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New Nursing Elective Course: Culture, Immigration, and Health Outcomes

Reminder to EPIs and GLEPIs: non-RSPH courses cannot count towards the credits needed for your MPH/MSPH degree.

Dr. Bai and Dr. Zhang are assistant professors from the School of Nursing. They are launching a new elective course in spring 2023 titled “Culture, Immigration, and Health Outcomes.” The course will take place in person on Fridays from 10am to noon.  Non-nursing students who wish to enroll must email nursingregistrar [at] emory [dot] edu for a permission number to enroll. For more information about the course, please contact Professor Zhang at wenhui [dot] zhang [at] emory [dot] edu. 

 


TA Opportunity, MSCR 534: Analytic Methods for Clinical Research

There is a paid opportunity to serve as a Teaching Assistant for the course titled Analytic Methods for Clinical Research II (MSCR 534) during the Spring 2023 semester. This course is offered within the Laney Graduate School’s Master of Science in Clinical Research Program – a program for physicians to gain training in research methods. The course instructor is Dr. Matthew Magee who is faculty in the Hubert Department of Global Health and Department of Epidemiology. The primary focus of the course is a broad overview of regression modeling techniques including logistic regression; survival analyses, hazards regression, and competing risk analysis; Poisson and log-binomial regression; and mediation analyses. The Teaching Assistant’s responsibilities include grading three course assignments, attending most classes, and supporting students as needed. The course will meet via Zoom on Tuesdays (1-2:50pm) and in-person for a SAS based lab on Wednesdays (1-2:50pm). If interested, please email Matthew Magee (mjmagee [at] emory [dot] edu).

 


Fuel Up for Finals, RSPH Student Engagement Team with SIA & GPHA

Category : News/Events

Tuesday, December 6 – 12-1pm (CNR Plaza level)

Join the RSPH Student Engagement Team and Scholars in Action for Fuel Up for Finals! Take a break, grab a hot beverage, and make a holiday card for one of our community partners. Hot cocoa, hot cider, tea, and coffee will be provided while supplies last. Registration is not required for this event. 


Reflecting on Your Goals for This Semester

Category : PROspective

At the very beginning of this semester, Emory’s Office of Health Promotion shared some advice with us regarding habits to develop in order to have the most successful semester possible. Now that our time on campus this semester is coming to an end and we are nearing finals, it is time to reflect on our personal progress. Did you accomplish the goals you intended to accomplish this year? Have your study habits been working for you, or are there ways you can improve? There is still time to become aware of any room that you have for improvement and end your semester on a positive note. Return to this article from a few months ago as finals begin.


Written by Kaylan Ware

After being away from your studies for the summer, it can be difficult to reestablish a routine that works for you. Incorporating daily practices that boost your mood and productivity early in the semester can increase your chances of developing good habits. Start by considering what’s important to you this school year, then try using these strategies to improve your productivity, balance, and well-being.

  1. Set intentions. Identify your values and goals this year. This does not have to be school related. Let’s say you want to learn a new skill or spend more time with friends. Decide on actionable steps to attain your intentions and reinforce your intentions daily by reflecting on them. It helps to write your intentions down and place them somewhere you’re likely to look.

Here’s an example of an intention: “This school year, I want to engage in at least three co- curricular activities.”

  1. Set daily goals. Either in the morning or the night before, reflect on all you want to get done in your day. Make a list and check items off as you complete them. Include smaller tasks like washing clothes and larger, more time-consuming tasks like finishing a presentation for class. This helps you maintain a realistic schedule for your day, giving you an idea of the amount of time you will dedicate to certain tasks and how much free time you may have.
  2. Make sleep a priority. A poor sleep schedule can affect your mood, ability to cope with stress, your ability to concentrate and more. To begin prioritizing sleep, it would help to establish a regular sleep schedule and create a bedtime routine. Consider what your busiest day looks like and think about how many hours of sleep you’d like to get. Aim for 7-9 hours if possible. Having a bedtime routine may include showering, reading a book or meditating. Your routine can help relax your body and mind before bed. Be sure to limit screen time, too!
  3. Practice mindfulness. There are so many ways to practice mindfulness. Deep breathing, yoga, coloring, and journaling are all activities where mindful strategies are present. Mindfulness activities can help increase emotional awareness and decrease stress and anxiety. Add mindful moments throughout your week by focusing on your breath, observing your thoughts, listening actively, and observing your surroundings using all five senses.
  4. Take a break. It can be overwhelming to consider pausing when you have assignments piling up and due dates approaching, but it is important to utilize breaks to rest and take care of yourself to enhance focus and performance. Build breaks into your schedule to rest and reset so you can tackle your next tasks reenergized. If you need help deciding what to do during a 30-second break or even an hour-long break, visit Campus Life’s Take a Break webpage for inspiration and resources.

Remember to be intentional about incorporating these strategies and practices into your everyday life. Sometimes it can be difficult to stick with an activity long enough to make it a habit. Try finding an accountability partner – a friend, classmate, or mentor – that will check-in and help motivate you to achieve your goals.

Also, check out the Office of Health Promotion’s Instagram page (@EmoryOHP) for wellness tips and programs!


Kaylan Ware is a 2nd year Behavioral, Social, and Health Education Sciences student at Rollins with interests in health communication, health equity, and chronic disease prevention. She works as the Health Communications Graduate Assistant in Emory’s Office of Health Promotion.


Spring 2023 Course Offerings: BSHES Electives

BSHES 522: Principles of Curriculum & Instruction in Health Education

Fridays, 9-11:50am

Course Description: Introduces methods used by education practitioners in designing health interventions. Presents decision-making models for health education strategies selection for specific target populations. Explores techniques in group facilitation, mass communication, behavior modification, classroom instruction, and organizational development. Students begin and conduct activities for health promotion and education.

BSHES 557: Addressing Racism as a Public Health Issue to Promote Health Equity

Section 1: Tuesdays, 10-11:50am

Section 2: Wednesdays, 5-6:50pm

Course Description: This course provides an overview of racism as a driver of health inequities and interventions designed to dismantle racism to promote health equity. Racism causes harm at multiple ecological levels from the individual level (e.g., internalized racism) to the systemic level (e.g., oppressive and unjust policies & practices). This course will introduce students to how racism operates to create and maintain health inequities and proposed interventions (programs & policies) to promote health equity. 


Several Positions Available, WHO-sponsored systemic review of hygiene and hand washing

Who: PhD students (rotation for Spring ‘23), MPH students (REAL or non-REAL paid positions). Students with experience conducting reviews, with behavioral science background, laboratory science, policy experience, WASH background encouraged to apply. (Several positions available)

What: Support for WHO-sponsored systematic reviews of hygiene and handwashing

When: Please apply by Dec 7th

How: email CV and short paragraph highlight key experience and interests to Bethany Caruso (bcaruso [at] emory [dot] edu) with the subject line: Student Support: WHO Systematic Review

Investigators: Bethany Caruso (HDGH, MPI), Marlene Wolfe (GDEH-MPI), Matthew Freeman (GDEH)

Details: Emory investigators have been engaged by the WHO to conduct a series of systematic reviews on effective hand hygiene in community settings. These reviews – to be completed in 2023 – will be used to support the forthcoming global guidelines (like the guideline developed for sanitation, found here). The purpose of the reviews is to synthesize and evaluate evidence related to the following questions: 

  1. What constitutes effective hand hygiene;
  2. What are the minimum requirements for its practice in community settings;
  3. What behaviour change approaches are conducive to the sustained adoption of effective hand hygiene practice in community settings;
  4. What government measures can support sustained practice of effective hand hygiene in community settings.

Students will work on a team in Spring 2023 to support search, data retrieval, data abstraction, report generation, and peer-review manuscript preparation. Students who contribute sufficiently will be authors on resulting manuscripts. For MPH students, there is an opportunity for some of the positions to extend to summer 2023 and could be used for APE.


Epidemiology Fellowship, CDC SENSOR-Pesticides Program

Category : Alumni

Research Project: The ORISE research fellow will be assigned to The Sentinel Event Notification System for Occupational Risk (SENSOR)-Pesticides program (https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/pesticides/). Under this program, NIOSH provides cooperative agreement funding and technical support to state health departments to conduct surveillance on acute occupational pesticide-related illness and injury. As part of the fellowship program, the ORISE fellow will conduct public health surveillance studies of acute pesticide-related illness and injury, with a focus on work-related exposures. Under the guidance of a mentor, who is a senior epidemiologist, the fellow will be involved in the following activities:

  • 1. Analyze public health surveillance data to assess occupational and non-occupational disease magnitude trends
  • 2. Identify and investigate emerging pesticide problems by using the SENSOR-Pesticides Program database to describe the human experience with relatively new pesticides, or describe risks associated with various application practices (E.g., describe the rate of pesticide poisoning across major industry sectors, including agriculture)
  • 3. Assist with the development of educational and other notification materials to raise awareness of pesticide problems that are identified and implement effective interventions
  • 4. Participate in preparing manuscripts for publication in a peer-reviewed journal
  • 5. Assist in organizing the SENSOR-Pesticides workshops which are attended by SENSOR-Pesticides partners and stakeholders
  • 6. Contribute to data quality assessment and improvement across the SENSOR-Pesticides states.
Qualifications

The qualified candidate should have received a master’s degree in one of the relevant fields, or be currently pursuing the degree to be received by December 30, 2022. Degree must have been received within the past five years.

Preferred Skills:

  • Experience in epidemiologic methods and statistics
  • Knowledge of SAS (or R) statistical software is desirable, but training can be provided, if needed
  • Experience with Microsoft Office tools (Word, Power Point, Excel)
  • Strong research and communication skills.

The application deadline is December 19, 2022. For more information and to apply, please click here


Health Communications Fellow, CDC

Category : Alumni

CDC Office and Location: A fellowship opportunity is available with the Communications, Education, and Behavioral Studies Branch, Division of Tuberculosis Elimination (DTBE), within the National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia.

The mission of the Division of Tuberculosis Elimination (DTBE) is to promote health and quality of life by preventing, controlling, and eventually eliminating tuberculosis in the United States.

Research Project: The research participant will be placed in the Communications, Education, and Behavioral Studies Branch (CEBSB) within the Division of Tuberculosis Elimination (DTBE). This project will provide the fellow with an educational experience in health communications and social marketing around tuberculosis disease and latent tuberculosis infection. Learning Objectives: Under the guidance of a mentor, the participant will be involved in the following activities:

– Aiding in the development of health communication materials, products, and messages – Conducting communications research – Disseminating health information through a variety of communication channels – Supporting the development and implementation of a communications campaign to reach priority audiences with important health messages – Supporting community engagement and mobilization activities through social marketing efforts – Assisting in drafting and reviewing documents and reports – Presenting findings and recommendations at national forums and in peer-reviewed journals – Contributing to formative research efforts and communications to eliminate tuberculosis in the United States – Supporting message testing efforts around tuberculosis and latent tuberculosis infection testing and treatment for groups at high risk for tuberculosis. – Participating in Branch and Team meetings – Maintaining communication with project leaders

This fellow will be engaged with Branch leadership and project staff. Opportunities for networking with subject matter experts will be made available.

Mentor(s): The mentor for this opportunity is Leeanna Allen (iei5 [at] cdc [dot] gov). If you have questions about the nature of the research please contact the mentor(s).

Anticipated Appointment Start Date: March 27, 2023. Start date is flexible and will depend on a variety of factors.

Appointment Length: The appointment will initially be for one year, but may be renewed upon recommendation of CDC and is contingent on the availability of funds.

Level of Participation: The appointment is full-time.

Questions: Please visit our Program Website. After reading, if you have additional questions about the application process please email ORISE [dot] CDC [dot] NCHHSTP [at] orau [dot] org and include the reference code for this opportunity. For more information, please click here


2023 International Conference, UNC American Mock World Health Organization

Category : News/Events

UNC’s Chapter of American Mock World Health Organization has kicked off its school year! If you are interested in global health, public health writing, networking, public speaking skills, or analyzing a global issue, our annual International Conference is the perfect event for you!

The International Conference will begin on April 14, 2023, and end on April 16, 2023, at UNC-Chapel Hill, and the event will be focused on the theme of Planetary Health and the Human Condition. More details on the conference theme can be found in the theme guide link below. Registration is already open, and early registration ends on January 20, 2023. I highly recommend registering for the International Conference during this early registration period because the lowest registration price will only be offered during this time! 

For more information, please refer to the following Linktree, to find links to the UNC AMWHO website, International Conference Website, and registration Eventzilla: https://linktr.ee/amwho23

For any questions or concerns regarding registration or the International Conference, please feel free to reach out to me at joedanica [dot] inigo [at] unc [dot] edu or my Co-Director, Catherine, at pabacat [at] unc [dot] edu. Additional points of contact are UNC AMWHO’s Conference Co-Directors, Devanshi (dnraval3 [at] email [dot] unc [dot] edu) and Zoe (zpship [at] ad [dot] unc [dot] edu).


Long COVID Clinical Research Coordinator, Human Experience and Ambulatory Technologies Lab

The Human Experience and Ambulatory Technologies (HEAT) Lab is hiring a half-time (20 hrs/week) Clinical Research Coordinator for a newly funded project focused on understanding how wearable technologies (e.g., smartwatches) can support patients who have Long COVID. The coordinator will provide project oversight, supervise undergraduate research assistants who are working on the project, and will also contribute directly to research activities such as conducting qualitative interviews with healthcare providers. Opportunities to work on other lab projects, co-author publications, present research at conferences, and receive training in ambulatory assessment research are available dependent on interest. This is an ideal position for a recent graduate seeking additional research experience and training before graduate or medical school. This is a mentored research position, and training tailored to individual professional goals (e.g., mentorship for graduate or medical school applications, support in networking with faculty in your areas of interest) is available.

Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in any health-related discipline (Dec 2022 graduation OK), prior research lab experience, interest in wearable and ambulatory assessment technologies.

Preferred Qualifications: At least 1 year of prior lab experience. Prior experience with any of the following are a bonus but not required: Qualtrics, qualitative interviews, systematic review. 

Other details: This position is a one-year, 20 hr/week commitment. Work hours and location are flexible. Although some on-site activities at Emory will be required each week, this can be a hybrid office/telework position if desired.

About the HEAT Lab: The Human Experience and Ambulatory Technologies (HEAT) lab is new lab in the Emory School of Medicine (SOM) dedicated to researching the impacts of wearable assessment technologies on science, mental and physical health, and healthcare. We collaborate closely with many research groups across campus, including Emory Spiritual Health and the Winship Cancer Institute. The HEAT lab is directed by Deanna Kaplan, PhD, a clinical health psychologist and Assistant Professor in Family and Preventive Medicine. 

How to apply: Send a resume and letter of interest to Deanna Kaplan at: deanna [dot] m [dot] kaplan [at] emory [dot] edu. If selected for an interview you will be asked to provide 2 professional (not personal) references. 

Review of applications is rolling and begins immediately. Training and onboarding for the position will begin in December. 


Upcoming Events

  • Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Seminar December 5, 2024 at 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Seminar Series Event Type: Seminar SeriesSpeaker: Sanjib Basu, PhDContact Name: Mary AbosiContact Email: mabosi@emory.eduRoom Location: CNR PLAZA - Rollins AuditoriumTitle: High-Dimensional Joint Model for Age Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) Risk and Social Determinants of Health
  • Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Seminar December 6, 2024 at 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Seminar Series Event Type: Seminar SeriesSpeaker: Kylie Ainslie, PhDContact Name: Mary AbosiContact Email: mabosi@emory.eduRoom Location: CNR_1000 Richard M. Levinson PhD ClassroomTitle: Scabies, who cares?

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