MCW's Institute for Health and Society offers the only PhD Program of its kind in Wisconsin and one of very few nation-wide with the purpose of transforming the research paradigm in public and community health by integrating the rigors of traditional public health sciences with the essential components of community health improvement through participation and partnership.
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NEW Application deadline: January 15th Information on applying can be found at:
Look for us at the American Public Health Annual Meeting & Expo in Boston MA
November 2 - 6, 2013 Booth 1240
Look for alumni Elizabeth Duthie and Annie Nguyen at APHA, "Policy lessons from interventions to improve school meal nutrition: A literature review."
Current student, Katherin Quinn, will be doing an oral presentation at APHA, "Raw down: HIV risk among adolescent gang members" along with two posters.
April 1-7, 2013 was National Public Health Week. Check the website to view activities.
View the video, Public Health - Saves Lives-Saves Money
Program Highlights Accepted for publication from alumni Elizabeth Duthie and Annie Nguyen: Nguyen, A.L., Duthie, E.A., Denson, K., Franco, J., & Duthie, E.H. (Accepted and in press). Positioning medical students for the geriatric imperative: Using Geriatrics to effectively teach Medicine. Gerontology and Geriatrics Education.
Elaine Drew, PhD, faculty with the PhD in Public and Community Health, discusses a telenovela about diabetes developed with the Latino community.
Please contact us with any questions regarding the PhD Program in Public and Community Health.
414-955-4517 or phdpch@mcw.edu
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