East Tennessee State Universityâs College of Public Health announced the appointment of Dr. David Shoham as chairman of the Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology. He begins his new role July 1.
Shoham comes to ETSU from Loyola University Chicago, where he has served since 2007. In addition to his role on faculty as associate professor, he has held several administrative roles at Loyola, most recently serving as director of the Institute of Public Health, Public Health programs, and the Master of Public Health program.
Trained in cardiovascular and renal epidemiology with a focus on social determinants of health and disease, his current research focuses on social network analysis and the social context of bladder health.
ETSU graduate students conducted observations for CDC on mask wearing on, off campus
A team of graduate students from East Tennessee State Universityâs College of Public Health have been busy placing Johnson City on the map as they conclude four months of local observations for the Centers for Disease Control and Preventionâs national MASCUP! study.
Under the direction of Dr. Sam Pettyjohn, research assistant professor, ETSU is one of 66 locations nationwide chosen to assess mask wearing behaviors at U.S. colleges and universities as part of a larger âMask Adherence Surveillance at Colleges and Universities,â or MASCUP! Students have collected field data gathered on and off campus.
Jonathan Roberts
When I finally regained full consciousness about five minutes later, I felt the same as I did almost every morning â tired and longing for more sleep. Fortunately, aside from some arm soreness, I felt fine, which surprised me considering I had received my second dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine just 20 hours or so earlier.
You see, I had read the stories of other people who felt like garbage after getting their second shot, and I fully expected the same, though I was aware of research showing women typically felt stronger side effects than men do. Still, I thought Iâd feel pretty bad, so I planned to take a day off April 8.
East Tennessee State Universityâs College of Public Health will host its second âCoronavirus: Separating Fact From Fictionâ webinar on Tuesday, this time focusing on questions about the COVID-19 vaccines.
âI think itâs really important (to have events like this),â Dr. Randy Wykoff, the collegeâs dean, said. âThereâs so many sources of information out there and itâs completely understandable when folks donât quite know what reality is when theyâre hearing completely different stories from different places.
âOur goal here is to put folks who know what theyâre talking about to present a little bit of information but, more importantly, answer questions people really have,â he continued. âHopefully, for the folks who are interested in learning more, this will be a good opportunity for them.â