26th April 2022

The Mental Health Impacts Of Burnout On Healthcare Workers – MedicHire Blog

Healthcare workers (HCWs) are more susceptible to burnout than any other occupation, due to the majority of workers in this field being statistically less likely to reach out for assistance or extra support.

14th February 2022

COVID-19 And Nursing Shortage – MedicHire Blog

Over the past two years of the pandemic, the healthcare industry has lost a staggering 20-30% of it's workforce, making it the most understaffed industry with the second highest turnover rate next to hospitality.

Gabriella Bauer • 30th March 2020

COVID-19: A Public Health Awakening

What are the lessons we can learn from COVID-19?

Gabriella Bauer • 17th March 2020

Mental Health Implications of the 'Coronatine'

Self-isolation has became mandatory due to the COVID-19 outbreak, but how is this going to impact our overall physiological health?

Gabriella Bauer • 17th April 2019

Wake Up, America!

Despite being the wealthiest developed country in the world, America falls short on meeting the most basic needs of many of its' citizens. Here are some lessons we should learn from Europe.

Personal/Travel • 12th November 2017

Solo-Traveling Europe

My biggest takeaways from traveling solo throughout Europe for 3 months

16th November 2016

The Public Health Problem of the 21st Century

This literature review defines the obesity pandemic while understanding the role that food insecurity, poverty, and other socio-economic factors play in contributing to the most prevalent and unresolved public health issue of the 21st century

research • 25th April 2016

Exploring Health Outcomes of Vegetarian Diets

Are plant-based diets really healthier, and why?

research • 3rd May 2015

Psychobiotics: The Brain Inside Our Gut

Did you know that 90% of serotonin is produced in the intestinal tract?

4th April 2017

The Hunger-Obesity Paradox

Food insecurity is leaving many families in rural America obese and malnourished... So where are our tax dollars going?

20th May 2018

Exploring Socialism: Pros & Cons

Why does the US have the worst health despite spending the most on healthcare than any other industrialized nation? Exploring the pros and cons of implementing a single-payer healthcare system in the US.

10th May 2017

Sex-Ed Outcomes: America vs the Netherlands

In the Netherlands, sex education begins as early as age 5. Paradoxically, this has led them to have the lowest teen pregnancy rate in the world- unlike the US.

6th May 2015

Gender Inequities & Media

How does mass media influence gender socialization?

14th September 2016

Interning Abroad in Dublin

Words and photos by Gabriella Bauer, a public health major from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst who studied abroad in Dublin during summer term 2016. My overall internship experience in Dublin, Ireland was an extremely memorable one that I will always reflect on as some sort of Utopia; never had I met such genuinely kind, easy-going, and interesting people under one setting.

16th September 2016

Dear Future CAPA Dublin Students: A Letter from an Alumna

Words and photos by Gabriella Bauer, a public health major from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst who studied abroad in Dublin during summer term 2016.

18th December 2015

Surviving University with ADHD

My biggest takeaways and study tips on how to better stay focused, intrinsically motivated, and successful at Umass Amherst.