Over the coming weeks you will meet some of our alumni and learn about the important work they are doing to create a healthier nation and world. Nicholas Dus Employer: Community Health Network Current position: Executive Director of Operations Location: Evansville/Indianapolis Degree(s): Bachelor of Science in Health Administration (IU Bloomington); MHA (IUPUI) Why did… Read more »
Over the coming weeks you will meet some of our alumni and learn about the important work they are doing to create a healthier nation and world. Katie Krivacs Employer: University Hospitals Current position: Administrative Fellow Location: Cleveland, OH Degree(s): Bachelor of Science in Biology: Denison University 2018; Master in Health Administration: IUPUI 2021… Read more »
Over the coming weeks you will meet some of our alumni and learn about the important work they are doing to create a healthier nation and world. Julia Buchanan Employer: Council on Aging Henderson County Current position: Finance Director Location: Hendersonville, NC Degree(s): 2008, IUPUI – IU School of Medicine, BS Health Service Management… Read more »
By Crystal Jones Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Shirley Payne, MPH’11, has balanced her role as an adjunct faculty member at IU Bloomington with a job transition at the Indiana Department of Health (IDOH). In July 2020, she graduated with her Ph.D. in Health Behavior, her fourth degree from Indiana University. In each of these… Read more »
By Crystal Jones When Greg Budney, MPH’11 completed his capstone course during his undergraduate program at Butler University in public relations, he began to think he might have chosen the wrong career path. “At Butler, you had to run a public relations campaign, and my client was the Butler University Health Center,” Budney said. “They… Read more »
Leading in Health Care By Maggie Scroop Beacon Health System CEO, and IUPUI Alumnus Kreg Gruber, reflects back on a year like no other. He offers his perspective and advice as a healthcare leader, as he uses the learnings of last year to transform healthcare. Key Learnings “It was mid-March and I was at home… Read more »
By Adrianne Robertson Nicole Stone, a 2016 graduate of the MPH in Epidemiology program at IU Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health, played an integral role in establishing contact tracing for Indiana and continues to make an impact on the state’s COVID-19 response. She served full time on COVID-19 activities from February 2020, before… Read more »
By Crystal Jones In June 2020, Andrea Radford, MPH’10, learned about a contract epidemiology position in Florida. As a public health professional who was actively following social distancing protocols, she decided to use her vacation time to serve as the Cancer Control Strategic Partnerships Manager at the American Cancer Society. After speaking it over with her… Read more »
By Crystal Jones Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Allison Miller, BS’15, MPH’17, has participated in three separate deployments for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In each position, she has relied on the education she received through the MPH in Epidemiology program at the IU Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health and experience she… Read more »
By Elizabeth Bowman, FSPH Alumni Board President Last year, the Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health Alumni Board worked alongside the alumni community to launch the FSPH Alumni Board Scholarship to support the 47% of first-generation college students who attend FSPH. Gifts to the scholarship provide financial support for students, such as Kaley Liang,… Read more »