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NYS CITIZEN PUBLIC HEALTH LEADER TRAINING PROGRAM
As a New York State citizen, we invite YOU to become a designated NYS Citizen Public Health Leader in your community.
Over the past year, New Yorkers have come together to limit the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and support health and wellbeing in their communities. Governor Cuomo has pledged to use this experience to build an even stronger network of community health leaders to help now and to prepare for the future.
The goal of this program is to have at least one citizen public health leader in every neighborhood and community. Leaders will understand the state of health in NY and the factors that influence health. They will have foundational knowledge related to key public health issues and skills to connect and communicate with peers, allies, and key social resources. As a citizen public health leader, you will be able to take an active role in helping your community prevent and rebuil
MPH students during a walk around University Circle.
Congratulations to our 2021 Paul Ambrose Scholars!
Students are designated Paul Ambrose Scholars upon successful completion of the Symposium and community project. The designation brings with it the connection to an exceptional network of program alumni who describe participation in the program as a quintessential experience in their training and development as a public health leader. To contact scholars about their community projects select the scholar directory within each listed year of scholars.
Amisha Kumar
BIO: I am an Integrated Graduate Studies Student (IGS) at Case Western Reserve University. In my undergraduate studies, I pursued a B.A. in Chemical Biology and a minor in Chemistry. In my current graduate studies, I am working towards a Masters of Public Health. I hope to further my education by pursuing a MD. I am honored to be part of the Paul Ambrose Scholars program where I aspire to expand my knowledge about Pub
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An assistant research professor with the Public Health Program at University of Southern Maine’s Muskie School of Public Service has received a three-year, $400,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health to study the health of new mothers in Maine.
Kate Ahrens’ work, which focuses on 90,000 women who were pregnant between 2006 and 2020, will look at the diagnoses and medical care of new mothers up to 24 months after giving birth. That data will be compared to data of women living in rural Maine to those in more urban parts of the state to find where health disparities exist and can be solved.
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Human behavior must be factored into climate change analyses
A new Cornell-led study examines how temperature affects fishing behavior and catches among inland fisher households in Cambodia, with important implications for understanding climate change.
The research, which used household surveys, temperature data and statistical models, revealed that when temperatures rise, people fish less often. At the same time, the study’s authors indirectly found that stocks of fish and other aquatic foods also rise with temperatures, leading to slightly larger catches each time peopled fished. Without careful analysis, it would appear that overall fish catches appear unchanged annually, when in fact, more nuanced dynamics are at play.