UVA Department of Public Health Sciences

Thanks everyone for a great 2024! University of Virginia #uva #topnine2024 #topnine

Congratulations to Nao Hagiwara, Ph.D., Professor in PHS and Director of the Program on Health Disparities and Community Engagement Research, and colleagues on their book “Unequal Health: Anti-Black Racism and the Threat to America‘s Health” for winning an Outstanding Academic Title Award from Choice. Every December Choice publishes its list of Outstanding Academic Titles. This prestigious list reflects the best in scholarly titles, both print and digital, reviewed by Choice during the previous year and brings with it the extraordinary recognition of the academic library community. The list is quite selective, containing approximately ten percent of some 5,000 works reviewed annually in Choice. Penner, L. A., Dovidio, J. F., Hagiwara, N., & Smedley, B. D. (2023). Unequal Health: Anti-Black Racism and the Threat to America‘s Health. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. University of Virginia #uva #choice #outstandingacademictitle

The Master of Public Health Program was excited to host the Public Health Sciences Fall Semester Poster Day last week. Twelve Graduating MPH Students presented their work from their Integrated Learning Experience (ILE). See this link to read more about the exciting work our students have done: https://buff.ly/4fqgmvu Congratulations to our graduating MPH students! University of Virginia #uva #mph #graduation

We invite applications for the MPH program for students starting in Fall 2025. We encourage submissions through SOPHAS by the priority deadline of January 15th, 2025. See more information here: https://buff.ly/49nwJGP University of Virginia #uva #mph #sophas

Delta Omega, the Public Health Honor Society, was founded in 1924 and is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year. The UVA chapter of Delta Omega has been very active this semester. In September, UVA’s chapter presented one of the monthly webinars in the 100th anniversary webinar series. Paige Hornsby, PhD, Associate Professor of Public Health Sciences, attended the anniversary celebration at the APHA meeting in Minneapolis in October. During the meeting, Dr. Mandy Cohen, Director of the CDC, was inducted into Delta Omega as this year’s honorary member. University of Virginia #uva #deltaomega #publichealth

Kara Wiseman, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor in Public Health Sciences, recently sat down with UVA Today for a Q&A on what everyone should know about drinking alcohol this holiday season. See this link for the Q&A: https://buff.ly/4iyjk3O University of Virginia #uva #holidays #publichealth

Throwing it back to orientation in honor of finals starting soon! Good luck to all the Hoos taking exams, completing final projects, and writing essays. University of Virginia #uva #examseason

Please join us for the Fall 2024 MPH poster session to learn about our graduating students’ projects! The poster session will be Thursday, December 12, 1:30-2:30pm in the Biomedical Informatics Lobby (Suite 3000 West Complex). We look forward to celebrating with all our students! @uva #uva #mph #posterday

UVA Health's very own Emily Couric Cancer Center is hosting its annual auction to raise money for patients who face barriers receiving treatment. Every year, UVA Health staff members decorate wreaths with a variety of themes and auction them off. This year, local businesses such as Corner Juice, Boylan Heights, and Ragged Mountain have also donated gift cards and merchandise to include with some of the wreaths. The auction opened 12/2 and will close 12/8. Wreaths will be available for pickup on 12/10 for winners. Visit this link for the auction: https://buff.ly/4gjOQAW University of Virginia #uva #wreathauction #cancercenter

Join the UVA community for Lighting of the Lawn on Friday December 6th 7-9:30pm. This year’s theme of “Lights Up” is a celebration of our accomplishments and strengths as a community. More details here: https://buff.ly/4ggbava University of Virginia #uva #lightingofthelawn