Public Health Careers

In this episode with Leah Roman, MPH, MCHES, discusses her public health journey starting as a Psychology Major. After getting her MPH Leah started her health educator journey in college health at Babson College. Leah shares how she navigated her early career as a health educator on college campuses. She then work shifted to a project manager role at Drexel University of Public Health where she ex...

In this episode we talk to Eva James, Bsc - an Australian public health professional. We talk about her public health journey where she to want to pursue her Bachelors in Health Science in Health Promotion from the University of Queensland in Australia. We chat about Eva's decision to want to pursue a career in public health after having her interest sparked by her highschool health teacher....

Dr. Ashley Carter chats about her journey towards completing her PhD in Food and Nutrition from Florida State University and her transition to the US Military. Ashley talks about how the Young Researchers Scholar program really allowed her to believe that she could do all the great she is doing right now. Ashley gives useful tips and hindsight insights to share things she wished she did and advice...

Michael Grier, MPH, chats about his journey to working for the Government of the District of Columbia (D.C.) as a disability, aging and Behavioral Health Advisor. Not only does he discuss what his role is and why he loves the work he does in the field of public health, but also he discusses his role as a campaign manager and work as a consultant for a D.C. based organization. Michaels shares about...

Benjamin Fields, PhD Student, who recently graduated from his bachelors of science in Research, Development Sociology and Global Public Health Sciences. Coming from a single mother household, Benjamin didn't envision much of a future for himself outside of the being a student athlete. He had a non-traditional path of getting recruited for Cornell University for athletics. Wanting to pursue a...

Katherine Pizarro, MPH sits down to talk about University of Florida's public health programs - the Master of Public Health program, the Bachelors of Public Health program and the combined Bachelors/Masters of Public Health program. Additionally, we get to hear Katherine's public health career story through University of Florida's MPH program as well as UF's Bachelors of Health...

Sasha Bernard, MPH sits down and chat about her journey from doing her bachelors and starting her Trinidadian NGO ( Bridges to the Heart ) helping to address intergenerational gaps. The then goes on to talk about her thoughts of switching from Bachelors of Biology with a focus on going to medical school to then switching and choosing to pursue her Master of Public Health (MPH) at Loma Linda Univer...

Lovely Davilmar, BSHP talked about her story of optimizing her high school and undergraduate career to secure the public health opportunities she received. Lovely a first-generation Haitian-American speaks about the benefit of Boys and Girls Club in setting up her mindset to make college affordable and forming a sustainable life plan. She was able to leverage her college experience with scholarshi...

LaTonya Bynum, MPH, CHES shares her humble story from being secretary to becoming a Rural Health Senior Analyst at the Arkansas Department of Health. She is a serial entrepreneur with a successful book and another on the way as well as a CHES guide app and her own company. She talks about her path from undergraduate with tips on getting exempt from the GRE to get into her Master of Public Health d...

Alicia Richins, MES shares her journey throughout having various international experiences that has helped formate her ideas on what she does and wants to do in her Environmental Studies journey. She highlights what she learnt from having internships in Trinidad & Tobago, El Salvador, Washington D.C., Quebec and now working and living in Toronto, Ontario. She truly has a passion for Pan-Americ...

Shelby Graves, MPH, CHES shares her public health journey starting from rural Oklahoma to now being a Health Policy Analyst for the Maryland Department of Health. She gives practical advice on helping you choosing your Master of Public Health (MPH) concentration, the importance of experience in her journey. She also shares her experiences with the CHES and CPH and how she navigated her career path...

In this episode, Omari Richins, MPH, The Public Health Millennial speaks on why he started this podcast and the purpose of the podcast. Omari is also able to dive into a bit of his public health journey and highlights why he switched from wanting to pursue a medical degree to public health. He talks about the role his Masters of Public Health (MPH) in health management and policy as well as his in...