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 »
Alumni Profile
Alumna Shares Journey to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Triple-Deployment
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 »
A Letter to Our Alumni, Partners and Friends on Giving Tuesday
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 »
Fairbanks Announces 2020 Alumni Award Winners
Each year, the Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health Alumni Board calls for nominations of alumni for the Early Careerist and Distinguished Alumni Awards. In 2014, the alumni board established the awards to recognize alumni who have distinguished themselves in their careers or service to the school. FSPH believes that great organizations intentionally reinforce… Read more »
Researcher Receives Grant to Study Impact of COVID-19 on Indiana Firefighters
By Adrianne Robertson Carolyn Muegge, who recently earned her PhD in Epidemiology from the IU Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health and is a research scientist at the National Institute for Public Safety Health, has been awarded a $1.5 million grant to study the prevalence and impact of COVID-19 on Indiana firefighters. Dr. Muegge… Read more »
Alumna Helps Hoosier Village Residents Adjust Amidst Pandemic
By Crystal Jones Morgan Branning, BSHSM’20, developed a passion for elder care as a certified nursing assistant, a position she held as a student at the IU Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health. Branning believes that experience and the long-term care administration class she took with Professor Gary Brumitt helped her identify a meaningful… Read more »
Fairbanks Student Joins Alumnus in Fulfilling Indiana Donor Network Mission
By Crystal Jones Mark Back, MPH’15 knew when he graduated from the Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health that he would like to stay engaged with the program. At Indiana Donor Network, where he serves as the Manager of Marketing and Communications, he has done just that. For the past three semesters, his department has… Read more »
Alumnus Shares How Pandemic Proves Telemedicine Useful for Patients
By Crystal Jones Asad Zaman, MHA’12, has served as the Director of Transplant Services for three years at the Hillman Center for Pediatric Transplantation at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. Prior to the pandemic, most of Zaman’s meetings revolved around regulatory awareness and readiness for his team’s collaborative pediatric transplant programs. Zaman was prepared to shift… Read more »
Alumni Spotlight: Why Janet Henderson Chose Health Administration
By Crystal Jones Alumni Career Profile: Janet Henderson Master of Healthcare Administration, 1994 Janet Henderson graduated from the Master of Healthcare Administration (MHA) program in 1994 before successfully launching a healthcare administration career in Indiana, Texas, and Illinois. Crystal Jones, Director of Development & Alumni Relations, spoke with Henderson to learn about what inspired her… Read more »
From Undecided Major to Community Health Alumna: Luz Machuca Shares Her Story
By Adrianne Robertson During the summer following her freshman year at IUPUI, Luz Machuca traveled abroad to Salamanca, Spain for six weeks. There, she met Haley, a student enrolled at the IU Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health who was majoring in community health. After talking with her new friend, Luz wanted to learn… Read more »