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Dear students,
I hope this message finds you well, rested and ready to continue on your MPH studies as we welcome in 2023 together and kick off spring courses. With the new year, OOMPH begins its 11th year of serving the educational and professional goals of our students and we start the year with a leadership transition I am happy to announce. I have accepted a new position within the school as Assistant Dean for Education which expands my role to provide leadership across all the school’s education programs and initiatives (including OOMPH). We are fortunate to welcome Cathy Garza as our next OOMPH Executive Director. She started in this new position just this past Monday January 9th.
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Cathy Garza comes to OOMPH from UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business. In her 14+ years at Haas, Cathy served in student services, research support, program, and donor management roles. She most recently served as Executive Director of the Institute for Business and Social Impact at Berkeley Haas where she oversaw a portfolio of three centers, two initiatives, and two pre-college programs focused on positive stakeholder outcomes.
Cathy is no stranger to public health having supported the Gilbert Center for Health Economics while at Haas. Additionally, Cathy worked in conjunction with MBA/MPH student leaders to launch the initial in-person John E Martin Mental Healthcare Challenge.
A Texas native, Cathy is Bay Area educated receiving her MBA from Haas and her AB from Stanford in Economics. She is active in her local community serving on a few boards and is a founding member of a grand masters, all women’s Ultimate Frisbee team. She has found the “spirit of the game” ethos of Ultimate Frisbee to be applicable in her professional as well as personal life.
Please join me in extending a warm welcome to Cathy who can be reached at cathy_garza@berkeley.edu
I hope you all have an engaging, productive spring semester of learning. Don’t hesitate to reach out to me with anything that I can help you with.
Deborah
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Important Dates and Deadlines:
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January 10: Spring 1 courses begin
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January 15*: FINAL SPRING SHIP WAIVER DEADLINE (i.e. to avoid the $3,044 fee)
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January 16: Academic & Administrative Holiday (Martin Luther King Jr. Day)
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January 17: Spring Full Term courses begin
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January 27: Deadline for all students to drop classes without a fee. $10 fee charged for each class dropped after this date.
*Please note: if you waived out of SHIP during the Fall semester, you do not need to waive again for Spring/Summer (i.e. the Fall waiver extends through the entire academic year). If you have any questions or are unsure of your waiver status, please reach out to oomph_admin@berkeley.edu.
Course Updates:
Course Number & Scheduling Changes for PHW206: Maternal and Child Health Nutrition
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PHW206, which was previously offered in Summer 2, will have a new course number (PHW207A), will be offered in Fall 1 and will have a new teaching team beginning in 2023. These changes are now reflected in our Program Calendar and Course Catalog pages. The course will be completely rebuilt, though will fulfill the same requirement for the Public Health Nutrition concentration.
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Two 1-Unit Changemaker Microcourses Go Online | |
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Health Policy Advocacy (1 unit)
PH 290C:001
Class # 33854
Course dates: 2/2/2023 - 3/23/2023
Zoom sessions: 2-5p PT: 2/4, 2/11, 2/25, 3/4, and 3/11
This one-unit Changemaker Micro course in Health Policy Advocacy focuses on developing critical analysis and persuasive written and oral communication skills to preserve and/or improve community health through strategic policymaking. The course content will discuss current advocacy approaches for improving health equity via the social determinants of health — including immigration, policing, and incarceration — as well as the affordability, quality, availability, and access to healthcare. The course will allow students to bring practice to research by understanding and situating the important role of evidence-based advocacy and working alongside marginalized communities within the spectrum of public health practice. Students will develop research, strategic, organization, communication, and coalition-building strategies and skills necessary to produce effective advocacy campaigns for systemic improvements in public health policy. The course identifies the roles of those involved in the making of policy and demonstrates the use of appropriate channels and methodologies to influence health policy.
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Strategic Communication in Public Health (1 unit)
PH 290C:002
Class #: 33855
Course dates: 2/2/2023 - 3/23/2023
Zoom sessions: 5-7 pm on 2/2, 2/16,3/2, and 3/16.
To create and sustain environments and policies that promote health, public health professionals need to know how to communicate effectively about the changes they seek and use strategies to reach their target audiences and build public support. In this course students will learn skills and strategies to communicate effectively and persuasively, and to engage with the media to advance public health policy goals. The way public health professionals talk about health disparities, and the factors that contribute to those inequities have a direct impact on the kinds of solutions decision makers and the public think are possible. This practice-based course will provide students with foundational concepts in strategic communication and “media advocacy” as well as give them the opportunity to practice and receive feedback from each other and from the instructors.
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OOMPH Quantitative Support Program | |
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Are you an OOMPH student in need of quantitative support for your practicum?
Appointments Available on PHLEX!
Current OOMPH students who are engaged in a practicum have the ability to schedule an appointment on PHLEX to meet with Dr. Catherine Metayer, Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, for support on topics related to quantitative methodologies. Eligible students, those with an active practicum and have submitted their practicum confirmation form, should have received an email invitation. If you did not receive an invite email but believe you should be eligible, please contact publichealthcareer@berkeley.edu.
Topics covered include but are not limited to refining research question(s), mapping analytic plans, data management strategies, reporting results, and preparing a protocol for protection of human subjects (IRB). Statistical software support will not be covered in these sessions. Please see the D-Lab for support related to statistical software.
Questions related to practicum outside of quantitative support will also not be covered in these sessions, as these can be addressed by your Practicum Field Consultant: Kandis (Interdisciplinary, PHN) or Sara (Epi/Bio, HPM). Please schedule an appointment (via PHLEX) or reach out via email: Kandis (krodgers@berkeley.edu) or Sara (ayazi@berkeley.edu).
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Susan Awor
Global Health Fellow, OOMPH Epi/Biostat and Health Policy & Management Concentration Student
Susan's publication in the American Journal of Public Health, "Pathways to Peace and Public Health Equity Among Women and Children in Conflict Zones: The Case of Northern Uganda," is now available. View her work here.
Susan will be a panelist at the related event below.
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Join the Student Think Tank Symposium
Global estimates indicate that 2 billion people live in conflict areas, 84 million people are forcibly displaced, and that eroded social policy leads to premature mortality. In this era of crisis with respect to violent conflict, displacement, and disinvestment in social/public services, what is the role of public health as violence permeates the world?
The 2022 Student Think Tank of the American Journal of Public Health is hosting a virtual symposium on the theme of Peace as a Fundamental Determinant of Health. The symposium will engage with key lessons learned from the 2022 call-for-papers wherein students from all corners of the world were invited to share their personal narratives, research, and lived experiences through storytelling on how conflict, instability, and displacement (international, domestic, and regional) have shaped their understanding of public health and the sustainability of policy, research, and programmatic responses.
Join this critical discussion on January 25th 3:00-4:30pm ET.
Registration is available here: https://www.pathlms.com/health/courses/49527
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The below listings reflect recent opportunities, including those with upcoming deadlines. For additional opportunities (including GSI/GSR, practicum, part/full-time), please log in to PHLEX and consider setting up a saved search to receive regular updates in your inbox! Questions? Email publichealthcareers@berkeley.edu.
Additionally, don’t forget that as a UC Berkeley student you also have access to resources through our partners at the central campus Career Center. You can log into Handshake, review listings for open opportunities (tip: set up a saved search), and connect with upcoming events (including employer info sessions and career fairs)!
For support navigating PHLEX/Handshake or any questions related to your career (including resume review, interview prep, etc.), schedule an appointment with the RISE Career Services team!
Some of the new practicum funding opportunities:
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The Future Leaders Program, Western Regional Public Health Training Center (WRPHTC) [$3,500 stipend award; projects/practicum must be 180+ hours] Deadline: Rolling - Apply by January 2023 for all spring projects!
Check out the 2022-2023 Practicum Funding Resources (on the RISE student google site) for more on the latest known funding opportunities that may be well suited for your practicum!
Some of the new practicum opportunities:
Don’t forget! Other open practicum opportunities:
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