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Drs. Peace and Hardy featured in GeorgiaTrend Magazine Dr. Karl E. Peace and Dr. Charles Hardy are featured in the article, "Public Health Classroom" by Jerry Grillo of GeorgiaTrend Magazine MagazineArticle Story 6/14/2006
Public Health Faculty at Georgia Southern Evaluate Model for Managing Asthma among Children Asthma is the third leading cause of hospital visits for children, the leading cause of school absenteeism, and has an annual economic cost of $3 billion nationwide. With such a tremendous impact on public health, the researchers at Georgia Southern’s Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health were pleased to accept an invitation from the Georgia Department of Community Health to evaluate the Rural Asthma Initiative (RAI), an integrated model for managing asthma among children. Full Story 5/9/2006
Georgia Southern Partners with SWGCC for Research Much of the research done by students and faculty at Georgia Southern University is applied research involving data collection and studies that may be useful in making our economy, our nation, and our health stronger and better than before. Recognizing that strength in applied research, the University’s Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health and the Southwest Georgia Cancer Coalition (SWGCC) have partnered to fight cancer by strengthening health education and practice Full Story 5/9/2006
JPHCOPH Faculty Participate in the Master Teacher in Public Health Workshop Drs. Gunn, Vogel, Tedders, Roshi, and Hardy attended the Master Teacher in Public Health Workshop held at the Paul D. Coverdell Center for Biomedical and Health Sciences at the Univeristy of Georgia April 21, 2006. Full Story 4/24/2006
M.P.H. Students participate in 9th Annual Phi Kappa Phi Research Symposium Congratulations to Shaliondel Benton, M.P.H.-Biostatistics student, for her outstanding presentation and congratulations to Kiley Winston, M.P.H. - Community Health Education student, for her professional poster, at the 9th Annual Phi Kappa Phi Research Symposium Full Story 4/20/2006
JPHCOPH Celebrates 100th Day Birthday On April 10th, the Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health celebrated its 100th day Birthday. Full Story 4/20/2006
Students Participate in 4th Annual Graduate Student Scholarship Day Congratulations to the Public Health students who participated in Graduate Student Scholarship Poster presentations. Full Story 4/20/2006
Biostatistics Students attend the ASA - Georgia Chapter Meeting ALL of the M.P.H. Biostatistics students, accompanied by Bob & Laura, attended the American Statistical Association (ASA) - Georgia Chapter meeting Thursday, April 13 at Georgia Tech University in Atlanta. Full Story 4/20/2006
Karl E. Peace, Ph.D. to Help Develop a New Journal in Biostatistics Karl E. Peace, Ph.D., FASA, Georgia Cancer Coalition Distinguished Cancer Scholar & Professor of Biostatistics in the Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health, has been named a member of the committee to develop a new journal in biostatistics. Full Story 4/17/2006
JPHCOPH Celebrates National Public Health Week with Lecture by Dr. Roshi In 1995, President Clinton proclaimed the first full week of April as National Public Health Week (NPHW). Each year since then the public health community has focused on issues that are important to improving the public's health. This year's focus is on "Designing Healthy Communities: Raising Healthy Kids". Dr. Roshi's presentation on April 6 is free and open to the public. LectureDetails 3/29/2006
Karl E. Peace, Ph.D. named SWGCC Senior Scientific Advisor Karl E. Peace, Ph.D., Georgia Cancer Coalition Distinguished Cancer Scholar & Professor of Biostatistics in the Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health, has been named "SWGCC Senior Scientific Advisor" to the Southwest Georgia Cancer Coalition (SWGCC). Full Story 3/27/2006
Karl E. Peace, Ph.D. invited to Write a Newsletter Column Karl E. Peace, Ph.D. has been invited to write a column for the Philippine Statistical Association Newsletter. The first piece is entitled, "The Importance of Statistics in Medical Science". 3/24/2006
Dr. Peace Publishes Invited Lectures in The Philippine Statistician Dr. Karl E. Peace, Georgia Cancer Coalition Distinguished Cancer Scholar & Professor of Biostatistics recently published two articles in The Philippine Statistician [54 (4), pp. 1-20; 2005]: "Statistical Section of a Clinical Trial Protocol" and "On the Analysis of a Combination of Two Primary Efficacy Measures." These articles are in follow-up to the lecture series Dr. Peace gave at the Biological Institute of the University of the Philippines at Los Banos, and at Medical School of the University of the Philippines at Manilla, in December of 2004 on Biostatistical Aspects of Clinical Research, sponsored by the Philippine Statistical Society. 3/23/2006
Renowned Scholar and Pharmaceutical Researcher Endows Chair in Biostatistics at UC Berkeley BERKELEY—The School of Public Health at the University of California, Berkeley, announced the establishment of the Jiann-Ping Hsu and Karl E. Peace Endowed Chair in Biostatistics, which was approved by University of California President Robert C. Dynes in February 2006. Story 3/8/2006
Public health education improves quality of life, reduces health disparity An interview with Anthony Parillo, Ph.D. Public health is an issue we hear about all the time, but how many of us really know what the concept means? Of course, we want good health for everyone, especially children, but doesn’t that just mean getting shots, avoiding germs, eating right, exercising, and going to the doctor for checkups? Full Story 3/8/2006
JPHCOPH Establishes Partnership with Bulloch County Health Department Dr. Stuart Tedders and Dean Charles Hardy recently visited with Cindi Hart (Nurse Manager) and Shelby Freeman (Public Health Liaison) of the Bulloch County Health Department to discuss the development of a partnership. Full Story 2/27/2006
JPHCOPH Gold Sponsor at the Georgia Rural Health Day The JPHCOPH was a Gold Sponsor at Rural Health Day at the Capitol in Atlanta, Georgia on February 14th. This event, hosted by the Georgia Rural Health Association, is held every year during the annual General Assembly session. Full Story 2/17/2006
Peace Featured Speaker at Baker County Health Fair for Farmers Dr. Karl E. Peace, GCC Distinguished Cancer Scholar and Professor of Biostatistics in the JPHCOPH, was the featured speaker at the Baker County, Georgia Health Fair for Farmers, held Monday, February 6, 2006, in Newton, Georgia. The event was co-sponsored by the Farm Bureau, the Southwest Georgia Cancer Coalition (SWGCC), Albany Area Primary Health Care, Inc., the Southwest Georgia Community Health Department, and the Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health (JPHCOPH). The JPHCOPH in collaboration with the SWGCC currently have ongoing three research studies related to cancer screening and behavioral interventions to improve health in Baker County. Dr. Peace is a native of Baker County, and recently endowed two scholarships at Georgia Southern for students from Baker County. 2/6/2006
JPHCOPH Participates in Ogeechee Community Wellness Fair Faculty and MPH students participated in the Ogeechee Community Wellness Fair held February 4, 2006 at the Statesboro Mall. Full Story 2/6/2006
Tedders appointed to Office of Rural Health Services board Stuart H. Tedders, assistant professor of epidemiology at Georgia Southern, has been appointed to serve as a member of the Advisory Board for Georgia’s Office of Rural Health Services. The Advisory Board works to improve access to health care in rural and underserved areas and to reduce health status disparities. Full Story 2/2/2006
Jiann-Ping Hsu School of Public Health evolves to college status at Georgia Southern University Officials at Georgia Southern University recently announced the evolution of its Jiann-Ping Hsu School of Public Health to college status. The new college is named the Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health, continuing both the name and the generous endowment given by Karl E. Peace, Ph.D., to honor his late wife, Jiann-Ping Hsu, Ph.D., in January 2004 to create the first school of public health within the University System of Georgia. Full Story 2/2/2006
JPHCOPH hosts visiting Scholar Enver Roshi, MD, MPH, PhD, Head of the Public Health Department at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Tirana, Albania is a visiting scholar in the Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health during Spring Semester 2006. Full Story 1/31/2006
Georgia Southern biostatistics program producing graduates to work in drug development and testing Developing and testing a new drug requires the best efforts of a team of experts, and one of those much-needed experts is a biostatistician, a mathematical scientist who designs drug testing protocols and manages, analyzes, and interprets the resulting data. Since its inception in 2001, Georgia Southern University's biostatistics program, working through the Karl E. Peace Center for Biostatistics, has produced eight biostatisticians and has an increasing number of students opting for this growing field of study. Full Story 0/25/2006
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