维姬一个. Stanavitch博士
Associate Professor of Public Health and Chair of 生物和物理科学与数学
生物和物理科学与数学 | 图洛克艺术与科学学院
Department Chair for 生物和物理科学与数学
关于
My pathway to a public health degree was not straightforward. I began my college career wanting to study physical therapy because I truly wanted to help people. At the end of my second year in college, I took a 微生物学 course that changed my path forever. 细菌和病毒对我很有吸引力, so I began studying them as I pursued my bachelor’s degree in Biology, focusing on the microscopic world that is all around us. I continued my education by pursuing a master’s degree in clinical chemistry with the hopes to be able to work in and run a research laboratory and study microbes full time.
While pursuing my master’s degree, I met two scientists that changed my life. 一个是博士. James Watson (of Watson and Crick and the structure of DNA fame). 他的大部分早期dna前研究都是在病毒中进行的. He epitomized the contribution I wanted to make in science…until I heard him speak at a lecture. All the work he did on DNA and viruses was negated for me by his low opinion of women in science. I could not reconcile the person I had looked up to for so long, 我遇到了一个男人，我非常失望. 我开始重新思考我的职业领域. It was at this time that I met the second scientist who changed my life forever.
几个月后，在与Dr. 华生，我遇见了华生医生. David Satcher (former Surgeon General of the United States). 我听说. Satcher speak about the importance of public health overall, 特别是流行病学. 流行病学 was the perfect marriage between the microbiology and virology that I loved and my early need to help people! Dr. Satcher brought to the forefront important public health issues like obesity, 自杀, 以及学校的性教育项目. He single-handedly helped so many people with one simple report. It was after this revelation that I began to pursue my doctoral degree in infectious disease epidemiology, 我今天还在继续学习.
教育-学位 & 认证
- PhD – Public Health, 流行病学 Specialization, Walden University
- 斯克兰顿大学临床化学硕士
- 玛丽伍德大学生物学学士学位
- AA – Physical Therapy concentration, 重点大学 (’92)
最近的新闻
“The opportunity to teach at the same place where I was a student has given me a unique perspective. I relate to my students because I was in their exact place when I went to school here. I was a first-generation college student, as are many of my students. One thing that hasn’t changed is the faculty cares about students. We get a great deal of joy when we hear they are off to graduate school or have been hired by a great company. I think that special bond is what makes Keystone such a special place.”
While visiting the city of Chicago as part of their 公共卫生概论 class, Keystone学生会见了Rev. 杰西。杰克逊, 创始人, 也是Rainbow/PUSH联盟的主席, one of the nation’s best-known civil rights organizations.
Real world experience is vital to a public health education.
These experiences help a student to understand exactly who they would be helping with a degree in public health and why helping these individuals is important to make the world a better place. 记住这一点, 我带一群学生去芝加哥, IL for two courses – PBHL 1110: 公共卫生概论 and PBHL 3014: 城市卫生. The students in the intro class explore the many different cultures and public health services that are available in a large urban setting. The 城市卫生 course participates in two-week internships in locations like Featherfist (an organization that helps the homeless) and VIDA/SIDA (an organization that works on HIV/AIDS prevention and education.
- 遗传学
- 微生物学
- 免疫学
- 病毒学
- 流行病学
- 公共卫生概论
- 传染病流行病学
- 环境卫生
- 城市卫生
- 艾滋病在美国
- 公共卫生史
- 慢性病流行病学
- 研讨会 & 研究
- 高级顶点研究
With the increase in cases of Lyme disease in Pennsylvania, 具体地说, 和美国, 在一般情况下, AND the difficulty in diagnosing Lyme disease at any stage of infection, 我继续寻找一个更容易的, 莱姆病的一线诊断工具.
最后, I am interested in discovering a method to identify DNA damage, 特别是胸腺嘧啶二聚体, 细菌在紫外线照射后.
- Symptom Presentation Frequency and Severity Associated with Adult Lyme Disease by ROSS Scale Review, 课题论文发表
- 金钥匙国际荣誉学会.0的绩点
- Chamberlin Chair for Distinguished 教师 Service, 2015
- 生物项目协调员 & 物理科学
- 教师 Coordinator for 本科研究 until 2018