Famous People
He is known as the father of Epidemology
Who is John Snow?
An outbreak of a disease that spreads worldwide
What is a Pandemic?
federal programs that provide health coverage to those 65+ and low-income
What is Medicare and Medicaid
place where students can get free vaccines and other medical and mental health services
What is University Health Services (UHS)?
She was a British nurse who is considered the founder of modern nursing!
Who is Florence Nightingale?
the delay or refusal of vaccination despite the availability of immunization services for various reasons.
What is vaccine hesitancy?
This organization provides information and statistics regarding the prevalence of diseases in the United States.
What is the Center of Disease Control?
Office that provides accommodations and resources for students with disabilities in order to increase accessibility.
What is McBurney Disability Resource Center?
He was an English rural physician who invented a vaccination for smallpox.
Who is Edward Jenner?
this disease is carried by mosquitos and has a large burden of disease.
What is Malaria?
organization that brings therapy dogs to student spaces especially in times of high stress such as finals
What is dogs on call?
A physician who became known as the father of medicine hint: physicians take this oath!
Who is Hippocrates?
conditions in the environments where people are born, live, learn, work, play, worship, and age that influence a person's health and well being.
What are the social determinants of health?
federal program that provides food benefits to low-income families so they can afford nutritious food essential to health and well-being
What is the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)?
student org on campus where volunteers make a meal that anyone in the community can enjoy!
What is Slow Food?
GHA's faculty advisor
Who is Lori DiPrete Brown?
a set of 17 interconnected global goals adopted by the United Nations in 2015 as a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure peace and prosperity for all by the year 2030
What are The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)?
An organization that focuses on education and research in order to embrace a global health ethic that fosters deeper understanding of the complex determinants of health and disease for people, animals, and ecosystems through a One Health model.
What is The Global Health Institute?