One of the reasons Christiana von Hippel, SD ’18, decided to apply to the Department of Social & Behavioral Sciences was because she saw Bryn Austin present at APHA in 2013 on affirmative models of sexual health education. Christiana discusses her research trajectory during her time as a doctoral student in a recent Why Public Health video.
Why Public Health?
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