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COM Outlook . Spring 2015
NSU-COM’s Online M.P.H.
Program Rated Among the
Best Nationally
Public Health Online
, a leading online resource for public
health education and careers, recently published a list of
the Best Online Master of Public Health (M.P.H.) Programs
for 2014-15 that ranked
NSU-COM’s online Public
Health Program
as one of the top 20 programs in the na-
tion, coming in at number 17.
Interprofessional Participation
at Chinese Health Fair
In January,
35 NSU-COM students
and
8 students
from NSU’s College of Optometry
participated in an ed-
ucational health fair for the Chinese population of South Florida
that took place at the Chinese Baptist Church of Coral Springs.
Soling Li, D.O., M.P.H., a 2000 NSU-COM alumna, spear-
headed the Third Annual Chinese Health Fair, which included
screenings for HIV, hepatitis, hypertension, diabetes, dermato-
logical issues, and visual acuity. In addition to providing health
screenings, Dr. Li gave an informative talk about hepatitis B
while other invited speakers discussed topics such as the im-
portance of medications, dry eyes, and floaters.
“These are people who need help,” said OMS-II Jonathan
Grossman, who enjoyed participating in the event because it
served as an opportunity for NSU Health Professions Division
students to hone their physical diagnosis skills and provide
screenings and information to at-risk populations. “We need
more of these community health informational events because
I believe people do not seek these things out on their own.”
According to Dr. Li, the risk of hepatitis B increases if
patients have parents from Asia, Latin America, the Middle
COMmunications
“NSU is proud to be ranked among the best master of
public health programs in the nation,” said Cyril Blavo, D.O.,
M.S., M.P.H. and T.M., FACOP, who serves as professor and
director of the college’s M.P.H. Program. “A value deeply en-
trenched in our university is providing services to those who
may not otherwise have access, and educating community
leaders and health care providers in the tenets of public health
is a proven way to achieve this goal.”
To determine the rankings,
Public Health Online
analyzed
data from hundreds of available online public health degree
programs to find out which colleges truly excel at online
learning at the master’s level. Data analysts and higher educa-
tion experts developed a proprietary scoring system for
Public
Health Online
to rank master of public health programs using
various cost, quality, and student-support metrics such as
•
online tuition cost
•
academic/career counseling service
•
placement services for graduates
•
Council on Education for Public Health accreditation
•
only not-for-profit institutions
•
must offer four-year programs and an online M.P.H.
East, and other parts of the world, which is why she encour-
aged the health fair attendees to be aware of hepatitis B
testing and treatment. She also refuted the myth that there
exists a
healthy carrier
stage of hepatitis B, explaining that
the virus could start hurting a person’s liver even though the
individual is asymptomatic.
