This week the The Red & Black interviewed Dr. Neale Chumbler, department head of health policy and management, about the new MBA/MPH dual degree now offered by the College of Public Health and Terry College of Business, continuing ongoing coverage of the new program. read more
Category: health policies
Ann and Tipton Golias International Travel Fund In Epidemiology
Application due date: February 10, 2014 Applications should be emailed to Ginny Ingels, ggi@uga.edu, as email attachments by 5:00 pm on February 10, 2014. Please name the application file with your last name_golias (eg: ingels_golias.docx) read more
Feldman Health Disparities Award
Application due date: February 10, 2014 Applications should be emailed to Ginny Ingels, ggi@uga.edu, as email attachments by 5:00 pm on February 10, 2014. Please name the application file with your last name_ feldman (eg: ingels_feldman.docx) read more
Public Health Outreach Award
Application due date: February 10, 2014 Applications should be emailed to Ginny Ingels, ggi@uga.edu, as email attachments by 5:00 pm on February 10, 2014. Please name the application file with your last name_PHO (eg: ingels_PHO.docx) read more
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia Foundation MPH Student Support Fund
Application due date: February 10, 2014 Applications should be emailed to Ginny Ingels, ggi@uga.edu, as email attachments by 5:00 pm on February 10, 2014. Please name the application file with your last name_ bcbs (eg: ingels_bcbs.docx) Award Purpose: The purpose of the Fund is to provide a scholarship to an MPH student. If this scholarship is awarded to a UGA employee, it will be awarded as a special pay through payroll, and there will be tax implications. read more
Kaiser Permanente Health Disparities Graduate Fellowship
Application due date: February 10, 2014 Applications should be emailed to Ginny Ingels, ggi@uga.edu, as email attachments by 5:00 pm on February 10, 2014. Please name the application file with your last name_kaiser (eg: ingels_kaiser.docx) Award Purpose: The purpose of the Fund is to provide a 1/3 graduate assistantship support for the academic year to a Ph.D. Student in the College of Public Health. read more
Grace Bagwell Adams, Ph.D. — Job Talk: "Prepared at Home? The Role of SNAP Benefit Receipt on Food Expenditures"
Seminar Presentation by: Grace Bagwell Adams, Ph.D. University of Georgia Ph.D.–Public Administration and Policy Dissertation: Food Security, Social Policy, & Social Construction read more
UGA to launch new MBA/MPH dual degree program in fall 2014
http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/uga-to-launch-new-mba-mph-dual-degr… Athens, Ga. – The University of Georgia’s College of Public Health and Terry College of Business have partnered to create a dual degree program for students interested in pursuing high-level management careers in health care organizations and agencies. read more
Calling Obesity A “Disease” Could Change Insurance Coverage
Dr. Neale Chumbler was recently quoted in a recent Athens Patch article about the health care debates buried within the text of the fine print of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. read more
ATTENTION STUDENTS– Student Feature Opportunity!
NewPublicHealth.org is looking to interview students to feature in a new series. read more