Even before COVID-19 reared its head, roughly 50 percent of U.S. adults reported experiencing measurable levels of loneliness. These sobering statistics, as well as prompting from Dean Donna Petersen to address the issue, led the COPH’s Activist Lab to develop a program called “Let’s Chat.”

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August is National Breastfeeding Month

The American Academy of Pediatrics, World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF all recommend that infants be breastfed exclusively for the first six months of life. Yet, according to WHO, fewer than half are.

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Nearly six percent of infants in this country are hospitalized for an infection before they ever reach their first birthday. Could a mother’s exposure to certain metals during pregnancy play a role in causing—or even preventing—those infections?

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The COPH's Dr. Rita DeBate won the Advancing Health Equity Award at the American College Health Association’s annual conference in June for her poster, “Examining Mental Health Among Multiply Minoritized College Students: The Need for Intersectional Approaches.”

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Matthew Strohhacker had an early introduction to public health. While midway through his undergraduate degree at the University of Cincinnati, Strohhacker reconnected with a mentor from his time at University Hospital who pointed him in the direction of public health.

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