Staff Spotlight: Briana Davis
Often serving as a project manager for health-related research projects, the recurring theme of Briana Davis's career has been addressing health disparities in chronic conditions, such as obesity, cancer and diabetes.
Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior (HPEB) is an interdisciplinary department that applies the social and behavioral sciences to improve public health.
HPEB conducts innovative research and prepares future leaders to improve public health locally, nationally, and globally. Our faculty and students address how interventions, social context, health care systems, and physical environments influence health behaviors and health status, with an emphasis on disadvantaged populations.
Departmental strengths include:
In addition to an undergraduate minor, we offer four advanced degrees related to health promotion, education and behavior as well as three graduate certificate programs. Each graduate degree and certificate has specific application deadlines and requirements.
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Often serving as a project manager for health-related research projects, the recurring theme of Briana Davis's career has been addressing health disparities in chronic conditions, such as obesity, cancer and diabetes.
During her Ph.D. in Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior program, Emily Hackworth's research has focused on factors that predict nicotine use, including mental health, gender identity and risk perceptions.
Aditi Srivastav Bussells (Ph.D. in Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior) has been awarded the Gerry Sue Arnold Alumni Award, and Veronica Scott-Fulton (MPH in Public Health Administration) is the recipient of the Norman J. Arnold Alumni Medal.
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