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College of Public Health

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ÂÌñÉçAnnounces Winners Of The Faculty Outstanding Research And Scholarship Award

Kent State's Jonathan Maletic, Ph.D., in the Department of Computer Science and Tara Smith, Ph.D., in the College of Public Health are the winners of the 2021 Faculty Outstanding Research and Scholarship Awards (ORSAs). The ORSAs recognize the hard work and dedication of faculty members who have been with ÂÌñÉçfor more than 10 years. Read more about the winners and how they display the highest levels of scholarship.

Tags: Research & Science , College of Public Health , College of Arts and Sciences , Department of Computer Science , Environmental Science and Design Research Institute , Healthy Communities Research Institute , Institutes and Initiatives

Division of Research & Economic Development

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Thesis Student Analyzes LGBTQ+ Discrimination from a New Angle

Matthew Fowler is a graduating Honors College senior, majoring in public health and sociology. Since his freshman year at Kent State, Matthew has had many accomplishments, including his internship with Kent State’s LGBTQ+ Center and participating in undergraduate research. All of Matthew’s accomplis…

Tags: Senior Honors Thesis/Project , College of Public Health , Department of Sociology and Criminology

Honors College

Andrew Snyder, research program coordinator for ÂÌñÉç’s College of Public Health, is leading the first comprehensive Greater Akron LGBTQ+ specific Community Needs Assessment.

ÂÌñÉçLeads First Comprehensive Greater Akron LGBTQ+ Specific Community Needs Assessment

ÂÌñÉç has partnered with Greater Akron community organizations to conduct the first comprehensive and specific LGBTQ+ Community Needs Assessment (CNA). Efforts of this assessment focus on producing a better-informed public health system and improving the health and well-being of the LGBTQ+ community members.

Tags: Community & Society , Health , College of Public Health , Partnerships , Division of Philanthropy and Alumni Engagement

Alumni and Giving

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ÂÌñÉçProfessors Research Proper Use of Face Masks to Better Protect From COVID-19

Two professors have conducted much-needed research on face coverings that use alternative textiles to protect the public from COVID-19 and how to keep those masks virus-free.

Tags: College of Public Health , College of Education, Health and Human Services , Success Story , COVID-19

Kent Campus

A student wears a ÂÌñÉçmask during the COVID-19 pandemic

ÂÌñÉçProfessors Research Proper Use of Face Masks to Better Protect from COVID-19

Two professors have conducted much-needed research on face coverings that use alternative textiles to protect the public from COVID-19 and how to keep those masks virus-free.

Tags: University News , College of Public Health , College of Education, Health and Human Services , COVID-19 , Healthy Communities Research Institute

Kent Campus

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ÂÌñÉçResearchers Find That College Students’ Alcohol Consumption Increases During Pandemic

While it's no secret that many college students drink alcohol, how COVID-19 affected these behaviors and patterns is the focus of recent research published in the journal Addictive Behaviors by the collaboration of William Lechner from the Department of Psychological Sciences and Deric Kenne from the College of Public Health. The pair sought to study the effects that a major stressor such as the pandemic could have on addictive behaviors and how vulnerabilities such as anxiety and depression played a part in the coping process of college students. 

Tags: Research & Science , Health , College of Public Health , College of Arts and Sciences , Brain Health Research Institute , Department of Psychological Sciences

Kent Campus

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Alcohol Consumption Increases During Pandemic

While it's no secret that many college students drink alcohol, how COVID-19 affected these behaviors and patterns is the focus of recent research published in the journal Addictive Behaviors by the collaboration of William Lechner from the Department of Psychological Sciences and Deric Kenne from the College of Public Health. The pair sought to study the effects that a major stressor such as the pandemic could have on addictive behaviors and how vulnerabilities such as anxiety and depression played a part in the coping process of college students. 

Tags: Research & Science , Health , College of Public Health , College of Arts and Sciences , Brain Health Research Institute , Healthy Communities Research Institute , Institutes and Initiatives , Global Reach

Division of Research & Economic Development

Kent State's College of Public Health has created a new 100% online MPH in epidemiology degree.PH

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.

Tags: University News , College of Public Health , COVID-19

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Kent State’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. ÂÌñÉç’s College of Public Health is addressing this workforce challenge, in part, by hosting the 2020 Virtual Public Health Academy.

Tags: Health , Community & Society , College of Public Health , COVID-19

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