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Thomas W. Brewer, Ph.D. Thomas Brewer, Ph.D., M.Jur, CHC, health policy and management professor and graduate coordinator, and founding member of the 51���� College of Public Health, has been awarded the 2025 51���� Distinguished Honors Alumni award. The Distinguished Honors Alumni award recognizes alumni who have served the Honors College and facilitated increased opportunities for Honors College students. Brewer was honored at the 39th annual Senior Honors Reception on Thurs., April 17, 2025, in the 51���� Student Center Ballroom. The Co...

What do you do at 51����’s College of Public Health?I am a professor of health policy and management. I am also the graduate coordinator for the health policy and management graduate programs and the program coordinator for the graduate Healthcare Compliance Certificate. As CPH founder faculty, what is the best memory of these 15 years?It was an amazing opportunity to work with a small group of talented people to create something from scratch. We literally sat around a conference table in the Michael Schwartz Center and created the College of Public Health. What, in your opinion,...

After a long and successful career, Robert (Bob) Howard has announced his retirement from the College of Public Health. For the past nine years, Howard served as an ambassador, providing guidance, sharing his extensive experience, and promoting the field of public health to all 51���� students.  Born and raised in East Chicago, Indiana, Howard followed in his parents’ footsteps working in the steel mills. “It was a way of life, and I worked full time in the mill for two years. It wasn’t until I received a very generous scholarship to John Carroll University that I moved to Ohio,”...

CPH 2024-2025 Student Recognition CeremonyDistinguished Students, scholarship recipients and Delta Omega-Epsilon Gamma inductees were recognized at the annual College of Public Health Distinguished Students Awards Ceremony on May 8, 2025.We are pleased to announce the 2024-2025 Distinguished Student Award recipients:BSPH: Harley HillMPH: Alex DiDonato and Michelle KittelPh.D.: Jared Durieux​  Many congratulations to the 2024-2025 Scholarship recipients! The following scholarships were awarded:College of Public Health Scholarship ​Katie Glover​Victoria Rodocker​Monica Scanu​​GOJO Jero...

51����’s College of Public Health is the only fully accredited public health college to offer an undergraduate pathway to clinical trials research, a rapidly expanding segment of the healthcare job market.“The field is expected to grow by more than 36% in the next few years,” said Melissa Zullo, Ph.D., associate dean of the College of Public Health. “It is a growing field, and we started this program because students were showing up with an interest in working in research in hospital settings.”Clinical trials are research studies that test the safety and effectiveness of new med...

51���� is taking a big step forward in its ecological and evolutionary research with the establishment of its new on-campus Outdoor Vivarium for Oviparous Microbiomes – a dynamic new aviary facility located on the eastern edge of the Kent Campus near a thriving wetland.Led by Assistant Professor Brian Trevelline of the Department of Biological Sciences, the aviary is more than just a space to house birds – it is a launchpad for innovation, education and community engagement. It is designed to bridge the gap between the controlled precision of indoor research labs and the dynamic...