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  • Delaware Business Times: Lt. Gov. Bethany Hall-Long runs for governor
    September 12, 2023

    Health Policy and Nursing Administration PhD alum Bethany Hall-Long runs for Delaware governor.

  • Amy Preston Page, DSW, LCSW

    Dr. Amy Preston Page, Asst. Professor of Social Work, researches military families, behavioral health, and has extensive practice and teaching experience.

  • Iulia Fratila, PhD

    Dr. Iulia Fratila is an assistant professor in the Department of Global and Community Health. Fratila’s research interests have practical and scholarly contributions related to health promotion, health education (e.g., drug education, sexual health education) and leisure and health studies. Her teaching repertoire includes classes such as social determinants of health, introduction to public health, ethics in health sciences, and research methods.

  • Sang D. Choi, PhD

    Dr. Choi is Professor in the Department of Global and Community Health. Choi’s research interests are environmental and occupational health and safety, human factors and ergonomics, total workers health, fall prevention (older adults), and prevention through design.

  • Li-Mei Chen, PhD

    Dr. Li-Mei Chen is Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Work since Fall 2023. Chen’s teaching and research focuses on dementia and aging, productive aging, intersectionality and role of lifecourse in older ethnic minorities, community gerontology, and social policy. She teaches BSW SOCW 312 Knowledge Building for Helping Professionals.

  • Jacqueline Guevara, DSW, LCSW

    Dr. Jacqueline Guevara is a native of Washington DC, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in both Virginia and DC, and has been in the social work field for over 13 years. She has extensive experience working in various agencies within child welfare (including Child Protective Services, Preservation Services, and Foster Care), school social work, juvenile court, and community mental health. Her areas of research and interest include racial inequity, stigma in the LatinX community including the impact of machismo and marianismo, juvenile justice, trauma/PTSD, and cultural stress.

  • Innovate for Good: Mason Professor continues study of social media intervention for Chinese American caregivers with grant from NIH National Institute on Aging  
    September 1, 2023

    With the grant,College of Public Health professor Y. Alicia Hong and an interdisciplinary team aim to improve caregiving skills, reduce social distress, and improve quality of life for caregivers. 

  • Study explores how pre- and postnatal B-12 vitamins improve breast milk vitamin B-12 levels, which supports infant brain development
    November 30, 2023

    According to a new study from Assistant Professor Dongqing Wang, B-12 vitamins increase the presence of the micronutrient in mothers’ breast milk, which is especially helpful in countries where it can be difficult to eat what is needed for the body to produce B-12 naturally.

  • Richmond Times-Dispatch: Dean Melissa Perry writes op-ed about the game changing nature of training students with virtual reality
    August 29, 2023

    Dean Melissa Perry advocates for using virtual reality to train the next generation of our health workforce in today's Richmond Times-Dispatch. In a strained health care system, virtual reality is a game changer. Find out how Dean Perry and the college are leading the way and innovating health education by providing all our students with the opportunity to learn through VR

  • Mason helps fight period poverty by offering free menstrual products throughout campus 
    August 24, 2023

    One in 10 college students experience period poverty, which can lead to increased depression 

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