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Hazal Kayalioglu is pursuing her graduate studies at NYU School of Global Public Health and works as a Grants Coordinator at Columbia University Irving Medical Center.

She’s previously conducted population‐based surveillance for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Emerging Infections Program (EIP) at Yale University, working in collaboration with the Connecticut Department of Public Health to provide surge capacity in response to the COVID‐19 pandemic, and has conducted testing for infectious disease at the Connecticut State Public Health Laboratory. Through her current role, she presented at the 2019 Northeast Epidemiology Conference on Candidemia Surveillance, and become a published author in the Clinical Infectious Disease Journal.

To learn more about Hazal Kayalioglu, we spoke with the master’s student about her interest in the field of public health and her experience in infectious disease surveillance. Read our Q&A with Hazal below!

Interviewed by Shelagh Herzog.

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Dunqing is a second-year MPH candidate at the NYU School of Global Public Health with a concentration in Environmental Public Health. He previously graduated with a BA in Public Health and a BE in Occupational Safety and Health from Muskingum University in Ohio.

He is interested in the intersection of environmental health with emergency preparedness and response in occupational settings. During the pandemic, he interned at the Chinese CDC and Emergency Management Department in Shenzhen, China.

To learn more about Dunqing Li, we spoke with the master’s student about his public health journey from coal mines to COVID-19. Read our Q&A with Dunqing below!

Interview by Shelagh Herzog.

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