{"id":210839,"date":"2020-02-21T11:43:24","date_gmt":"2020-02-21T16:43:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/?p=210839"},"modified":"2021-01-19T15:30:37","modified_gmt":"2021-01-19T20:30:37","slug":"mph-celebrates-10-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/2020\/02\/21\/mph-celebrates-10-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Master of Public Health Celebrates 10 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Photo: Kurt Conklin, second from right, interviews MPH graduates Monica Hanna, Adedotun Osho and Sarah Bonilla.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>As a public health officer in Irvington, New Jersey, Chris Hellwig keeps his finger on the pulse of the city for outbreaks of disease and signs of lead paint in older homes. It\u2019s the type of work being performed by graduates of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/public-health\/academic-programs\/master-of-public-health-mph\/\">Master of Public Health<\/a> program offered at Montclair State University, who, like Hellwig, have used their degrees to make a positive impact in New Jersey and beyond.<\/p>\n<p>In celebration of 10 years, the Master of Public Health program recently invited alumni back to campus to talk about their work making communities healthier and safer. The conversations were recorded by media students for a special edition of <em>Carpe Diem<\/em>, the University\u2019s award-winning magazine show, which airs on Comcast and Cablevision in northern New Jersey.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Video: Carpe Diem: Master&amp;#039;s in Public Health 10th Anniversary\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ubwxqaM2HJs?feature=oembed\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen style=\"width: 500px; height: 281px; border: 0px solid #000;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Hosted by Kurt Conklin, instructional specialist in the Department of Public Health, the guests shared their experiences on important public health issues and concerns, including immunizations, lead in homes and water, nicotine and tobacco treatment, vaping, women\u2019s health and contraception, and language barriers in accessing health care.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPublic health impacts you in every way possible,\u201d says Monica Hanna \u201913, community educator for RWJ Barnabas Institute for Prevention and Recovery.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt&#8217;s all around you. It&#8217;s in your life. And sometimes you don&#8217;t even realize that,\u201d she says. \u201cThe structure of the public health courses really prepared me to connect what I learned to what I do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Master of Public Health program provides professionals with the breadth of skills to respond to public health crises, to recognize and eliminate health disparities and to enhance communities\u2019 abilities to address public health needs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEveryone deserves a dignified way of living, and public health does that,\u201d says Sarah Bonilla \u201914, program manager for the Center of Excellence for Latino Health at Clara Maass Medical Center. \u201cAnd honestly, it&#8217;s a true passion. Going into this work, you need to have conviction with what you do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Video: Graduate School Stories: Sarah Bonilla &rsquo;14 Master of Public Health\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8ekoQKTrjb8?feature=oembed\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen style=\"width: 500px; height: 281px; border: 0px solid #000;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Among the graduates, Kim Manderano \u201919, inside sales consultant in women&#8217;s health care for Bayer Pharmaceuticals, says learning about different opportunities in public health was extremely useful in her work to ensure that her clients have access to contraceptives and to women\u2019s health care.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause I was already working in public health, I knew exactly what I wanted,\u201d says Adedotun Osho \u201918, registered environmental health and safety specialist and lead risk assessor for the Plainfield Health Department. His classes were full of students who brought a variety of different perspectives to their coursework. \u201cI loved my experience here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt takes a deep understanding of what the issues are and whether the issues within your local community are at a larger level, state level or regional level,\u201d says Hellwig, who earned his MPH in 2011. \u201cIt really does take a village to make sure that everyone has the ability to live the healthiest life and to make a connection between systemic things and individual behaviors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As moderator Conklin concluded: \u201cPublic health puts science into service, to assure a healthier, safer and more just society.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>More information is available from the program coordinator, Lisa Lieberman at <a href=\"about:blank\">973-655-4154<\/a>; email <a href=\"mailto:mph@montclair.edu\"><strong>mph@montclair.edu<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Story by Staff Writer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/profilepages\/view_profile.php?username=lehrenma\">Marilyn Lehren<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Video: Graduate School Stories: Kim Manderano &rsquo;19 Master of Public Health\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rrHOJYyS0Kg?feature=oembed\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen style=\"width: 500px; height: 281px; border: 0px solid #000;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/\/ Output tags as a list for Google Analytics custom dimension\nwindow.MSU_TagList = [];\n<\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A special edition of Carpe Diem features MPH alumni who are changing the world<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":210840,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,117,109,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-210839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-communication-and-media","category-graduate-school","category-health","category-human-services"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=210839"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210839\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":210865,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210839\/revisions\/210865"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/210840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=210839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=210839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=210839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}