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May 4, 2021

When Emily McGraw joined the Learn Charter School Network in Chicago in January 2020, she had no idea how important her MPH degree would prove to be Before coming to Cornell, she has been a school principal in New York City, and now as Director of Curriculum and...

April 26, 2021

After graduating from the Cornell MPH program’s Infectious Disease Epidemiology track in May 2020, Shane Conyers began a PhD program in Epidemiology In addition to a full roster of coursework in his first year at Emory University, Conyers is already involved in two...

April 19, 2021

In his senior year of college, Kenny Escobar took a class on healthcare disparities that changed his trajectory He wanted to make a difference in communities “I’m glad I found out that public health was my path,” says Escobar “The MPH Program at Cornell was a...

July 22, 2020

Caitlin Baumhart joined the MPH Program in January 2018, while working on her Master of Professional Studies in International Development after finishing 4 years in Tanzania with the Peace Corps As a student studying in the Infectious Disease Epidemiology...

May 20, 2020

Cecelia Madsen (left) and members of the Cornell Lightweight Men's rowing team after beating Columbia Cecelia Madsen was a fellow with the Master of Public Health Program at the very start, before there were staff, faculty or students She had just returned from the...

May 15, 2020

Hirokazu Togo came to Cornell’s MPH Program on a Fulbright scholarship, on a two-year sabbatical from his position as Senior Environmental Health Officer for the Tokyo Metropolitan Government After graduating as first-ever valedictorian of a Cornell MPH class, in...

May 12, 2020

Miquela Hanselman grew up on a dairy farm in Delaware County, New York, and has always wanted a career where she could advocate for dairy farmers like her family She first completed a BS in Animal Science, and then as a Food Systems and Health student with...

May 8, 2020

Ana Cristina Barsallo Cochez joined the Cornell MPH Program after earning a Master of Science in Food Safety from Cornell As a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine who had been practicing in Panama, she was interested in foodborne outbreaks and came to Cornell to gain skills...

May 6, 2020

After graduating last year, MPH Program ’19 alumna Andreina Martin joined Cornell’s Dietetic Internship Program in the Division of Nutritional Sciences She’s been immersed in community and clinical nutrition ever since, practicing her skills with Foodnet...

May 4, 2020

Lakshman Balaji joined the Cornell MPH Program after working as a dentist in the only government funded hospital in his home state, in India As an MPH student specializing in Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Lakshman refined skills in biostatistics and data analytics...

April 2, 2020

After graduating last year from the Infectious Disease Epidemiology Concentration, Cornell MPH alumnus Steven Shelley moved to Augusta, Maine for a position as Tuberculosis Epidemiologist for the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (MeCDC) Recently, he...