Lifesciences.byu.edu

Health Science Major BYU Life Sciences

WEBProgram Overview. Health Science is for students who are interested in a future career in public health and/or medicine. Physicians, dentists, and other health care professionals …

Actived: 2 days ago

URL: https://lifesciences.byu.edu/programs/public-health/health-science-major

Health Promotion

WEBHealth promotion is the process of enabling people to increase control over and improve their health. It moves beyond a focus on individual behavior towards a wide range of …

Category: Health Go Health

Making a difference in public health

WEB“I saw a lot of the inner workings of public health, due to different health challenges in my family,” Baer says. At one point, she’d thought about possibly …

Category: Health Go Health

Environmental/Occupational Health

WEBIt encompasses the assessment and control of those environmental factors that can potentially affect health. It is targeted towards preventing disease and creating health …

Category: Health Go Health

Medical Laboratory Science

WEBThe Medical Laboratory Science degree provides a curriculum to train students to practice medical laboratory science in diagnostic laboratories or other healthcare-related …

Category: Medical Go Health

Exercise and Wellness

WEBExercise and Wellness is a departure from the typical U.S. medical model, in that the focus is on helping individuals achieve optimal health and fitness, rather than on discovering …

Category: Fitness, Medical Go Health

Changes in Life Sciences Faculty

WEBDr. Gordon Lindsay was a teacher at heart. He left his first job teaching health to pursue a Ph.D. in health education and preventative medicine. After brief public health …

Category: Medicine Go Health

How exercise affects the brain

WEBExercise boosts physical capabilities and can even change physical appearance, but it also improves the condition of the brain and cognition. BYU cell …

Category: Health Go Health

Handcrafting Access to Global Health

WEBMelissa Levy (MPH '09) helps lift thousands of people out of poverty by empowering 2,919 artisans in nearly 20 countries through her company Ethik.

Category: Health Go Health

How to reduce human-caused environmental changes

WEBBiology professor Blaine Griffen shares solutions to the five main drivers of human-induced rapid environmental changes: 1. Overexploitation of resources. Let’s …

Category: Health Go Health

Finding New Ways to Use the Immune System to Fight Cancer

WEBKiara Whitley (MMBIO ’22), recipient of the prestigious Simmons Cancer Center Fellowship, began her PhD in 2016.She joined the Weber Immunology Lab to …

Category: Cancer Go Health

Mentored Research

WEB3. Start your research! You will need a permission-to-add code from the faculty member in charge in order to register for their research section. Remember, for every one credit …

Category: Health Go Health

Translating the Art of Medicine

WEBWhen Maggie Scribner (PH ‘23) walked onto BYU’s campus for the first time, she dreamed of becoming a physician assistant (PA). But for Scribner, pursuing …

Category: Health Go Health

Air pollution costs Utahns billions annually and shortens life

WEBAir pollution has been a problem in Utah since before the territory was officially recognized as a state. The mountain valleys of this high elevation region are …

Category: Health Go Health

Faculty & Staff

WEBLaura Bridgewater. Dean of the College of Life Sciences & Professor. Microbiology & Molecular Biology, University Leadership, Academic Vice President's Office , Dean's …

Category: Health Go Health

Using high intensity interval training to overcome obstacles to

WEBThe 4x4 Norwegian model is a great way to start HIIT. The protocol switches from light intensity to high intensity exercise every 4 minutes. First, start with a four …

Category: Health Go Health