manhattan.
Congratulations to Alyssa Toillion for receiving a Midwestern Public Health Training Center stipend!
Welcome to our New MPH Students starting Spring 2017
| MPH Student | MPH Emphasis Area or Certificate |
| Marie Armstrong | Food Safety and Biosecurity |
| Crystal Futrell | Certificate in Public Health Core Concepts |
| Matthew Kelso | Certificate in Public Health Core Concepts |
| Austin McDaniel | Certificate in Public Health Core Concepts |
| Kolia Souza | Certificate in Public Health Core Concepts |
| Juliana Wilson | Certificate in Public Health Core Concepts |
| Brittany Blattner | Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses |
| Colin Ferrel | Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses |
| Kaitlin Foley | Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses |
| Maria Ruiz | Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses |
| Rebecca Tomasek | Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses |
| Christal Omni | Public Health Physical Activity |
| Alexis Zavala | Public Health Physical Activity |
Graduation Day Family Reception
MPH Students at Graduation
Congratulations to Spring & Summer 2017 MPH Graduates
| MPH Student | Emphasis | Field Experience Report |
| Marisol Aguirre Rojas | IDZ | Applying and Improving Public Health among Latinos in Kansas Communities |
| Deidre Bean | IDZ | Preliminary Survey of Childhood Lead Poisoning through Spice and Home Remedy Use in Raleigh, NC |
| Sarah Boline | FSB | Comparison of Salmonella and Shiga Toxin-producing Escherichia coli Outbreak Investigation Interviews Measuring Completeness and Timeliness from January-July 2016 |
| Emily Bonilla | PHN | Community Needs Assessments in Collaboration with Public Health |
| Priscilla Brenes | PHN | Evaluation of a Printed Newsletter Tailored to Grandparent Caregivers in Kansas |
| Bridget Byquist | PHN | Field Experience Report: Tammy Walker Cancer Center |
| Ileana Cepeda | IDZ | Early Detection of Alzheimer's Disease in Military Population & Public Health Experience: HIV Prevention Using Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis |
| Bailey Davis | IDZ | Aligning Public Health and Shelter Medicine: The connection between a Veterinarian and the Public |
| Nike Frans | PHN | Development of Cooking Skills Measurement |
| Alyssa Gehle | PHN | Technology and Social Media in Nutrition Education |
| Erin Jobman | IDZ | The Role of Conservation in Public Health |
| Eugene Johnson | IDZ | Veterinary Capacity Building and Food Security Challenges in Developing Countries |
| Nataniel Kapaldo | IDZ | Developing a Mosquito Surveillance Protocol within a Zoological Park: A Pilot Study |
| Diane Larson | IDZ | Biosecurity and Zoonotic Disease Risk at Livestock Exhibition Events |
| Hayleigh Passauer | FSB | Field Experience Report at the Saline County Health Department |
| Emily Sperry | PHN | Educating Riley County Seniors in Basic Nutrition |
Congratulations to New Fall 2017 Students
| MPH Student | Emphasis |
| Kayla Brock | Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses |
| Jami Gallagher | Public Health Physical Activity |
| Bianca Garcia | Public Health Nutrition |
| Kendra Holthaus | Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses |
| Hannah Lux | Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses |
| Jesseca Milholm | Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses |
| Olivia Paden | Public Health Nutrition |
| Heather Poole | Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses |
| Jovita Ramjisingh | Certificate in Public Health Core Concepts |
| Paul Ramlow | Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses |
| Hao Shi | Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses |
| Amanda Todavchick | Public Health Nutrition |
| Amy Wedel | Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses |
| Emma Winkley | Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses |
Congratulations to our December 2017 Graduates!
| Student | Emphasis | Field Experience Site | Major Professor |
| Bailey Davis | Infectious Diseases | Animal Protective League, Springfield, IL | Robert Larson |
| Holly Kuckelman | Public Health Nutrition | Kansas Department of Education, Child Nutrition and Wellness | Sandra Procter |
| Corey Miller | Public Health Nutrition | National Institutes of Health, National Human Genome Institute | Tanda Kidd |
| Victoria "Kinley" Reed | Infectious Diseases | Tennessee Department of Health/Vanderbuilt University | Ellyn Mulcahy |
| Aaron Swank | Public Health Physical Activity | Lafene Health Center | Emily Mailey |
| Alyssa Toillion | Infectious Diseases | Kansas Department of Agriculture | Robert Larson |
| Amanda Jo Worthington | Infectious Diseases | Shawnee County Health Department | Ellyn Mulcahy |
| Jonathan Yang | Infectious Diseases | Saline County Health Department | Robert Larson |