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A Passion for Prevention: Public Health Alumna with a Global Vision
June 2, 2025
Portrait of Aly Elliott.

Aly Elliott, who earned a Bachelor of Science in Public Health (BSPH) from Baylor University in May 2025, has used her passion for disease prevention and education to benefit the Waco community and beyond. Her strong foundation in health education and global health stems from her interest in epidemiology, which jump-started her love for the field of public health.

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The Path Forward: Robbins College 2024-2030 Strategic Planning
May 9, 2025
Two female researchers with clipboards take notes while watching children play.

Following the launch of Baylor University’s Strategic Plan, Baylor in Deeds, Robbins College of Health and Human Sciences promptly began work on its own unit-level plan. Using its strategic Signature Research Initiatives as a foundation—along with input from College-wide surveys, departmental conversations, stakeholder discussions, and leadership deliberations— the Robbins College of Health and Human Sciences 2024-2030 Strategic Plan was born.

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Public Health Fair Forges Relationships with Wacoans Experiencing Homelessness
May 6, 2025
Baylor Public Health students washes the feet of an unsheltered neighbor.

Each academic semester, the Public Health Fair takes place underneath the Interstate 35 overpass near Baylor’s campus—utilizing the same unassuming concrete where Church Under the Bridge holds outdoor worship services on Sundays. The fair’s outreach serves as an opportunity for Waco’s underserved residents to gain vital information about their own health, and it provides real-world immersive learning through a blend of academics and service for Public Health students. 

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Key Lessons in Patient Safety at “Do No Harm” Event
April 16, 2025
Medical professionals, sitting at a table, use iPads and laptops to collaborate on a patient's medical treatment.

The Do No Harm event, an interprofessional educational initiative hosted by Robbins College of Health and Human Sciences’ Interprofessional Education Committee, was designed to prepare healthcare students for real-world challenges. Held in March 2025, the virtual event engaged students and professionals from across healthcare disciplines, allowing them a unique opportunity to learn how to navigate complex medical scenarios involving patient safety, compassion, and collaboration across fields. 

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Advancing Public Health Through Research and Community Care
April 7, 2025
Kelly Ylitalo poses with an exercise ball within a fitness lab.

Kelly Ylitalo, PhD, Associate Professor, and Director of the PhD Program for the Department of Public Health in Baylor University’s Robbins College of Health and Human Sciences, is committed to using public health research to make a difference. Particularly, her research examines aging, with a focus on physical functioning, chronic disease, healthy aging, and the behaviors and opportunities that shape long-term health outcomes.

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2025 Robbins College Internal Seed Funding Awards
March 31, 2025
2025 Robbins College Internal Seed Funding Awardees

Congratulations to the 2024-2025 Robbins College of Health and Human Sciences internal seed funding award recipients! In addition to the Robbins College Research Program, this year saw the introduction of two new internal funding programs: the Pedagogical Scholarship Award Program and the Dr. Mike and Mrs. Micki Maris Endowed Seed Fund for Student Research.

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Baylor University’s Robbins College of Health and Human Sciences Announces Dr. Jacques Baillargeon as Chair of the Department of Public Health
February 12, 2025
Jacques Baillargeon

Baylor University’s Robbins College of Health and Human Sciences is pleased to announce the appointment of Jacques Baillargeon, PhD, as Chair of the Department of Public Health. Effective August 1, 2025, Baillargeon will succeed Leigh Greathouse, PhD, Associate Professor of Nutrition Sciences, who has served as Interim Chair of the Department of Public Health since June 1, 2024.

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Spirit of Giving: Mitigating Food Insecurity During the Holidays and Beyond
December 18, 2024
Food Bank Volunteers

As the Christmas season inspires a spirit of generosity, Kathryn Janda-Thomte, PhD, Assistant Professor in the Department of Public Health, shares information about food insecurity mitigation and advice for those interested in improving healthy food access to promote health equity in underserved communities. 

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Robbins College 2024 Year in Review
December 17, 2024
Robbins College Letters and Balloons

With the New Year in sight, it is time to reflect back on the significant developments and exciting happenings from the past year for Baylor University’s Robbins College of Health and Human Sciences. In no particular order, check out these 10 highlights from Robbins College’s 2024 year in review.

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Baylor University Graduate School Honors Outstanding Graduate Student Award Winners
November 7, 2024
2023-24 Outstanding Graduate Students with Baylor Academic Leadership

Meet this year’s Outstanding Graduate Student Award honorees for excellence in research, teaching and dissertation.

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Gaining Ground and Giving Back
October 11, 2024
Serena Enriquez Presenting Research

Master of Public Health student Serena Enriquez shares about her journey to becoming an MPH student at Baylor University and how her hometown, background, and educational experiences are driving and preparing her for a future medical career—focused on serving the underserved.

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HAGS: Had a Great Summer!
August 30, 2024
Study Abroad Collage

With summer coming to an end, most Baylor University students returned to campus after spending their vacation at home or with family. Others, however, took a different route and spent their summer exploring the world through Baylor’s Robbins College of Health and Human Sciences study abroad programs. Join us now, as we look back at a recap of the summer’s study abroad trips! 

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Baylor Public Health Researcher Receives $2.5 Million NIH Award to Expand Cervical Cancer Screening in Ghana
August 29, 2024
Baylor's Matt Asare and the Research Team

Matt Asare, PhD, MPH, MBA, CHES, Assistant Professor in the Department of Public Health, has received a five-year, $2.5 million National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Cancer Institute (NCI) Cooperative Agreement Award (U01) award in partnership with Dorcas Obiri-Yeboah, PhD, Professor of Clinical Microbiology at the University of Cape Coast, Ghana, and Nadia Sam-Agudu, MD, Professor in the Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at the University of Minnesota Medical School.

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For the World: Baylor researchers take a worldwide focus to serving
August 2, 2024
Globe

Pro Ecclesia, Pro Texana, Pro Mundo. The addition of those last two words to Baylor’s longstanding motto mirrors the university’s mission statement (“for worldwide leadership and service”), and highlights Baylor’s global impact as a Christian research university.

Baylor faculty have long conducted groundbreaking research with a worldwide bent, and that continues today. For a few examples, let’s take a trip across campus and around the globe:

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Celebrating a Decade—and Beyond—of Innovation and Growth
May 15, 2024
Arial view of Baylor University's campus.

As Robbins College of Health and Human Sciences celebrates its 10-year anniversary, take a look back at its programs' histories, learn more about modern growth, and hear about the future of one of Baylor University’s fastest growing academic unit.

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Research Endeavors Illuminated Through Signature Research Initiatives
May 10, 2024
A collage of Robbins College research activities.

Baylor University’s Robbins College of Health and Human Sciences established a set of high-level research initiatives to inform the prioritization of resources, including faculty hiring, infrastructure enhancements, and fundraising efforts. Here, we introduce the Robbins College Signature Research Initiatives to you by showcasing a current research project within each initiative. 

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Home is Where the Heart Resides
May 7, 2024
Portrait of a Baylor University student, wearing a black Baylor shirt and jean skirt.

Anjelica Elizondo, who is on track to becoming a Baylor University graduate three times over, looks back on her life and her time at Baylor, reflecting on what swayed her choice to remain a Baylor Bear over the past eight years. She believes the answer lies with the people she has met along the way, both professors and peers within Baylor's Department of Public Health.  

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Love Thy Neighbor
May 6, 2024
A collage of Baylor University alumni.

Alumni of Baylor University’s Robbins College of Health and Human Sciences are striving to improve health access and quality of life within their communities. While their professions differ, they all lead with a desire to “love thy neighbor” and to make an impact for those in need.

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Faculty Scholarship in 2023 Sought to Enhance Health, Quality of Life, and Human Flourishing
May 3, 2024
Baylor Campus with Fountain

In 2023, Baylor University’s Robbins College of Health and Human Sciences researchers published more than 150 articles in peer-reviewed journals and publications. Here we share examples of publications from across the College, as well as a selection of grant-funded projects from the last year—all supporting and strengthening the Robbins College Signature Research Initiatives. 

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Pure Gold Initiative Emphasizes Valuing Employees and Collaboration
May 2, 2024
Pure Gold Award Logo

In his Fall 2022 semester kickoff address to College faculty and staff, Jason R. Carter, PhD, Dean of Robbins College of Health and Human Sciences, described his vision for developing a culture within the College that emphasizes valuing employees and encouraging collaboration. One of the ways these priorities took shape was through the launch of the Robbins College Pure Gold initiative.

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2024 Robbins College Outstanding Students
May 1, 2024
CSD Outstanding Students

The J. Harry and Anna Jeanes Academic Honors Week is hosted each spring semester by the Baylor University Honors College and includes a special Academic Honors Convocation ceremony. During Convocation, outstanding students from departments across the University are recognized, including undergraduate students from Robbins College of Health and Human Sciences.

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Baylor Public Health Researcher Receives NIH Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health Award to Promote Cancer Screening in Ghana
April 10, 2024
Public Health Researcher Matt Asare

Matt Asare, PhD, MPH, MBA, CHES, Assistant Professor in the Department of Public Health in Baylor University’s Robbins College of Health and Human Sciences, has received a National Institutes of Health (NIH) Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health (R21) award through the Fogarty International Center for his proposal, “Development of Implementation Toolkits to Promote HPV Self-sampling Behavior among Women Living with HIV in Ghana.”

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Baylor Public Health Researcher Receives Career Development Award from the American Heart Association
March 27, 2024
Rebecca Jones-Antwi, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Public Health in Baylor University’s Robbins College of Health and Human Sciences

Rebecca Jones-Antwi, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Public Health in Baylor University’s Robbins College of Health and Human Sciences, has received a three-year Career Development Award from the American Heart Association for her project, “Stuck in the Middle: The Intersectionality of Multiracial Adults and Cardiovascular Health.” 

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Implementing Play Streets in Rural Communities
March 1, 2024
Baylor University Public Health students pass out T-shirts during a Play Street intervention.

Play Streets, which are temporary closures of streets or publicly accessible places for play, were originally implemented in urban areas to create a safe place for youth to be active near their homes. Researcher Renée Umstattd Meyer, PhD, MCHES, FAAHB, Associate Dean for Research and Professor of Public Health in Baylor University’s Robbins College of Health and Human Sciences, is writing the playbook for how to transform these place-based interventions to also serve underserved rural communities.

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Baylor’s Robbins College Announces Upcoming Leadership Transitions
February 7, 2024
Nadine Welch and Leigh Greathouse

Jason R. Carter, PhD, Dean of Baylor University’s Robbins College of Health and Human Sciences, has announced two key leadership appointments related to transitions within the College. Effective June 1, 2024, Nadine Welch has been appointed Associate Dean for Undergraduate and International Studies and Leigh Greathouse, PhD, has been appointed Interim Chair of the Department of Public Health.

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Robbins College 2023 Year in Review
December 19, 2023
Baylor Cashion Exterior

With the New Year in sight, it is time to reflect back on the significant developments and exciting happenings from the past year for Baylor University’s Robbins College of Health and Human Sciences. Read more about 10 highlights from Robbins College’s 2023 year in review.

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Making a Community Impact: Lara Arce
September 21, 2023
Lara Arce at the Health Fair

For Hispanic Heritage Month, Baylor's Robbins College is highlighting a few of our outstanding Hispanic and Latino Americans Bears. Lara Arce is a joint-degree Public Health student whose unique perspective and cultural emphasis on community and family is making an impact at Baylor and beyond.

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Department of Public Health Chair Search Now Open
August 11, 2023
 Marrs McLean Gymnasium

The Department of Public Health in Baylor University’s Robbins College of Health and Human Sciences is currently accepting applications for the position of Department Chair, with an expected Fall 2024 start date.

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Robbins College Dean Jason Carter Celebrates One Year on the Job
August 3, 2023
Jason Carter

On August 8, 2023, Jason R. Carter, PhD, celebrates his one-year anniversary as Dean of the Robbins College of Health and Human Sciences at Baylor University. In this Q&A, Dean Carter shares his reflections on this past year along with his hopes and vision for the future.

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Baylor in Brazil: A Family Experience
July 3, 2023
Eva and Robert Doyle in Brazil.

Eva Doyle, PhD, Chair of the Department of Public Health, reflects on developing a study abroad program, Baylor in Brazil, with her husband. Started in 2006, the program will return to Brazil in 2023 for the first time since COVID-19-related restrictions.

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Q&A with Public Health Student Erin Cleary
May 5, 2023
Erin Cleary presents on supporting survivors of relationship violence through the church

Erin Cleary is a current student at Baylor University, finishing her Master of Public Health (MPH) in Epidemiology, and she plans to begin a prestigious fellowship with the California Epidemiologic Investigation Service (EIS) after graduation. Erin lets us in on the Baylor Public Health program, her journey to epidemiology, and her unique interests in the field.  

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Q&A with Public Health Professor and Associate Chair Dr. Beth Lanning
April 6, 2023
Beth Lanning

Beth Lanning, PhD, MCHES, is a Professor, Associate Chair, and the MPH - Community Health Science Director in the Department of Public Health. In this Q&A, Dr. Lanning shares about her journey to Baylor’s Department of Public Health and her research and teaching interests.

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Rebecca Jones and Gabe Benavidez to Join Department of Public Health Faculty
March 15, 2023
Rebecca Jones and Gabe Benavidez

Baylor University’s Robbins College of Health and Human Sciences is pleased to announce the appointment of two new faculty members in the Department of Public Health. On August 1, Rebecca Jones-Antwi, PhD, and Gabriel Benavidez, PhD (expected May 2023) will both join the faculty as Assistant Professors of Public Health with specializations in epidemiology.

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Meet the Trailblazers: Robbins Students Win Scholarship for Fostering Diversity
January 31, 2023
Baylor Trailblazer Scholars

In the fall of 2021, Baylor Multicultural Affairs announced its first Trailblazer Scholars, students chosen for their commitment to advancing diversity and racial equality. The inaugural Cohort has three Robbins College students as members: Erin Babatunde, Israel Beverly, and Connie Mendoza.

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Robbins College 2022 Year in Review
December 19, 2022
Robbins College Year in Review

As 2022 comes to a close, we are grateful to be celebrating a year full of noteworthy and impactful developments for Baylor University's Robbins College of Health and Human Sciences. In no particular order, here are 10 highlights from Robbins College’s 2022 year in review.

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Q&A with Public Health Student Chris Amezcua
November 15, 2022
Chris Amezcua

Chris Amezcua is a Master’s in Public Health student in the Robbins College of Health and Human Sciences. As a graduate of Baylor University’s Public Health, he provides perspective on his experiences as an undergrad, his transition into graduate school, and his passions in the field of Public Health.

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Associate Professor of Public Health Elected President of the China Health Policy and Management Society
September 23, 2022
Liang Wang

The Department of Public Health in Baylor University’s Robbins College of Health and Human Sciences is pleased to share that Liang Wang, MD, DrPH, MPH, FACE, FTOS, Director of Epidemiology and tenured Associate Professor of Public Health, has been elected as President of the China Health Policy and Management Society (CHPAMS).

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