Every GHS major completes an original year-long senior thesis project. Some sample projects are listed below:
Maternal and Child Health
- Micronutrient deficiency and vitamin A and international rights and obligations
- Pediatric asthma management in Meadville
- Perceptions of prenatal health in Amish and Mennonite populations
- Evaluating potential causes of low birth weight in Pennsylvania using GIS
Health Disparities and Vulnerable Populations
- Causes of sex trafficking in South and Southeast Asia
- Efficacy of Community empowerment as a means to reduce environmental health disparities
- Household management strategies to reduce lead in household dust
- Examining patient-physician dynamics in exacerbating Lupus outcomes in minority populations
- Determining how fine particulate matter disperses within a home
- Videography to encourage community water fluoridation
Community Health
- Photovoice as a tool to understand 4th grade students views on physical activity
- Integrating garden-based-learning into the 7th grade curriculum
- Incorporating weekly nature field trips to improve mental health in college students
- Reducing the deficit between targeted and actual physical activity in low-income preschoolers during winter months
- Successful anti-smoking campaigns being applied to childhood obesity reduction and prevention efforts
- Changing behaviors and attitudes about preparing healthy and sustainable meals