Topic: Strengthening the Workforce Through Education and Training
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George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health
At the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health, Dean Lynn Goldman saw the warning signs early on. “I actually realized this in January 2020, as reports were coming out of China. I had experienced (at another university) the response to SARS and recognized that at my university, we were woefully underprepared for…
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Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Population and Public Health
“In January 2020, I returned from the Philippines,” remembers Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Population and Public Health Department Chair Theresa Byrd. “We had taken a group of nursing and public health students there for a global learning experience. We heard then that a coronavirus was spreading. My original thought was, ‘Oh…
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University of South Florida College of Public Health
According to University of South Florida College of Public Health Dean Donna Petersen, “I had crafted a communication for our relatively new president to send to the university community in late February 2020, as we had been watching [the COVID-19 outbreak] evolve from the initial reports out of Wuhan to the first cases on U.S.…
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University of Texas Medical Branch School of Public and Population Health
When COVID first emerged as a dire threat at the University of Texas Medical Branch School of Public and Population Health, Dean, ad interim, Kristen Peek noted there were a lot of questions: “First, how do we keep our faculty, staff and students safe? How are we going to teach everyone and continue to do…
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St. Ambrose University, Master of Public Health Program
In the spring of 2020, St. Ambrose University, Master of Public Health Program held a meeting to make a decision about closing the dorms and shifting online. This was before they had a single case, locally, but the situation in the larger cities was already serious. The MPH program became a key member of the…
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Brown University School of Public Health
For the Brown University School of Public Health, the community has been at the core of their pandemic response since the start. Interim Dean Ronald Aubert says, “Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Brown has focused on protecting our community’s health while delivering exceptional education and impactful research and remaining a valued neighbor in…
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The Rutgers School of Public Health
The Rutgers School of Public Health has long recognized that we live in an interconnected global society prone to pandemics such as COVID-19. As such, the school immediately realized that COVID-19 was a global threat that would require coordinated action. Early on, the Rutgers School of Public Health recognized that to address COVID-19, they…
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Oregon State University College of Public Health and Human Sciences
“I was following the development of SARS since fall 2002 [when there were reports] of a mysterious new contagious and lethal disease that emerged in South China. When it started to spread outside China, I followed the news and statistics daily until the pandemic ended,” says Professor and Director Chunhuei Chi of the Center for…
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National Taiwan University College of Public Health
At the National Taiwan University College of Public Health, they realized the threat of COVID-19 very early on because of the close interaction between Taiwan and China and the 2003 SARS outbreak. According to Dean Shou-Hsia Cheng, “We had been very cautious about emerging infectious diseases from China as well as other neighboring countries.” In…