Melanie Etti is a medical doctor from the UK who is currently enrolled in the Master of Public Health (Global Health) degree program. Following completion of her general medical training, she undertook a clinical research fellowship in Kampala, Uganda where she worked on a project aimed towards measuring levels of protective immunity against Group B Streptococcus in mother-baby pairs. During this time, she also worked as coordinator for the Maternal,…
Yacine Fall is a first-generation, Senegalese American from Harlem, New York City. She is a second-year in the SM80 in Global Health and Population Program at Harvard Chan. She has a spirited passion for maternal and child health (MCH) that sprouted through her sustained research in triple-negative breast cancer research at Smith College. She has also worked clinically in infant health programs in Senegal, for Vermont’s MCH department, and at…
Caleb Feuerbacher is an MPH-45 student in Health and Social Behavior at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. He is also a medical student at the University of Missouri-Kansas City and plans on matching into psychiatry for his residency. He is from Wathena, Kansas. He is primarily interested in advancing mental health care for American Indian and Alaska Native populations. He has performed medical school rotations with the Iowa…
Cristina is a third-year doctoral student in the Population Health Sciences program. Through her doctoral work in the Nutrition Field of Study, she plans to study how, in resource-limited settings, behavior-change theory and family-based obesity prevention models can be effectively applied as well as how related programming may be evaluated. Cristina plans to evaluate — via semi-structured interviews — a culturally adapted, text-based nutrition education intervention for Latino adults in…
Christian is the co-investigator of the firearm exposure research team at the Harvard Injury Control Research Center, where he conducts research on gun use, environmental toxicant exposures, mental illness, and violent injury. His work has been featured in the Boston Globe, the Herald, the Incidental Economist, WBUR and National Public Radio. Christian is also a part-time Health Policy MPH student. Recent research indicates that lead-based ammunition for firearms is a…
Ayah Hamdan received her Bachelor’s degree in Public Health from UC Berkeley and is currently pursuing her Master’s in Epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health. Ayah is a proud daughter to Palestinian immigrants and was born and raised in the Bay Area, California. Ayah is excited about creating solutions that leverage the intersection of health & technology to promote more equitable health care access. She is also the…
Cathy is an MPH-45 candidate in Health and Social Behavior with a Maternal and Child Health concentration. She practiced obstetrics and gynecology for fifteen years in California and has delivered over 3000 babies. She is interested in developing strategies to decrease maternal mortality in the U.S. and globally. Cathy and Ariel’s project focuses on training a group of midwives in Uganda in common obstetrical emergencies. They are partnering with the…
Sophie is a Master of Science student in the Department of Global Health and Population pursuing a concentration in women, gender, and health. Sophie’s research is focused on advancing health equity in rural communities using mixed methods to capture the heterogeneity of the U.S. rural experience. She is currently involved in projects at the Lancet, Harvard Law School’s Mississippi Delta Project, Lavender Lab at the University of Maryland, and the…
Allison is a primary care physician, researcher and medical educator who is committed to improving health outcomes with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities in Australia. She is a fellow with the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine and has been working across the Torres Strait for the past three years. In 2020, Allison was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to undertake her Masters of Public Health specialising in global…
Elise is an MPH-65 student in Health and Social Behavior with a concentration in Health Communications. Elise’s research interests are in chronic disease prevention and treatment. She is particularly interested in leveraging qualitative research methods to advance understanding of patient and community barriers and assets in relation to health promoting behaviors. Elise’s project focuses on integrating chronic disease and cancer early detection messaging to improve outcomes and address disparities in…