…I wanted to be and that I wanted to obtain a master’s in public health. So, I enrolled in the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. This was the…

Dr. Maria Restrepo-Ruiz Dr. Maria (Mayte) Restrepo-Ruiz is a Research Associate with the Department of Public Health Sciences at the University of Connecticut. She completed her PhD work in the…

…going to be interesting. We are seeing conversations about how to define public safety. Typically, the first thing you think about public safety is law enforcement. But when you talk…

…animals to humans, mobilizing an effective public health response is only one part of the resulting challenge. Zoonotic disease outbreaks also risk secondary social consequences that can be equally disruptive…

…public safety is to invest in law enforcement is just pushing us further down the path toward a police state, where the only public safety we have is purchased and…

…Experimental Mechanisms Underlying the Intergenerational Transmission of Infant Abuse in Monkeys Suzanne Maman (Public Health, The Johns Hopkins University), The Intersection of HIV and Violence Among Youth in Dar es…

…Islam, and Ethnic Politics of Belonging in Harar, Ethiopia Maria Restrepo-Ruiz (Public Health, University of Connecticut), Intimate Partner Violence in Armed Conflict Contexts: The Case of Colombia Matthew Simonson (Network…

…they sometimes forget about the importance of working with the public. In a democracy, you need the consent of the public. It’s hard for individuals to provide this kind of…

…the cops while doing it. I think the position of the public keeps shifting because of the rise in violence. I don’t think that the public dislikes or rejects the…

…public figures, all of whom are important to the functioning of democratic society. VAPF considers four main categories of public figures: members of the media (e.g., journalists and radio show…