Hamed is an MPH-45 in clinical effectiveness candidate, with a strong passion for public health law, policy, and management and aims to alleviate healthcare disparities among diverse and under-served populations. He is also passionate about health tech, patient-centered design. Hamed is an advocate for health in all policies, dedicated to addressing social, economic, and environmental factors to foster more equitable, inclusive communities. He is experienced in partnership-building with communities, non-profit,…
Yuri is a second-year MPH student in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences with a concentration in maternal and child health. Prior to attending Harvard, Yuri worked at a federally qualified health center, focused on delivering comprehensive and integrated primary care, behavioral health, medication-assisted treatment, and dental care to individuals from diverse backgrounds. She is passionate about delivering evidence-based interventions with the goal of enhancing early child development within…
Addison Kimber is an MPH student in the department of Health Policy and Management with a concentration in Maternal and Child Health. She is interested in the connection between adverse childhood events and chronic disease later in life, and aims to create policies to improve the lives of children and families through reducing the effects of structural inequality. She is also interested in understanding how we can streamline program creation…
As Director of Field Education and Practice, Stacey’s work focuses on developing applied and field-based learning opportunities at Harvard Chan. Previously, she worked for 10 years at Cambridge Health Alliance, with the Cambridge Public Health Department. She most recently served as the Director of the Community Health Division addressing the health of men of color, children’s oral health, violence prevention, substance abuse prevention, early childhood literacy, and health communications. In…
Amit is a graduate student in the Health Policy and Management Department. His research interests include examining the role that health literacy and social determinants play in health disparities, particularly as they relate to access to healthful foods. He completed his undergraduate studies at UCLA and hopes to attend medical school upon completing his MPH program at Harvard Chan. Amit’s project focuses on conducting research on the environmental, economic, social,…
Valencia is a native of Tanzania. Currently, she is a first-year Master of Science student in Global Health and Population department. Her research interests are women’s health and infectious disease epidemiology. In the future, she hopes to contribute to improving the health outcomes of populations in sub-Saharan Africa by employing a concentrated effort that tackles the social determinants of health and implements novel interventions based on epidemiological evidence. Valencia Lambert’s…
Kwabena is an MPH candidate in the department of Global Health. His interests are in Adolescent Health, particularly Sexual and Reproductive Health. Through personal lived experiences, Kwabena realized the need for an effective and safe model for delivering Sexual Health Education to Ghanaian children. He has worked with prior organizations in advancing this cause, and hopes to scale his work to a much larger platform through ‘Books for Him &…
Jonathan is an MPH student in the Social and Behavioral Sciences department, also working on a dual degree in Urban Planning at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. He is particularly interested in the built environment determinants of health and how we can improve population health using tools from urban planning and design. This project will focus on engaging with the residents of Allston-Brighton to plan for a healthy and…
Kevin has worked in strategic health policy and improving access to quality cancer care in Canada for over a decade in not-for-profit organizations and public health agencies. During this time, he was accountable for strategically managing relationships with diverse stakeholders and cancer control and health system partners to align quality improvement efforts. He is currently a Doctor of Public Health degree student at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public…
Stephanie is a storyteller with experience conducting quantitative and qualitative, ethnographic research in the U.S., Morocco, and Myanmar centered around the migrant experience, home-building, and neighborhoods. She is currently a master’s student in the Global Health and Population department. Stephanie’s project, in partnership with the Neighborhood Food Action Collaboration in Boston, focuses on increasing SNAP benefits enrollment through individualized education, outreach, & application assistance to address the household food insecurity…
