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 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 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 »
By Crystal Jones Sam Snider began working at Medxcel Facilities Management, as a marketing intern in May 2019, before transitioning to a part-time position as a customer engagement consultant. Medxcel is a national healthcare management organization that provides the administrative infrastructure to allow its clients to focus on patient care. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, Snider’s… Read more »
By Crystal Jones When undergraduate public health students Catherine Raciti and Anna Heilers transitioned to a virtual learning environment, they initially struggled with losing the structure provided by classroom cultures and interpersonal relationships with fellow students. Heilers, who is currently the president of the Undergraduate Student Association (UGSA) at the Richard M. Fairbanks School of… Read more »
By Crystal Jones Karly Van Slyke and Dawson Groves are both students enrolled in the Bachelor of Science in Public Health, Community Health program at the IU Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health. Karly plans to graduate in December of 2020 with a minor in Epidemiology and Africana Studies, and Dawson plans to graduate… Read more »
By Crystal Jones Erin Demo is a senior in the Bachelor of Science in Public Health program in Community Health and serves as a teaching assistant within the Epidemiology Department at the IU Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health. Throughout the COVID-19 public health crisis, she is continuing her work as an intern at… Read more »
By Crystal Jones Whitney Whitfield is a senior at the IU Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health. When she received news that the Indiana State Department of Health needed extra support in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Whitney couldn’t resist the opportunity to support Hoosiers. She signed up for several call shifts, which she… Read more »