Events
CRP WGVU Interview with Ranelle Brew
Date and Time
Monday, March 16, 2015 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Description
WGVU interview with Ranelle Brew regarding public health as it relates to the Community Reading Project:
Dr. Brew teaches as an Assistant Professor for the Public Health program at Grand Valley State University and is the Chair of the Department of Public Health and Program Director. Her Doctoral and double Master degrees are from Columbia University in Education and Health Sciences respectively. Her doctoral research included Adolescent Asthma Health Education in New York City public schools through collaboration between New York Presbyterian Hospital and Columbia University. Dr. Brew's current research interests include a summer health professions camp entitled, sHaPe, for which she is a director, global healthcare partnerships, and health literacy.
She has worked in health care for over 15 years in various settings including clinically, within the public school system, in geriatric health, fitness and currently in higher education. She has more than 10 years of teaching experience in both New York City and the Greater Grand Rapids areas.
Dr. Brew teaches courses in the Public Health Promotion and Education emphasis as well as the Introduction to Public Health course. Teaching online is an area expertise of Dr. Brew's as she has taught, designed curriculum and trained faculty using these technologies for the past 7 years. She is the author of instructor materials for F.A. Davis Publishing for Medical Terminology, Simplified and a children’s book entitled, Healthy Days.
Dr. Brew serves in the public health community extensively as the 2014-15 President-Elect for the Michigan Public Health Association, Board Chair for the Diagnostics and Therapeutics Kent Count Early College Health programs, a national member of SOPHE, Society of Public Health Education and APHA, American Public Health Association, member of the Great Lakes chapter of SOPHE, member of Michigan Alliance for Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, and Vice President for Membership Development for the Junior League of Grand Rapids with focus on women and children’s wellness programming.