Allison Rapp, MPH, MCHES®, has built her career around communities, connection, and the belief that stronger public health work begins with stronger relationships. That belief is now guiding her into a new role as Director of LEAP Tampa Bay, a local college access network and initiative of the...
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Sharon Munroe, DrPH, MPH, MBA, CHWI, did not enter public health education through a straight line. Before becoming a health educator, instructor, curriculum developer, and university professor, she spent more than 25 years working in business communications and marketing. But over time, she...
From Community Voice to Community Action: An Interview with Sandra McMasters, MS, MCHES®, PMP Sandra McMasters has spent 20 years watching what happens when health systems do not talk to each other—and building the connections that fill the gap. From nutrition education with children and...
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The Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH) Public Comment Period Opens: What You Can Do The Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH) has opened a public comment period on proposed updates to accreditation criteria that emphasize lifelong learning and continued professional...
Dr. Melissa Oden will tell you she started in public health when she was two. She says it with a laugh, but the pride is real. After 25 years in the field, she still talks about the work as if it’s new, and that enthusiasm shows up in everything she builds for students. Today, as an adjunct...
Sara Brown, MPH, CHES®, laughs easily, and that warmth shows up in the way she talks about her work. As an Epidemiologist II with STChealth, Brown works remotely from Southern California in the San Gabriel Valley. Her company is based in Phoenix, but her work stretches across state systems and...
For Praise Ebimaye Tangbe, the path into maternal and child health did not begin in a classroom or a dataset. It began with women navigating pregnancy amid barriers that never should have existed. Watching underserved families struggle to access basic perinatal care made something unmistakably...
Bethlehem, Pa. January 22, 2026 – The National Commission for Health Education Credentialing Inc., (NCHEC) , in partnership with the Society for Public Health Education, Inc. (SOPHE), today announced the release of A Competency-Based Framework for Health Education Specialists – 2025 . Based...
Robyn Kade has spent her career helping people breathe a little easier—literally and figuratively. As President and CEO of the Stress Management Institute for Health & Fitness Professionals and an Adjunct Professor at Camden County College, she has devoted more than two decades to...
Some health education specialists begin their journey intentionally, enrolling as undergrads in colleges of public health or health education, already knowing this is the direction they want to pursue. Others arrive here after years of doing the work long before they even had the word for it...
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