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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »