We are back for another summer of students blogging about their practicum (public health field experience), however, things look a bit different this year…
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, our students are leading the charge on putting into practice our motto, global is local and local is global public health. They will not be traveling abroad this year and will be completing their practicum in the U.S. or their home countries.
Our students will be sharing not only what they are working on this summer, but how they have had to adapt and be nimble securing and working (remotely for a majority) on their global or local practica during a pandemic.
Introducing our bloggers:
- Brandon Adams, MPH global health student, will be working with the North Carolina Institute for Public Health on COVID-19
- Kirsten Albers, MPH applied epidemiology student, will be working with the US Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Global Affairs, Pandemic and Emerging Threats Program
- Doreen Ankamah, MPH maternal, child and family health student, will be working with the UNC Gillings Zambia Hub
- Shannon Applegate, MPH-RD student, will be working with the Office of Population Studies (OPS) at the University of San Carlos (USC-Philippines)
- Tamara Brooks, MPH global health student, will be working with the National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences
- Rachel Cominsky, MPH global health student, will be working with NARAL Pro-Choice NC
- Claire Cote, MPH global health student, will be working with Dr. Ross Boyce in the Division of Infectious Diseases at UNC-Chapel Hill
- Zamantha Granados, MPH health behavior student, will be working with CAS – Colectivo Amigos contra el SIDA
- Jordan Hanna, MPH maternal, child and family health student, will be working with Curamericas Global
- Kendall Harkey, MPH global health student, will be working with The Water Institute at UNC
- Hanna Huffstetler, MPH global health student, will be working with UNC Gillings School of Public Health, UNC Project – Malawi, and the Tingathe Program
- Aditi Kamat, MPH global health student, will be working with the UNC Gillings Zambia Hub
- Marlena Kuhn, MPH global health student, will be working on a collaborative project between UNC and Chronic Care International
- Andrea Mendoza, MPH global health student, will be working with Dr. Gabriela Nagy on the SER Hispano Study
- Janet Okraku-Mantey, MPH maternal, child and family health student, will be working with Kybele
- Maureen Opara Ezechukwu, MPH maternal, child and family health student, will be working with the National Emergency Maternal and Child health Intervention Centre
- Grace Parker, MPH public health data science student, will be working with the UNC Gillings Zambia Hub
- Katerina Pattee, MPH global health student, will be working with the UNC Gillings Zambia Hub
- Hannah Rice, MPH global health student, will be working with ANOVA Health Institute as part of the UNC-Wits Implementation Science partnership
- Alpha Shrestha, MPH global health student, will be working the North Carolina Institute for Public Health on a COVID-19
- Kris Sladky, MPH global health student, will be working with the North Carolina Institute for Public Health on a COVID-19
- Lein Soltan, MPH global health student, will be working with Dr. Aunchalee Palmquist on a research project titled, “The trauma of survivorship: Experiences during pregnancy, birth, and breastfeeding among internally displaced Yazidi mothers in Iraq”
- Ellery Walker, MCRP-MPH global health student, will be working with Family Health Ministries