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Dr. Baojiang Chen, PhD, Research on Biostatistical Methodological Development and Applications

by COPH Staff | December 15, 2012

Spotlight on Research at COPH – Dr. Chen’s current research focuses on both methodological development and statistical applications to research, such as in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) studies and cancer studies. Dr. Chen has been working on statistical methods and analyses for Alzheimer’s disease (AD) in the National Alzheimer’s Coordinating Center (NACC). Approximately 5 million people in the United States and more than 37 million people worldwide are affected by AD. With AD, a person’s memory and ability to learn and carry out daily activities such… Continue Reading

Posted in Featured Stories, Research, Spotlight COPH Research, The GroundBreaker, Uncategorized, Vol. 2 / Is. 12, Dec 2012

Travel tips

by COPH Staff | December 15, 2012

Public Health Community Advisory – The American Red Cross has travel tips holiday travelers can follow to arrive safely at their destination. ON THE ROAD: Most holiday travelers get to where they are going by car. To arrive safely, the Red Cross recommends these safety steps for travelers who will drive to visit their loved ones over the holidays. Make sure the vehicle is in good working order. Start out with a full tank of gas, check the tire air pressure and make sure the… Continue Reading

Posted in Community Advisory, Featured Stories, The GroundBreaker, Vol. 2 / Is. 12, Dec 2012

The Role of Public Health Training Centers in Public Health

by COPH Staff | December 15, 2012

Public Health in the National News – In October 2011, the College of Public Health (COPH) was awarded funding to launch the Great Plains Public Health Training Center (Great Plains PHTC). The purpose of the PHTC program nationally is to improve the nation’s public health system by strengthening the technical, scientific, managerial, and leadership competence of the current and future public health workforce. The program is funded through the Affordable Care Act Prevention and Public Health Fund, and is administered through the Health Resources and… Continue Reading

Posted in COPH Picks, Featured Stories, Local News, National News, The GroundBreaker, Vol. 2 / Is. 12, Dec 2012

Kendra Schmid, PhD

by COPH Staff | November 15, 2012

Faculty Highlight – Dr. Kendra Schmid teaches BIOS 823/CPH 653, Categorical Data Analysis. While this course is an MPH biostatistics concentration course, students in other programs also enroll. Dr. Schmid is developing an online section of the MPH biostatistics core course, BIOS 806/CPH 506, to be offered in spring 2013. Dr. Schmid’s methodological research focuses on statistical shape analysis, and more specifically, on methods of describing, mapping, and matching shapes using landmark coordinates. As a biostatistician, she serves as a statistician for research projects across… Continue Reading

Posted in COPH Picks, Faculty Highlight, Featured Stories, The GroundBreaker, Uncategorized, Vol. 2 / Is. 11, Nov 2012

Shinobu Watanabe-Galloway, PhD, Research on Mental Illness and Substance-Related Disorders

by COPH Staff | November 15, 2012

Spotlight on Research at COPH – Across the United States, two million persons with serious mental illnesses are booked into jails each year. According to the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University, about 40% of state prison and local jail inmates have substance use disorders, and 25% have substance use disorders with mental illness. There is a substantial overlap between the behavioral health and criminal justice systems. Dr. Shinobu Watanabe-Galloway and her research team worked with the Behavioral Health Division of… Continue Reading

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“Sleep tight! Don’t let the bed bugs bite!”

by COPH Staff | November 15, 2012

Public Health Community Advisory – Over the last two years, bed bugs have increasingly been found in hotels, apartments, houses, shelters, cruise ships, buses, trains, airplanes, dorm rooms, schools, hospitals, and department stores. Bed bugs even invaded the New York Ritz Carlton Hotel in January 2012, showing that bed bugs know no boundaries regardless of income bracket. The cause for the rise in infestations remains unclear, but is likely due to bed bug populations developing resistance to pesticides, increased domestic and international travel aiding transport,… Continue Reading

Posted in Community Advisory, Featured Stories, The GroundBreaker, Uncategorized, Vol. 2 / Is. 11, Nov 2012

New Developments in the Fight to End HIV Infection

by COPH Staff | November 15, 2012

Public Health in the National News – The Food and Drug Administration approval of a pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP, is an exciting development in the fight to end HIV infection. The public health community working to prevent new infections now has another in a wide array of tools with which to prevent HIV transmission. Clinical studies have shown those who start a PrEP regimen do not engage in behaviors that transmit HIV with any greater frequency than before using the drug. Despite this, some public… Continue Reading

Posted in COPH Picks, Featured Stories, National News, Slide show, The GroundBreaker, Vol. 2 / Is. 11, Nov 2012