News - 2017

April 20: Keynote Lecture for National Minority Health Month sponsored in cooperation with the Dow Center for Multicultural and Community Studies. Renaisa S. Anthony, MD, MPH; Deputy Director & Assistant Professor at the Center for Reducing Health Disparities at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (Omaha), will present on Health Equity and Health Disparity. Lecture will be at 7:00 PM in the Flint Hills Room, K-State Student Union. A reception to meet Dr. Anthony will follow. Please RSVP to emulcahy@ksu.edu

Public Health Activities at K-State

MPH Poster Competition Awards

Student

Emphasis or Major

Poster Title

Award

Kapaldo, Nathaniel

IDZ

Developing a mosquito surveillance protocol within a zoological park: A pilot study

1st

Gasper, Rebecca

PHPA

Physical activity messages in popular magazines: A cross-sectional analysis by target audience

2nd

Toillion, Alyssa

IDZ

Kansas Outreach and Education for Drug Residue Avoidance

3rd

Nicholson, Bradyn

Kinesiology

The Feasibility and Acceptability of Using Sit-to-Stand Desks in Self-Contained Classroom for Students with Emotional Disturbances: A Pilot Study

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Thank you also to our judges

  • Ruth Wallace, Director, The Northern Institute, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Australia & visiting Fulbright Scholar
  • Jennifer Green, Administrative Director and Local Health Officer, Riley County Health Department
  • Susan Moore, Director, Rabies Laboratory, KSU

And thank you to BioKansas for their financial support of these awards.

Congratulations to Alyssa Toillion for receiving a Midwestern Public Health Training Center stipend!

Welcome to our New MPH Students starting Spring 2017

MPH Student MPH Emphasis Area or Certificate
Marie Armstrong Food Safety and Biosecurity
Crystal Futrell Certificate in Public Health Core Concepts
Matthew Kelso Certificate in Public Health Core Concepts
Austin McDaniel Certificate in Public Health Core Concepts
Kolia Souza Certificate in Public Health Core Concepts
Juliana Wilson Certificate in Public Health Core Concepts
Brittany Blattner Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses
Colin Ferrel Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses
Kaitlin Foley Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses
Maria Ruiz Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses
Rebecca Tomasek Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses
Christal Omni Public Health Physical Activity
Alexis Zavala Public Health Physical Activity

Orientation

Graduation Day Family Reception

Grad Day

MPH Students at Graduation

2017 Grads

Congratulations to Spring & Summer 2017 MPH Graduates

MPH Student Emphasis Field Experience Report
Marisol Aguirre Rojas IDZ Applying and Improving Public Health among Latinos in Kansas Communities
Deidre Bean IDZ Preliminary Survey of Childhood Lead Poisoning through Spice and Home Remedy Use in Raleigh, NC
Sarah Boline FSB Comparison of Salmonella and Shiga Toxin-producing Escherichia coli Outbreak Investigation Interviews Measuring Completeness and Timeliness from January-July 2016
Emily Bonilla PHN Community Needs Assessments in Collaboration with Public Health
Priscilla Brenes PHN Evaluation of a Printed Newsletter Tailored to Grandparent Caregivers in Kansas
Bridget Byquist PHN Field Experience Report: Tammy Walker Cancer Center
Ileana Cepeda IDZ Early Detection of Alzheimer's Disease in Military Population & Public Health Experience: HIV Prevention Using Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis
Bailey Davis IDZ Aligning Public Health and Shelter Medicine: The connection between a Veterinarian and the Public
Nike Frans PHN Development of Cooking Skills Measurement
Alyssa Gehle PHN Technology and Social Media in Nutrition Education
Erin Jobman IDZ The Role of Conservation in Public Health
Eugene Johnson IDZ Veterinary Capacity Building and Food Security Challenges in Developing Countries
Nataniel Kapaldo IDZ Developing a Mosquito Surveillance Protocol within a Zoological Park: A Pilot Study
Diane Larson IDZ Biosecurity and Zoonotic Disease Risk at Livestock Exhibition Events
Hayleigh Passauer FSB Field Experience Report at the Saline County Health Department
Emily Sperry PHN Educating Riley County Seniors in Basic Nutrition

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Congratulations to New Fall 2017 Students

MPH Student Emphasis
Kayla Brock Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses
Jami Gallagher Public Health Physical Activity
Bianca Garcia Public Health Nutrition
Kendra Holthaus Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses
Hannah Lux Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses
Jesseca Milholm Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses
Olivia Paden Public Health Nutrition
Heather Poole Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses
Jovita Ramjisingh Certificate in Public Health Core Concepts
Paul Ramlow Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses
Hao Shi Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses
Amanda Todavchick Public Health Nutrition
Amy Wedel Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses
Emma Winkley Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses

Congratulations to our December 2017 Graduates!

Student Emphasis Field Experience Site Major Professor
Bailey Davis Infectious Diseases Animal Protective League, Springfield, IL Robert Larson
Holly Kuckelman Public Health Nutrition Kansas Department of Education, Child Nutrition and Wellness Sandra Procter
Corey Miller Public Health Nutrition National Institutes of Health, National Human Genome Institute Tanda Kidd
Victoria "Kinley" Reed Infectious Diseases Tennessee Department of Health/Vanderbuilt University Ellyn Mulcahy
Aaron Swank Public Health Physical Activity Lafene Health Center Emily Mailey
Alyssa Toillion Infectious Diseases Kansas Department of Agriculture Robert Larson
Amanda Jo Worthington Infectious Diseases Shawnee County Health Department Ellyn Mulcahy
Jonathan Yang Infectious Diseases Saline County Health Department Robert Larson