Tag: public health

A group of Eastern Washington University faculties and students from the Master of Public Health (MPH) and Master of Social work (MSW) program attended 2018 Aging in America conference in San Francisco. At the conference, Anna Tresidder, the MPH program director presented her research on the topic “Aging and Independent in Rural Places: A Photovoice…

The MPHA has recently elected new officers. From left to right in the below picture, the new officers are: Kathy O’Neill, Secretary Johnny Aldan, President Luis Vela, Vice President and Treasurer Adrian Mobley, Public Relations Officer and Event Coordinator

On November 7, 2017, Ryan Douse, Jessica R. Ochoa, Brendon Winston, and Dilli Gautam, Masters of Public Health Students, entered the EWU Eagle’s Nest Pitch Contest and took first place! The contest allowed them to pitch our innovative public health technology tool aimed at addressing the opioid crisis impacting our communities locally and nationally. As…

Eastern Washington University, working in partnership with Juan N. Corpas University (Bogotá, Colombia), has been chosen as a 100,000 Strong in the Americas Innovation Fund grant winner. The alliance, which involves EWU’s Office of Global Initiatives and the College of Health Science and Public Health, will give students from the two universities the opportunity to…

Eastern Washington University in partnership with Providence Health Care, the Empire Health Foundation, and Kaiser Permanente hosted the “Making Mental Health Essential Health: A Community Health Forum on January 31st. Over 1300 community members attended the event and had access to community vendors providing resources for mental and behavioral health. The Honorable Patrick J. Kennedy,…