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Stefany Campbell
Public Health, Healthcare Management option, B.S. to MPH

Stefany Campbell was hired by Comprehensive Environmental Inc, a civil engineering and environmental consulting firm, before she graduates.

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Mallory Hillard
Community Health & Sustainability

Thanks to UMass Lowell, Hillard says she's found true satisfaction and happiness in her career and in herself.

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Kate Killion
Public Health – Dietetics

Kate Killion came to UML because it’s the only university in New England that offers a dietetics degree with a public health perspective.

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May Futrell
Nursing

As a young nursing student on hospital duty, May Futrell was struck by the neglect of elderly patients, which ultimately defined her career and helped implement the first graduate program in the U.S. to educate primary-care gerontological nurse practitioners.

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Health Sciences News

  • A man in a blazer leans on a table and speaks into a microphone while two other men look on.

    Students Get Hands-On With 17th-Century Classic

    UMass Lowell students and faculty explored the enduring relevance of Thomas Hobbes’ “Leviathan” at an interdisciplinary conference featuring the university’s rare first edition, combining hands-on access with discussions spanning history, philosophy, English, art and modern political thought.
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  • Public Health doctoral student Angela Consentino

    Study Looks at How Substance Use Risk Factors Differ Among Asian American Communities

    Research Assistant Angela Consentino ’17 of the Center for Population Health at UMass Lowell is partnering with the Greater Lowell Health Alliance and the Cambodian Mutual Assistance Association to better understand how cultural background, migration history, age and socioeconomic factors shape substance use attitudes, beliefs and behaviors.
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  • A young woman points to a research poster while talking to two high school students in a large room.

    International Day of Women and Girls in STEM Inspires the Next Generation

    More than 100 local high school students visited UMass Lowell for an International Day of Women and Girls in STEM event that connected them with faculty and student researchers and highlighted the importance of mentorship in supporting women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
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