A degree in public health

Wayne State's bachelor of science in public health program offers training in public health issues and policies to students interested in a broad range of health careers. A public health curriculum can teach us about the safety and well-being of individuals, families and entire populations both now and for generations to come.

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Shanique Brown: Research that's helping teams succeed

Shanique joined the department as an assistant professor of industrial organizational (I/O) psychology. Her line of research on team effectiveness hopes to identify interventions to help teams to better integrate ideas and capitalize on their collective strengths.

Aimee Kotrba: Owner of two successful behavioral clinics treating children and adolescents

Aimee spends much of her time teaching, conducting workshops, supervising, and treating children with selective mutism, a childhood anxiety disorder impacting the ability to speak in specific social situations (while being able to speak well in the home or comfortable settings).

Lenwood Hayman: Improving the lives of underprivileged populations

Lenwood studies the influence of stress on the disparate rates of obesity in African American women and low-income families, the various negative consequences that result from poor mental health in African American men, and academic achievement in first-generation and non-traditional students.

Scott Bowen: Treating behavioral effects of commonly abused drugs

Dr. Bowen first became interested in the behavioral effects of commonly abused drugs while an undergraduate at the University of Mississippi. His latest research has the potential to assist in devising effective treatments and prevention strategies for adolescent inhalant abuse.

Catalina Koptez: Applying interdisciplinary research to public health

"As a faculty member at Wayne, I am privileged to be only one of the many faculty who are working to apply their knowledge and skills of basic social, cognitive, and personality processes to the understanding of health behavior while also training new generations of scientists into this interdisciplinary approach."

Antonia Abbey: Exploring psychosocial factors that influence sexual assault survivors’ recovery

Antonia (Toni) Abbey, Ph.D., has examined psychosocial factors that influence sexual assault survivors’ recovery, beginning with her dissertation research that examined survivors’ attempts to reestablish control, find meaning, and deal with the blame they experienced from professionals, family, and friends.

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Dr. Virginia Hill Rice Endowed Distinguished Lecture on Oct. 02, 2023 at 4:30 p.m. 4:30 p.m.
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All-majors in-person career fair on Oct. 12, 2023 at noon noon
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