What year did you graduate from the College of Public Health - and what is your degree? I graduated in 2021 with a Master of Public Health, with a Social and Behavioral Sciences concentration. In a nutshell, what do you do? I work as an animal therapy activity coordinator with the Mayo Clinic. My role is responsible for oversight of the Caring Canines and Facility-Based Service Dog programs at the Rochester, Minnesota campus. Caring Canines is a program where registered or certified volunteer therapy animal handlers bring their animal partners to visit hospital patients. The Facility-...
Quality matters. It’s more than a phrase – it’s a commitment to our College of Public Health students. The Quality Matters™ process for College of Public Health online courses and programs has received national attention. Quality Matters includes more than 1,600 organizations in K-12, higher education, educational publishing, continuing education, and professional development in over 30 countries, making it “the global organization leading quality assurance in online and innovative digital teaching and learning environments.” In order for online courses ...
Students from multiple Kent State colleges joined forces during the Interprofessional Education course to help elders fight social isolation. Loneliness and social isolation are serious public health risks affecting many older adults in our communities. The COVID-19 pandemic left elderly people even more isolated than before, exacerbating their risk of poor physical and mental health. To help local elders stay engaged and connected, the College of Public Health partnered with the Kent City Health Department to plan the development of a virtual senior center. The ongoing project, called Silv...
Please join us via Zoom on Monday for this interesting program! Monday, 13 February: 11:00 am - 12:15 pm Guest Talk: Dr Jennifer Erickson, Department of Political Science, Boston College: New Technologies and Norms of War: Submarines and Poison Gas in World War I Summary of Talk: Why are some new weapons normalized and legitimated, whereas others are banned? With the introduction of submarines and gas to battle in World War I, both weapons were condemned as barbaric and inhumane, even as belligerents sought to manipulate existing rules of war to justify or condemn their use. Yet, afte...
What do you do at Kent State's College of Public Health? I am a professor and the associate dean for Research and Global Affairs. I teach undergraduate, master, and doctoral-level courses. Most courses I teach focus on applying theory to developing, implementing, and evaluating community-based public health programs. I direct doctoral dissertations and advise MPH students. In my role as associate dean, I facilitate the research enterprise in the College, including pre and post-award activities, research compliance, and serve on university research-related committees. In addition, I develop ...
The Kent State University College of Public Health is part of a collaborative to train 240 community health worker (CHW) trainees over the next three years. Cleveland-based MetroHealth is serving as the lead organization, bringing together a Community Health Worker Capacity Building Collaborative (CHWCBC) that includes Better Health Partnership, CHW training programs at Kent State University, Cuyahoga Community College, and Cleveland State University, and other county and community partners and health systems throughout Northeast Ohio. CHWCBC is a three-year federal grant of nearly...
Sheryl Chatfield, Ph.D., associate professor in the College of Public Health and editor-in-chief of the Ohio Journal of Public Health, and Deric Kenne, Ph.D., professor of health policy and management and interim director of the Center for Public Policy and Health (CPPH), have published their work titled "The Association Between Coping Strategies, Resilience, and Flourishing Among Students at Large U.S. University During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Mixed Methods Research Study" in the Building Healthy Academic Communities Journal. The research examines the relationship between coping strategi...
The College of Public Health is proud to announce the start of two new graduate certificates that will be available for students in 2023. New certificates include an LGBTQ+ Public Health and Clinical Research, both of which will be available this fall. “The College responds to the needs of our employers and our community. I’m thankful for our faculty and staff that have worked hard to bring these two new certificates to fruition as they respond to important workforce needs,” said Sonia Alemagno, dean, College of Public Health. The graduate certificates are open to individuals with a bach...