Student Profiles

Megumi Inoue, an associate professor in George Mason's Department of Social Work, led a study-abroad program where students explored the policies, programs, and services in place in Japan to support its aging population.

George Mason University’s Mason and Partners (MAP) Clinic holds free clinics throughout Northern Virginia every day. This summer, two of those community-based clinics helped local elementary school students get back-to-school ready.

Congratulations to the college’s first credentialed registered dietitian Eli Kalman-Rome.

BS in Community Health graduate Kristen Alleyne accredits her College of Public Health courses for giving her the skills and confidence to excel in diverse public health settings.

The College of Public Health’s Learning Laboratory for Community Health hosted the first in-person Learning Lab Challenge, which showcased graduate student-led intervention development.

George Mason University scientists, nurses, and researchers in the College of Public Health have just entered the second cycle of a National Institutes of Health (NIH) program called Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO).

While working on their master’s degrees in social work at George Mason University, College of Public Health alumni Kendall Barrett, Madeline Holden, and Harveen Pantleay took part in field research on ageism in health care and are now using those skills in their careers.

Just three and a half years after George Mason's College of Public Health created its PhD in Public Health in 2021, Kim McNally will be the first graduate to walk across the Commencement stage at EagleBank Arena this May.

The Leading Niche CEO Tamara Nall and her husband, Clement Ezeanii, have created the Susanna Ezeanii and Mayfred Jolinda Nall Health Informatics Scholarship Endowment to honor the memories of their mothers while making educational aspirations tangible for College of Public Health students.

Sinoxolo “Susan” Favor was doing public health work in her native South Africa long before she enrolled in the College of Public Health at George Mason University. Now Favor is graduating from this spring with a BS in community health from the first college of public health in Virginia.

Students from George Mason University’s Department of Nutrition and Food Studies recently visited the men and women of Fairfax Fire Station 33. They taught the firefighters about responsible nutrition habits and cooked nutritious meals for them in the station’s kitchen.

Kayla Moore sees testing for sexually transmitted diseases as a key part of public health, and the doorway to a healthy community. Moore is currently getting her Master of Clinical Social Work at George Mason University’s College of Public Health, and in recognition of the 25th anniversary of National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, has organized a two-part event at Mason’s Fairfax Campus that speaks to public health.