YES Alert Newsletter

Alert Newsletter, Fall 2007 Volume 3: Edition: 2 (.pdf/251MB)

In this edition, you will read about:

Maya Wolpert, a 2005-06 YES Scholar, who worked with rural AIDS clinics in South Africa
Megan Blewett and Will Slack's trip to the CDC to present their research and meet with officials
Aman Prasad's summer internship at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
YES Alumni activities in "Where are They Now?"

Alert Newsletter Spring 2007 Volume 3: Edition: 1 (.pdf/5MB)

In this edition of the newsletter from the Young Epidemiology Scholars (YES) program you will:

Meet the twelve 2006-07 YES National Finalists
Read about the competition highlights, including a keynote address from Rear Admiral Kenneth Moritsugu, Acting Surgeon General
Catch a glimpse about the growing interest in public health schools across the nation

Alert Newsletter Fall 2006 Volume 2: Edition: 2 (.pdf/282K)

In this edition of the newsletter from the Young Epidemiology Scholars (YES) program you will:

Read what the YES National First-Place winners had to say about their trip to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta.
Walk in Hannibal's footsteps with 2004-05 YES Competition National Finalist Andreea Seicean and learn about her summer archaeology trip to the Alps.
Catch up on the latest activities of YES Scholars in the YES Alumni Corner

Alert Newsletter Spring 2006 Volume: 2 Edition: 1 (.pdf/945K)

In this edition of the newsletter from the Young Epidemiology Scholars (YES) program you will:

Read about the 2005-06 YES Competition in Washington D.C. and the 12 national finalists that were selected
Meet Dr. William H. Foege, leading epidemiologist and keynote speaker at the competition
Hear YES judge Dr. Shiriki Kumanyika's reflections on the YES Competition and the future of the field of epidemiology

Alert Newsletter Fall 2005 Volume: 1 Edition: 2 (.pdf/594K)

In this edition of the newsletter from the Young Epidemiology Scholars (YES) program you will:

Find out where YES finalists are now and how they are spending their time, including one student's quest to start a high school epidemiology club
Learn about the devastating health consequences of Hurricane Katrina
Read about Sir Richard Doll, one of the world's leading epidemiologists

Alert Newsletter Spring 2005 Volume: 1 Edition: 1 (.pdf/211K)

In this edition of the newsletter from the Young Epidemiology Scholars (YES) program you will

Meet the national winners of the 2004-05 YES Competition
Hear what one of this year's lead judges, Dr. Jonathan Samet, has to say about the competition
Learn how one high school teacher used the College Board's teaching units to bring statistics—and epidemiology—to life in his classroom