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About

Nick joins us as a full-time lecturer after working in the field with Panhandle Health District where he served as the Program Director for Health Promotion.

Specialty Teaching Subject/Topic: Process improvement, systems thinking, public health management, and epidemiology.

Hobbies: Nick’s hobbies include surfing, snowboarding, mountain biking, trail running, traveling, and spending time with his family.

Why Public Health?

When Nick landed in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia to begin his Peace Corps service, he thought someone had made a mistake. At the time, his background was in economics, but he had been placed in community health. The country director encouraged Nick to study in the health sector for one week. If public health was not the right fit, they would change him over to business. A week was all it took; he has never looked back. “Public health is full of variety, challenge, and impact. It is the type of career where passionate, life-changers decide they want to make the world a better place.”

What do you like about teaching at EWU?

Nick appreciates the opportunity to be in an intellectually stimulating environment surrounded by peers who are passionate about public health. Graduate school provides a rare space in which you can envelop yourself with stimulating subjects, people who speak your same public health language, and just get it. They understand why you are here, and that public health is not a career choice, it’s a calling. EWU’s MPH program provides a foundation for graduate students to thrive and become the next generation of public health leaders.