College of Public Health
Two ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï graduates who recently earned their Master of Public Health degrees spent the past two years as researchers on the first-of-its-kind Greater Cleveland LGBTQ+ Community Needs Assessment.
Victoria Bylsma said it only took about two hours after a mentor suggested she look into a graduate degree in public health for her to know what she wanted to do with her career. Today, the ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï Master of Public Health graduate helps to protect service members’ health and readiness as an injury epidemiologist at the Air Force Research Laboratory in Dayton.
The Greater Cleveland LGBTQ+ Community Needs Assessment findings are in. Led by ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï’s College of Public Health, in collaboration with 120 local organizations and nonprofits, this groundbreaking initiative marks a significant stride toward understanding and addressing the unmet needs of LGBTQ+ individuals across Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake and Lorain counties.
ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State's College of Public Health has launched a three-year initiative, funded by Medical Mutual, to enhance senior health and wellness in Greater Cleveland. The project includes a comprehensive community needs assessment involving over 20 senior centers, continuing education for senior center staff, and bi-weekly visits from ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State's "Mobile Flashes" student teams.
The brightly colored blue and gold Mobile Flashes Wellness Unit from ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï’s College of Public Health will be hitting the streets to help bring public health services to the people of northeast Ohio.
ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï’s College of Public Health has taken steps to put more addiction counselors to work in Ohio.
A mobile unit from ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State's College of Public Health is providing education, screening and wellness services to the community.
A first-generation student who began his education journey at the Twinsburg Academic Center now has his sites set on medical school.
Active military members are embracing online master’s degree programs in ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï’s College of Public Health for the flexibility and ease with which they can earn an advanced degree.
A Northeast Ohio research team has secured a $5.7 million grant from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, part of the National Institutes of Health, to assess the impact of its Positive Peers app on the health outcomes of individuals aged 13-34 living with HIV. A pilot study found that when compared to those with HIV who didn’t use the app, those utilizing Positive Peers were more likely to be virally supressed and consistently engaged in medical care.