Gaining a New Perspective

Several of our MPH students attended the 2018 CityMatCH Leadership and MCH Epidemiology Conference, held September 12-14, in Portland, Oregon. What follows is a post from one of these attendees. By Temitope Akintimehin, BS After having such a great experience at the APHA conference last year, I was very torn about deciding on whether I wanted to go…

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CityMatCH 2018: Matching my MCH goals to career opportunities

Several of our MPH students attended the 2018 CityMatCH Leadership and MCH Epidemiology Conference, held September 12-14, in Portland, Oregon. What follows is a post from one of these attendees. By Kiley Mayfield, BSW Prior to my CityMatCH arrival, I was a ball of nerves. I was anxious and nervous about what to expect, how to act,…

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Tales from a City MatCH First-timer

Several of our MPH students attended the 2018 CityMatCH Leadership and MCH Epidemiology Conference, held September 12-14, in Portland, Oregon. What follows is a post from one of these attendees. By Tylar Williams, BS This year I had the opportunity to attend the 2018 CityMatCH Leadership and MCH Epidemiology Conference in Portland, Oregon. I had a wonderful…

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Public Health in Preschools and Prisons

Two of our MCH Scholars attended this year’s CityMatCH Urban Maternal and Child Health Leadership Conference, held in conjunction with the Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology Conference, in Philadelphia, September 14 - 16. By Thea Lange, BA Mass incarceration is a national issue that threatens the health and human rights of all citizens. In the United…

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