Public Health

The Health Equity Scholars for Action program supports academic researchers from historically underrepresented backgrounds as they expand research designed to dismantle systemic and structural barriers to health and well-being.

A team of faculty from Elon, Drexel, University of Delaware, and UNC Wilmington shared the outcomes of their collective work at the 2024 North Carolina Campus Engagement PACE conference

The visit to the local medical center was part of the Chronic Disease Epidemiology Class held during Winter Term.

Lumen Scholar Nazaneen Shokri participated in a panel with doctoral students around disparities in healthcare for Middle Eastern North African women. Alex Campbell '24 and Morgan Rende '24 presented research on young adults' views of access to reproductive health. The public health studies majors connected with graduate programs and found belonging in the field.

Faculty, staff and students in the Department of Music, Department of Public Health and Counseling Services will present “Raising Awareness” Tues., Nov. 14, at 7:30 p.m. in McCrary Theatre.

A Q&A discussion will follow with Elon faculty members Stephanie Baker and Keshia Wall, with the goal of facilitating interdisciplinary feminist conversation and community.

Faustin and co-authors focused on the importance of mixed methodologies to better study health trends and issues in the Black diaspora for "Black Women's Reproductive Health and Sexuality: A Holistic Public health Approach."

Want to be a mentor and role model for girls in the community? Now is your opportunity! Dream Center Girls in Motion is a new health program created for girls aged 9-12 from Alamance County focused on the social, physical, and mental well-being of girls.

The director and associate director of Project Pericles at Elon published this work in Gateways: International Journal of Community Research and Engagement.

Curling is one of the members of the graduating class to be featured on Today at Elon as a "profile of resilience" for her ability to adapt and succeed in the face of the global COVID-19 pandemic.