I want to recognize the accomplishments of our LATEST ERHD graduates and now ERHD Alumni — Amy Lee and Rebecca Cook! Both completed their final class this summer and both are OFFICIAL graduates of the ERHD program. Amy Lee’s Capstone Proposal entitled, “Renal Cell Carcinoma: Community-Based Participatory Research: African American Empowerment to Action AND Rebecca Cook’s Capstone Proposal entitled, “Investigation of Impacts of Familial Structure Project.” Both Capstone proposals were phenomenal and captured the primary purpose of our ERHD program — Investigate and Solve Ethnic Health and Health Disparity issues!
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!
It gives me great pleasure to ANNOUNCE ANOTHER one of our OUTSTANDING new ERHD graduates – Peyton Taylor! It has been a very busy month for Peyton because she not only graduated from ECU with her Masters Degree in Public Health (MPH) and received her ERHD Certificate from our ERHD program YET she also started a brand new job at the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services in the Division of Public Health, Communicable Disease Branch as a Disease Intervention Specialist!!
Please go to our ERHD Facebook page and give Peyton a Like and Congratulations!! The ERHD Program officially says – Way to go Peyton!!
Wow… what a fantastic surprise when I learned that the ERHD program had actually 3 graduates during the MPH graduate ceremony at Brody auditorium. The three graduates were – Taylor Miron, Melissa Harrell and Peyton Taylor!
Once Taylor received her recognition, I requested that our other two graduates – Melissa Harrell and Peyton Taylor come to the stage and take a photo with me and Chairperson Dr. Ronny Bell.
Our ERHD program has a lot to be PROUD OF on this day of graduation!!
It gives me great pleasure to announce that the ERHD program has a new graduate – Taylor Miron. Taylor completed all of the coursework for the ERHD program and concluded with a Capstone project entitled, “The Relationship Between Poverty & Violence: A Qualitative Study.” Taylor also completed her Master’s in Health Education & Promotion at East Carolina University while taking my ERHD courses.
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 Ethnic and Rural Health Disparities (ERHD) program at East Carolina University, I want to wish everyone – current students, alumni, and potential new ERHD students – a very Merry Christmas, Happy New Year and Happy Holiday season! Our ERHD program continues to grow each year and we are looking for bigger and better opportunities for our program in 2017 and 2018! I am very pleased and PROUD of all of our graduates. Your continued success in your careers has been worth all the effort in starting this program back in 2009 and 2010 and I will continue to push forward for new opportunities for our current and future ERHD students. I also want to thank my incredible ERHD Admissions Committee members – Dr. Justin Moore and Dr. Stephanie Bell Jillcot Pitts AND ERHD Student Coordinator – Kelly Bass!
THANK YOU ALL, ENJOY THE MOMENT and FOLLOW YOUR DREAMS!!
This is an update from one of our 2012 ERHD graduates – Brittany Brown. Several weeks ago, I received notification from one of our first set of graduates from the ERHD program – Brittany Brown – that she was accepted into Campbell University’s School of Osteopathic Medicine for the Class of 2012. After graduating with her MPH from East Carolina University’s MPH program and completing our ERHD Certificate, Brittany worked in clinical research for 4 years in the nephrology and hematology oncology departments at ECU. She is currently in her second year of her Masters of Biomedical Science program at Campbell University and will graduate in May 2017.
Brittany is truly an exceptional ERHD alumni because although her journey to achieve her medical degree has not been traditional and taken a little longer, she feels even more encouraged and inspired by her accomplishments.
As Director of the ERHD program, I am so pleased and PROUD of her accomplishments and glad that we played a small part in her success. We wish her ALL THE BEST and know that she will REPRESENT all ERHD alumni and our ERHD program in the best way as she moves on to the next stage of her career and life!
For all those graduate professionals who are interested in applying for the Spring 2017 semester, the due date for your applications and accompanying documents are due by Monday, October 31st, 2016. We have already received a number of new applicants yet want to make sure that everyone has a chance to apply to our ERHD Certificate program. Once we receive your materials, our ERHD Admissions Committee will review all of your documents and make a decision in November 2016. The ERHD Admissions Committee carefully reviews all applicants materials so that is why we need all of your materials by October 31st, 2016. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to send me an email at: baileye@ecu.edu.
During the end of this summer, the ERHD program graduated another outstanding graduate professional – Yasmeen Mansour. Yasmeen completed her final course in our ERHD program — MPH 6009 — Capstone Experience in Ethnic Health & Health Disparities. In addition, Yasmeen’s Capstone project was entitled, “Eliminating Racism & Islamophobia As They Relate to Ethnic & Rural Health Disparities: Sustainable Strategies & Solutions.” Yasmeen’s performance in all of the other 3 courses (MPH 6005, MPH 6007 and MPH 6008) were very exceptional, insightful and culturally competent!
As Director of the ERHD program, Yasmeen Mansour exemplifies the type of health professionals that we graduate here in the ERHD program. She will definitely make a difference in her professional career and we wish her all the BEST!
