On April 22, Shaw Middle School held an event for the Marshallese community residing in Spokane. This event celebrated the academic success of Marshallese students in grades 7-12 from across Spokane County. The event also served as a health clinic for students’ family members, in which free vaccinations and health screenings were offered. Three-hundred seventy…
The MPHA has recently elected new officers. From left to right in the below picture, the new officers are: Dilli Gautam, Public Relations Officer Jessica R. Ochoa, President April Gunderson, Event Coordinator Britney Vanwinkle, Treasurer Morgan Odell, Vice President Zoe Dugdale, Secretary
Research Spotlight: Olu’s Marshallese Project Professor Olugbemiga Ekundayo has been conducting a live challenge project as part of his class on social epidemiology. The project sparked when he learned from one of his students that there was an educational deficit amongst the Marshallese students of Spokane’s Shaw Middle School. Shaw Middle School employs more teachers…
MPH student Ali Norris recently attended a Healthy Equity Forum. The event centered on the continued need for support and funding of healthcare programs in Eastern Washington. Ali spoke about the importance of public health and the need for health professionals to organize in order to create a healthier community. Spokane has positive potential for…
Three second-year students of Eastern Washington University’s Masters of Public Health Department recently attended the American Public Health Association’s conference. The conference, which garnered more than 10,000 attendees, took place in Denver, Colorado, from October 29 to November 2. All three students are elected officers of the Masters of Public Health Association: Lauren Luther, president;…
Eastern Washington Area Health Education Center (EWAHEC) The newest program to join the Public Health and Health Administration Department is the Eastern Washington Area Health Education Center (EWAHEC). The EWAHEC opened at EWU in September 2015. Their work is focused on improving the healthcare workforce, particularly in rural areas of eastern Washington. The EWAHEC focuses…
Jennifer Day is an adjunct faculty member for MPH. She earned her Masters of Public Health from the University of Michigan and, as an undergraduate, studied cultural anthropology at Washington University in St. Louis and the University of Sussex. Her primary focus is global health, health inequity, reproductive health and HIV/AIDS. She has designed, implemented and evaluated…
Anna Tresidder, PhD, is an Interim Program Director and Assistant Professor Public Health. She received her PhD and MPH, with a focus in health administration and policy, from Portland State and her BS in biology from Pacific University. Her public health career started when she was in the Peace Corps. She worked in the German…
Last week, MPH student Ali Norris attended and presented at the Northwest Rural Health Conference in Seattle, Washington. Her presentation discussed data that she analyzed regarding a Diabetes Management Program in Stevens County. It was her first time presenting at a conference, and she describes it as “an amazing experience.” She met with healthcare professionals…
Asked if she was squeamish at the sight of blood, DaNeil Jolley was given scrubs and guided to a dimly lit room that smelled noticeably of cleaner, where she was about to watch a laparoscopic surgery. At just 16 years old, this was Jolley’s first day as an intern in the surgical unit at Samaritan…
