by Dr. Felicia E. Mebane | May 30, 2013 | 0 All
Starting today, Ten & Twos with Dr. Felicia Mebane is back with new posts on Tuesdays and Thursdays and a broader focus. Now, posts cover a broad variety of education and training topics and fields, instead of only career development and public health. See the...
by Dr. Felicia E. Mebane | Aug 18, 2011 | 0 All, About Public Health, Careers
FINALLY! More creative videos on statistics. I wonder if they read my prior emails begging for more creativity in this area :). This year, the American Statistical Association hosted a “Promoting the Practice and Profession of Statistics” video...
by Dr. Felicia E. Mebane | Jul 12, 2011 | 0 All, Careers
One role of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is to identify and report on disease trends (including risks), and what we can do to address them. One tool for sharing this kind of information with the public, researchers, policymakers, etc. is the...
by Dr. Felicia E. Mebane | Jul 8, 2011 | 0 All, Examples of Public Health
Today, the Chicago Tribune reported on recent reaction to new government advertising guidelines encouraging advertisers and the food industry to promote healthy food to kids. Food, advertising industries call voluntary guidelines unreasonable The Guidelines Research...
by Dr. Felicia E. Mebane | Jul 4, 2011 | 0 All
I hope everyone in the U.S. is having a fabulous 4th of July weekend! Here’s to family and friends and (lots of) food and fun and fireworks…:) !! (http://www.bigfoto.com/themes/fireworks/)
by Dr. Felicia E. Mebane | Jul 2, 2011 | 0 All, Degrees
Some students are so excited about starting their careers or worried about losing academic momentum that they want to earn a PhD as quickly as possible. So, they look for PhD programs that accept students without master’s degree. Even though some public health...
by Dr. Felicia E. Mebane | Jun 29, 2011 | 0 All, Education/Training
The ASPH Friday Letter is published online by the Association of Schools of Public Health (ASPH), a professional association for accredited public health programs and schools throughout the U.S. and beyond. This letter is a great way to get an overview of what is...
by Dr. Felicia E. Mebane | Jun 26, 2011 | 0 All, Degrees
Public health issues can be complex and vast, requiring complex and vast solutions for prevention and treatment. The diversity needed to address these issues is not just within public health, e.g., an epidemiologist working with a registered dietician. We also benefit...
by Dr. Felicia E. Mebane | Jun 23, 2011 | 0 All, Careers, Examples of Public Health
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, GA is one of the premier public health organizations in the world! CDC experts and programs provide data and statistics on diseases, engage in health promotion campaigns, conduct emergency response...
by Dr. Felicia E. Mebane | Jun 20, 2011 | 0 All, Careers, Examples of Public Health
Today’s release of The State of the World’s Midwifery 2011 report ignited discussion and debate about the role of midwives and their impact on maternal deaths. The report estimates that “Nearly 3.6 millions lives could be saved in 58 developing...
by Dr. Felicia E. Mebane | Jun 14, 2011 | 0 All, Careers, Examples of Public Health
Sometimes the best programs are “just” about providing information. For example, for the past 40 years the Center for Science in the Public Interest’s Nutrition Action Healthletter has provided nutrition and other health information to hundreds of...
by Dr. Felicia E. Mebane | Jun 9, 2011 | 0 All, Careers, Networking
If you are interested in health promotion, here is a great site linking a network of students, professionals and employers via social media tools. And, as a bonus, you can find jobs, internships, information about degree programs and free webinars. Join in and get...
by Dr. Felicia E. Mebane | Jun 5, 2011 | 0 All, About Public Health, Enrichment Opportunities, Mentoring
For the past week, my staff and I have been completing the final stages of preparation for the arrival of 30 (primarily minority and disadvantaged) undergraduate college students to arrive our campus. We (as in the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health...
by Dr. Felicia E. Mebane | May 31, 2011 | 0 All, Examples of Public Health
This belongs in the “learn something new and interesting everyday” category. When I think of what epidemiologists do, I tend to think of experts tracking diseases in large communities or highly mobile people. Today, I learned about epidemiology-based...
by Dr. Felicia E. Mebane | May 30, 2011 | 0 All, Examples of Public Health
Bravo to the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services for reminding people of what they can due to prevent injuries and illness this summer! This is public health promotion (and hopefully prevention) at its best!! Copied from the West Kentucky Star’s...
by Dr. Felicia E. Mebane | May 27, 2011 | 0 All, Education/Training, Examples of Public Health
The Public Health Problem Some of our manufacturing and other processes contaminate soil with chemicals and other by-products. To motivate people to reduce or prevent soil pollution, we need evidence linking contaminates to negative impacts on health. Evidence is also...
