It is with deep sorrow that we share news of the passing of Melvin Moeschberger, who died peacefully on Wednesday, Jan. 9, at age 78.

Ohio State Public Health’sErinnAulfingersat down withassistant professorShawnitaSealy-Jefferson,PhD, MPH, who joined the College of Public Health’s Division of Epidemiology this academic year.Dr. Sealy-Jefferson has an MPH in public health practice from Wayne State University and a PhD in epidemiological sciences from the University of Michigan’s School of Public Health.

The following column appeared in the Autumn/Winter 2019 issue of Ohio State Public Health, the College of Public Health's magazine.

MaryDiOrio, MD, MPH, is the medicaldirectorofqualityandpopulationhealthat theOhioHealth Physician Group. She graduated in 1994 with Doctor of Medicine from Ohio State’s College of Medicine and in 2000 with a Master of Public Health from Ohio State’s School of Public Health.

After more than nine years, Tabitha Hootman finds herself a few courses away from earning her BSPH.

Undergaduate studentKaitlyn Jones presented her research on health disparities faced by black women at the APHA Annual Meeting in San Diego.

Public health leaders, practitioners, organizations and educators were among the seven honorees at the college's annual awards ceremony on Tuesday.

Undergraduate students approaching graduation gained invaluable experience in areas such as human trafficking, pharmaceuticals and more, and presented their work at a poster session on Dec. 6.

Meghana Gorur, president of the Pan-Asian Mental Wellness Association and student of environmental public health, hopes to break the stigma of mental health and build a community for those suffering.

CPH alumna Laura Zdon's “non-traditional” college experience demonstrates that there is no one path to a career in public health.