Category: Dr. Eric Bailey

ERHD Program Accepting 2014 Fall Applications

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ERHD APPLICATION
The ERHD Graduate Certifcate Online Program is accepting applications from qualified students to enroll for the Fall 2014 semester at East Carolina University. To obtain a graduate certificate in ethnic and rural health disparities, completion of 12 credit hours is required.

The ERHD program consists of four online courses:
1. MPH 6005 African American Health
2. MPH 6007 Global Public Health
3. MPH 6008 Ethnic Health & Health Disparities
4. MPH 6009 Capstone Experience in Ethnic Health & Health Disparities

Additional Requirements:

ECU MPH Students Only:
1. Letter of Interest
2. Writing Sample
3. Recommendation Letter

Other Graduate Students:
1. Transcript
2. GRE or MCAT Scores
3. Letter of Interest
4. Writing Sample
5. Recommendation Letter

ERHD SUBMISSION OF MATERIALS and DUE DATE

Send all ERHD applications materials to:

Dr. Eric Bailey
ERHD Director
ERHD Admissions Committee
East Carolina University
209 Flanagan Bldg.
Mailstop 568
Greenville, NC 27834-4353

Email materials to:
baileye@ecu.edu

ALL MATERIALS ARE DUE BY MARCH 31st, 2014

Spring 2014 Enrollment and ERHD Scholarships

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ERHD APPLICATION

The ERHD Graduate Certificate Online Program is accepting applications from qualified graduate students to enroll for the Spring 2014 semester at East Carolina University. To obtain a graduate certificate in ethnic and rural health disparities, completion of 12 credit hours is required.

The ERHD program consists of four onlilne courses:
1. MPH 6005 African American Health
2. MPH 6007 Global Public Health
3. MPH 6008 Ethnic Health & Health Disparities
4. MPH 6009 Capstone Experience in Ethnic Health & Health Disparities

Additional Requirements:

ECU MPH Students Only:
1. Letter of Interest
2. Writing Sample
3. Recommendation Letter

Other Graduate Students/Health Professionals
1. Transcript
2. GRE or MCAT Scores
3. Letter of Interest
4. Writing Sample
5. Recommendation Letter

ERHD SCHOLARSHIPS

The ERHD Scholarships are available to full-time or part-time graduate students with an interest in developing expertise in health disparities and who will complete the ERHD program. Scholarships are designed to assist students with the tuition of taking the ERHD courses. Scholarships vary in the amounts depending on whether a student is in-state or out-of-state.

The ERHD Scholarship requires interested candidates to write a 500 – 1000 word essay describing their interests in ethnic and rural health disparities. Academic performance, work experience and leadership skills will also be evaluated. A limited number of scholarships are available.

ERHD SUBMISSION OF MATERIALS and DUE DATE

Send all ERHD application materials and ERHD Scholarship application materials to:

Dr. Eric Bailey
ERHD Director
ERHD Admissions and ERHD Scholarship Committee
East Carolina University
209 Flanagan Building
Mailstop 568
Greenville, NC 27834-4353

Email materials to:

baileye@ecu.edu

ALL MATERIALS ARE DUE BY OCTOBER 1st, 2013

2013 Spring ERHD Graduates

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2013 Spring ERHD Graduates
2013 Spring ERHD Graduates

On Friday May 10, 2013, the Department of Public Health held our Master of Public Health Graduate Recognition Ceremony at The Brody School of Medicine. Among the 45 MPH graduates, the Ethnic and Rural Health Disparities (ERHD) Graduate Certificate Program graduateed four special graduates. This was not only a special day and ceremony for all the MPH graduates, it was particularly special for our 4 ERHD graduates.

The four ERHD graduates were:

Shamaree Cromartie
Tiffany Cox
Michaela Penix
Samantha Kinney

Here is a picture of our 4 ERHD graduates and I. This was a very proud moment for our ERHD graduates and particularly for our ERHD program. I was so proud of their achievements and honored to share this moment with each of them.

2013 ERHD Program Update

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Every semester, I am asked a number of questions about the Ethnic and Rural Health Disparities (ERHD) program from a number of administrators, directors, researchers, faculty members, and potential students. Here is an overview and update of the ERHD program during the 2012-2013 academic year at East Carolina University:

The outcomes of the ERHD program is to graduate new public health professionals from various professional and ethnic backgrounds who acquire a new set of pubic health skills designed to be more culturally competent in the field of public health and to be more culturally competent in the field of public health and to be more culturally competent in ethnic and rural health disparities. During the 2012-2013 academic year, Director Dr. Eric Bailey directed the program, managed the trainees, taught the ERHD courses, evaluated the level of ethnic and rural health disparities cultural competency among trainees, and marketed the program at local and national public health and medical conferences. Director Bailey also coordinated the ERHD Admission Committee and the ERHD Scholarship Committee. The ERHD program consisted of nine full-time students of various racial and ethnic backgrounds (African American, Hispanic/Latino and Caucasian). The ERHD program also awarded $8,000 in scholarship support and graduated seven students.

Fall 2013 Enrollment and ERHD Scholarships

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ERHD APPLICATION
The ERHD Graduate Certificate Online Program is accepting applications from qualified graduate students to enroll for the Fall 2013 semester at East Carolina University. To obtain a graduate certificate in ethnic and rural health disparities, completion of 12 credit hours is required.

The ERHD program consists of four online courses:
1. MPH 6005 African American Health
2. MPH 6007 Global Public Health
3. MPH 6008 Ethnic Health & Health Disparites
4. MPH 6009 Capstone Experience in Ethnic Health & Health Disparities

Additional Requirements:

ECU MPH Students Only:
1. Letter of Interest
2. Writing Sample
3. Recommendation Letter

Other Graduate Students:
1. Transcript
2. GRE or MCAT Scores
3. Letter of Interest
4. Writing Sample
5. Recommendation Letter

ERHD SCHOLARSHIPS

The ERHD Scholarships are available to full-time or part-time graduate students with an interest in developing an expertise in health disparities and who will complete the ERHD program. Scholarships are designed to assist students with the tuition of taking the ERHD courses. Scholarships vary in the amounts depending on whether a student is in-state or out-of-state.

The ERHD Scholarship requires interested candidates to write a 500 – 1000 word essay describing their interests in ethnic and rural health disparities. Academic performance, work experience and leadership skills will also be evaluated. A limited number of scholarships are available.

ERHD SUBMISSION OF MATERIALS and DUE DATE

Send all ERHD applications and ERHD Scholarship applications to:

Dr. Eric Bailey
ERHD Director
ERHD Admissions and ERHD Scholarship Committee
East Carolina University
209 Flanagan Bldg.
Mailstop 568
Greenville, NC 27834-4353

Email materials to:
baileye@ecu.edu

ALL MATERIALS ARE DUE BY MARCH 31st, 2013

2013 Spring ERHD Scholarships – Now Taking Essay Submissions

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The ERHD program has been fortunate to receive public health training grant support from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services from the very start of our program. Today, I am pleased to announce that we have been awarded a new public health trainingship grant to support graduate students’ tuition for the ERHD courses.

The ERHD Scholarships are available to full-time or part-time graduate students with an interest in health disparities who will enroll and complete the East Carolina University ERHD graduate certificate online program. Candidates for the $1,000 scholarships are asked to submit a 500 – 1000 word essay describing their interests in ethnic and rural health disparities. Essays are due by September 24th, 2012. The ERHD Scholarship Committee will evaluate all applicants’ essays. A limited number of scholarships are available.

Please submit all materials to:

ERHD Scholarship Committee
ERHD Program
209 Flanagan
Mail Stop 568
East Carolina University
Greenville NC 27834

If you have questions regarding the ERHD scholarship, email baileye@ecu.edu

Welcome to the Fall 2012 Ethnic and Rural Health Disparities (ERHD) Program

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Greetings Everyone,

I want to welcome everyone to the Fall 2012 semester of the ERHD program at East Carolina University. It is a pleasure to bring our ERHD program to all those who are interested in furthering their graduate education in the areas of ethnic, rural and global health disparities. This is actually the 4th year of our program and we are very delighted with the progress that we have made in such a short period of time.

In the spring, the ERHD celebrated the graduation of four MPH students and one health education student. During the summer, we had two more students who have fulfilled all of their requirements for the ERHD program. This coming fall 2012, we will celebrate several more graduates from the program.

I want to also welcome the new students to our ERHD program. We have new students who are receiving the partial scholarship support and other students who are not. Overall, we are continuing to work with all of the health and medical professionals who want to further their expertise in ethnic, rural and global health disparities.

We have also been fortunate to receive a new grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the Department of Health and Human Services of our federal government that supports the scholarships for the public health trainees. The HRSA support continues to help us stabilize and expand our program for so many new public health and medical professionals.

For the fall 2012, I produced a new ERHD welcome video. For those who are interested, here is the link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQPLYvCCnYE&feature=youtu.be

If interested in the program or if you have question, please feel free to contact me at: baileye@ecu.edu. Thank you for visiting our ERHD blog and welcome to the ERHD program.

2012 Spring ERHD Graduates: The First Set of Graduates

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ERHD 2012 Spring Graduates and Director Eric Bailey
2012 ERHD Spring Graduates

On Friday May 4th, the Ethnic and Rural Health Disparities (ERHD) graduate online program graduated our first set of students. The four students to graduate this spring were:

1. Ashley Allsbrook
2. Brittany Brown
3. Marc Stevens
4. David Taylor

We also had another student to graduate, but she was not able to participate in the graduation ceremony. Our first ERHD graduate was Brittany Parker. We are very proud of her achievement and excellence throughout the program. Brittany Parker actually became our FIRST ERHD graduate.

These five graduates completed or about to complete the four online MPH courses during the Spring/Summer 2012 academic year. Not only did they successfully complete the coursework but they also developed a specific ethnic and rural health disparity fieldwork proposal or project designed to SOLVE and ELIMINATE a particular health disparity. Therefore, each ERHD graduate is a pioneer and innovator in the areas of public health and health disparties because there are no other Certificate Programs in the United States focused on these critical health and medical issues.

Of course, I want to also thank our Co-Director, Dr. Justin Moore, who helped to provide specific suggestions, guidance and direction to the early phases of our program. Additionally, I want to thank the Department of Public Health (Dr. Lloyd Novick), the Brody School of Medicine (Dean Paul Cunningham), and East Carolina University Graduate School for adding these courses to the university’s graduate curriculum. I also want to thank all of the staff from the Department of Public Health that helped me with the procedural forms and steps to solidify the program in the graduate school.

Finally, I want to thank the federal public health agency — the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) for supporting our program for the past 3 years. The grants including a stimulus grant provided the necessary funds to support student scholarships for tuition. Their support was very instrumental in helping our students to graduate in a timely basis.

We look forward to new ERHD graduates in the Fall and many more in years to come!!

Enrolling for Fall 2012 and New YouTube ERHD Welcome Video

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Greetings again Everyone,

We have had numerous inquiries regarding the Ethnic and Rural Health Disparities (ERHD) and this is an update of our status. We are now accepting applications from qualified graduate students to enroll for the fall semester to our ERHD program. We are looking for dedicated, focused, committed and innovative students who want to acquire new skills in public health and medical care in not only investigating ethnic and rural health disparity issues but also solving and eliminating these critical health care issues. Our ERHD program will provide you the necessary public health skills and expertise to accomplish this objective.
Please review our earlier ERHD blog entries to learn about the specific requirements for your application.

I want to also make you aware of our YouTube ERHD Welcome Video. If you want to hear and see my introduction and overview of the ERHD program, check out my YouTube video at the following link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwonVK5RVNU

After review of the video and the earlier entries of the ERHD blog, I look forward to receiving your application. Please send all your necessary information to the following address:

ERHD Director
ERHD Graduate Certificate Online Program
209 Flanagan Bldg.
Mailstop 568
East Carolina University
Greenville, NC 27858-4353

Welcome to 2012 ERHD Students!

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It’s a very exciting time with the ERHD program in 2012 because we are on the verge of graduating our first set of ERHD students. By the end of the Spring 2012 semester, we are anticipating that four ERHD students will graduate!

We are also adding new ERHD students to the program each semester and we want to welcome all the new ERHD students to our innovative Certificate program. We look forward to your input through each ERHD course and welcome your suggestions!

For those of you who are visiting this ERHD Blog for the first time, the ERHD Graduate Certificate Online program consists of only 4 online courses. They are:

(1) MPH 6005 African American Health
(2) MPH 6007 Global Public Health
(3) MPH 6008 Ethnic Health & Health Disparities
(4) MPH 6009 Capstone Experience in Ethnic Health & Health Disparities

There is also a possiblity to receive an ERHD scholarhip to help support your tuition costs!

One of the new developments associated with the ERHD program is our NEW ERHD Facebook page. To find our facebook page, simply search for the Ethnic & Rural Health Disparities Graduate Certificate Online Program Facebook page. On our ERHD facebook page, I have posted many of the activities and pictures of past events.

This is the latest about the ERHD program. Stay tuned for more new developments coming in 2012!