2025 Articles
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How Brianna Magnusson's PCOS Research Moves Women's Healthcare Forward
PCOS stands for polycystic ovary syndrome. It is a medical condition that one in eight women are likely to suffer from, and there has been close to no research in the United States done on it.
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Student Spotlight: Eliza Howe and How Public Health Prepares Students for Graduate School
Howe first got into the public health as she was looking for a way to enter the health care field. After hearing that public health was a good way to be financially secure while keeping the option of not pursuing graduate education, she chose to study environmental and occupational health.
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Student Spotlight: How Jonah Lindsay Found Purpose in Public Health
Jonah is a prolific student in the Environmental and Occupational Health Department and currently is the president of the BYU Occupational Health Association.
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How Ayugi Ntambwe-Kalala Has Brought Applied Learning Internships to Public Health
Starting in the Public Health space, Ayugi gained her Public Health and Economics degrees at Westminster. After gaining her degree, she started working in food equity around the world and was working in the Department of Quality Assurance.
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Christine Frandsen and the Importance of Media Literacy
Christine Frandsen is a current private high school teacher in Provo, Utah. She received her bachelor’s degree in journalism and then received her MPH in public health from BYU.
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Steve Thygerson's Twelve Year Research on Brick Kilns in Nepal
Dr. Steve Thygerson, in 2013, was interested in getting involved with the BYU Kennedy Center programs after connecting with doctors in Nepal through the organization Workplace Without Borders. Dr. Thygerson met incredible individuals such as Dr. Sanjay Khanal, who brought on Thygerson to help mentor Ph.D. student Seshananda Sanjel.
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New Research Shows How Air Conditioners Affect Indoor Pollution Levels
Children spend sixty-three to eighty-three percent of their time indoors, with adults spending seventy percent of their time indoors. Yet, air pollution is only measured using external barometers. This is leading to a lack of data on air pollution inside our homes.
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How Inclusivity Has Become Part of BYU Belonging
Greg Hooke, a current senior at BYU, is studying to become a neurologist. While studying for his MCAT, he also leads the Belonging Council for the College of Life Sciences.
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Trudy Munford and Georgia Calhoun and the fight for Civil Rights
Trudy Munford and Georgia Calhoun talk about their civil rights activism, education, and their faith in the newest episode of “The Y Health Podcast.”
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How BYU Public Health Is Celebrating 150 Years of BYU
As BYU arrives upon and celebrates its 150th anniversary as a university, BYU Public Health is celebrating the 150 years of BYU and looks forward to helping students look toward how they can get involved in public health as they join a legacy of helping make the world a healthier and safer place while having fun in the best major at BYU!
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Dr. Nelson’s Research Reveals Injury Disparity in Youth Baseball
Nelson is a public health professor at Brigham Young University whose work focuses on social epidemiology. He uses statistical analysis to uncover systemic challenges in public health and develops solutions aimed at improving health and safety outcomes.
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Four BYU Public Health Students win International Labor Organization Award at World Expo 2025
The four BYU students presented their call-to-action project: a contest where students from around the globe present at the International Labor Organization Youth Congress to show a project that helps with global innovation for safety, health and well-being.
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Ali Crandall’s Transformative Research of Studying Health through Multiple Generations
Crandall focuses on teaching and researching family health and its correlations and impacts on the public health field.
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Student Spotlight: Four BYU students’ call-to-action project selected for World Assembly of Occupational Safety and Health 2025
The World Assembly of Occupational Safety and Health 2025 will be held in Osaka, Japan. This year’s event features a call-to-action project sponsored by the International Labor Organization (ILO). Organizers say the project’s purpose is to focus on “safety, health and well-being for all.”
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Graduate Spotlight: Hayley Poffenberger’s Ambition to Create Change
She discovered the program after a young women’s leader shared her experience in public health. On a whim, Poffenberger dove into the field. Now, she is graduating from the program with countless experiences and big dreams.
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Graduate Spotlight: Sarah Siebers Finds Her Voice in Health Promotion
Siebers originally discovered public health after having a personal experience. Following stomach problems and a brief interest in nutrition, she found her way to public health and began creating change.
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Graduate Spotlight: Emma Semus From Olympiad to Impact
“Social justice is a foundational principle of public health,” said Cougar Hall during a Health 210 lecture.
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BYU professor Steve Thygerson Receives 2025 Safety Professional of the Year Award
Receiving this award is the greatest honor that the American Society of Safety Professionals can bestow, with only 46 individuals having received the award since its inception in 1980.
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