5 things to know about Mason's College of Public Health
Dean Perry spoke with the Washington Business Journal about future plans for the College of Public Health, including workforce development and fundraising initiatives. Read the article here.
News
- April 2, 2024Denise Hines seeks to reduce stereotypes and bias of men from racial and ethnic minority communities who experience intimate partner violence
- March 29, 2024Biden is winning on health care
- March 28, 2024Kathi Huddleston leads Mason's cohort of NIH's Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes study and, under her leadership, the study has recruited more than 200 families since January 2024. Huddleston has also recruited over 10,000 people in the past five years for Inova. Here Huddleston shares her top 6 tips for research recruitment success.
- March 27, 2024For this Endometriosis Awareness Month (March), Associate Professor Jhumka Gupta shares how endometriosis pain affects all areas of life and innovative solutions for combating stigma surrounding endometriosis-related chronic pain.
- March 25, 2024The College of Public Health is pleased to welcome Nicholas Field-Johnson as the College’s Associate Director of Development. With over 25 years of noteworthy fundraising experience, including 10 years of experience in higher education, Nicholas will develop fundraising strategies and engage major donors in support of the College’s philanthropy goals.
- March 25, 2024New study by Mason MS, Nutrition student Eli Kalman-Rome highlights the need for population-level research on the nutritional needs of transgender people.
- March 22, 2024Taylor's mission is to “pass the baton” to the next generation of social workers – with a focus on recruiting more Black men to the field. Part of that recruiting process is busting some of the myths commonly associated with social work careers.
- March 22, 2024Gary T. Taylor, MSW ‘15, is destigmatizing mental health support and normalizing therapy in the Black community one barbershop at a time. “Barbershops are this safe space for Black men,” explains Taylor who has been working with local barbershops in the Rappahannock region since 2022 to foster healthy discussions about mental health by educating barbers on “mental health first aid” for their patrons.
- March 21, 2024World’s deadliest virus leaves victims in a ‘ghost-like’ state – and there’s no cure
- March 21, 2024Learn more about assistant professor in the Department of Global and Community Health Iulia Fratila, how she supports her students, and her passion for researching psycho-socio-cultural factors of various risk behaviors.
- March 20, 2024GMU gets $5M for creation of AI-fueled anti-domestic violence app
- March 20, 2024Amira Roess, professor of global health and epidemiology at Mason, discusses deer with chronic wasting disease, nicknamed "zombie deer," and what the risk to humans is.
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