School of Health and Human Services Blog

Dr. Tyler Smith was recently asked to be a member of the Institute of Medicine Committee on Readjustment Needs of Military Personnel, Veterans, their Families, and Impacted Communities. Dr. Smith is currently attending the first meeting as a member at the IOM meeting in Washington, DC. http://www8.nationalacademies.org/cp/committeeview.aspx?key=49036

Yesterday, August 25, 2011, Vilayphone A. Sisouphanthong of the MPH Cohort #1 submitted the first capstone project in the program. His project entitled "Modeling of PM2.5 and Health Effects in Seven California Counties" was approved and signed by Dr. Piane. This means that Vil is our first official graduate. Vil plans to re-enlist in the US Army as an officer working in Public Health. Congratulations Vil! We are very proud of your accomplishments.

Catie Chung RN PhD(c) became a doctoral candidate early August. Catie is working on her PhD in nursing at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Her dissertation study is entitled, "Job stress, mentoring, psychological empowerment, and job satisfaction among nursing faculty". Catie is on track to finish her degree this year.

Provost Heveron announced yesterday that the MS Health Informatics degree program, led by Linda Macomber, was approved by WASC for full online delivery. This brings to four the number of SHHS degree programs approved for online delivery. The others are the RN to BSN, BS Allied Health, and BS Clinical Laboratory Science. Congratulations to Linda and to all those who assisted in preparing the application!

Ms. Marie La Fargue, MPH and Mr. Robert Clegg, MPH PhD (c) have been selected to serve as Program Outreach Coordinators for the Costa Mesa and Fresno campuses respectively. Marie and Robert will be responsible for building relationships in these two communities in anticipation of implementing programs later this year in public health, healthcare administration, health informatics, clinical lab science, and possible clinical affairs. Marie and Robert will be working with related programs leads and department chairs to identify local adjunct faculty, acquire internship contracts and participate in student recruitment initiatives. A warm welcome to Marie and Robert!

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Mellonie Brown, M.E.T., CMD, R.T.(T.) has joined the Department of Health Sciences as Clinical Assistant Professor and Program Director of the Bachelor of Science in Radiation Therapy Program. Her office is located at the Costa Mesa Campus which is also the main campus for the Radiation Therapy Program. Mellonie comes to us from the Brown Cancer Center in Louisville, Kentucky where she has been the Senior Medical Dosimetrist and Program Director for the Radiation Therapy School since 2000. Her experience and leadership will guide and ensure the success of our Radiation Therapy Program. Mellonie obtained a B.S. in Biology from Due West, South Carolina and followed up with a B.S. in Radiation Therapy from the Medical University of South Carolina. She continued on to earn a Master of Educational Technology from Boise State University and is registered in Radiation Therapy (AART) and certified in Medical Dosimetry (MDCB) as well. Mellonie is now focusing on getting the RTT pro...