Public Health Careers

In this month's episode of Health Equity Mondays (HEM), with co-hosts Jasmine Leonard aka Health Equity Jazz, MPH and Omari Richins, MPH, we talk about: - Economic Burden of Health Disparities - New FDA Guidelines on Blood Donations Check Out Full Episode Shownotes Find a Blood Drive Near You Chapters: @0:00 Episode Start @0:33 Check ins @1:57 Cost of Health Disparities @12:17 Promo Break @14...

Jessica Otero Machuca, MPH, CHES is an incoming doctoral student at The George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health and works as an Associate Clinical Research Coordinator at the Mayo Clinic. She recently graduated with her Master of Public Health in the equity, social justice, and human rights tracks at University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. She is interested in commu...

Taylor Rich, MPH, LADC-I, CCHW is Director of STEM and Leadership at Girls Inc of Worcester while also being a student in a Doctor of Health Sciences in Public Health at Bay Path University. She is a leader in program implementation and evaluation, specifically around programs of child health equity and employment equity, in youth serving organizations. She conferred an Associates of Science in He...

Dr. Marissa Robinson, DrPH, MPH, RPCV is the Ending the HIV Epidemic Initiative Coordinator at the US Department of Health and Human Services. She is a highly motivated international public health innovator. Marissa conferred a Bachelor in Psychology with Public Health concentration at Spelman College. Then got her Master of Public Health in Global Health at Emory University before getting her Doc...

Darian Leta, MPH is a Senior Manager of Substance Use and Recovery Initiatives at Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers. She is a Dominican and Puerto Rican Community Health Advocate committed to providing the best care to the most vulnerable populations in the world. She conferred a Bachelor in Biology at Elmira College before working a few years and then getting her Master of Public H...

In today’s episode, Asli McCullers, BS, a Health Equity Research Associate at MedStar Health, a Graduate Research Assistant at University of Delaware, Founder Director of Leaders in Equity, Access, and Diversity in Public Health as well as an Associate Student Contributor with The Public Health Millennial. She is an aspiring public health leader with a passion for health equity, social justice, an...

In this month's episode of Health Equity Mondays (HEM), with co-hosts Jasmine Leonard, MPH and Omari Richins, MPH, we talk about: - Interview with Dr. Safiya McCarter, a Black Naturopathic Physician, & Acupuncturist - Talk about an astonishing STATS article  American Association of Naturopathic Physicians Black Acupuncturist Association Acupuncture, the Black Panther Party, and People’s M...

In today’s episode of Public Health Careers, we have Faith Amarchi Ngwu, MPH, a Health Protection Coordinator at Primary Health Care in Doha, Qatar. She has strong experience in disease surveillance, project management, immunization and importance of vaccination, contact tracing, health policy & research. She is a certified lead auditor ISO 14001: Environmental Management System and certified...

In today’s episode we have Megan Williams, PhD(c), MPH, CHES, a Sexuality Educator and PhD candidate in public health at University of Alabama as well as the Founder of Young Professionals of Sexual and Reproductive Health. She is passionate about improving sexual health outcomes of young adults by increasing sexual health care utilization, implementing comprehensive sexuality education, and explo...

In today’s episode, we have Dr. Ashanti Carter, Ed. Dc, MPH, the Co-Founder and CEO of HEROES ED as well as an Adjunct Faculty at Trinity Washington University, and Chair of the DC Office of the State Superintendent of Education. She's someone working towards education equity.  She conferred a Bachelor of Arts in Human Development at UC San Diego worked as a School Teacher before getting her...

In today's episode, we have Jesenia Angeles, MPH, who is the Founder and CEO of Cosmica Consulting LLC and works as a Health Policy Manager at a Policy Center. She is a multi-passionate creative, business owner, show host and much more.  Her superpower is her unique ability to synthesize her background in corporate strategy, futuring and foresight, learning & organizational development, b...

In this month's episode of Health Equity Mondays (HEM), with co-hosts Jasmine Leonard aka Health Equity Jazz, MPH and Omari Richins, MPH, we talk about: - Death of Despair - The Trevor Project - Plant Health Equity Jasmine Newsletter: https://www.healthequityjazz.beehiiv.com Support The Public Health Millennial: https://ko-fi.com/thephmillennial Jasmine on LinkedIn Omari on LinkedIn Health Eq...

Today we have someone with the goal to increase collective efficacy by granting communities the power to change their quality of life. She conferred a Bachelor in Public Health Education & Promotion at University of CIncinnati before getting her Master’s Degree in Community Health at University of Cincinnati and later her PhD in Public Health Education and Promotion at University of Cincinnati...

In today's episode, Meenakshi Verma-Agrawal, BS, MPH, is Associate Professor of Practice at Simmons University and Racial Justice Center. She promotes and practices explicit, structural analysis of the impact of racism on health, education, housing, and other systemic outcomes. She conferred a Bachelor of Science in Biology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst then a Master of Public He...

In this episode, I share 6 takeaways that I had during my Community Health Fellowship after completing my Master of Public Health program. These tips can be used for current students and for professionals in their public health careers. I break the takeaways into 'before fellowship', 'during interview,' 'during fellowship' and share two from each. The takeaways are: -...

In today's episode, a repost from the Redefining Rest for Public Health Professionals Podcast, I talk about how I rest and my journey with rest. This is a great episode for students or professionals as I talk about what rest has looked like for me during these two phases. Some highlights from the conversation are: 🌟 Mindfully assessing opportunity cost of choices and choosing those that move...

In this month's episode of Health Equity Mondays (HEM), with co-hosts Jasmine Leonard aka Health Equity Jazz, MPH and Omari Richins, MPH, we talk about: East Palestine Train Derailment Maternal Health, specifically Black maternal health Jasmine's Amazon Wishlist Support The Public Health Millennial on Ko-Fi Connect with Health Equity Jazz: - Merch - Instagram - Twitter - LinkedIn - Newsl...

Today we have an enthusiastic public health advocate and practitioner whose experiences are centered on using social justice frameworks to address health inequities in underrepresented populations. She got her bachelors in health sciences, community health at California State University - Dominguez Hills. Then got her Master of Public Health at University of Arizona. She currently works as Communi...

In today's episode, Heidi Berthoud, MPH, Founder & Principle of Heidi Berthoud Consulting LLC.  She is working to improve health, eliminate inequities, dismantle oppressive systems, and make data accessible. She helps health focused nonprofits make sense of their data. She got her Bachelors in History at Seattle Pacific University then worked as an EMT, and a couple other roles before goi...

In today's episode, Dr. Ashley Hickson, DrPH, MPH, a Senior Health Equity Advisor at Center for Science in the Public Interest. She is a mixed method researcher who focuses n achieving racial justice, health equity, reducing health disparities, co-creating interventions alongside the subpopulations most adversely affected, and designing sustainable solutions to mitigate challenges to health a...

In today’s episode, we have Ajayi Pickering-Haynes who is a MPH candidate at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Health Equity. Ajayi is a public health strategist, eloquent and passionate public speaker, thought and servant leader, and published writer. He works as Closing the Gap Program Coordinator & Health Equity Lead at State of Florida Department of Health as well as the A...

Welcome to the first episode of the new show, Health Equity Mondays (HEM), with co-hosts Jasmine Leonard aka Health Equity Jazz, MPH and Omari Richins, MPH. In this episode of Health Equity Mondays we talk about: Why start Health Equity Mondays  Health equity 101 & how health equity is achieved Expectation of what you’ll get from the show Police inflicted fatalities Health equities vs health d...

In this episode, you'll learn from Rest Coach and Expert, Marissa McKool of McKool Coaching where she helps people with an MPH degree who are feeling overwhelmed and exhausted learn to say no and set boundaries. She is also the host of Redefining Rest Podcast. Learn from a Rest expert on how you can be more restful in your career & life today. Come learn more about: - How to get back into...

Build out your vision and goals for 2023. Replay the 2023 Vision Goal Setting Session hosted by Sochi & Huyen. Be sure to have 1) something to write with, 2) something to write on (Virtual notes work too). The live workshop went over: - Ikigai - Defining your values - Desire mapping - & Finally creating your vision and goals Follow: - Janessa Sochi ( LinkedIn ) - Huyen Win ( LinkedIn ) Lin...

Today we have an allied health care professional who has a passion for customer success and client management. She went from a focus on public health to environmental tech. She got her Bachelor’s Degree in Public Health at Brock University then went on to get a Master of Public Health at Brock University. She currently works in customer success and client management - We have Rio Alegre, BPH, MPH...