WASHINGTON, PA (Oct. 2, 2019)—Washington & Jefferson College (W&毕业生Charvonne Holliday博士.D. will return to W&J on Oct. 与在校学生谈论她作为公共卫生领域的多元化声音的工作和经历.
Dr. Holliday graduated from W&J in 2008 with a degree in biology before matriculating to the University of Pittsburgh, where she received her Ph.D. in public health. She is now an Assistant Professor at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 在人口司工作, 家庭与生殖健康.
Dr. Holliday has remained connected to the College and her professors since graduating.
“去年我回来过返校节. When I come back, I always go to the annual Dieter-Porter Medical Lecture. I talked with Dr. 当我在那里的时候. 他知道我的故事和我正在做的工作。. “他让我和他的FYS(第一年研讨会)班讨论如何克服障碍，以及在科学领域作为一个未被充分代表的少数群体是什么感觉. 我也会分享我的一些研究，这很令人兴奋.”
她的研究重点是女性健康和健康差距, with a primary focus on intimate partner violence (IPV) from the perspectives of men and women.
她将介绍她的研究结果 “Engaging Urban Men to Understand Community Influences on Partner Violence Perpetration,” which examined social determinants related to the perpetration of IPV in urban men. 她还将强调与IPV有关的生物成分. The research seminar is open to the public and will take place from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. in Dieter-Porter 100.
“我希望提高学生对公共卫生的认识，并展示公共卫生观点对医学的重要性,” Dr. Holliday said.
她还想成为在STEM领域代表性不足的学生的代表, specifically biology.
“When I came to W&J, it was a little overwhelming because I didn’t fit the demographic profile of most of my peers,” she said. “我出身贫寒...他是校园里为数不多的少数族裔学生之一. 因为我的观点不同, 我有不同的经历, and I want to speak to the underrepresented students and show them what they can achieve. 这是我非常热衷的事情，我很兴奋去做.”
