School Notes: School of Public Health
July/August 2018

Online certificate to be offered

The Yale School of Public Health is offering a new 18-week, online certificate program on climate change and health beginning in September 2018—the first online certificate program focused on this topic offered by a US school of public health. The Climate Change and Health Certificate will provide a toolkit for participants to understand the impacts of climate change on human health and practical strategies to enable them to use this knowledge to effect change. The online certificate is designed to allow working professionals to balance Yale coursework with their careers.

Improving the world’s largest health system

More than 200 researchers and health leaders gathered in New Haven for the second biennial conference of the China Health Policy and Management Society (CHPAMS), focusing on the Healthy China 2030 national blueprint for the health of approximately 1.3 billion Chinese. The three-day conference (May 11–13) drew public health professionals from throughout China and the United States and featured 140 talks by leading health care experts. The event was cosponsored by the Yale School of Public Health. “Pressing public health issues in China and the US were grouped together in all events to facilitate in-depth discussions in comparative perspectives,” said Xi Chen, assistant professor and president-elect of CHPAMS.

Top educators named at YSPH

Three members of the Yale School of Public Health’s academic community, two faculty and a student, are being honored by the graduating class of 2018 for their commitment to advancing the student experience and promoting their achievement. Professor Melinda Pettigrew ’99PhD is this year’s recipient of the Distinguished Teaching Award, the school’s highest honor. The Distinguished Student Mentor award was given to Shelley D. Geballe ’76JD, ’95MPH, assistant clinical professor of public health. The Teaching Fellow Award was presented to Kayoko Shioda, a PhD student.