By Adrianne Robertson During the day, 2019 MPH alumna Sonya Lawrence is a bailiff for Marshall Circuit Court in Marshall County, Indiana. Outside of the court, she serves in a different capacity, as a contact tracer at the Indiana State Department of Health. Her goal is to gain more public health experience. “As a contract… Read more »
By Crystal Jones As the vice president of data and member solutions for the Indiana Hospital Association (IHA), Matt Browning, MHA’10 has worked alongside Fairbanks School of Public Health faculty and alumni to help with the healthcare industry response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Browning utilizes the healthcare data and information available from IHA members and… Read more »
By Crystal Jones Emily Sargent, a 2018 JD-MPH alumna of IUPUI, discovered emergency preparedness as a career path years ago, and has since been preparing for a situation like the COVID-19 pandemic. Sargent is a member of the Division of Emergency Preparedness at the Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH). She is responsible for managing… Read more »
By Crystal Jones As a practice manager for Northeast Indiana Urology in Fort Wayne, Barney Niezer, MHA’83 has never relied on the study skills he gained as a graduate student at Indiana University more than he does now. “In graduate school, I learned to think critically, and I learned how to learn,” Nieser said. “Those… Read more »
By Amelia Hurt Dave Hyatt, an alumnus of the Master of Health Administration program at the IU Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health was introduced to the hospital career world while in college through a summer job working on the loading dock at his hometown hospital. Since then, Hyatt has held a number of… Read more »
By Amanda Briggs Throughout January, DrPH student Beth Keeney kept an eye on the spread of COVID-19 in Italy. When she told her supervisor at LifeSpring Health Systems that community spread in the United States was likely, she was appointed chair of the company’s COVID-19 response. “Once a case of community spread was announced on… Read more »
By Amanda Briggs After a recent deployment to Grenada, DrPH Professor Dr. E. Benjamín Puertas shared his lessons learned during COVID-19 through two case studies. Working with the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), the specialized international health agency for the Americas, Dr. Puertas and his team reviewed the progress in implementation of Grenada’s national COVID-19… Read more »
By Crystal Jones Brandon Lewis is pursuing his Masters of Public Health in Social and Behavioral Sciences with a concentration in Maternal and Child Health. In February, he joined the Indiana Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) as a WIC Nutritionist. WIC is a public health nutrition program whose mission is to… Read more »
By Crystal Jones When Jennie Cauthern was pursuing her Master of Public Health in Environmental Health Science, she completed an internship at the Howard County Health Department. “When I first began as an intern, I was working with the public health nursing department researching syringe service programs and harm reduction to see how that would work… Read more »
By Crystal Jones Through a part-time job, Megan Lisch cultivated a relationship with the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration’s Office of Healthy Opportunities and knew she wanted an internship experience with the team. But at the time, a position didn’t exist. “I happened to be in a meeting with one of the representatives from… Read more »