MPHSO End of the year happy hour at Sol Cantina!

You are invited to a.....
MPHSO happy hour!!!!

When: Thursday, December 17th from 5-8pm

Where: Sol Cantina
408 East 31st St. KCMO 64108

Why: To celebrate the December MPH graduates, a successful fall semester, and the holidays!


Directions to Sol Cantina from KUMC:
Head north on Rainbow Blvd/US-169 N toward W 39 Ave
Take the 3rd right onto Southwest Blvd (Entering Missouri)
Take the 2nd right onto W 31st St
Pass over Broadway, Main, and Grand and Sol Cantina is on the left!

Come join us!

This is Public Health Campaign

"This is Public Health" Campaign at KUMC!

Dates: November 16th -20th
How it works...

1. Get FREE Stickers

2. Stick them on public health objects at KUMC

3. Take pictures of it


4. *Optional* Email the picture to MPHSO (kumphso@gmail.com) with a brief description of where and what it is.

(We will geo-map the picture on the Google map of public health objects!)

Learn more about the campaign at http://www.thisispublichealth.org/

Help MPHSO support public health at KUMC!

Stickers are handed out in Stoland Lounge (outside of the Bookstore) on:
-Monday, November 16th from 10am- 12pm with free treats and PH information
- Wednesday, November 18th from 10am-12pm with free treats and MPH student poster sessions

Also, email kumphso@gmail.com if you are interested in a $12 t-shirt to show that

YOU are PUBLIC HEALTH!

Open MPHSO Secretary Position

Do you want to get more involved with MPHSO, are you organized and a good team worker?

****Please email kumphso@gmail.com

to apply for the MPHSO secretary position!

Unfortunately our secretary was unable to finish out the year with MPHSO and so we are in search for her replacement.

Responsibilities of the secretary:

- Type up meeting notes for each month's meeting

- Help out with officer tasks

(food for meetings, networking with MPH teachers, promoting events)

This is a great opportunity to display your leadership skills to the Preventive Medicine and Public Health faculty, staff, and students!

Work and Play!

Looking for work in Public Health?

KU Employment Opportunities:

Preventive Medicine Research Assistant

https://jobs.kumc.edu/applicants/jsp/shared/position/JobDetails_css.jsp?postingId=363226

Research Assistant for Community Health & Development

https://jobs.ku.edu/applicants/jsp/shared/frameset/Frameset.jsp?time=1255713736390

After all of your hard work in Public Health, don't forget to play a little!

Support our colleague and professor, Dr. Marvin Stottlemire, in his theater performance!

MPHSO October Meeting!

Beer, Margaritas and Public Health!!!!

Mark your calendars for the 3rd annual KC Beerfest! KC Beerfest 2009
The Legends at Village West
Saturday, October 17, 2009
1 to 5 p.m. Ticket Information
$25 in advance
$30 at the door

Benefiting Charities

Kansas City Free Health ClinicThe purpose of the Kansas City Free Health Clinic is to promote health and wellness by providing quality services, at no charge, to people without access to basic care.

For more information about the Kansas City Free Health Clinic, click here.

AIDS Service Foundation of Greater Kansas CityThe mission of the AIDS Service Foundation of Greater Kansas City is promote public education about HIV infection and assist in funding organizations that provide food, shelter, medical care and other services to the diverse communities dealing with HIV/AIDS, their families and friends.

For more information about the AIDS Service Foundation of Greater Kansas City, click here.












































Coalition of Hispanic Women Against Cancer,
Proceeds from the Margaritas for Mammograms event will provide
free mammograms to Latinas in need.

Friday, October 16, 2009
7:00 PM
Crowne Plaza
Lenexa-Overland Park, 12601 West 95th Street, Lenexa, KS 66215

RSVP here at eventbrite

October 2009 Public Health activities

INMED Cross Cultural Competency Symposium: Friday, Oct 2

People seeking healthcare in North America are increasingly global in their make up. Some 50 million are culturally diverse and operate with understandings of health and medicine that are unfamiliar to most healthcare professionals. Nevertheless, we must effectively understand and communicate with these individuals and families to be successful in assisting them. For this very reason, INMED is offering the Cross-Crossing CulturesCultural Competency in Healthcare Symposium on October 2, 2009.

Register online at: inmed's website


Girls in STEM learning: Wed, Sept 30 & Tues, Sept 6

Kansas City community organizations, including the University of Kansas Medical Center, are hosting a Community Conversation focusing on girls and science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) learning. At the event, attendees will discuss how our community can help open doors and promote STEM opportunities to girls.

We are in need of recorders for the event who will write down the highlights from the discussion groups. Recorders must attend a training on Wednesday, September 30th, 5 – 9 p.m. as well as the Community
Conversation on Tuesday, October 6, 5:30 – 9 p.m. Recorders will receive dinner at both events and certification for the training. All undergraduate and graduate students are welcome to sign up. (See attached flyer)

For more details or to register as a recorder, please contact me at pbaum@kumc.edu or call, 588-1017 or my cell, 785-766-1560. For more information or to register for the Community Conversation,
More information at: girls in stem website

THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF LAW

Requests your company at a special screening of

UNNATURAL CAUSES: Is Inequality Making Us Sick? Episode One

Date: Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Time: 3:45 pm – 5: 30 pm

Place: KU School of Law Room 104

The screening will be followed by a discussion of the film moderated by Elizabeth Leonard and Trinia Arellano.

A reception will follow.

Please RSVP to Trinia Arellano @ Trinia@ku.edu by October 1st.

For more information, please visit www.unnaturalcauses.com.

*If you would like to carpool to this even in Lawrence, Kansas please email kumphso@gmail.com to find out more!

2009 Healthy People 2020 Public Meetings

Registration Now Open

Registration for the 2009 Healthy People 2020 Public Meetings is now open. Meeting participants will be among the first to review and comment on the newly developed draft Healthy People 2020 objectives and topic areas.

October 22, 2009 - Kansas City, Kansas
Kansas University Medical Center in Battenfield Auditorium

Please email Tanya Honderick at thonderick@kumc.edu if you would like to volunteer to help out with this event! This will be a great networking opportunity for all MPH students!

Register at: the healthy people website

KUMC Alumni 5K

KUMC Alumni Weekend

5K Run/Walk

DATE: October 17, 2009 @ 8:30 am

LOCATION: Roe Park
(103rd and Roe Ave)

ORGANIZED BY: KUMC Physical Therapy Class of 2011

ENTRY FEE: $25 before Oct 3
$30 after Oct 3
Student Price: $20 before Oct 3
$25 after Oct 3

*Entry fee includes T-shirt, water, snacks, and pancakes

AWARDS: Medals will go to the top three finishers in each age group

2 ways to register:

1. Online Registration available at: http://www.active.com/page/Event_Details.htm?event_id=1790131
2. pick up a registration form at dick's sporting goods in
olathe, Merriam, or leawood

Welcome back!!

Welcome back MPH students!!!

With classes underway, it is important for you to get involved!
Please join us for our first MPHSO meeting of the year on Monday, September 14th at 7pm in the School of Nursing basement lounge- right after the public health administration class.

Come enjoy free food and get to know our current officers. Our meetings provide great ways for you to get to know your peers and to get involved in upcoming conferences and volunteer opportunities.

Until then... here is a little bit about our current MPHSO officers:

Rachel Frische, Co-President (rfrische@kumc.edu)

Rachel has a bachelor’s of arts in biology and liberal arts with a minor in chemistry from the University of Missouri-Kansas City where she was enrolled in the 6-year medical program. She is taking a hiatus from her medical doctorate to attain her MPH, which she began last June and plans to complete by December. After finishing her MD and MPH, Rachel aspires to utilize her public health and medical knowledge to become a highly effective community educator and physician at the primary care level of pediatrics and infectious disease.

Nikki Keene, Co-President (nckeene@ku.edu)

Nikki graduated from Wichita State University in 2007 with a bachelors of science in Health Services Management and Community Development. She entered into the joint MPH/PhD program at KU after undergraduate graduation. She has been working with the Work Group for Community Health and Development for two years supporting a variety of projects in Kansas and the Midwest. Projects include youth development, substance abuse prevention among adolescents, technical assistance/capacity development interventions and obesity prevention work in Nebraska. Nikki hopes to eventually work in community development to build healthy environments to reduce chronic diseases, specifically obesity.

Takela Fife, Vice-President (tfife@kumc.edu)

Crystal Boateng, Treasurer (cboateng@kumc.edu)
Crystal graduated from George Mason University in 2002 with a bachelors of science in Health Science. During her undergraduate final project she was “infected” with the Public Health bug by studying community health and working with the DC DOH. After graduation, she spent time working in clinics and with a health care reimbursement company. She knew she needed to get back in school and continue her education, so she decided to pursue her passion of public health. She is specifically passionate about community health and preventive interventions that utilize education and behavioral approaches.

Teresa Dailey, Secretary/Webmaster (tdailey@kumc.edu)
Teresa graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 2005 with a degree in economics and peace studies. She spent a year in Baltimore supporting international relief and development programs with Catholic Relief Services, and two years buying food for international food aid with the US Department of Agriculture here in Kansas City. She is doing the MPH program part time and is interested in eventually working to improve international public health programs.

Community Service Ideas

Hello KU MPH Students!

It's been a long time since this blog has been updated, so I thought I'd start with a post containing ideas for community service! It's a great way to be active in your community, as well as gain valuable experience in public health. Here are just a few. Feel free to post additional ideas, these are a couple places to start!

1. Jaydoc Free Clinic
Currently, the clinic is in need of Spanish translators. They may have more opportunities available in the fall, so be sure to check out their website:
http://volunteer.jaydocfreeclinic.org/
2. Medical Reserve Corps of Greater Kansas City
One of the primary goals for the Medical Reserve Corps is training volunteers so that we will be ready to respond if the need arises:
http://kcmedicalreservecorps.org/training.asp
3. KC Free Health Clinic
Volunteers are used in a variety of capacities throughout the clinic, from special projects to fundraising, development projects, front office/medical records, HIV Counseling and Testing, behaviorial health program, HIV Prevention programs, Dental services, and General Medicine services. Many of these programs would not be able to offer the volume and quality of services that they do without the assistance of volunteers:
http://www.kcfree.org/volunteer/index.html
4. Heart to Heart International
Hello everyone,We are proud to announce our 2009 health focus event, Celebrating Healthy Families! The mission of these events is to provide screening, follow‐up care, and health resources to Latino community members who are uninsured or underinsured.Attached (see below to link to attachments) you will find a summary of our 2008 event and an invitation/save the date for 2009.For those of you interested in either volunteering or providing screening(s), attached you will find the registration forms.Please let us know if you have questions. Hope to see you on October 3!Best regards,Celebrating Healthy Families planning committeeFile(s) will be available for download until 26 July 2009:Attachment: report_FINAL.pdf, 1,213.15 KB Attachment: Save the Date letter_2009.pdf, 221.31 KB Attachment: 2009 Screener_form.pdf, 119.49 KB Attachment: 2009 Volunteer Form_en.pdf, 137.53 KB
You can also visit Heart to Heart's website: http://hearttoheart.org/

Thanks for taking the time to look through these opportunities! We hope you are able to find something that uses your talents and skills to make our community a better place! Again, feel free to post any opportunities that you hear about that other MPH students might be interested in.

Thanks!

Teresa (thansen2@kumc.edu), on behalf of the MPHSO officers