Research
Marissa Valentine, Environmental Health MPH student, wins award at Public Health Day
Marissa Valentine recently presented the poster from her thesis project titled “Where’s the Oil? Shortcomings of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Response Data” at the College of Public Health and Health Professions’ Public Health Day. Valentine’s poster was named the Most Public Health Significant poster among all graduating students in…
EGH students and researchers present at PHHP Research Day
Surveillance for V. Cholerae from Clinical and Environmental Samples in Haiti – Alex Weppelmann, EGH doctoral candidate, Meer Alam (not pictured), EGH research scholar, and Mohammad Jubair (not pictured), EGH research scholar. Congratulations to Alex who received an Outstanding Poster award! Mother’s Empowerment and Rotavirus Vaccination in India Poulomy…
Catherine McDermott, Environmental Health MPH student, wins poster award
MPH-EH student, Catherine McDermott, recently presented the poster from her thesis project titled “Pathogens as a Mosquito Bio-control Method: Quantifying the Susceptibility of Three Genera of Mosquitoes to Aedes sollicitans Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus (AesoNPV).” McDermott’s poster was named as the Most Innovative MPH Poster among all graduating students in the…
EGH doctoral candidate, Michael von Fricken discusses his involvement in malaria research in Haiti
The formula for malaria control in developing countries often seems simple: limit exposure through bed nets, control mosquito vector populations, and provide treatment for infected cases. Yet, implementing solution “A” to address problem “B” can be infinitely complex. How does one decide who gets what? Is the intervention cost-effective? What do…
