Coast Guard Veteran Promotes Worker Health and Safety for NASA
Steven Vanderlaske
Environmental Health Sciences student Steven Vanderlaske interned for NASA this past summer, at their Armstrong Flight Research Center in California.
MPH Results
Preventing Sickness and Injury: An Occupational Passion
Karin Dove, MPH '16, Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology
Karin Dove knows the public health work she does will impact large populations of people. Data is her key tool in that endeavor, and translating the value of that data is one or her biggest challenges and joys.
Learning to Cook, Learning to Belong
Brianna Dumas
Economic, environmental, and social stresses disconnect us from the food we eat. Brianna Dumas works to reconnect us using a grassroots approach—good food for our community, grown by our community, supporting our community.
Networks of Support: The People and Places That Need Us Most
Allante Moon
A broad set of commitments helps Allante Moon stay connected to the community and keeps her focused on what she’s most passionate about—applying her talents and skills wherever they’re needed most.
Communities of Hope: Optimism and Resilience on the Islands of Life
Mislael Valentín-Cortés
Moving so far from home for graduate school was difficult for Mislael Valentín-Cortés. Still, Puerto Rico is always on his mind, and disaster preparedness is a major theme of his academic and extracurricular activities.
Giving Back to Youth and Seniors with Nutrition Education
Jill Schaefer
Jill Schaefer is an MPH candidate in Nutritional Sciences and pursuing a dual degree with the School of Social Work.