Elder Oaks for Public Health

Hi team!

At last night's CES fireside, Elder Oaks talked briefly about truth and tolerance. At the end of his talk, he spoke about how it is appropriate to advocate for laws and policies that uphold broad principles of the Gospel. Public health is one of the fields in which he stated it was appropriate to advocate policy!

The whole talk is great. You can watch it here:

http://bcove.me/9blmjiz6

Hope everyone is doing well...

- J.O.

WHO-Geneva

Just a quick shout out to Cohort 7! I arrived in Geneva this morning for a week of meetings at WHO. I already caught up with a current MPH student and her husband who are just finishing up internships. Pete, Mark--any suggestions of what to do/see/eat while I'm here? I have four days.

I'll keep you posted on how the meetings go!


Congrats to Ashely and Brian and little baby Michael!

Another Cohort Baby

This blog has been neglected for far too long. In the spirit of increasing traffic here, I am happy to announce that after 39.5 long weeks Michael Alexander Suker has finally arrived!

"Baby Mikey" arrived on Friday, July 8th at 12:59pm. He is a such a cute guy, we are so excited to finally meet him!

Michael Alexander

7lbs, 8oz

21 inches

HIV media campaign in Kenya

Hello public health friends!

I recently attended a lecture about MTV's efforts to spread information about HIV in Kenya. MTV made a Gossip Girl-like soap opera to spread information about HIV prevention and awareness.

I put the link to the first episode below. I think there are 3 episodes so far. They are available on vimeo for free if you want to watch all of them.

Shuga Episode 1 from mtv staying alive on Vimeo.

Enjoy! I hope everyone is doing well!

- Judy

Congratulations Cohort 7!

The last few weeks (and let's face it, last few hours) have been very exciting for Cohort 7!! We have had a wedding and three babies.

Congratulations to Liz and Joseph!

Congratulations John and Jenny on Baby Abby!

Congratulations Eli and Sarah on Baby Makenzie!

and finally...

Congratulations Brad and MaryAnne on Baby James!

We could not be more excited for all of you guys- way to go Cohort 7, we cant wait to see pictures!

Public Health at it's best...

Hey guys! First off, I miss you all like crazy, I really do! I'm getting much better at my DC tour guide skills, so please plan a visit!

Secondly, I don't know how many of you still check this blog regularly, but I wanted to share a particular post with you from my friend's blog. Her blog is private, but she gave me permission to share this wonderful post.

Free Gift

A couple of weeks ago, I was surprised to receive a valuable offer in the mail.

I was so excited to receive a potential gift in my mailbox that I didn't notice the return address.  

A big thanks goes to the Marlboro company for their thoughtfulness.  They must have heard I was pregnant. 

Len's Devotional

Hello all,

Len gave the devotional last week. Brad and I just watched it. It was incredible. I'm embedding it here so you can watch it too. It doesn't follow the sound exactly, which is a bit annoying, but we tried playing it on different sites, and it didn't make a difference. We love Len!