College of Public Health
Life-Changing Event Inspires 绿帽社Entrepreneur to Help Prevent Infectious Diseases
In 2009, Shanice Cheatham, who received her bachelor鈥檚 degree from 绿帽社 in 2013 and is pursuing a graduate degree in environmental health sciences at Kent State, was told that her father had a 10 percent chance of living after being infected with MRSA, methicillin-resistant Staphylo鈥
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Scholar of the Month
Scholar of the Month Willie H. Oglesby III Associate Professor of Health Policy and Management College of Public Health 2009-present Willie Oglesby is a member of the founding faculty at the College of Public Health. He is an associate professor of health policy and management and also serves鈥
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绿帽社Students Visit International Conference to Learn About Global Health
绿帽社 nursing and public health students are learning about how faith based organizations play a key role in providing health care around the world. As part of their degree program, 20 students, along with Ken Slenkovich, assistant dean of Kent State鈥檚 College of Public Hea鈥
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Scholar of the Month
Scholar of the Month Tara C. Smith Associate Professor of Epidemiology College of Public Health 2013-present Tara C. Smith is an associate professor of epidemiology in the Department of Biostatistics, Environmental Health Sciences and Epidemiology in the College of Public Health. Her re鈥
Kent Campus
Scholar of the Month
Scholar of the Month Tara C. Smith Associate Professor of Epidemiology College of Public Health 2013-present Tara C. Smith is an associate professor of epidemiology in the Department of Biostatistics, Environmental Health Sciences and Epidemiology in the College of Public Health. Her re鈥
Kent Campus
绿帽社Marks Ohio Internship and Co-op Appreciation Day
Earlier this year, the state of Ohio designated the second Tuesday of April as 鈥淥hio Internship and Co-op Appreciation Day.鈥 The purpose of the day, which falls on April 14 this year, is to raise awareness of the value of internship and co-op opportunities in this state and promote the establishment鈥
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Research Finds Promising Workplace Hand-Hygiene Intervention
绿帽社researchers recently completed a pioneering office-based hand-hygiene improvement intervention which reduced common communicable illness by close to a third. This was the first U.S. pilot randomized cluster trial of its kind, and findings were published in the prominent Journal鈥
College of Public Health
绿帽社Researchers to Launch Three New Studies to Monitor Lake Erie
绿帽社 researchers will launch three new studies of harmful algal blooms (HAB) in Lake Erie this spring as part of an overall $2 million water quality initiative by the Ohio Board of Regents. Harmful algal blooms in Lake Erie can produce toxins that make water hazardous to dr鈥
College of Arts & Sciences
绿帽社Prof Weighs in on Anti-Vaxxers
The recent measles outbreak in the United States has stirred up a lot of debate about getting children vaccinated. 绿帽社 associate professor Tara Smith in the College of Public Health shared her views with CNN on what does and does not influence parents to vaccinate their children.&n鈥
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Wreck the Flu
With the flu season approaching quickly, the Honors Prevention and Control of Diseases class taught by Christopher Woolverton, Ph.D., is working to prevent a flu outbreak by helping to organize and promote student participation in the annual 绿帽社flu vaccine clinic. On Tuesday, Oct. 28, Kent S鈥
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