News - 2021

Congratulations to our December 2021 Graduates

MPH Student	Major Professor	Area	Topic
Emily Gilbert-Esparza	Ellyn Mulcahy	IDZ	Vaccine Hesitancy in College Students
Yibo Liu	Nancy Muturi	IDZ	The Use of Health Belief Model to Access Predictors for COVID-19 Vaccination in Riley County, Kansas
Jayden McCall	Justin Kastner	IDZ	Characterization of toxoplasmosis reporting and surveillance in the United States

KPHA Poster Winner ... Congratulations Emily!

KPHA Participants from K-State

Title	Student and Faculty	Emphasis
Vaccine Hesitancy in College Students	Emily Gilbert-Esparza with Dr. Jennifer Miller and Dr. Ellyn Mulcahy	Infectious Diseases/Zoonoses
Dementia Friendly Manhattan: An Initiative of the Flint Hills Wellness Coalition	Anna Biggins	Public Health Nutrition
One Health and Public Health Practitioners: An Examination of Public Health Contributions in Kansas	Cheyenne Brunkow with Megan Eppler (MPH 2021) and Kayla Brock (MPH 2020)	Infectious Diseases/Zoonoses
The use of Health Belief Model to Assess Predictors for COVID-19 Vaccination in Riley County, Kansas	Yibo Liu with Dr. Nancy Muturi	Infectious Diseases/Zoonoses

Fall 2021 Orientation

Congratulations to Paparwee Sungkatavat (L) and Megan Eppler (R)

August/Summer 2021 Graduates
Student	Area	Project Title
Megan Eppler	IDZ	Veterinary Knowledge of Giardia Treatments and Communication of Zoonotic Potential
Karen Hood	IDZ	Water Quality Surveillance of the Lower Goose Creek Watershed in Loudoun County, Virginia
Paparwee Sungkatavat	IDZ	Preparing Rabies Vaccination Data of Veterinary Health Professionals for Analysis and Best Practices for Rabies Vaccination for Animal Handling
Dr. Sasha Thomason	IDZ	Development of a Comprehensive One Health Tickborne Disease Surveillance Website and Informational Brochures for the State of Kansas

Four K-State Master of Public Health students awarded Public Health Training awards

MPH Spring 2021 Graduates
Student	Area	Project Title
Miriam Avila	PHPA	Evaluation of the virtual Exercise is Medicine on Campus campaign: Effects on college students’ physical activity perceptions and behaviors
Jason DeFisher	IDZ	Creation of a CASPER Survey Protocol for Use in Riley County Kansas
Crystal Futrell	FSB	A Risk Factor Study on Food Establishments in Kansas
Shelby Hunt	PHPA	Multi-Project Report: Physical Activity as a Mediator for Mental Health AND Nutrition Promotion in Riley County, Kansas
Anna Kucera	IDZ	Multiproject Report to Increase Riley County Health Department Public Health Professional Interconnectivity
Katharine McIver, DVM	IDZ	Recovery from a severe West Nile Virus in a one-year old stallion following interferon alpha-2b treatment: an equine model for human therapy
Erin Petro	IDZ	Reportable Disease Case and Close Contact Investigations in the Face of a Pandemic
Melitza Ramirez	PHPA	Riley County Health Department: Hispanic Outreach Project
Phutsadee Sanwisate	FSB	Food Safety Regulations: A Virtual Journey Across The Globe
Grace Sello	PHN	Developing a Community Assessment for Public Health Emergency Response Protocol for Riley County

MPH Early Summer Graduates
Student	Area	Project Title
Madeline Burke	IDZ	Analysis of communicable disease reports and public education through COVID-19 contact tracing
Caitlin Jindrich	PHN	The nutritional adequacy of vegetarian menu substitutions in urban Kansas childcare centers
Ganesh Kumar	IDZ	Design a CASPER Survey Tool optimized for Riley County
Ron Orchard	IDZ	Resuming Essential Services During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Amanda Preczewski	IDZ	Evaluation of human and animal disease reporting to assess knowledge, compliance, attitudes, and barriers AND Analysis of Riley County Health Department’s outreach to Spanish-speaking residents
Lisa Ross	PHN	System Approaches for Healthy Communities, Web-Based Professional Development Program
Sarah Watkins	IDZ	Developing Kansas' plans for Transboundary Animal Disease Outbreak Response

COVID-19 Posters by MPH Students

Welcome to new Certificate and MPH Students!