Danielle Lagana has always been drawn to public health. She majored in environmental studies as an undergraduate and worked with the National Park Service for…
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MPH students powered up their laptops and tuned in from their living rooms, kitchens, and home offices for this fall’s virtual Public Health Forum. The…
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Fred Palmer might seem like an ordinary graduate student, but he wears many different hats in his community. He is a substance use counselor, advocate…
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Discovering Public Health Isabella Mazariegos’ first experience in public health was when she was in high school. She volunteered for Helps International, an organization similar…
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More than six months after Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, Julie Lenoch was spaying a cat by the light of a headlamp. The area’s inconsistent…
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Before actually seeing the chickens pecking in the dirt outside brightly painted homes in rural eastern India, Anna Pollard and Kaitlin Dickson, both students in…
Full ArticleMonica Keele, DVM, and cultural perceptions of the human/animal bond
Monica is from Murfreesboro, TN and has a bachelor’s degree in Hispanic Studies and a doctorate in Veterinary Medicine from the University of Tennessee. She…
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