Elizabeth (Lizzy) Bartelt, a Center for Sexual Health Promotion (CSHP) doctoral candidate at the IU School of Public Health-Bloomington, has been awarded a 2019 Emerging Scholars in Family Planning grant, a highly competitive funding mechanism that aims to support trainees in establishing significant and innovative family planning research portfolios.
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Green and Uchal win People’s Choice Award at CEWiT Research Poster Competition
Samantha Green and Kate Uchal, two undergraduate students from the IU School of Public Health-Bloomington, have won the People’s Choice Award at the 6th annual Women’s Research Poster Competition organized by the IU Center of Excellence for Women in Technology (CEWiT).
Dean Allison’s graduation remarks emphasize the greater family and connections
As a dean, one of the greatest privileges and indeed, the honors, I have is that of welcoming you all here today – graduates, friends, families, supporters, allies, faculty, and staff. What we are doing here today is important.
Shakira Smith awarded prestigious President’s Diversity Dissertation Fellowship
Shakira Smith has been awarded the prestigious President’s Diversity Dissertation Fellowship for 2019-2020. She is a dual-Ph.D. student in the Health Behavior program in the IU School of Public Health-Bloomington and the Counseling Psychology program in the School of Education.
Safety Program students receive prestigious scholarships from the American Society of Safety Professionals
IU Safety Program students Dana Hildebrand, Carolyn Moore, Isabella Byers, Kelsi Finch, and Graham Turner have been awarded over $5000 in scholarships from the Indiana Chapter of the American Society of Safety Professionals during the 2019 Indiana Safety and Health Conference in February.
Meth-contaminated home residue cleanup focus of Dr. Kevin Slates’ and Ph.D. student Aurora Le’s remediation efforts
The health hazards associated with the illegal use and manufacturing of meth are well documented, yet thousands of meth-contaminated homes remain vacant and unremediated in the U.S. Toxic meth residue can remain on surfaces in the homes for decades.
Celebrating National Public Health Week #iusphNPHW
Join us in observing National Public Health Week 2019 April 1-7 and become part of a growing movement to create the healthiest nation in one generation. MON 4/1: NPHW Kickoff in Royer Foyer Lobby & Start of Food Drive for Hoosier Hills Food Bank. Help the IU School of Public Health-Bloomington and Hoosier Hills by donating… Read more »
Quash awarded Ruth Clifford Engs Doctoral Research Fellowship
Doctoral student Tiffany Monique Quash is the recipient of this year’s Ruth Clifford Engs Doctoral Research Fellowship. This fellowship is awarded to the doctoral student in the IU School of Public Health-Bloomington submitting the best dissertation proposal for historical research. Quash presented her lecture titled “Race, Leisure, and Swimming: An open dialogue on the historical construction… Read more »
Academic specialist and graduate student Aurora Le awarded prestigious Cross Future Leaders Award
Aurora Le, an academic specialist and graduate student at the IU School of Public Health-Bloomington, has been awarded the prestigious K. Patricia Cross Future Leaders Award. This award recognizes graduate students who show exemplary promise as future leaders of higher education; who demonstrate a commitment to developing academic and civic responsibility in themselves and in… Read more »
Dean Allison’s winter graduation remarks contrast doing well with doing good
As we sit here today, our university approaches its bicentennial celebration. Very few universities in the United States have existed for 200 years, and it is one of the many reasons why IU is a special place. But merely existing for so long is not what makes us special — it is because we have… Read more »
MPH students Elizabeth Bartelt and Alex Purcell receive prestigious public health award
Master of Public Health (MPH) students Elizabeth Bartelt and Alex Purcell are this year’s recipients of the prestigious Stephen Jay Award for Leadership in Public Health. The award is presented annually to current MPH students across the state who exhibit exemplary public health leadership, scholarship, and practice, resulting in the improvement of public health in… Read more »
“Environmental health research and interventions in India” study abroad tour applications open until October 1
This short-term overseas study tour embedded in two 3-credit courses V422 (for undergraduate students) and V522 (for graduate students) will provide students with exposure to important environmental health challenges that developing countries are encountering in today’s world. Students have to be enrolled in either V422 Issues in Global Environmental Health: Investigations and Interventions or V522… Read more »