During my time at Austin College I majored in public health and minored in biology and Spanish. This fall I will be attending the University of North Carolina Gillings School of Public Health for my masters in public health with a concentration in maternal, child, and family health. Due to growing health disparities for minority… [Read More]
Ashley Chen ’18
After graduating from Austin College in 2018 with a double major in Biology and Public Health, I am currently attending medical school at the University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine. I hope to incorporate my knowledge of and passion for public health into my practice of medicine, potentially pursuing an MPH in the… [Read More]
Erin Eckart ’18
I graduated from Austin College in 2018 with a major in Public Health and a minor in chemistry. I will begin pursuing my MPH in epidemiology at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center in the fall of 2018. I am interested in studying maternal and child health, as well as cognitive decline. After grad… [Read More]
Katherine Kuzmeskas ’07
Katherine (Kat) graduated in 2007 with a major in Psychology and a minor in biology and was a 2007 Teach For America Corps Member, serving for 3 years on the Texas Mexico Border. After TFA, Kat continued her pursuit of healthcare administration, obtaining a Graduate Assistantship and full scholarship for her Master of Public Health… [Read More]
Vidur Marwaha ’17
I graduated from Austin College in 2017 with a major in public health and minor in chemistry. I’m interested in health systems research, healthcare finance, and humanitarian medicine. I am currently pursuing a Master’s degree in health organization management at Texas Tech University, and will begin medical school in 2018 at Paul L. Foster School… [Read More]
Chris Rattan ’17
I graduated from Austin College in 2017 with a double major in Public Health and Psychology. I am currently an MPH student at the Boston University School of Public Health with a focus on Mental Health and Substance Use, as well as Health Communication and Promotion. I’ve also interned with the m.chat program at the… [Read More]
Sitara Weerakoon ’17
Sitara Weerakoon graduated Austin College in 2017 with a double major in Public Health and French. She received her Master of Public Health from the University of Texas Health Science Center School of Public Health (UTHealth) and is currently working on her PhD in Epidemiology. She researches social and environmental determinants of child/adolescent health. She is a member of Delta Omega… [Read More]
Zuleyma Ruiz ’17
Zuleyma Ruiz is a first year MPH student in Health Policy & Management at Texas A&M Health Science Center. She earned her BA in public health and business administration from Austin College in January of 2017. During her undergraduate career, she interned for the American Red Cross, was a member of Alpha Phi Omega and the Austin College Service… [Read More]
Ohumumwen Aguebor ’16
I graduated in 2016 with a major in Public Health and double minors in Spanish and Biology. I spent the fall of my senior year doing a special off-campus semester studying Sustainable Development at American University in Washington, D.C., where I was first formally introduced to international development issues. I was immediately intrigued in the… [Read More]
Miguel Diaz ’16
My passion is advocating for vulnerable communities that inherently face different health outcomes due their social determinants of health. I currently work as an MSM Peer Navigator at Brotherhood Inc, a community-based non-profit which focuses on HIV prevention among minority populations in New Orleans. As peer navigator, I concentrate on earning the trust of clients… [Read More]