Kristen Cunningham’s road to global health leadership began in Detroit, Michigan—a city that has long faced profound public health challenges. Growing up in a community where health disparities were starkly visible, Kristen’s early ambition was to become a doctor. She enrolled at Wayne State University (WSU) as a pre-med student, with biology as her… Read more »
By Vanessa Aguirre By the time she was 14 years old, Latasha Allen knew she wanted to be an epidemiologist. She was fascinated by how diseases spread from person to person, and this kick-started her desire to learn more about the field of epidemiology through formal education. Allen would go on to receive her… Read more »
In our Alumni Career Spotlight series, you will meet some of our alumni and learn about the important work they are doing to create a healthier nation and world. Mariam Sylla Employer: UW School of Medicine and Public Health, Public Health Madison and Dane County Current position: Population Health Fellow (Maternal and Child Health/FIMR)… 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 Amanda Briggs After a recent deployment to Grenada, DrPH Professor Dr. E. Benjamín Puertas shared his lessons learned during COVID-19 through two case studies. Working with the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), the specialized international health agency for the Americas, Dr. Puertas and his team reviewed the progress in implementation of Grenada’s national COVID-19… Read more »