2024 National Public Health Week

This year, for National Public Health Week, we asked students, faculty, and alums to answer some questions regarding public health. After reviewing all the fantastic answers we received, our team pulled the quotes that we felt represented this year's NPHW theme, "Protecting, Connecting, and Thriving: We are All Public Health." Please keep reading to hear what everyone has to say and how we celebrated the week on social media.

During my time at Dartmouth, I have gained valuable insights into the function of the US healthcare system. Through coursework and interactions with professors and guest speakers, I have come to understand both its strengths and areas requiring significant improvement. Dartmouth provided me with a nuanced perspective on public health issues, highlighting their complexity and the involvement of diverse stakeholders. This multifaceted approach has equipped me, as a future physician, with the understanding that addressing systemic challenges requires collaboration and a holistic approach.

-Aman Sinha, MPH'24

NPHW on social media is crucial to spreading awareness and getting the community involved. Through social media, we highlighted events, shared the daily public health themes, and posted daily quotes from students, faculty, and alumni. Each post gets tagged with #NPHW to show our support for public health. Keep scrolling to see some of the posts we incorporated into our Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn feeds.

Daily Instagram Stories:

Additional NPHW Quotes:

"Public health is - a right for everyone to access care, an obligation to protect the health of the most vulnerable, and a collective approach to ensuring a healthier future for the next generation. I am reminded every day at Dartmouth of the great potential within each student and the important impact they will have on the future of public health."

Roland Lamb, MPH - MPH Program Director

"Public health is a foundational, crucial component in all that we do. At its core, public health strives to create and promote equitable, health-based initiatives for larger populations. Its equitable nature is what makes public health so interdisciplinary and so intertwined with our society. It grounds healthcare, intertwines with business, and guides policy. Understanding public health’s interdisciplinary qualities is why I find it so valuable: it helps ensure equity remains at the core of our thought process."

-Kathryn Giordano, MPH'24

"Public health is not constrained to the four corners of a hospital building; this is a field founded on all the nuances that come with intersectionality. If the practice of public health is committed to humanitarian aid without opposing ongoing genocide, the work is forever incomplete."

- Tajrean Rahman, MPH'24

"Dartmouth has provided me with a comprehensive understanding of all the essential components of public health, from medical care epidemiology to health policy. By learning from experts in the field, I’ve gained a wealth of knowledge that will be invaluable in my professional, personal, and academic pursuits. I have come to learn that public health encompasses a myriad of topics and that understanding them brings me one step closer to making the positive changes I hope to see."

-Laila Serraj, MPH'24

"One thing I love about the Upper Valley is that because it’s so remote, everyone has a good reason for coming here. I am thrilled to see the passion and drive that my classmates have, which makes me hopeful about the future of public health. Here at Dartmouth, we are building the next generation of leaders and activists that will make us all live healthier lives."