5 things to know about Mason's College of Public Health
Dean Perry spoke with the Washington Business Journal about future plans for the College of Public Health, including workforce development and fundraising initiatives. Read the article here.
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- August 28, 2023The final plenary of the National Institute of Justice’s (NIJ) 2023 National Research Conference focused on this important topic. The plenary featured Dr. Katherine Scafide’s research on the use of alternate light sources on various skin tones, which successfully identified the best wavelengths of light to detect bruising in highly pigmented individuals. Her work exemplifies how innovation in scientific research can promote greater equity, and it advances the NIJ’s goals in this area.
- August 24, 2023One in 10 college students experience period poverty, which can lead to increased depression
- August 23, 2023Associate Professor Carol Cleaveland began exploring Latino immigration in 2004 utilizing ethnographic research methods and working with Mexican day laborers in Freehold, N.J., to understand how the day laborers negotiated police harassment and anti-immigrant ordinances. Since 2013, Dr. Cleaveland’s work has focused on Latinas from Central America and immigration-related trauma, including experiences in human smuggling. She was awarded study leave during the Spring 2023 semester to complete her work on two projects.
- August 21, 2023In the latest episode of the Positive Philter podcast, host Philip Wilkerson, a PhD in Communication student at George Mason University, explores getting a PhD with Kevin Cevasco, a PhD in public health student at Mason. With a diverse background spanning IT consulting, management, and roles linked to NIH-affiliated organizations, Cervasco’s unique path has ignited a deep fervor for public health.
- August 18, 2023George Mason University is proud to announce the appointment of Dean Melissa J. Perry to the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology (BEST). As a BEST appointee, Dean Perry will collaborate with fellow experts to provide government agencies with independent guidance on the impact of environmental exposures on human health and ecosystems. An internationally recognized researcher, respected mentor, and public health leader, Dean Perry’s expertise on environmental epidemiology will guide the national dialogue on environmental health.
- August 17, 2023Mark Rudich describes himself as a nontraditional student, but maybe that’s because he’s more used to teaching classes than taking them. After several years teaching exercise science to college students in Texas, he’s now part of the first cohort of students in the College of Public Health’s Master in Nutrition Program dietetics concentration, now beginning its second year.
- August 16, 2023Northern Virgina Magazine: Katrina King of the Empowered Communities Opioid Project quoted
- August 11, 2023Alison Cuellar will continue to advance the College’s research strategy and implementation efforts as our Associate Dean of Research. Since her appointment as interim Associate Dean in March 2023, Dr. Cuellar has moved quickly to help faculty expand their research capacity and support early-career and new faculty.
- August 10, 20232023 MPH graduate Ryan Shelton simultaneously worked to address zoonotic diseases and the mental health crisis among health care workers, transforming his passion to help others into a position as an ORISE Fellow at the CDC
- August 7, 2023Mentorship program continually fosters career readiness and builds professional networks
- August 1, 2023Stress of neighborhood poverty and community violence affects Black adolescents' mental health, according to a study from Assistant Professor of Social Work Melissa Villodas.
- July 26, 2023New research by PhD student Cheyu “Sarah” Zhang studied women’s disability and couples’ attitudes toward intimate partner violence using nationally representative surveys from nine countries.
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