Jess’s project focuses on assessing the impacts of climate change on rural communities in Mexico and analyzing policies and programs that strengthen community resilience to climate disasters in an effort to make tailored recommendations for programs that alleviate poverty and strengthen resilience. Jessica Schiff is a first year Master of Public Health student at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. She is interested in the intersection between climate…
The overarching goal of the project “Birth Beyond Bars: Assessing Caregiver and Infant Needs” is to gain a better understanding of the context in which the caregivers of the babies of incarcerated women are operating and what challenges they face across health, finances, and housing, and how those variables impact the infants and their health outcomes. Jenna Sherman is an MPH student in the department of Social Behavioral Sciences, where…
Samantha’s project focuses on using public health data to advocate for carbon pricing initiatives to reduce global climate change outcomes and improve air quality, while networking environmental action groups, academics, legislators and scientists to push for stricter emissions regulations on a state level. Samantha is a masters student in the Department of Environmental Health. Her research focuses on the alterations of pollutant cycling due to climate change impacts particularly in…
Dina’s project aims to 1) document the prevalence of diabetes among Venezuelan refugees seeking care in Trinidad, 2) understand current diabetes management practices among these patients and barriers to care, 3) understand current dietary practices including food security and barriers to accessing healthy foods. Dina is a second year student in the Global Health and Population department within the Population Health Sciences PhD program. Dina’s research interests include the epidemiology…
The project seeks to use a newly developed tool and pilot it on assessing the out of pocket expenditure to seek surgical care in Karachi, Pakistan and then check whether it could be generalized. Haitham is doing a Master of Science in Health Policy and Management at HSPH and is a Paul Farmer Global Surgery fellow at the Program in Global Surgery and Social Change at Harvard Medical School. He…
Haley’s project is a component of the ongoing international initiative, Healthy Reefs, Healthy I-Kiribati investigating ocean water quality and human-reef interactions. Haley is a second year Master of Science student in the Environmental Health department at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Haley is interested in heavy metal bioaccumulation and waterborne illnesses, particularly the source and manifestation of ciguatera poisoning. Her research is investigating the critical components of…
Hannah’s project with YCMS will use Photovoice techniques to explore what youth identify as supports and barriers to having a healthy relationship with their body. Hannah is a Population Health Science PhD candidate in the Nutrition department. Her research interests lie in understanding how youth, especially those with marginalized identities, develop healthy relationships to their bodies and food, and how socialization/social context supports and impedes that process and its impacts…
Hannah’s project will involve learning from the local immigrant community what methods of information dissemination are best for specific linguistic and cultural groups in order to best communicate a public awareness campaign on what public charge does/does not cover, and the status of the lawsuits blocking changes from being implemented. Hannah is an MPH-45 student in the Health Policy and Management Department. She is also a medical student at UCSF…
Kasley’s project focuses on promoting social health through intergenerational connection. Kasley is a graduate student in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences. Her background is in community engagement, healthcare innovation, and mental health research. Learn more and connect with her at kasleykillam.com.
Neil’s project seeks to evaluate the extent to which a new intervention designed to bring mobile tuberculosis (TB) management to the home has been successful in averting cases of pediatric TB and in mitigating the barriers to healthcare he identified as an undergraduate student. Neil is an SM80 student in the Department of Epidemiology, pursuing a concentration in Clinical Epidemiology. His research focuses on characterizing outcomes among children exposed to…