Public Health Focus

Announcements about trending public health issues and topics.

Northwest Center for Public Health Practice Offers Free Online Contact Tracing Certification Course

Every Contact Counts: Contact Tracing for Public Health Professionals

By Kim Ecenbarger
Kim Ecenbarger SPH Senior Associate Director
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Apply Public Health Knowledge – Indiana State Department of Health COVID-19 Contact Tracing Program

The Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) is conducting case investigation and contact tracing via phone to reach out to those who may have been exposed to COVID-19. They are looking for individuals who can work out of their homes …

By Kim Ecenbarger
Kim Ecenbarger SPH Senior Associate Director
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Share Your SPH Pride – Student Video Callout

Sadly, all spring on-campus visits were canceled for high school students and their families. Campus and SPH Red Carpet activity is transitioning to virtual formats, and we would like to send a video to admitted high school seniors who have …

By Kim Ecenbarger
Kim Ecenbarger SPH Senior Associate Director
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14 ways to greet someone that don’t involve shaking hands

BY NICOLE GALLUCCI MAR 03, 2020

Hey, have you heard? Germs are everywhere!

More than 90,000 cases of the highly contagious new coronavirus, which results in the disease known as COVID-19, have been confirmed, and panicked people are stocking up …

By NICOLE GALLUCCI
NICOLE GALLUCCI Reporter
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Coronavirus: Time to Rethink the Handshake

SHRM, the Society for Human Resource Management, has compiled information about the Coronavirus and potential impacts on the workplace.

An article entitled Coronavirus: Time to Rethink the Handshake, by Kathy Gurchiek, was published March 5th on their website. The article …

By Kathy Gurchiek
Kathy Gurchiek
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3 Public Health Courses Premeds Should Take

By Ali Lotfi, M.D., Contributor

 

Gaining experience in public health education is important before you enter medical school.(GETTY IMAGES)

PUBLIC HEALTH IS becoming a more popular major among undergraduate students, and dual M.D.-M.P.H. degree candidates are on the …

By School of Public Health Office of Career Services
School of Public Health Office of Career Services
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PHI/CDC Global Health Fellowship Program

START YOUR FUTURE GLOBAL HEALTH CAREER TODAY!

The PHI/CDC Global Health Fellowship Program, implemented by the Public Health Institute, is a CDC-funded fellowship that supports promising emerging global public health professionals
to develop technical skills needed to respond to today’s …

By Trudy McConnell
Trudy McConnell Assistant Director, Employer Relations
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IU Student Sydney Taylor Shares Jr. Commissioned Officer Student Training Experience

The U.S Public Health Service (USPHS) is one of the nation’s seven uniform services and is under the Department of Health and Human Services. The USPHS have over 6,000 Commissioned Officers whose mission is “Protecting, Promoting, and Advancing the Health …

By LT Lewis Kofi Antwi, MPH, MA
LT Lewis Kofi Antwi, MPH, MA Environmental Health Officer
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Prevention Insights’ Big Idea Challenge

Please find information about the Big Idea Challenge here: PIs_BIG_IDEA_Challenge.

This is an opportunity for graduate and undergraduate students to win scholarship awards up to $1,000 in personal stipends (transferred to bursar account) and up to $10,000 for 1 year …

By Kim Ecenbarger
Kim Ecenbarger SPH Senior Associate Director
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