News & Announcements

News & Announcements

• Registered Sanitarian Exam Study Course Available Soon Finishing touches are being placed on a new, fully online preparation course for those desiring to take the Ohio State Board of Sanitarian Registration exam.
  - Posted May. 9, 2013
• 3rd Annual Spring Celebration and Awards Held April 12 The college honored students and faculty, recognized four individuals instrumental to the founding of the college, thanked four community partners and celebrated the career of a retired area public health director at its third-annual spring celebration and awards program on April 12.
  - Posted May. 9, 2013
• Kent State University’s College of Public Health Food Drive Results in More Than 3,500 Donations Kent State University’s College of Public Health completed its second annual food drive to benefit the Kent Social Service’s food pantry (The Lord’s Pantry) with more than 3,500 donations.
  - Posted May. 6, 2013
• Students Prepare for Zombie Outbreak in Kent Some 33 Kent State students are spending seven weeks this semester investigating a zombie apocalypse right in their own backyard. They’re enrolled in Zombie Outbreak, a new emergency preparedness and biohazard course taught by Health Policy & Management Assistant Professor John Staley, Ph.D., MSEH, and Environmental Health Professor Christopher J. Woolverton, Ph.D.
  - Posted May. 3, 2013
• Childhood Wellness Research Conducted by Doctoral Student Marshall Doctoral student and graduate assistant Vanessa Marshall is working with Children’s Hunger Alliance (CHA), Akron Children’s Hospital (ACH) and local elementary and middle schools in Akron and Cleveland on a two-year pilot disease intervention program to help reduce obesity, type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease in Northeastern Ohio.
  - Posted May. 2, 2013
• MPH Program Welcomes Fulbright Scholar from Mozambique Ramos Mboane, a physician from Mozambique, joined the college last fall as a MPH student in the epidemiology program. He’s a Fulbright scholar with particular interest in neglected tropical diseases, such as trachoma, the world’s leading cause of infectious blindness, which is readily preventable with access to clean water for personal hygiene.
  - Posted May. 2, 2013
• Presenting Our Programs A regular new quarterly update story highlighting one of the college’s relevant, career-enhancing and in-demand bachelor’s and master’s degree programs
  - Posted May. 2, 2013
• Three Portage Health Departments Examining Enhanced Collaboration, Assisted by Kent State The college’s Center for Public Policy and Health (CPPH) is assisting the cities of Ravenna and Kent, along with the Portage County Health Department, in examining cross-jurisdictional sharing arrangements to enable greater protection and promotion of public health. 
  - Posted May. 2, 2013
• PHSA Hosts Successful National Public Health Week Events Members of the Public Health Student Alliance (PHSA) celebrated National Public Health Week April 1-7 with numerous activities that helped recognize the contributions of public health at Kent State, provide networking opportunities for students and highlight issues important to improving the university community’s health.
  - Posted May. 2, 2013
• Prestigious NIH Biosafety/Biocontainment Training Course Hosted by Kent State Possessing one of only two officially designated National Biosafety and Biocontainment Training Program facilities, Kent State will host its second week-long education course for professionals across the country June 24-28.
  - Posted May. 2, 2013
• Interprofessional Lifestyle Medicine Program Under Development The college has received $47,000 in seed funding from the Kent State Foundation to develop a graduate education program in interprofessional lifestyle medicine, which will address cross-disciplinary management and prevention of chronic diseases such as type 2 diabetes, coronary heart disease, hypertension, obesity, insulin-resistance syndrome, osteoporosis and types of cancer.
  - Posted May. 2, 2013
• Hart Receives NEHA Sabbatical Exchange Award For an unprecedented second time, Charles Hart, Ph.D., associate professor of Environmental Health Sciences, has received the Sabbatical Exchange Ambassador Award from the National Environmental Health Association (NEHA).
  - Posted May. 2, 2013
• PH Students Achieve at University’s Graduate Research Symposium Five COPH graduate students were among the top presenters at Kent State’s 28th annual Graduate Research Symposium, United by Discovery: The New Face of Research, held April 19.
  - Posted May. 2, 2013
• Kent State’s College of Public Health Food Drive Results in More Than 3,500 Donations Kent State University’s College of Public Health completed its second annual food drive to benefit the Kent Social Services’ food pantry (The Lord’s Pantry) with more than 3,500 donations.
  - Posted May. 1, 2013
• Faculty Research, Publications Proceed Apace The college takes enormous pride in the pioneering work of our faculty and students who are constantly creating, discovering and leading the discourse in their disciplines. Recent research has examined knowledge of the HPV vaccine; predictions of intoxication; injury among children and competitive athletes; and perceptions of pelvic pain.
  - Posted May. 1, 2013
• Course to Examine the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act This master’s and doctoral-level course will provide an overview of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), including political and policy discourse leading up to its passage; analysis of the law’s impact; the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling that affirmed and changed the legislation; and the future of public health and health care in the context of the ACA. 
  - Posted May. 1, 2013
• Kent State College of Public Health Awarded Grant for Biofilm Research Kent State University’s College of Public Health recently received the National Science Foundation’s Small Business Innovation Grant while partnering with Sterionics Inc. for work on advancing and commercializing a wound therapy biotechnology product.
  - Posted Apr. 5, 2013
• Kent State’s College of Public Health Awarded NSF Grant for Biofilm Research Kent State University’s College of Public Health recently received the National Science Foundation’s Small Business Innovation Grant while partnering with Sterionics Inc. for work on advancing and commercializing a wound therapy biotechnology product.
  - Posted Mar. 28, 2013
• The College of Public Health Hosts the 71st Human Services Institute
  - Posted Mar. 25, 2013
• Kent State’s College of Public Health Fights Food Insecurity Through Community Food Drive The Kent State University College of Public Health announces its second annual food drive to benefit the Kent Social Service’s food pantry – The Lord’s Pantry.
  - Posted Mar. 20, 2013
• Kent State College of Public Health Fights Food Insecurity Through Community Food Drive The Kent State University College of Public Health announces its second annual food drive to benefit the Kent Social Service’s food pantry — The Lord’s Pantry.
  - Posted Mar. 18, 2013
• The College of Public Health Hosts the 71st Human Services Institute
  - Posted Mar. 18, 2013
• Kent State’s College of Public Health Hosts the 71st Human Services Institute, March 25 The 71st Human Services Institute, Northeast Ohio’s longest-running institute focused on health and human services, comes to Kent State University from 10 a.m. to noon on March 25 in the Kent Student Center Kiva.
  - Posted Mar. 15, 2013
• Dr. Andrew Curtis presents to the College of Public Health as part of their Public Health Speaker Series On Wednesday, March 13, Dr. Andrew Curtis will present to the College of Public Health as part of their Spring 2013 Public Health Speaker Series. His talk will focus on the applications and utilization of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in Public Health research. The presentation will be held in the Moulton Hall Ballroom from 12noon - 1pm.
  - Posted Mar. 12, 2013
• Kent State College of Public Health Awarded $50,000 Grant for Biofilm Research
  - Posted Mar. 11, 2013
• Kent State and Area Health Departments Awarded Grant to Improve Public Health Services Kent State University and three health departments in Portage County, Ohio, are pleased to announce receipt of a $125,000 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to explore how “cross-jurisdictional sharing” can enable greater protection and promotion of public health.
  - Posted Mar. 4, 2013
• Kent State and Area Health Departments Awarded Grant to Improve Public Health Services Kent State University and three health departments in Portage County, Ohio, are pleased to announce receipt of a $125,000 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to explore how “cross-jurisdictional sharing” can enable greater protection and promotion of public health.
  - Posted Feb. 21, 2013
• Kent State Public Health Professor Appointed to Ohio Board of Sanitarian Registration
  - Posted Feb. 4, 2013
• Kent State’s College of Public Health Establishes a New Practice Office and Research Center
  - Posted Feb. 4, 2013
• External Advisory Committee Plays Vital Role in Advancement of the College The college’s External Advisory Committee is composed of 13 leading public health professionals whose role it is to assist the college in developing strategic partnerships and collaborations; to advise the college during the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH) accreditation process; and to identify grant opportunities and sources of scholarships and capital funds. 
  - Posted Feb. 1, 2013
• Registered Sanitarian Exam Study Course Available Finishing touches are being placed on a new, fully online preparation course for those desiring to take the Ohio State Board of Sanitarian Registration exam. 
  - Posted Feb. 1, 2013
• HIV Load Research Conducted by Doctoral Student Tillison Doctoral student and graduate assistant Ashley Tillison is working with MetroHealth Medical Center to determine the quality of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) care in the greater Cleveland area, as well as to calculate estimates of community HIV load, through the Cleveland HIV Health Information Project (CHHIP).
  - Posted Jan. 31, 2013
• Geneva Semester Students Expand Global Health Horizons Wouldn’t interning at the World Health Organization (WHO) be a public health student’s dream? Kent State undergraduates did just that when they enrolled in the university’s Geneva Semester.
  - Posted Jan. 31, 2013
• Alliances with Indian Universities Expand Global Reach The college has recently forged alliances to partner with two leading universities in India on bilateral faculty and student exchanges, Tata Institute of Social Sciences in Mumbai and Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi.
  - Posted Jan. 31, 2013
• PHSA Plans Full Schedule for Spring The Kent State Public Health Student Alliance (PHSA) has an outstanding schedule of community outreach activities planned for Spring Semester 2013, according to executive board member and doctoral student Lorriane Odhiambo, MPH’ 12. They’ll be having fun, doing good and promoting health.
  - Posted Jan. 31, 2013
• Franks, Stefanak Recommissioned as COPH Ambassadors, Give Back to Benefit Students William J. Franks, BS ’69, and Matthew A. Stefanak III, recently retired health commissioners from Stark and Mahoning counties, respectively, have donned the Kent State blue and gold to formally serve as ambassadors for the College of Public Health. 
  - Posted Jan. 31, 2013
• Faculty Research, Publications Proceed Apace The college takes enormous pride in the pioneering work of our faculty and students who are constantly creating, discovering and leading the discourse in their disciplines. Recent research has examined HIV knowledge in high-risk populations, the effects of Hurricane Katrina on adolescents, psychological intervention following sports injury and workplace hand hygiene, among numerous other subjects. Following are some highlights:
  - Posted Jan. 31, 2013
• College Assisting Summit County Hospital Systems with Needs Assessment The college has a major new assignment to provide consulting and technical assistance to the three Summit County hospital systems in performing a comprehensive community health needs assessment (CHNA), a new requirement in the 2010 Affordable Care Act.
  - Posted Jan. 31, 2013
• Research Continues for GOJO Hand Hygiene Initiative Four graduate students recently completed a second phase of research on hand hygiene among economically disadvantaged populations for Akron’s GOJO Industries, Inc., the leading global producer and marketer of skin health and hygiene solutions for away-from-home settings and inventor of PURELL® hand sanitizer.
  - Posted Jan. 31, 2013
• College Configures to Serve Community Partners with Research, Assistance and Education The college has established a new Office of Public Health Practice and Partnerships and a Center for Public Policy and Health. These externally focused units offer services to health departments, hospital systems, government agencies and non-governmental organizations. 
  - Posted Jan. 31, 2013
• Kent State’s College of Public Health Establishes a New Practice Office and Research Center Kent State University’s College of Public Health has established a new Office of Public Health Practice and a Center for Public Policy and Health, two externally focused college units that offer services to health departments, hospital systems, government agencies and non-governmental organizations.
  - Posted Jan. 25, 2013
• Kent State’s College of Public Health Establishes a New Practice Office and Research Center Kent State University’s College of Public Health has established a new Office of Public Health Practice and a Center for Public Policy and Health, two externally focused college units that offer services to health departments, hospital systems, government agencies and non-governmental organizations.
  - Posted Jan. 25, 2013
• Kent State College of Public Health Begins Accreditation Process The Council of Education for Public Health has approved Kent State University’s College of Public Health to begin its accreditation process.
  - Posted Nov. 27, 2012
• Kent State College of Public Health Begins Accreditation Process
  - Posted Nov. 26, 2012
• College of Public Health Team Studies Global Hand Hygiene Four graduate students from Kent State's College of Public Health recently completed a research project focused on hand hygiene among economically disadvantaged populations for Akron's GOJO Industries Inc.
  - Posted Nov. 12, 2012
• Dean of Kent State’s College of Public Health Named to Akron General Hospitals’ Board Sonia Alemagno, Ph.D., dean of Kent State University’s College of Public Health, has been appointed a member of the Akron General Hospitals' Board.
  - Posted Nov. 8, 2012
• Kent State College of Public Health Dean Named to Akron General Hospitals' Board
  - Posted Nov. 5, 2012
• CEPH Accepts College into Accreditation Process The Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH) has approved Kent State to begin its accreditation process, a significant milestone for the three-year old College of Public Health. CEPH is an independent agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education to accredit schools of public health and public health programs.
  - Posted Nov. 1, 2012
• Working While Studying Gives PH Students Awesome Experience Teaching middle- and high-school students about sexually transmitted infections and contraception. Conducting West Nile virus surveillance activities. Kent State undergraduate and master’s students are getting exceptional real-world experience through summer and part-time school-year employment in jobs they describe as decidedly affirming their public health career choice.
  - Posted Oct. 31, 2012
• Kent State has Remarkable Representation at APHA Meeting Kent State faculty and students stormed the American Public Health Association annual meeting in San Francisco October 27-31, with two oral presentations, 10 poster sessions and a panel discussion. Topics ranged from hand hygiene to problem drinking, and some 16 Golden Flashes were there to share findings of their work with the 10,000 delegates.
  - Posted Oct. 31, 2012
• Faculty Research, Publications Proceed Apace The college takes enormous pride in the pioneering work of our faculty and students who are constantly creating, discovering and leading the discourse in their disciplines. Recent research has examined older adult emergency preparedness; water pollution policies; sports-related injuries in children and college athletes; pesticide exposure; homeless youth and incarceration; and trauma and opioid use in pregnant women.
  - Posted Oct. 31, 2012
• New Certificate Program in Health Care Facilities Created A new graduate certificate program in health care facilities has been developed by the College of Architecture and Environmental Design (CAED), College of Public Health, and the College of Nursing. 
  - Posted Oct. 31, 2012
• College Studying Effects of Health Department Consolidation The college has a major new assignment to evaluate the effects of consolidation on 12 recent Ohio health department mergers in a study funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The project is collaboration between Kent State and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, under the Ohio Research Association for Public Health Improvement (RAPHI), which was organized by Case Western Reserve University.
  - Posted Oct. 31, 2012
• Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar to Speak About Inequality at Birth
  - Posted Oct. 15, 2012
• Dr. Janet Currie, Princeton University, will lecture on “Inequality at Birth: Some Causes and Consequences” Mon., Oct. 15, 7:00pm
  - Posted Oct. 9, 2012
• Global Hand Hygiene Researched for GOJO Sustainability Initiative Four graduate students completed a research project focused on hand hygiene among economically disadvantaged populations for Akron’s GOJO Industries, Inc., the leading global producer and marketer of skin health and hygiene solutions for away-from-home settings and inventor of PURELL® hand sanitizer.
  - Posted Aug. 2, 2012
• Love of Teaching Excites Stephens about Kent State Dr. Margaret C. “Peggy” Stephens is joining the public health faculty to focus on teaching and to serve as a resource for grant development. She’ll be teaching Public Health Research and Social Determinants of Health Behaviors. 
  - Posted Aug. 2, 2012
• Hart Joins College to Develop First Undergraduate Environmental Health Program In the course of his 35-year career in environmental and occupational health and safety, Dr. Charles “Chuck” Hart, MA ’80, has done and seen it all. Now he’s come home to Kent State to share his wealth of real-world experience with undergraduate students in the College of Public Health’s new environmental health program. 
  - Posted Aug. 2, 2012
• Grad Students’ Research and Skills Attract Notice, Make a Difference Kent State public health students continue to gain national exposure for their work and to secure fellowships and jobs with prestigious organizations. Profiles of four recent graduate student accomplishments highlight the impact that the college and its scholars are having in the public health field.
  - Posted Aug. 2, 2012
• Eng Returns to Kent State in Biostat Teaching Position Dr. Abbey F. Eng, new assistant professor of social and behavioral science, has come home to Kent State after a spending a couple of years at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU). 
  - Posted Aug. 2, 2012
• Chen Brings Developmental Biology Perspectives To New College Role Associate Professor Dr. Yijing Chen has been at Kent State for six years, working in developmental biology and genetics in the Department of Biological Sciences. This fall, she will become a full-time environmental health sciences faculty member of the College of Public Health, teaching undergraduate courses in prevention and disaster preparedness, chiefly at Kent State Trumbull.
  - Posted Aug. 2, 2012
• 2nd Annual Spring Celebration and Awards Held April 13 The College of Public Health honored students and faculty, recognized two individuals instrumental to the founding of the college and celebrated the careers of three retiring area public health commissioners at its second-annual spring celebration and awards program on April 13. 
  - Posted Aug. 2, 2012
• All in the Kent State Family for Bhargava Dr. Tina Bhargava, new assistant professor of social and behavioral sciences, will have primary responsibility for the Prevention and Control of Diseases course and also will be assisting with development of undergraduate competencies and learning outcomes.
  - Posted Aug. 2, 2012
• Multidisciplinary Zakariasen Brings it All to Kent State New Professor Dr. Kenneth L. Zakariasen, has a lifelong love of learning. He holds a dentistry degree; a master’s degree in endodontics; a doctorate in epidemiology; and a master’s degree in organizational development, his most recent educational endeavor. 
  - Posted Aug. 2, 2012
• Injury Prevention Expert Yang Joins Faculty Injury prevention scholar Dr. Jingzhen “Ginger” Yang, new tenure-track associate professor of social and behavioral science, comes to Kent State from the University of Iowa.
  - Posted Aug. 2, 2012
• Mock Disease Outbreak Investigation Conducted for Upward Bound Students The college, in partnership with the Portage County Health Department and Emergency Management Agency, conducted a mock disease outbreak investigation on July 12 for 27 high school students enrolled in Upward Bound, the university’s summer pre-college program for first-generation, low-income students from targeted school districts.
  - Posted Aug. 2, 2012
• Oglesby Leads National Dialogue on MPH Practicum Standards Kent State is having robust influence on the discussion regarding emerging national standards for the MPH practicum in accredited schools of public health. The work of Assistant Professor Dr. Willie H. Oglesby is guiding the discourse on the subject. 
  - Posted Aug. 2, 2012
• James Trip to Colombia Reinforces College’s Malaria Leadership Role Professor Mark A. James, executive director of global health programs for the college, spent an influential and productive week in Colombia recently, representing Kent State and the National Institutes of Health (NIH). 
  - Posted Aug. 2, 2012
• Kent State’s College of Public Health Offers New Master of Public Health Degree Program in Twinsburg Kent State University’s College of Public Health announces the new Master of Public Health (M.P.H.) degree in health policy and management, leadership elective. The program is conveniently offered at the new Kent State University Regional Academic Center in Twinsburg, Ohio.
  - Posted Jul. 16, 2012
• Kent State Offers Region’s Only Online Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Public Health Program
  - Posted Jul. 16, 2012
• Kent State’s College of Public Health to Hold Mock Disease Outbreak Investigation, July 12 Kent State University’s College of Public Health will hold an event Thursday, July 12, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. for high school students enrolled in the university’s Upward Bound program as a way to show them what public health is all about. The event is a mock disease outbreak investigation.
  - Posted Jul. 10, 2012
• OTAT Students Support Habitat for Humanity The arrival of summer brings a break from classes for students in Kent State University at East Liverpool’s Occupational Therapy Assistant Technology Program. Students, faculty and staff in the OTAT program have used this time away from classes to volunteer with the Habitat for Humanity project in Youngstown, Ohio.
  - Posted Jul. 10, 2012
• Kent State Offers Region’s Only Online Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Public Health Program Across the globe and in their living room, health care professionals and current students alike can now achieve a public health degree or certificate at Kent State University – the only online accelerated Bachelor of Science in Public Health program in the region.
  - Posted Jul. 5, 2012
• Kent State’s College of Public Health Offers New Master of Public Health Degree Program in Twinsburg Kent State University’s College of Public Health is pleased to announce the new Master of Public Health (MPH) degree in Health Policy and Management, Leadership elective. This unique graduate degree is designed for working health professionals who want to gain advanced skills in organizational change and leadership development.
  - Posted Jun. 25, 2012
• Two Kent State Professors Receive Farris Family Innovation Awards
  - Posted Apr. 23, 2012
• Kent State to Host Forum and Lecture on Obesity Kent State University’s Gerald H. Read Center for International and Intercultural Education will host Global Pandemic: Obesity, a National Issues Forum, Reception and Lecture at the Kent Student Center on Wednesday, April 11.
  - Posted Mar. 28, 2012
• Kent State College of Public Health Graduate Students Engage in Community Food Drive Graduate students in the College of Public Health are engaging in a food drive that benefits Kent Social Services’ food pantry.
  - Posted Mar. 19, 2012
• Kent State Releases Case Studies on Northeast Ohio Collaborative Efforts Kent State University’s Center for Public Administration and Public Policy today is releasing eight case studies on intergovernmental collaborative efforts in Northeast Ohio. The case studies describe how local governments can realize significant cost savings, service improvements and other benefits.
  
  - Posted Feb. 10, 2012
• Director of Ohio Department of Mental Health and Kent State Alumna Visits University’s College of Public Health
  - Posted Nov. 21, 2011
• Director of Ohio Department of Mental Health Visits College of Public Health The Ohio Department of Mental Health Director Tracy Plouck visited Kent State University’s College of Public Health on Nov. 14 to tour its facilities and to speak with faculty, administrators and community members about the upcoming goals of the state department. In total, more than 200,000 adults and 100,000 youth are served through the mental health system annually.
  
  - Posted Nov. 16, 2011
• Director of New York's Tobacco Control Program to Speak at Kent State University
  - Posted Nov. 7, 2011
• Director of New York’s Tobacco Control Program to Speak at Kent State, Nov. 14 Kent State University’s College of Public Health presents the second speaker in its Public Health Speaker Series this fall semester. Dr. Jeffrey Willett is a research scientist with the New York State Department of Health and also the director of New York’s Tobacco Control Program.
  - Posted Nov. 3, 2011
• UNC Researcher Presents at Kent State College of Public Health Speaker Series
  - Posted Oct. 24, 2011
• UNC Researcher Presents at Kent State’s Public Health Speaker Series, Oct. 26 ent State University’s College of Public Health presents the first speaker in its Public Health Speaker Series this fall semester. Dr. Edward Baker, research professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Gillings School of Global Public Health, will present “Managing the Public Health Enterprise: Preparing the Workforce for Change” at the Moulton Hall Ballroom on Wednesday, Oct. 26, at noon.
  - Posted Oct. 21, 2011
• Yale Professor to Speak at Kent State about Global Health, Oct. 27 Dr. David Katz, director and founder of Yale University’s Prevention Research Center, will present “Feet, Forks and the Fate of Our Species” at Kent State University on Oct. 27 at 7 p.m. in the Kent Student Center Kiva.
  - Posted Oct. 10, 2011
• Yale Professor to Speak at Kent State about Global Health
  - Posted Oct. 10, 2011
• College of Public Health Partners With Summit County Health Department to
  Identify Infected Mosquitoes
  
  - Posted Oct. 10, 2011
• Business and Public Health advisors coming to campus!
  - Posted Oct. 5, 2011
• Mark James Named Executive Director of Global Health Programs at Kent State’s College of Public Health Mark A. James, Ph.D., has been recently appointed executive director of Global Health Programs at Kent State University’s College of Public Health.
  - Posted Aug. 22, 2011
• Nursing Senior Spends Part of Summer Studying in Switzerland Kent State University at Salem senior Lillian Kavishe took advantage of the University’s Global Health Immersion class this summer. Kavishe, along with other students from the College of Public Health, spent time in Geneva, Switzerland, where Kent State has an international campus. As part of the class, Kavishe had the opportunity to attend the World Health Assembly, which is held every May at the United Nations. 
  - Posted Jul. 7, 2011
• College of Public Health Holds Mock Disease Outbreak Investigation Kent State’s College of Public Health held a mock disease outbreak investigation.
  - Posted Jun. 26, 2011
• Kent State’s College of Public Health to Hold Mock Disease Outbreak Investigation, June 20 Kent State University’s College of Public Health will hold an event Monday, June 20, for high school students enrolled in the university’s Upward Bound program as a way to show them what public health is all about. The event is a mock disease outbreak investigation.
  - Posted Jun. 16, 2011
• Sonia Alemagno Named Dean of Kent State’s College of Public Health
  - Posted Jun. 6, 2011
• Kent State Students Attend the 91st AOTA Conference Kent State University at East Liverpool’s Occupational Therapy program was well represented at this year’s 91st annual American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) conference held in Philadelphia. Six, OTA students attended the conference, accompanied by two faculty members.
  - Posted May. 31, 2011
• Sonia Alemagno Named Dean of Kent State’s College of Public Health Dr. Sonia Alemagno, professor of health policy and management and associate dean for the College of Public Health at Kent State University, has served the past year as the university’s interim vice president for research. When she returns to the College of Public Health on July 1, 2011, she will have a new title: dean.
  - Posted May. 17, 2011
• Kent State’s New College of Public Health Graduates Its First Class The new College of Public Health at Kent State University celebrated its first graduating class of the Bachelor of Science in Public Health (B.S.P.H.) program on Saturday, May 7.
  - Posted May. 3, 2011
• Kent State’s Public Health Speaker Series Presents CWRU Researcher to Discuss Urban Health Issues Kent State University’s College of Public Health presents the final speaker of its Public Health Speaker Series this semester. Dr. Elaine A. Borawski will speak Tuesday, April 26, at noon in Kent State’s Moulton Hall Ballroom.
  - Posted Apr. 25, 2011
• UCLA Professor to Discuss the Impact of the Environment on Health, April 20 Kent State University’s College of Public Health presents the next guest of its Public Health Speaker Series. Dr. Richard J. Jackson will speak Wednesday, April 20, at 7 p.m. in Kent State’s Michael Schwartz Auditorium. His talk is titled “Design Leaders are Health Leaders: Architects and Planners Have Done Much and Can Do More for the Public’s Health.”
  - Posted Apr. 19, 2011
• Your Teen Magazine and College of Public Health Present Teen Sexuality Panel, April 14 Your Teen magazine presents a panel discussion called "Teen Sexuality: A Parent’s Role" featuring panelists Dr. Henry Ng, Lita Townsend and Frank Henry-Ala, and hosted by Dan Moulthrop, curator of the conversation at the Civic Commons.
  - Posted Apr. 4, 2011
• Careers in Public Health Information Session to be Held April 6
  - Posted Apr. 4, 2011
• College of Public Health Celebrates National Public Health Week with Series of Events Kent State University’s College of Public Health will be observing National Public Health Week April 4-10.
  - Posted Mar. 28, 2011
• Kent State’s Public Health Speaker Series Presents Dr. Duane McBride to Discuss Drug Policy
  - Posted Mar. 28, 2011
• Public Health Speaker Series Focuses on Drug Policy March 31 Kent State University’s College of Public Health presents its second guest of its Public Health Speaker Series this semester. Dr. Duane McBride will speak Thursday, March 31, at noon in Kent State’s Moulton Hall Ballroom.
  - Posted Mar. 24, 2011
• College of Public Health Symposium to Focus on Obamacare
  - Posted Mar. 21, 2011
• College of Public Health Symposium to Focus on ObamaCare John Begala, executive director for the Center for Community Solutions and former state representative, will speak at Kent State University on Monday, April 4. The symposium is titled, “Reforming Health Care Reform: What’s Wrong with ObamaCare?”
  - Posted Mar. 14, 2011
• College of Public Health Speaker Series Continues with Dr. Joseph Keating
  - Posted Feb. 21, 2011
• College of Public Health Speaker Series, Dr. Joseph Keating, Feb. 21 Kent State University’s College of Public Health continues its speaker series on Monday, Feb. 21, at noon in the Moulton Hall Ballroom. The featured speaker is Dr. Joseph Keating, an assistant professor at Tulane University's School of Public Health and Tropical Disease.
  - Posted Feb. 14, 2011
• State Rep. Kathleen Clyde Visits Kent State University State Rep. Kathleen Clyde, Portage County’s new representative for the 68th Ohio House District, toured Kent State University on Jan. 24.
  - Posted Jan. 24, 2011
• College of Public Health Launches Public Health Speaker Series
  - Posted Oct. 25, 2010
• Kent State’s College of Public Health Launches Speaker Series Kent State University’s College of Public Health is launching a speaker series with the first inaugural speaker scheduled for noon on Wednesday, Oct. 27, in Kent State’s Moulton Hall Ballroom. The first featured speaker is Susan J. Bondy, an associate professor at the University of Toronto’s Dalla Lana School of Public Health.
  - Posted Oct. 18, 2010
• College of Public Health Honored for Role in Fugitive Safe Surrender
  - Posted Oct. 4, 2010
• College of Public Health Honored for Role in Fugitive Safe Surrender Kent State University’s College of Public Health was one of the partners recently honored by Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray with the Ohio Distinguished Law Enforcement Group Achievement Award for 2010. Kent State was recognized for its role in the Akron Fugitive Safe Surrender program in 2009. The award was presented Sept. 15 during the Ohio Attorney General’s Law Enforcement Conference in Columbus, Ohio.
  - Posted Sep. 29, 2010
• Kent State Professor Named to Health Planning Post The Kent State University College of Public Health is pleased to announce the appointment of Willie Oglesby III, assistant professor of health policy and management, to the position of William C. and Elizabeth M. Treuhaft Chair in Health Planning for the Center for Community Solutions.
  
  - Posted Aug. 27, 2010
• Tips on Keeping Cool and Staying Safe This Summer With summer officially arriving this week, people look forward to spending more time outside enjoying the warmer weather. Dr. John Staley, assistant professor in Kent State University’s new College of Public Health, says taking the proper precautions can reduce the risk of heat-related problems this summer.
  - Posted Jun. 22, 2010
• Master of Public Health Degree Now Available at Kent State The Ohio Board of Regents has approved a Master of Public Health (M.P.H.) degree to be offered at Kent State University. Available through the university’s new College of Public Health, the master’s degree joins Kent State’s offering of a Bachelor of Science in Public Health (B.S.P.H.) and an 18-credit hour undergraduate certificate in public health. The university plans to offer doctoral degrees, providing the full range of public health degrees.
  - Posted May. 11, 2010
• Careers in Public Health Info Session The new College of Public Health invites you to an investigative information session. Ohio estimates 10,000 new jobs in the field of public health by 2020. Whether you have interest in human services, health education and promotion, management, green technologies or research, there's a career track for you in public health. Come learn more about the field, the degree and the certificate.
  - Posted Mar. 31, 2010
• Dr. Mark A. James First Dean of New College of Public Health Dr. Mark A. James, professor and vice chair of the Department of Tropical Medicine at Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, will become founding dean of Kent State University’s College of Public Health on July 1, 2010, announced Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs Robert G. Frank.
  - Posted Feb. 25, 2010
• Kent State Professor Dr. Melissa Zullo Receives Award Kent State University Professor Dr. Melissa Zullo was presented the Beginning Investigator Award by the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation (AACVPR). Dr. Zullo is an assistant professor of epidemiology in Kent State’s new College of Public Health.
  - Posted Feb. 22, 2010
• Governor Names KSU a Center of Excellence in Biomedicine/Health Care Gov. Ted Strickland, together with the Ohio Board of Regents Chancellor Eric D. Fingerhut, today announced Kent State as a Center of Excellence in Biomedicine and Health Care for the state of Ohio. Kent State joins 13 other universities throughout the state to receive this distinction.
  - Posted Feb. 19, 2010
• Dec. 1 Marks World AIDS Day; Experts Available From College of Public Health Dec. 1, 2009, is World AIDS Day, a day in which public health advocates and professionals focus the world’s attention on the global AIDS epidemic.
  - Posted Nov. 30, 2009
• Kent State University to Offer New Bachelor Degree in Public Health Kent State University has received approval by the Ohio Board of Regents to offer a bachelor of science (B.S.P.H.) degree in public health. Kent State University is currently accepting applications for the B.S.P.H. program for fall 2010, and courses will be available this spring semester through the Experimental Programs (EXPR) Division. The College of Public Health is also planning an undergraduate certificate in public health.
  - Posted Oct. 28, 2009