Jocelyn Chu is the Director of Community Engaged Learning and an Instructor in the Office of Education. The focus of her work is in field based education and community engaged learning. She develops partnerships with host organizations and designs field based opportunities to engage students in team processes and leadership development. Jocelyn leads the Community Engaged Learning Fellowships program which centers on a practice of critical reflection and transformative learning.…
David Bunn is an MD/MPH student at Harvard Medical School currently enrolled in the MPH-45 Health Policy program. While in medical school, he noticed the systemic and structural barriers that prevented many patients from receiving adequate care. Consequently, he began conducting clinical research at Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital to examine issues around access to health care and prescription drug coverage, telemedicine, and cardiovascular disease outcomes. These…
Dr. Mary M. Wesley is a proud native of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and currently is a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Epidemiology at the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health. In this position, she serves as the Delta Scholars in Public Health Teaching Fellow. Dr. Wesley works with students, faculty, and organizations in the Mississippi Delta region and in the Harvard community to advance public health research, education,…
Jasmine’s project is a Health Impact Assessment (HIA) into the use of Criminal Offender Record Information (CORI) checks for older adults applying to housing in Hampden County, MA. Jasmine Akuffo is a current MPH-candidate in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences. Her research interests lay at the intersection of mass incarceration and housing instability. She is particularly interested in examining these topics through a critical race lense, using qualitative…
Vanessa’s project aims to explore the connection between the history of colonization, structural racism in our food systems, evidence-based nutrition education, and collaborative meal preparation of healthy, whole foods. Vanessa is a Registered Dietitian and an MPH-65 student in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences. She is pursuing a concentration in Public Health Leadership and Health Communication. Vanessa’s research interests include the development of transformative learning experiences, culinary nutrition,…
Hye Young’s project aims to understand how to best support community-based health workers (CBHWs) with lived experiences of homelessness, substance use, and incarceration by interviewing CBHWs about their sense of purpose at work, hopes for personal and professional growth, and opportunities to redress misunderstandings and difficult work environments enabled by healthcare institutions and structural injustices. Hye Young is an MPH-65 student in the Social and Behavioral Sciences Department. She is…
Kaela will be mapping the food environment in areas densely populated by Venezuelan refugees in Trinidad and Tobago to inform local policy on interventions that promote prevention and management strategies for chronic disease in this population. Kaela is a first year Master of Science Student in the Global Health and Population Department at the Harvard T.H. Chan school. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of California, Berkeley in…
Madison’s project is the development of a Indigenous informed and centered cross curricular project and inquiry based unit for ninth grade, resulting in a historical, scientific, traditional, and holistic understanding of community and public health. Madison is a citizen of the Tyme Maidu nation and current graduate student of public health in the Health and Social Behavior department. Madison focuses her work on salient Indigenous health issues such as the…
Kelsey’s project empowers and profits people with disabilities in Nova Scotia, working to reduce the complexity of applying for disability benefits in Canada and to encourage financial literacy. Kelsey is working on her Master of Public Health in Social and Behavioral Sciences. As an undergraduate at Harvard College she turned her life-long love of Ancient Egypt into a passion for studying Arabic and the sociology of the Modern Middle East.…
Ryan’s project focuses on evaluating palliative cancer care programs for American Indians in the rural Northern Plains of South Dakota. Ryan is a Population Health Sciences doctoral student in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences. Ryan’s research interests include the intergenerational transmission, underlying pathways, and theoretical constructs of family homelessness. Inspired by his upbringing in the Appalachian Mountains, Ryan is also very interested in rural health, particularly how modifying…