Kristen Mitchell

Meet Jamie O’Leary, a MPH-Program for Experienced Professionals student driven by her passion for research, learning and childhood development. She is the associate director of policy and external affairs for the Ohio State University College of Education and Human Ecology’s Crane Center and Schoenbaum Family Center.

Tierra Hummons, a MPH student in health behavior and health promotion, is a self-published poet spending her summer interning with Franklin County Public Health. 

Health officials have repeatedly warned central Ohio residents to avoid spending time outside this summer as shifting winds carry smoke from Canadian wildfires south, harming air quality and blanketing the region in a haze, sometimes for multiple days.

Associate Professor Olorunfemi Adetona, who studies the links between wildfires and health, discusses the impact of smoke-filled air and what we should know as wildfire season rages on. 

Meet Carson Richardson, a master’s student in biostatistics with a passion for clinical research.

From learning how be a community advocate to unpacking the social determinants of health, young scholars explored what it means to be a public health practitioner as part of Columbus Public Health’s Camp Public Health.

Meet Emma Sakulich, a MPH health behavior and health promotion student spending her summer assisting with a project designed to prepare older adults for extreme weather emergencies.

The College of Public Health welcomed K-12 educators from Columbus City Schools to Cunz Hall as part of the three-day STEAMM Rising Institute for a session on how they can incorporate public health concepts in their classrooms. 

Kelsie Fox, a recent MPH-Epidemiology graduate, was apprehensive about taking the Graduate Record Examinations (GRE). Between working, finding time to study and the financial burdens of learning the material, “it’s a hard situation to be a part of,” she said. 

Fox graduated this spring as part of the first cohort of College of Public Health students admitted to master’s programs without having to take GRE. She has advocated for the requirement to be dropped for PhD program applicants as well.  

Meet Alicia Murphy, a MPH student in environmental health sciences who wants to apply her research skills and knowledge to a career focused on improving drinking water regulations.