By Catherine Jeffery Micaela Gaviola 2020 May’s Family RISE Scholarship Recipient BSPH Community Health & Epidemiology Micaela Gaviola is currently a double major in community health and epidemiology. After her freshman year, she loved all of the support she received in public health and how applicable each course was to life. “With epidemiology, even though… Read more »
By Catherine Jeffery Leah Amstutz 2020 FSPH Graduate Scholarship Recipient Doctor of Medicine and Master of Public Health Leah Amstutz applied for the MPH program the summer she started medical school, and received the FSPH Graduate Scholarship last year. She is pursuing an MPH degree to help her be more aware of the social determinants… Read more »
By Crystal Jones Afsah Amin is pursuing a Masters of Public Health in epidemiology and plans to graduate in December of 2021. She immigrated from Pakistan after receiving her medical training as an anesthesiologist and decided to transition from a clinical role to a research scientist role to impact more people. As she was making… Read more »
By Adrianne Robertson Michelle Martin, a Health Services Management student at the IU Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health, is currently working as an office supervisor in the Radiology Department at the IU Health Simon Cancer Center. Since early March when the COVID-19 pandemic ensued, Martin said the radiology department at IU Health has… 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 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 »