As of July 2021, Jennifer Horney, founding director of the Epidemiology program in the College of Health Sciences, was appointed to the Gulf Research Program, Enhancing Community Resilience (EnCoRe) Committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.

The first class of students from the College of Health Sciences Master of Public Health (MPH) in Epidemiology program have graduated - and they are already making an impact in Delaware.

The Delta variant is proving more harmful than the original, or Alpha, version of the virus, said Jennifer Horney, epidemiology. While mutation was expected, more caution can and should be taken. “The more it transmits from person to person, the more opportunity it has to mutate, so we need to use the vaccines to stop that transmission.”

May marks Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month, observed annually in the United States to highlight the contributions that Americans of Asian and Pacific Island descent have made to American history, culture and society.

This year, the College of Health Sciences is thrilled to be represented in nine diverse projects for I Heart UD Day.