IU School of Public Health students become lobbyists for a day
Post by IU Newsroom intern Annie Brackemyre Fourteen graduate students in Indiana University’s School of Public Health-Bloomington transformed into lobbyists Feb. 8, advocating on behalf of March of Dimes. After a briefing by the national March of Dimes governmental relations chair, the students spent three hours at the Indiana Statehouse, arguing for an increased state tobacco tax […]
IU health policy expert Beth Meyerson among panelists at upcoming legislative conference
Throughout the past year, addiction and its related pitfalls have been on the minds of health care professionals, experts, educators and the public. Scott County faced a major crisis when HIV cases skyrocketed because of intravenous drug use. Needle exchange programs have popped up in three counties since, and the state continues to find ways […]
Health experts mark World AIDS Day with discussion on Scott County HIV outbreak
Post by IU Newsroom intern Annie Brackemyre World AIDS Day both celebrates the scientific and medical advances in treating HIV/AIDS and commemorates those lost to the decades-long epidemic. Globally there are an estimated 35 million people living with HIV, and 39 million have died of HIV/AIDS since discovery of the virus in 1984. Although it […]
IU students take a first-hand look at public health advocacy and policy-making
Post by IU Communications colleague Milana Katic: A delegation of Indiana University master’s degree students from the School of Public Health-Bloomington and the Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health at IUPUI participated in the American Cancer Society’s “Day at the Capitol,” on Jan. 29 in Indianapolis. The day was organized by the society’s Cancer Action […]
