This project is designed to provide students with the opportunity to explore a randomly assigned public health issue that is of global concern. Students had the option to take a broader (truly global) view of the issue or to focus in on a nation or region where the issue is having (or will have) the greatest impact. Students were tasked with providing background information on the assigned health issue, presenting the basic epidemiology, and discussing risk factors, social determinants, and solutions (current or future).
Submissions from 2018
Chikungunya: India, Allison Harvey
Childhood Lead Poisoning, Javeria Fatima
Childhood Obesity: United States, Jessica Nguyen
Cholera: Uganda, Emilie Verran
Climate Change: Antarctica, Marika Vi
Dengue, Edward Ramos
Ebola: Africa, James Goodwin
El Salvador: Gun Violence, Sofia Wajner
Food Insecurity: United States, Courtney Handzel
Gun Violence: Chicago, Illinois, Kayla Dillon
HIV/AIDS: Ethiopia, Luzana Girmay
HIV/AIDS: Nigeria, Lauren Tropinski
Human Trafficking, Alyssa Noosbond
Indoor Air Quality: The United States, Paola Solano
Infant Mortality: Sub-Saharan Africa, Danielle Rae Steffen
Low Vaccination Rates: Africa, Karen Ruiz
Malaria: Sub-Saharan Africa, Caroline Morris
Microcephaly, Christianne E. Albers
Obesity, Noah Rhodes
Outdoor Air Quality, Taylor Curley
Prescription Drug Abuse, Jiaxi Tian
Type 1 Diabetes, Dan Bornstein
Type 2 Diabetes, AJ Mimlitz
Water Scarcity: Sudan, Catherine Priebe
Zika Virus, Monica A. Wong