After earning the highest score on the CHES exam, Mason CHHS alumna Irene Parriski leads a team of crisis counselors dedicated to providing wellbeing strategies and self-care resources for local health departments.
Join the College of Health and Human Services to Celebrate National Public Health Week April 5-11
Policy changes strengthen state’s capacity to fight substance use and improve outcomes including increases in number of behavioral health and substance use providers and patients treated.
Tatum McKay, Master of Public Health student at the College of Health and Human Services, has been analyzing de-identified data from the COVID Health Check✓™ to provide insight into testing rates and how to best mitigate the spread of COVID-19 on campus.
The College of Health and Human Services is pleased to announce that five of the College’s graduate programs are ranked within the top 100 of their discipline, as recognized in the most recent U.S. News & World Report rankings of graduate programs. Two programs, the Master of Health Administration (MHA) and Master of Science in Nursing (MSN), rank within the top 50 in their respective discipline and two programs – the Master of Public Health (MPH) and the MSN rose in their respective rankings by more than 20 percent.
Caprecia Miller, a Master of Social Work student, wanted to take action to address issues of systemic racism and police brutality. Her work in voter outreach gained national recognition. In March 2021, she received the CRISP Student of the Year Award.
How do environmental factors such as the COVID-19 pandemic, air pollution, chemical exposures, social, genetic, and neighborhood exposures influence obesity and asthma rates? The College is exploring this question as it collaborates in the ECHO program, a seven-year initiative funded by the National Institutes of Health.
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Germaine Louis speaks on her experience of working in two pandemics throughout her career, as well as the importance of mentorship for emerging leaders in Public Health.
