News - 2020
Congratulations to our December 2020 Graduates
Watch the Virtual Graduation for our MPH Students
MPH Student | Major Professor | Emphasis | Topic |
Rachel Chall, DVM | Dr. Ellyn Mulcahy | Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses | The Use of Xylazine In A Feedlot Depopulation Scenario And Redesign Of The Kansas Department of Agriculture's Import and Export Regulations Webpage |
Valerie Jojola-Mount | Dr. Ellyn Mulcahy | Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses | Interprofessional skills development in public health education to address One Health Problems |
Patricia McKenna, RN | Dr. Sandra Procter | Public Health Nutrition | "GRO"ing Neighborhood Gardening Teams in the time of COVID-19 |
KPHA Posters by MPH Faculty and Students
(Links for posters are active)
Topic | K-State MPH Faculty/Student | |
1 | Efficacy of long-acting methadone using a combination of oral and injectable formulations in postoperative dogs. | Kate KuKanich, DVM, PhD |
2 | KSU Veterinary Health Center Joins Everybody Counts to Serve Community Pets | Kate KuKanich, DVM, PhD |
3 | Public Health Practice in Kansas | Megan Eppler, Kayla Brock, MPH and Ellyn R. Mulcahy, PhD, MPH |
4 | The use of the health belief model to assess predictors of caregiver’s intent to vaccinate themselves and their children against measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) | Yibo Liu, Jeremy Williams, Nancy Muturi, PhD |
5 | Utilization of the CASPER Survey Tool in Riley County, Kansas | Jason DeFisher and Ellyn R. Mulcahy, PhD, MPH |
6 | One Health as a Platform to Teach Public Health Competencies: A Cross-Walk Analysis | A. Paige Adams, DVM, PhD and Ellyn R. Mulcahy, PhD, MPH |
7 | Data-Driven Stores of Opportunity | Jeremy C. Williams |
Three MPH students are presenting at the Fall 2020 "Research and the State" Friday, October 23. Participate via Zoom (Link on Graduate School website: https://www.k-state.edu/grad/students/studentcouncil/research-forums/)
Congratulations! Dr. Ellyn Mulcahy will participate in the "What Matters to Me and Why" lecture series hosted by the Staley School of Leadership Studies on Thursday, October 29, from Noon to 1 P.M. You must RSVP by Wednesday, October 28 for the Zoom link to sent.
Congratulations to Summer 2020 Graduates
MPH Student | Emphasis | Topic |
Kayla Brock | Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses | Health Education in Riley County |
Kaitlin Foley | Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses | Veterinary and Public Health Emergency Preparedness Initiatives |
Melanie McCarty | Public Health Physical Activity | The Health Opportunities through People Empowerment (H.O.P.E.) Project Evaluation |
Congratulations to our Spring 2020 Graduates!
MPH Students | Emphasis | Topic |
Achakzai, Ariana | Public Health Nutrition | Nutrition Outreach Efforts through the Manhattan/Riley County Food and Farm Council |
Bardouche, Kasi | Public Health Physical Activity | Worksite Wellness Improving Physical Activity and Nutrition to Combat Obesity |
Blattner, Brittany | Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses | Opioid Overdose Crisis Prevention in Riley County, Kansas |
Manges, Tim | Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses | Results of the 2017 Kansas Public Health Workforce Assessment |
Tomasek, Rebecca | Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses | Poultry Disease Prevention and One Health Education |
VanGilder, Rachel | Public Health Nutrition | Improving Access to Good Nutrition in Riley County, Kansas |
Welshans, Nicole | Food Safety and Biosecurity | Increasing Awareness of the Dangers of Vaping for Students at Rossville Junior/Senior High School |
Winslow, Daniel | Public Health Physical Activity | Childhood Active Transportation Determinants and their Effect on Adult Active Transportation (CADET) |