MILLER SCHOOL’S PUBLIC HEALTH GRADUATE STUDENTS PLAY KEY ROLE IN UNITING FOR ACTION’S NEW VACCINE CONSIDERATIONS PROJECT Written by Amanda Torres Published on December 9, 2020 Category: Students, Faculty, Project During the Fall 2020 semester, Uniting for Action virtually visited a course filled with eager public health graduate students at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. The organization—founded in 2017—is facilitating the strategic and collective actions required to effectively address current and future health challenges faced in local, national, and global communities.
of how our public health students are getting actively involved in the community to advance COVID-19 research and dissemination of preventive strategies,” said Dr. Eric C. Brown, Ph.D., associate professor in the Miller School’s Department of Public Health Sciences, who teaches the department’s Disease Prevention and Health Promotion course, which the organization visited.
Now, students are involved in Uniting for Action’s new Vaccine Considerations Project, which will help gather and share information to address health concerns and considerations regarding the new COVID-19 vaccines.
Jared Krupnick, the founder of Uniting for Action, spoke to students about the organization’s new Vaccine Considerations Project.
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“Working with Dr. Brown to prepare my presentations for his classes has taught me so much,” said Krupnick. “What I’ve learned
has crucially helped shape how the Vaccine Considerations Project is now moving forward. This has also been a great opportunity to expand COVID-19 research through student class projects, capstones, and theses around the work we’re doing. I appreciate the commitment from Dr. Brown and his students to creating a connection between the theories and the concepts in the classroom and the practical application of those principles out in the world.” The Vaccine Considerations Project is consolidating, organizing, and amplifying collective COVID-19 vaccine health and safety concerns primarily of the medical community, epidemiologists, public health
experts, and the community at large. The project’s team is. creating a repository of information that is being made available to individuals, advisory panels, national associations, medical professionals, researchers, and the media. Students from the Miller School’s Department of Public Health Sciences are playing a key role in developing the repository. “The students that have joined the team have really been going above and beyond to bring the vision of the project into reality, from research to content creation to outreach,” said Krupnick. “We’re all focused on creating wins for each of the students on the team, for the project, and for the
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