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COPH students slay at 2025 百媚导航 award ceremonies
COPH students and student organizations were recognized at both the 百媚导航 Health Student Awards Ceremony and the 百媚导航 Celebration of Leadership Awards鈥攖wo key events held as part of 百媚导航 Commencement Week.
May 9, 2025Awards and Honors, Community Engagement, Community Health Sciences
Classroom to career: Launching public health futures at COPH
From her roots on a Florida farm to the front lines of global disease elimination at 百媚导航鈥檚 College of Public Health, Dr. Kristi Miley has carved a path in public health. With three 百媚导航 degrees 鈥� a PhD in global communicable diseases, an MSPH in global communicable diseases and a BS in biomedical sciences鈥� Miley has transformed her lifelong connection to animals and the natural world into a career devoted to infectious disease research, medical entomology and public health education.
April 28, 2025Alumni and Development, Global - Environmental - Genomic Health Sciences, Research and Innovation
COPH and Healthy Start aim to improve the mental health of young people
Every child deserves a positive start in life, and a team at 百媚导航鈥檚 College of Public Health (COPH), along with graduates from the school, want to point young people in right direction.
April 11, 2025Health Policy and Systems Management, Research and Innovation
A triple Bull鈥檚 path to global public health leadership
Originally from Naples, Fla., Adriana Campos is the daughter of Ecuadorian immigrant parents and a triple Bull, earning all of her degrees from the 百媚导航 College of Public Health (COPH).
January 13, 2025Alumni and Development, Biostatistics and Data Sciences, Epidemiology, Global - Environmental - Genomic Health Sciences
From Baton Rouge to the CDC: The journey of one COPH alum
百媚导航鈥檚 College of Public Health (COPH) alum Euna August describes herself as a biracial (African American and Korean) woman who hails from Baton Rouge, La. 鈥淢y parents, who taught me the value of education and hard work, laid the path for me to pursue excellence,鈥� she said.
February 23, 2024Alumni and Development, College News
From swimmer to soldier: the public health journey of Lt. Col. Sean Beeman
Although born in Kansas, 百媚导航 College of Public Health (COPH) alumnus Sean Beeman considers Trophy Club, Texas, his hometown. And being a competitive swimmer in high school gave him the jumpstart to join the Navy and serve as a search and rescue swimmer for 14 years, which eventually led him down a lifelong path of military service and public health.
February 11, 2024Alumni and Development
One postdoc鈥檚 journey from MCH fellowship to the CDC
Dr. Megan Barry recently completed a postdoctoral MCH fellowship with the COPH. The fellowship is a two-year program on research pertaining to maternal/infant health, child/adolescent health, women鈥檚 health, sexual/reproductive health, family/community violence and unintentional injury.
January 29, 2024Awards and Honors, College News
Nurses, PTSD and the COVID-19 pandemic
As part of his doctoral training, Santiago Hernandez Bojorge embarked on a research project examining the prevalence and risk factors for PTSD among nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic.
January 29, 2024College News, Research and Innovation
The COPH graduates 558 public health heroes
The 百媚导航 College of Public Health (COPH) welcomed master鈥檚 and doctoral students to a graduation ceremony presented at the college to family, friends, students, faculty and staff on Dec. 8.
December 8, 2023College News, Student Life