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Ever wonder how you can get more involved with your major while changing the world at the same time? Through Changemaker Maps, you are equipped with the knowledge and connections to engage with social innovation in your own major.
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FIELD OVERVIEW
Social innovation is the ecosystem where new and innovative solutions to our global societys greatest problems are discovered and implemented. From inventing and marketing incubators for developing countries to implementing clinic-based methods for HIV/ AIDS treatment, public health specialists in the social innovation ecosystem are changing the way we solve our biggest social problems.
ON-CAMPUS ORGANIZATIONS
SSI (Students for Social Innovation) SSE (Students for Social Entrepreneurship) SID (Students for International Development) BPHA (BYU Public Health Association) PEAT (Project Evaluation and Assessment Team) PEDL (Political Economy and Development Lab)
PUBLIC HEALTH
PROFESSORS
Benjamin Crookston: Undernutrition and growth recovery, infectious disease epidemiology, child health and development, worked with several NGOs on poverty and hunger alleviation and impact of microfinance and health education programs among women and girls. (healthscience.byu.edu/Profiles/Faculty/BenjaminCrookston.aspx) Brad L. Neiger: Evaluation of social marketing and social media interventions in public health settings. (healthscience.byu.edu/Profiles/Faculty/ BradLNeiger.aspx) Joshua H. West: Research is focused on eliminating health disparities, especially in the Latino community. (healthscience.byu.edu/Profiles/ Faculty/JoshuaHWest.aspx)
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COMPETITIONS/CONFERENCES
Global Family Health and Development Conference (ce.byu.edu/cw/gfh/) Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE) (sophe.org/meetings.cfm) American Public Health Association Conference (apha.org) Utah Public Health Association Conference (upha. org/) Annual World TB Day Conference (lungutah.org)
CLASSES
GRADUATE PROGRAMS
Masters of Public Health (BYU) MBA MPA - International Development (Harvard, Princeton) Masters of International Development (Columbia)
HLTH 310: Chronic Diseases-Prevention and Control HLTH 311: Infectious Diseases-Prevention and Control HLTH 322: Environmental Health HLTH 345: Principles of Epidemiology HLTH 436: Sexuality Education in the Curriculum HLTH 480: International Health HLTH 403R: Refugee and Migrant Health