environmental public health
Interpreting EMS Data through the Lens of Public Health
When Chelsea Dubie responds to a 911 call or analyzes emergency services data, she applies the skills she learned in UVM’s Certificate of Graduate Study in Public Health. Dubie is an advanced emergency medical technician and assistant chief of the Georgia Volunteer Fire Department in northwestern Vermont, as well as the emergency medical services data […]
How Climate Change Affects Your Health
Photo: Flickr Climate change is a very real threat to public health. Rising greenhouse gas concentrations result in changes in precipitation, increases in temperature, increases in the frequency and intensity of some extreme weather events, and rising sea levels. The impacts of climate change are increasing nationwide, endangering public health by affecting food and water […]
Alum Researches Effects of Climate Change on Public Health
UVM alumnus Ander Wilson is a postdoctoral research fellow in the Department of Biostatistics at the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health. Ander received a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from the University of Vermont, and a master’s and doctoral degree in statistics from North Carolina State University. We talked to Ander about his […]