In a special meeting on Dec. 4, digital media production student Saida Lewis, was invited to meet with Kent State President Todd Diacon to discuss the creative inspiration for her winning design selected in a recent holiday card design competition.The competition, organized by Diacon, sought to find the best design for his annual New Year’s card, which is distributed to a distinguished group of alumni and donors.Lewis’ winning design was selected from among 18 entries submitted by students pursuing a wide variety of majors, including fashion merchandising, journalism, animation game desi...
Kent State College of Public Health faculty, staff, and students were again at the podium during the American Public Health Association’s (APHA) Annual Meeting in Atlanta in November to share important research efforts taking place at the university. The meeting’s theme for 2023 was Creating the Healthiest Nation, Overcoming Social and Ethical Challenges. Kent State College of Public Health presentations included: “Assessing and Addressing the Needs of the LGBTQ+ Community in Greater Akron, Ohio: A Community-Based Participatory Research Approach”, presented by Ale...
Katrina Terry, MS Clinical Epidemiology ‘23 Katrina Terry graduated from Kent State University with a Master of Science in Clinical Epidemiology in Spring 2023. During her last semester of graduate school at the College of Public Health, she had the opportunity to work with Dr. Salil Deo at the Northeast Ohio VA Healthcare System, Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center on a large data study examining how social determinants of health impact temporal trends in cardiovascular mortality over a 20-year time span. Terry and Dr. Deo worked together to collect and analyze the dat...
The College of Public Health is pleased to welcome a new member to our family: Giulia Cerasi. Giulia Cerasi, MPH, MA, serves as Outreach Program Coordinator. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in political science and communications and a master's degree in communication studies from LUISS Guido Carli University in Rome, Italy. After receiving a postgraduate degree in journalism from the Massimo Baldini School of Journalism at LUISS Guido Carli University, Cerasi worked as a professional reporter for “la Repubblica” newspaper and as a press officer and social media manager for...
Nearly 100 students, staff, faculty and community guests attended the “Leading Change and Innovation Within Health Insurance” event on September 29, held at Kent State’s Design Innovation Hub. The event, featuring three expert panelists, was made possible through the support of our sponsors AultCare, HSA Store, NFP and USI Insurance Services. Students in attendance received a free copy of the book The End of Insurance As We Know It, written by panelist Rob Galbraith, founder & CEO at Forestview Insights. Other panelists included Mike Novelli, sales and client retention strate...
Kent State CPH students, faculty, staff, and alumni braved the rain and brisk temperatures to participate in Homecoming 2023 festivities, including the parade and open house in Moulton Hall. Special thanks to Public Health Student Alliance (PHSA) board members for decorating Senior Associate Dean Jeffrey Hallam’s truck for this year’s parade. Some sprinkles couldn’t dampen the excitement! ...
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...
