By Adrianne Robertson Nicole Stone, a 2016 graduate of the MPH in Epidemiology program at IU Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health, played an integral role in establishing contact tracing for Indiana and continues to make an impact on the state’s COVID-19 response. She served full time on COVID-19 activities from February 2020, before… Read more »
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Alumna Shares Journey to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Triple-Deployment
By Crystal Jones Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Allison Miller, BS’15, MPH’17, has participated in three separate deployments for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In each position, she has relied on the education she received through the MPH in Epidemiology program at the IU Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health and experience she… Read more »
Researcher Receives Grant to Study Impact of COVID-19 on Indiana Firefighters
By Adrianne Robertson Carolyn Muegge, who recently earned her PhD in Epidemiology from the IU Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health and is a research scientist at the National Institute for Public Safety Health, has been awarded a $1.5 million grant to study the prevalence and impact of COVID-19 on Indiana firefighters. Dr. Muegge… Read more »
Pandemic Leads MPH Student to a Remote Internship Like None Other
By Crystal Jones Afsah Amin is pursuing a Masters of Public Health in epidemiology and plans to graduate in December of 2021. She immigrated from Pakistan after receiving her medical training as an anesthesiologist and decided to transition from a clinical role to a research scientist role to impact more people. As she was making… Read more »
FSPH Professor Partners with Simon Property Group on Curbside and Reopen Policies
By Adrianne Robertson Dr. Jiali Han partnered with Simon Property Group to help define the company’s policies for curbside pick-up and more than 45 mall and outlet center re-openings across the nation. Simon Property Group is a commercial real estate company based in Indianapolis, and the largest shopping mall operator in the United States. KERAMIDA… Read more »
Two FSPH Alumni Depict Transmission Patterns Between COVID-19 and SARS
By Adrianne Robertson Hongji Dai (left) is a former post-doc research fellow in the Department of Epidemiology at the Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health who worked under the supervision of Professor Jiali Han from 2014-2016. Today, Dai is a senior epidemiologist, doing scientific research in a large cancer hospital in Tianjin, a city… Read more »
FSPH Faculty Supports Health Department in COVID-19 Response
By Crystal Jones Faculty member and alumna, Shandy Dearth, MPH’02, has spent most of her career focusing on infections disease surveillance and emergency preparedness planning and response. In response to the COVID-19 outbreak, the IU Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health is proud of how Shandy has utilized her training and expertise to support… Read more »
Facebook Live Q&A with Epidemiologist Thomas Duszynski
What do you want to know about the novel coronavirus COVID-19? Thomas Duszynski, an epidemiologist with the IU Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health, joined IUPUI for a live Q&A on Monday, March 23. He explains epidemiology and its relevance to the coronavirus pandemic happening today, as well as why there’s an expectation for… Read more »