By Samantha Childress In addition to their typical responsibilities of conducting telephone visits with their patients and working to enroll new patients in the Diabetes Impact Project – Indianapolis Neighborhoods (DIP-IN) program, Eskenazi community health workers (CHWs) have assisted patients in other ways during COVID-19. In response to the pandemic, they served as “Way Finders,”… Read more »
By Amanda Briggs Dr. Nir Menachemi was scheduled to be the keynote speaker at the Riley Hospital Surgical Research Day. Given the pandemic, Dr. Menachemi was invited to be senior author on a keynote manuscript for the abstract book of research that was created in lieu of the in-person conference. The article he coauthored was:… Read more »
By Adrianne Robertson A new study led by Dr. Brian Dixon, associate professor and director of public health informatics at the IU Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health, found that outbreak detection and disease control may be improved by simplified, semi-automated reporting of notifiable diseases to public health authorities (PHA). The objective of the… Read more »
By Adrianne Robertson During the summer following her freshman year at IUPUI, Luz Machuca traveled abroad to Salamanca, Spain for six weeks. There, she met Haley, a student enrolled at the IU Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health who was majoring in community health. After talking with her new friend, Luz wanted to learn… Read more »
By Adrianne Robertson During the day, 2019 MPH alumna Sonya Lawrence is a bailiff for Marshall Circuit Court in Marshall County, Indiana. Outside of the court, she serves in a different capacity, as a contact tracer at the Indiana State Department of Health. Her goal is to gain more public health experience. “As a contract… Read more »
By Crystal Jones As the vice president of data and member solutions for the Indiana Hospital Association (IHA), Matt Browning, MHA’10 has worked alongside Fairbanks School of Public Health faculty and alumni to help with the healthcare industry response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Browning utilizes the healthcare data and information available from IHA members and… Read more »
By Crystal Jones Emily Sargent, a 2018 JD-MPH alumna of IUPUI, discovered emergency preparedness as a career path years ago, and has since been preparing for a situation like the COVID-19 pandemic. Sargent is a member of the Division of Emergency Preparedness at the Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH). She is responsible for managing… Read more »
By Crystal Jones As a practice manager for Northeast Indiana Urology in Fort Wayne, Barney Niezer, MHA’83 has never relied on the study skills he gained as a graduate student at Indiana University more than he does now. “In graduate school, I learned to think critically, and I learned how to learn,” Nieser said. “Those… Read more »