Students in the SPH Infectious Disease Journal Club meets twice a month to discuss topics from Lyme disease to the history of “Patient Zero” in HIV/AIDS research.
Students
Executive MHA Profile: Julie Houle, MD
Dr. Julie Houle, Chief Medical Director of Emergency Services for Fairview Range Medical Center, is dedicated to changing rural health care.
Strategies for Protecting Young Girls in Low-Income Countries from HPV
PhD student Kimberly Bonner is the lead author of a commentary on developing strategies for providing HPV vaccine to young girls who are not in school.
MPH-PHAP Student Receives NCI SPRINT Training Award
Joshi Contributes to Book on Alcohol Policy and Research
PhD student Spruha Joshi co-authored a chapter in the new book written to help lay audiences and decision-makers make sense of the research that’s behind a wide range of alcohol-related policies.
Influenza Model Among Best Performers at CDC Flu Forecasting Competition
A statistical model created by PhD student Yang Liu placed fourth out of twenty-one teams in the CDC’s annual influenza forecasting competition.
Half of Rural Hospitals Without Maternity Care
A new study from PhD student Peiyin Hung and the Rural Health Research Center finds that nine percent of rural counties in the U.S. lost hospital-based childbirth services from 2004-14.
PhD Student Green Awarded 2017-18 Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship
PhD student Deirdre Green was awarded the 2017-18 Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship to pursue research focusing on health and injuries among janitors.
Investigating Food Outbreaks
Sundaram Selected for Influenza Vaccine Online Forum
PhD student Maria Sundaram is a featured expert in the New England Journal of Medicine’s upcoming influenza vaccine online forum Aug. 16-25.
New Model Says More Research Needed for Gout Treatments
Student Fernando Alarid-Escudero used a new decision-making model to analyze uncertainties associated with the cost and performance of two gout drugs.
Cyclists Have Fewer Heart Disease and Diabetes Risk Factors
Research from student Aaron Berger and Professor Mark Pereira shows that just a few cycling trips a week can lower a rider’s risk of developing chronic illnesses like heart disease and diabetes.
