February 28, 2013: GPPH students receive grant from the Allstate Foundation. PPH students Michael Yen, Kyle Urbanczyk, and Jorge Sanchez, have received a $10,000 grant from the Allstate Foundation. The grant application was written during the Capstone Seminar course, supervised by PPH core faculty member Dr. Lauren Hale and primary investigator Dr. Lucy Weinstein. The grant will be used for organizing a video competition open to high school students in the Long Island area who will create clips on the topic of safe driving; the winner will be featured on the web. The funds will also be used for lobbying state legislators and care insurance companies to introduce safer driving legislation, policies, and incentives. This funding will be a huge help for promoting advocacy and awareness for safe driving in the Queens, Brooklyn, Nassau, and Suffolk County areas. This is one great example of how PPH integrates compentencies and connects to practical needs and opportunities in public health.
