Discovery // Spring/Summer 2024 | Hopkins Bloomberg Public Health Magazine

A FOUR-DECADE FOLLOW-UP

“So! Many! Moose!” Mary McQuilkin shouted to Bionca Davis, MPH, as they flew above Alaska’s frozen tundra. The dozens of moose were just another remarkable sight for the CDC’s Arctic Investigations Program epidemiologists as they hopscotched to 11 Alaska Native communities. Their mission: Take blood samples from people vaccinated against hepatitis B in 1981 to determine if they were still protected against the virus. “It has been an honor to contribute to this important research in a small way,” says McQuilkin, MSN-NP, MPH ’14, now a nurse practitioner for Southcentral Foundation in Alaska. Read the full story.

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