Public Health Careers

Today I chat with Founder and CEO of The Black Health Commission, Rebecca Desir, MPH. Find them on IG @blackhealthcommission! She has over 10 years of proven experience in planning and implementing community health programs, fundraising and corporate social responsibility in the healthcare and non-profit sectors. She has her Bachelor’s of Science in exercise science and health promotion from Flori...

Today we have a biostatistician, speaker, and data coach for Black women in Public Health - Asya Spears, MS. She got her Bachelor of Science in mathematics from Spelman College and then her Master of Science in Biostatistics from UCLA Fielding School of Public Health. This guest has also completed doctoral coursework at Pardee RAND Graduate School. She has had a plethora of roles throughout her sc...

Michael J. Cleveland, MPH is a Service Line Business Supervisor at Salem Health after transitioning from his Administrative Fellowship. He is a Top 10 Under 40 for Young Alumni of Morehouse School of Medicine and a huge HBCU advocate. Michael got his Bachelors of Science in Biology at Tougaloo College where he was a Jackson Heart Study Scholar. He then went on to get his Master of Public Health at...

Brooke Mootry, MSW, CHES, the CEO and Lead Recruiter at The Public Health Network chats about her public health career. She has over 17 years of practical experience and currently aside from being the CEO of The Public Health Network is a State HIV Prevention Manager for the Georgia Department of Health. She has gotten her Bachelor of Science in Public Health from Florida State University. She got...

Today I chat with health equity and community empowerment nerd, Winston Wellington Wright, MPH. He currently works as a David A. Gee Administrative Fellowship at Barnes-Jewish Hospital after graduating from his Master of Public Health from Morehouse School of Medicine. Check out this episode to learn about the path navigating a health administration fellowship as a young black public health profes...

Happy New Year! Here I share the resources from guest shared throughout 2020. Check out the full article with resources here: https://thephmillennial.com/2020resources It goes through programs and scholarships, books, podcasts, phone apps, social media profiles, websites, public health communities, courses, other resources.  Omari on LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/omari-richins-mph Shownot...

Nianest Alers, MPH is an epidemiologist/vector-borne disease surveillance and response coordinator with the Hawaii Department of Health and also host the Latinx health education podcast – Mejor con Guanabanas. She has a very untraditional journey into public health. Nianest got her Bachelor of Biology from Universidad de Puerto Rico and then went on to start a PhD in Cell and Molecular Biology bef...

Christa Hyson is a public health and risk communications professional dedicated to advancing health education, creating sustainable social and environmental changes and passing policies to improve health outcomes. Christa talks about her untraditional route to her calling to help people through public health. Christa got Bachelors of Communication and PR at Xavier University. She then went on to w...

Vanessa Da Costa, MPH who is the CEO and founder of Chilombo Global Career Services, LLC talks about her public health journey. She got her bachelor’s in psychology with a minor in African Studies from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She has worked in the Peace Corps before getting her Master of Public Health from Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University. She then got a CDC...

Jaennika James, MPH is an is a female health care leader working for a large health system on the west coast with over 12 years of health care experience. In this episode learn how Jaennika has and continue to make an impact in health care administration and be sure to follow her on IG @jaennika.james. Jaennika got her bachelor’s in biology from Santa Clara University before getting her Master of...

In this episode Christie VanHorne, M.Ed, MPH talks about her journey in public health. Christie has over 15 years of experience conceptualizing and designing results in public health education. She completed her bachelors in History and Masters of Education. She then went on to work at the in South Africa for two years with the Peace Corps. She then came back to the USA and worked before going to...

Today we have Leonore Okwara, a public health professional with with 14 years of national research experience She did her My bachelor's (BA) is in Sociology from Fort Hays State University. Graduating from Eastern Virginia Medical School with her Master of Public Health Degree. Working in various roles such as research coordinator, grant and research manager, program manager as well as having...

In episode 26 of the public health millennial podcast, I chat with Zamir M. Brown, MPH. He's currently a health policy analyst and has started the platform Speaker 4 Health (@speaker4health)! He got his bachelors in Anthropology from University of North Carolina Chapel Hill and his Master of Public Health from the George Washington University, Milken Institute of Public Health. He has had sev...

In this episode I have a conversation with Dr. Laura Gerald, the President of the Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust where she shares her story from going through medical school to become a Pediatrician to then switching to the field of public health. Dr. Gerald held several influential positions such as the State Health Director for the Division of Public Health for the North Carolina Department o...

In this episode I chat with Liz Simpler, MPH, CWWS about her public health journey thus far. Liz got her Bachelors in Biology and Anthropology at Penn State University where she worked in several research laboratories. She then worked as an Account Manager at Vocus before doing her Master of Public Health at Grand Canyon University. She has also worked at Lifetime Fitness, as a public health inter...

In this episode, I get to chat with Amanda Howell, MS, MPH. You may know Amanda from her Instagram platform, @amandahowellhealth, where she is most likely discussing the intersection of nutrition, reproductive health & policy. Listen to learn why Amanda made a 180 in her career from going towards law school to pursuing her Master of Science in Public Health. We talk about how she started her h...

In this episode, I dive into my perspective on the 2020 elections and what we need to do going forward. To set the record straight, I am neither a Republican or a Democrat - rather I see myself as opting for people who push policies to better populations lives. I talk about why I initially never really liked Obama and why I think he could have done a lot more as the first Black president of the US...

In this episode I don't have a guest, but like my first episode I talk by my lonesome. I dive into why I'm thankful for everyone that has listened to this podcast or has supported my platform in any way (which gets at a main reason I started this podcast). I'm truly thankful for all of you! Additionally, I give some advice on developing a savings between jobs, retirement accounts, a...

In this episode, I chat with Brianna Baker, a budding professional in the cross-section of public health and psychology. Brianna got a dual Major in Psychology and African American Community Health & Resilience at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. She has had many positions that span her wide interest in the social justice, public health, and mental health realms, especially for bl...

In this episode Robert Fairman, MPH, CHES, shares his public health journey. Robert is a current PhD student at Georgia State School of Public Health in Health Promotion and Behavior. I am able to learn about Robert's journey starting from being a Nursing Major at University of North Carolina at Wilmington to switching to a Public Health Major. Then he went on to complete his MPH at Rollins S...

In this episode I get to chat with my former supervisor and person that gave me an opportunity Dr. Melissa Kemberling, PhD, MPH. Here we talk about her journey from Allied Health as a Physical Therapist to her wanting to effect bigger change than one on one interaction. Melissa has been referred to as the public health unicorn of the Mat-Su Health Foundation. She pursued her Master of Public Healt...

In this episode, Dr. Sharon Attipoe-Dorcoo walks us through her journey in public health. Currently, Dr. Sharon works as a Health Services and System Researcher at CDC via Bizzell Group LLC. Sharon immigrated from Ghana to the USA when she was 16 to further her studies. She completed her Bachelors in Biomedical Engineering with a minor in Chemical Engineering at the University of Virginia. She the...

In this episode Dr. Wenny Lin shares her far from traditional path during school and how she landed in an exciting role in the Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology industry with Genentech. Wenny also blogs at www.womeninpharmacareers.com where she shares useful information for women interested in navigating and advancing their pharmaceutical careers. Wenny finished undergraduate as a Biochemistry major an...

In this episode I get to chat with two wonderful public health professionals - Mee-A Keeton and Sitara Weerakoon. Maybe you know them from their Instagram platform @Doughnuts_and_Data? Anyway, this conversation is packed with information for people interested in starting their own public health platform, public health students/professionals and all public health enthusiast alike. Mee-A and Sitara...

In this episode Yasmin Kashfipour, MPH, talks about her public health journey up until where she currently works as a Consumer Engagement Consultant for Humana. She talks about her love for both business and public health and how this role was the perfect fit for her after completing her MPH. Yasmin started off as a Microbiology Major at the University of Georgia, however she took many different c...