It’s that time of year again. The deadline for Spring 2024 Admission to the ERHD Graduate Certificate Online program is tomorrow — October 31st! It’s a very busy time of the fall semester so we are looking forward to those who are interested in our Ethnic and Rural Health Disparities courses and Certificate, please submit your documents to me via regular mail or email at: baileye@ecu.edu.
The major documents to be submitted are: (1) Letter of Interest, (2) Transcript, (3) GRE/MCAT scores, (4) Writing Sample, and (5) Recommendation Letter.
Upon receipt of your documents, I will forward your documents to our ERHD Admissions Committee for review and determination of the acceptance of each applicant. If you are having any particularly difficulty in submitting your documents by the due date, please inform Dr. Eric Bailey – baileye@ecu.edu.
It is my distinct pleasure to announce that the Ethnic and Rural Health Disparities (ERHD) will be officially welcoming two new ERHD students to our program. They are: Kirchner Courtney and Soonelia Barnes.
First, Soonelia Barnes is interested in the ERHD program because it will allow her to extend her knowledge in the field of Ethnic Rural Health Disparities, Health Advocate, Community Paramedicine, and Emergency Medical Care issues. She has worked in the healthcare field for over 18 years and currently holds an associated degree in Medical Assisting, Associate degree in EMS, and Bachelor’s degree of Science, with a Thematic core in Community Health and Wellness. (Photo not available yet)
Second, Kirchner Courtney is interested in the ERHD program because she has unique experiences of working with the disparity-laden communities of eastern NC throughout her academic career. She is also entering her third semester of the MPH program with a concentration in epidemiology at ECU. Her photo is attached.
Please WELCOME and CONGRATULATE our new ERHD students for 2023!
Special note: There are more coming in 2023 specifically from the Brody School of Medicine at ECU!
It was with great pleasure to acknowledge our latest ERHD graduate — Karen Saffron. Karen is another exceptional graduate professional who completed our program officially during the summer of 2019 yet had to delay her graduation ceremony activities because of going through spinal surgery. We therefore decided to delay her participation until the Fall Graduation ceremony with the Department of Public Health’s MPH graduation ceremony.
Karen Saffron final CAPSTONE paper was entitled, “The Silent Healthcare Crisis: The Disparity of an Elderly Population.” Not only did she complete an outstanding and insightful Capstone paper, Karen also performed exceptionally well in all the other remaining ERHD courses (MPH 6005, MPH 6007, and MPH 6008).
Here is our SELFIE
Selfie with Karen Saffron
at the end of the Fall Graduation ceremony at ECU’s Department of Public Health MPH graduate ceremony.
On May 3rd, 2019, it was a very SPECIAL day in which I was supposed to award TWO graduate students their ERHD Graduate Certificates at the Department of Public Health Graduation ceremonies for their MPH students. My two new ERHD graduates were:
Eunicia Jones
Karen Saffron
Unfortunately, both students were not able to attend this graduation in the middle of the day. Yet surprisingly, I met Eunicia Jones during the main ECU graduation ceremony in the early evening. Eunicia actually received her DOCTORATE in Marriage and Family Therapy earlier in the day and during the main ECU graduation ceremony.
I was therefore SO PROUD to finally meet her at the graduation ceremony and THANK HER for all the outstanding work she did throughout the four ERHD classes that she completed for her ERHD graduate certificate!
So please give a THANKS to our new graduates AGAIN for completing their ERHD certificate!
It gives me GREAT pleasure to introduce our latest ERHD Graduate – Amy Lee, Yesterday, Amy participated in the MPH graduating ceremony to receive her ERHD Graduate Certificate. She completed all of the ERHD courses (MPH 6005, MPH 6007, MPH 6008, and MPH 6009) last year and now finally received her diploma! Amy’s Capstone proposal entitled, “Renal Cell Carcinoma Community Based Participatory Research: African American Empowerment to Action.” was very personal and culturally innovative!! That’s probably why she is moving forward to start her doctoral studies at UNCG in a Community Health program!
I am so PROUD of her achievements and Amy’s strong desire to do something for her community! That’s why our ERHD continues to support and strive to train the next generation of ERHD students because we know each one of our graduates will make a SIGNIFICANT impact in the community and their professional jobs for years to come!!
Last year, I started a new tradition with the ERHD program and it involved HONORING — Ms Kelly Bass. Kelly is our extra special ERHD STUDENT ADMINISTRATOR and ERHD COURSE ADMINISTRATOR who helps me with all the internal administrative activities related to student enrollment, student graduation, course arrangement, and course implementation into the ECU system. Kelly is the key person who regularly assist me with the overall operations of the ERHD program. Of course, Kelly is the Department of Public Health student coordinator first and then assist me with my ERHD program.
So this is the 2ND YEAR in which I HONOR Kelly Bass for all her knowledge and hardwork that she has provided the ERHD program with a special luncheon at our favorite local eatery – Mi Cabana!
As Director of the ERHD program, I am pleased to announce that our program is accepting applications from qualified professionals for the Fall 2017 Admissions. The ERHD graduate certificate online program remains the ONE and ONLY graduate certificate program in the United States focuses specifically on ethnic and rural health disparities. The ERHD graduate certificate online program uses the latest online technology to train public health and medical health professionals in not only obtaining additional expertise in ethnic and rural health disparities but also in developing culturally competent solutions for specific health disparity populations. For a complete overview and introduction to our ERHD program, please go to our website at: http://www.ecu.edu/erhd
Ethnic and Rural Health Disparities Graduate Certificate Online Program
The three major objectives of the ERHD certificate program are to get graduates to:
1. Identify ethnic and rural health disparity issues;
2. Analyze more comprehensively ethnic and rural health disparity issues; and
3. Develop more culturally competent projects, plans and policies that are designed for specific rural communities in the United States and communities around the world.
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:
MPH 6005 African American Health – Summer 1 semester
MPH 6007 Global Public Health – Fall semester
MPH 6008 Ethnic Health & Health Disparities – Spring semester
MPH 6009 Capstone Experience in Ethnic Health & Health Disparities – Summer 11 week semester
Applicants applying to the ERHD program need to submit to our ERHD Admissions Committee, the following:
ECU MPH Students ONLY
Letter of Interest
Writing Sample
Recommendation Letter
Other Graduate Students
Letter of Interest
Writing Sample
Recommendation Letter
Transcript
GRE or MCAT Score
Send all materials to:
Director Eric Bailey
ERHD Admissions Committee
Ethnic and Rural Health Disparities (ERHD) Program
East Carolina University
209 Flanagan
Mail Stop 568
Greenville, NC 27834
Due Date for Application Materials: March 31st, 2017
If you have any questions, do not hesitate to email me: baileye@ecu.edu
We are looking forward to a new set of ERHD graduate professionals beginning the Fall 2017!
As Director of the ERHD program, we would not have been as successful as we have been during the past 6 years without the assistance of a very significant staff administrator. Although she works primarily for the MPH program and the Department of Public Health, Kelly Bass has been our ERHD Coordinator of Student Admissions and Coordinator of ERHD Courses from the very beginning.
The ERHD program has relied upon her assistance, expertise and extra time to help me with all the students from various departments at ECU who have wanted to take our ERHD courses and potentially enroll into the ERHD program.
So I would be remised if I did not acknowledge the contributions of our outstanding and OFFICIALLY designated ERHD Coordinator of Student Admissions and Coordinator of ERHD Courses – Kelly Bass!
Here are a couple of photos of Kelly and I after I treated her for lunch.
As Director of the ERHD Program and Professor of Public Health & Anthropology, I regularly participate in the Fall and Spring Graduation Ceremonies of East Carolina University. Although this spring ECU graduation ceremony began in the rain, the weather cleared up for another outstanding ceremony.
Surprisingly, at the graduation ceremony, I met one of our 2014 ERHD graduates — Daniel Allen. He was receiving his Medical Degree (M.D.) at this spring commencement and saw me taking pictures. He came over to me and I congratulated him on his MD degree and then asked to take a Selfie with him.
Amazingly, it was just a couple of years ago that Daniel completed all the ERHD courses in our program and now he is receiving his Medical Degree. I am sure all of our ERHD coursework and projects/proposals will make a significant impact on his career as a practicing physician.
Again, I am proud to play a part in the lives of another one of our OUTSTANDING ERHD GRADUATES!
The Ethnic and Rural Health Disparities Program at ECU wants to officially inform all visitors that our program is on the federal listing as a Title IV eligible certificate program. What this means is that qualified graduate professionals who are accepted into the program NOW have more options to finance their courses. Financing for this program may be available through grants, scholarships, loans (federal and private) and institutional financing plans.
If you have any additional inquiry regarding our Gainful Employment Disclosure statement or Title IV eligible certificate program status, please do not hesitate to contact me at: baileye@ecu.edu
