Health Sciences at AMU & APU

06/12/2020

We hope you’re staying safe and healthy in these challenging times. Our Program Director for Public Health, Dr. Samer Koutoubi, and his colleagues are conducting a survey-based study to understand how COVID-19 affects people’s moods and lifestyles.

The study title is “COVID-19 and health study”. This project is led by Dr. Samer Koutoubi, Principle Investigator at The American Public University System (APUS), Dr. Ali Boolani, a researcher at Clarkson University, and Drs. Joel Martin and Nelson Cortes, researchers at George Mason University.

Our eventual hope is that these data can be used to design interventions to help people all around the world better navigate these challenging times. We also intend to share our findings with policy makers.

By completing this survey, you will be entered for a chance to compete for a $500 Amazon e-gift card. Please click on the link and share with us how you’re feeling. Also feel free to share this with your family and friends.

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01/02/2019

Get support and make a plan to become to***co free this year!

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08/15/2018

Do you want to learn more about how to talk to your children about s*x but do not know where to start? Read our blog to help you get started.

By Dr. Jennifer Sedillo, Faculty Member, Public Health, American Public University, and Kimberly A. Smith, Graduate Student, Public Health

03/05/2018

AMU BS in Sports and Health Sciences alumni worked the Winter Olympic Games:

SENECA FALLS — When Mike Sinicropi’s wife, a major in the Air Force, took a job in South Korea over a year ago, she encouraged him to look for one,

02/08/2018

Please see the attached article from U.S. News and World Report featuring the Sports Management program at APUS.

In these programs, online coursework typically explores the sports industry from a business perspective.

01/10/2018

Please see the recent article below from Time Magazine which includes a quote from Jim Reese, Director of the APUS Sports Management program.

Nearly half of the tickets remain unsold

09/05/2017

Get to know Sports Management faculty member, Professor James Parker.

Professor James Parker is the director of sports for the Amateur Athletic Union, one of the largest youth sports organizations in the country. He oversees various AAU youth and adult sports, encompassing more than 35 sport programs, 250 national championships and roughly 1 million members. He is involved in new business development for AAU, which includes creating new events, acquiring new sponsors, integrating new technology, building brand awareness and finding ways to increase the number of athletes playing.

Since he became the director of sports in 2007, there has been a 25 percent increase in memberships, an 80 percent increase in the number of AAU events on the different ESPN platforms, creation of social media and internship departments, development of international sporting events and deals securing close to $1 million in sponsorships.

James graduated from Old Dominion University with a bachelor's degree in sport management and a minor in marketing. He earned an M.B.A. from Webber International University, and began his AAU career as a sports manager, marketing, structuring and organizing more than 22 National AAU boys' and men's basketball national championships, which included managing over 2,000 teams and 30,000 athletes and coaches. He helped forge stronger relationships with the NBA, WNBA, NCAA, Disney, ESPN and the USOC.

James has worked with Orlando Magic of the NBA, the Arena Football League and ODU and with the International Basketball League during its inaugural season. He sits on the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame board of directors and the USA Basketball Assembly board. He resides in Orlando, FL.

09/05/2017

Get to know Nursing faculty member, Dr. Tracy Towne.

Dr. Tracy M. Towne is a new member of the Nursing faculty at APUS. She obtained her undergraduate and graduate degree in Madison, WI, and then completed a Ph.D. in Nursing Science from Mercer University in Atlanta, GA, in 2014. Tracy’s area of research is focused on the self-management behaviors of individuals with chronic illness. Tracy has over 14 years of experience in nursing education varying from the associate to doctoral level.

Along with education experience, Tracy has worked as a registered nurse in a variety of specialties such as: public health, school nursing, general medical, orthopedics, urology, oncology, renal, and private duty in home health care nursing. Tracy is looking forward to working with students and faculty at APUS.

09/05/2017

Get to know Sports Management faculty member, Professor Mike Levy.

Professor Mike Levy resides in Chicago, IL and has had a diversified professional career that includes 15 years of sports and entertainment marketing/media. He has been teaching online at APUS for over seven years. He obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Government from Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, and a MBA in Marketing and Management from Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Business in Evanston, IL.

Mike began his professional career as a Minor League Baseball player. Though a shoulder injury hastened retirement, his claim to fame is that he was the understudy for future Hall of Fame catcher, Yadier Molina. After his baseball career ended, Mike moved to New York where he worked for the Commissioner’s Office of Major League Baseball and Sports Marketing firm TSE Sports & Entertainment. From there, he moved to Atlanta to sell corporate partnerships for the Southeastern Conference (SEC). Success there lead Mike to a dream position at ESPN where he developed and sold strategic partnerships with premier brands such as MillerCoors, AT&T, Chick-fil-A, Allstate, and others.

After a two year stint with Sony Pictures, building business on behalf of digital streaming platform Crackle and Sony PlayStation, Mike took an entrepreneurial turn to join upstart FloSports, where he has led national sales and business development since 2015.

08/11/2017

Get to know Sports Management faculty, Dr. Jim Binns.

Dr. Jim Binns joined APUS in the Spring of 2010 as a part-time faculty member. Jim has taught both graduate and undergraduate Sport Finance classes over the last seven years. In addition to teaching with APUS, Jim retired from the Air Force in 2014.

Jim attended the Air Force Academy and graduated in 1997. Upon graduation he was commissioned in the Air Force as a Logistics Officer. During his first two assignments in Virginia and Japan he earned a Master of Science in Management degree from Troy State University. After those two assignments, he returned to the Air Force Academy to work in the Athletic Department. After a short stay in their intramural division he was assigned to be the Executive Officer to the Athletic Director and helped run the day-to-day operations of the Athletic Department. Jim then moved to Thule Greenland for a year and taught Math, History, Spanish and Management classes at night for Lake Region State College.

The Air Force then sent Jim to the University of Northern Colorado where he earned his Ph.D. in Sports Administration. Jim returned to the Air Force Academy where he ran the Logistics Division which scheduled the team travel for the 27 intercollegiate teams. Following his second assignment at the Air Force Academy, Jim was assigned to do foreign military sales at the US Embassy in Lisbon Portugal. In 2014, Jim volunteered for an early retirement program and moved to Houston where he works in procurement in the oil and gas industry.

08/04/2017

Get to know Public Health faculty member, Dana Colbert-Wheeler.

Dana Colbert-Wheeler has been a part-time faculty member with the APUS Public Health program for the past six years. She has a passion for online education and enjoys introducing students to the importance of health promotion and disease prevention and the significance of health policy in the world around them. In addition to her experience facilitating online courses, Dana works as an administrator for one of the nation's largest health care organizations, where she oversees preventive health services and specialized surgical clinics. As an advocate for social justice, Dana's has worked for the past fifteen years to eliminate health disparities and reduce the prevalence of chronic disease in the community and clinical setting.

Dana graduated from the University of Southern California with a Bachelor of Science in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention degree and a Master’s degree in Health Administration, Management, and Policy. She also holds a second Master’s degree in Higher Education Studies with an emphasis in Online Teaching and College Administration/Leadership. Dana also hopes to pursue a Doctorate of Public Health in the near future.

Learn about APU’s CEPH accredited online Master’s in Public Health program at http://www.apu.apus.edu/academic/schools/health-sciences/masters/public-health.html