Grace Hicks, a driven and passionate student from Plainfield, Indiana, is making strides in the field of public health as she pursues her major in epidemiology with a minor in health administration. Set to graduate in May 2025 from the IU Fairbanks School of Public Health, Hicks’s path to discovering her true calling in… Read more »
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Public health statistics: understanding risk factors for communities
We asked our student ambassadors why statistics are so important in the field of public health. Ahmed Abdel-Aziz, Epidemiology student “Statistics is the grammar of science.” Statistics are very important within the field of public health because of how much progress they can provide for a lot of innovations or things that happen within the… Read more »
Finding your happy place is good for your health
We asked our student ambassadors to identify their “happy place” on campus. Ahmed Abdel-Aziz, Epidemiology student Campus Center is probably the place that I enjoy being in the most. It really helps relieve my stress after long days of classes, and it’s a great place for me to hang out with friends. I’ve started to… Read more »
Healthy ways to manage your stress
In honor of Stress Awareness Month, we asked our student ambassadors to share tips on how they combat stress. Gabby Fleming, Epidemiology student Hey guys, this week I am going to share a rate of my stress level on a scale from 1-5 (1 being low, 5 being very high) in honor of April being… Read more »
Why public health?
In honor of National Public Health Week, we asked our student ambassadors to share their journeys to the world of public health. Ahmed Abdel-Aziz, Epidemiology student I had been interested in creating change when I was younger, and my parents had always wanted me to jump into a career in healthcare. While working in healthcare… Read more »