The College of Public Health is comprised of four departments and two institutes. It consists of departments in Environmental Health Science; Epidemiology and Biostatistics; Health Policy and Management; Health Promotion and Behavior; the Institute of Gerontology, and the Institute for Health Management and Mass Destruction Defense.
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The Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics is offering the Current Topics in Epidemiology Seminar Series on Tuesdays from 12:30 p.m. to 1:45 p.m. in Room 328 of Boyd Graduate Center. » Read more
Dr. Mark Ebell, a professor and assistant to the provost at the University of Georgia, compared 2007 starting salary data for various physician specialties with the percentage of medical school graduates choosing those specialties. He found a strong, direct correlation between salary and the popularity of a specialty. » Read more
Dr. Kevin Dobbin one of four cancer researchers at the University of Georgia among the 18 selected as Distinguished Cancer Clinicians and Scientists by the Georgia Cancer Coalition for 2009-2010. » Read more
“I think the medical surveillance community should be congratulated for the way they were able to detect the signs of what might be pandemic influenza,” said UGA epidemiology professor Christopher Whalen at a public forum put on May 28 by UGA’s College of Public Health. The key words in that sentence? Might be. Once the story spread widely through the press, Whalen said, the narrative became more like ’this is pandemic flu.’ In fact, public health officials still don’t know just what route the “H1N1” flu (a.k.a., swine flu) will take. » Read more
On Friday, May, 1, 2009, the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics held its first annual spring awards banquet in recognition of the departmental award recipients. The banquet was held at the Georgian Hotel in Athens. Congratulations to all of the award winners this year. » Read more
Christopher Whalen, professor of epidemiology in the University of Georgia College of Public Health, will receive a $1.1 million grant to develop a program to help train Ugandan health scientists in public health or health services research. The program will focus on the urgent needs to improve preventive, diagnostic and therapeutic services for HIV and TB in Uganda and throughout Africa. This award is part of a five-year, $11.75 million award from the Fogarty International Center of the National Institutes of Health that will strengthen the fight against HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis in Haiti, Uganda and China and establish a new program in Tanzania. The award will be shared by several institutions. » Read more
Three University of Georgia scientists—John Vena, Jason Zastre and Claire Robb—have been named by the Georgia Cancer Coalition as Distinguished Cancer Scholars for 2008-09. Together, they will receive $1.25 million over five years to support their research efforts through the coalition’s Distinguished Cancer Clinicians and Scientists program. The coalition selects scientists engaged in the most promising areas of cancer research who can strengthen the state’s research talent, capacity, infrastructure and funding. » Read more
Surveyors did not find an unusual number of cancers or other illnesses as they went door-to-door to question people who live within a one-mile radius of a natural gas pipeline booster station in Madison County. The survey, prompted by the concerns of residents living near the Williams Transco booster station in Comer, found 12 cancer cases - nearly half of them were skin cancers - among 38 households visited during the past three months, Northeast Health District officials said. » Read more
The University of Georgia’s College of Public Health is pleased to announce two senior faculty appointments in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics. The two professors, Christopher Whalen, M.D., and John Vena, Ph.D., will join the faculty in August.
» Read more
Surviving breast cancer is both a physical and an emotional ordeal, but the consensus among researchers is that life generally returns to normal for most women within two years of completing treatment. And while that time frame may hold true for younger women, a new study by a researcher at the University of Georgia College of Public Health finds that women over age 70 fare much worse. » Read more
Current Topics in Epidemiology Seminar Series
Sep 18, 2009 - 2:12:29 PMThe Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics is offering the Current Topics in Epidemiology Seminar Series on Tuesdays from 12:30 p.m. to 1:45 p.m. in Room 328 of Boyd Graduate Center. » Read more
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Dr. Ebell authors study in JAMA linking primary care shortage with salary disparities
Sep 17, 2009 - 10:21:59 AMDr. Mark Ebell, a professor and assistant to the provost at the University of Georgia, compared 2007 starting salary data for various physician specialties with the percentage of medical school graduates choosing those specialties. He found a strong, direct correlation between salary and the popularity of a specialty. » Read more
Dobbin selected as distinguished researcher
Sep 17, 2009 - 10:12:42 AMDr. Kevin Dobbin one of four cancer researchers at the University of Georgia among the 18 selected as Distinguished Cancer Clinicians and Scientists by the Georgia Cancer Coalition for 2009-2010. » Read more
UGA Profs and Docs Talk Pandemic Flu
Jun 3, 2009 - 4:43:32 PM“I think the medical surveillance community should be congratulated for the way they were able to detect the signs of what might be pandemic influenza,” said UGA epidemiology professor Christopher Whalen at a public forum put on May 28 by UGA’s College of Public Health. The key words in that sentence? Might be. Once the story spread widely through the press, Whalen said, the narrative became more like ’this is pandemic flu.’ In fact, public health officials still don’t know just what route the “H1N1” flu (a.k.a., swine flu) will take. » Read more
2009 Award Recipients
May 5, 2009 - 9:30:00 AMOn Friday, May, 1, 2009, the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics held its first annual spring awards banquet in recognition of the departmental award recipients. The banquet was held at the Georgian Hotel in Athens. Congratulations to all of the award winners this year. » Read more
NIH grant will strengthen fight against HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis at UGA
Apr 20, 2009 - 5:00:00 PMChristopher Whalen, professor of epidemiology in the University of Georgia College of Public Health, will receive a $1.1 million grant to develop a program to help train Ugandan health scientists in public health or health services research. The program will focus on the urgent needs to improve preventive, diagnostic and therapeutic services for HIV and TB in Uganda and throughout Africa. This award is part of a five-year, $11.75 million award from the Fogarty International Center of the National Institutes of Health that will strengthen the fight against HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis in Haiti, Uganda and China and establish a new program in Tanzania. The award will be shared by several institutions. » Read more
Georgia Cancer Coalition names three UGA Distinguished Scholars
Sep 16, 2008 - 4:08:46 PMThree University of Georgia scientists—John Vena, Jason Zastre and Claire Robb—have been named by the Georgia Cancer Coalition as Distinguished Cancer Scholars for 2008-09. Together, they will receive $1.25 million over five years to support their research efforts through the coalition’s Distinguished Cancer Clinicians and Scientists program. The coalition selects scientists engaged in the most promising areas of cancer research who can strengthen the state’s research talent, capacity, infrastructure and funding. » Read more
Cancer link still unseen - Residents near gas line surveyed again
May 4, 2008 - 2:00:00 PMSurveyors did not find an unusual number of cancers or other illnesses as they went door-to-door to question people who live within a one-mile radius of a natural gas pipeline booster station in Madison County. The survey, prompted by the concerns of residents living near the Williams Transco booster station in Comer, found 12 cancer cases - nearly half of them were skin cancers - among 38 households visited during the past three months, Northeast Health District officials said. » Read more
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Two Appointments for Senior Faculty Positions for the College Public Health
Jan 15, 2008 - 2:01:06 PMThe University of Georgia’s College of Public Health is pleased to announce two senior faculty appointments in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics. The two professors, Christopher Whalen, M.D., and John Vena, Ph.D., will join the faculty in August.
» Read more
UGA researcher finds physical, emotional burden of breast cancer lingers for older survivors
Apr 5, 2007 - 11:18:08 AMSurviving breast cancer is both a physical and an emotional ordeal, but the consensus among researchers is that life generally returns to normal for most women within two years of completing treatment. And while that time frame may hold true for younger women, a new study by a researcher at the University of Georgia College of Public Health finds that women over age 70 fare much worse. » Read more
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