Ariana Vega is a junior studying in Health Sciences at Indiana University Indianapolis School of Health & Human Sciences, is also one of the new Life Health Sciences interns who was onboarded in the Fall. She is currently working with several ECHO programs, including: Hepatitis C (HCV) ECHO Indiana Peer Education Program (INPEP) ECHO LGBTQ+… Read more »
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Intern Spotlight: Angelica Gonzalez
Angelica Gonzalez is a junior studying Health Sciences at Indiana University Indianapolis School of Health & Human Sciences, is another one of the Life Health Sciences interns who joined us in the Fall. She is currently working within the following programs: Comprehensive Pain Management ECHO HIV ECHO Indiana Hepatitis Academic Mentorship Program (IN-HAMP) Indiana Peer… Read more »
Intern Spotlight: Ambria Gittings
Ambria Gittings is a junior studying Health Services Management at the Indiana University Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health. She is currently working within the following programs: Centurion Correctional Health ECHO InROC (Indiana Rural Opioid Consortium) Peer Support ECHO Indiana Peer Education Program (INPEP) ECHO Her experience with the ECHO Center has been nothing… Read more »
Intern Spotlight: Jessica Arroyo-Lopez
Jessica Arroyo-Lopez is a sophomore studying Health Sciences at Indiana University Indianapolis School of Health & Human Sciences. She is currently working on the following programs: Black Maternal Health ECHO Lung Cancer ECHO series Indiana Peer Education Program (INPEP) ECHO During Jessica’s time here at the ECHO Center, she feels she’s learned a number of… Read more »
‘A Safe Place’: Rural HIV Patients and Providers Fight Stigma, Isolation Through Connection
by Gretel Kauffman For one group of women in rural Louisiana, the COVID-19 pandemic — and subsequent shift from in-person gatherings to Zoom meetings — came as what Aimee Starnes describes as “a blessing in disguise.” Starnes and her team at Volunteers of America Southeast Louisiana (VOASELA) had historically had a difficult time organizing support groups for… Read more »
Healthcare management students support growth of local ECHO group
When it launched operations in 2018, the IUPUI ECHO (Extension for Community Health Outcomes) Center had one small project educating primary care physicians on Hepatitis C. ECHO is a nationwide model that facilitates medical knowledge sharing between specialist teams and primary care providers in rural areas, enabling better care for patients closer to home. By… Read more »