Katie is from Cedar Rapids, Iowa. She graduated from Grinnell College with a BA in History. She is a second year Master of Public Health student in the Community and Behavioral Health department at the University of Iowa. She works for the MPH Department and for the Iowa Cancer Consortium. She is interested in many public health topics, including health disparities, chronic disease prevention, sexual assault and domestic violence prevention, and health communication. In her spare time, she enjoys cycling and playing board games with friends.
One of the neatest characteristics of this game is that it's cooperative. Although everyone is a unique professional with different skills, they all work together to try to contain four different diseases that are quickly spreading across the globe. You win if you find the cures for the four diseases before too many outbreaks occur or you run out of cards to draw. Unfortunately last night we were not able to beat the spread of the diseases and ended up losing, but I'm looking forward to playing it again soon! Hopefully our loss doesn't reflect my real-life public health skills!
Anyway, I could talk about board games forever, but here are some articles I read recently that you may also find interesting:
Cancer is just as deadly as it was 50 years ago. Here's why that's about to change. - Charlie Jane Anders, io9
Child abuse experts call for U.S. campaign - Frederik Joelving, Rueters
Researchers say malaria deaths are twice the official count - Richard Knox, NPR
Posts
