Category: Student Spotlight

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Student Spotlight: Thomas O’Neill

Thomas O’Neill is pursuing his Master’s of Public Health degree at the New York University School of Global Public Health with a concentration in Public Health Management. The Rutgers New Brunswick graduate has been an active member of the Glen Ridge Volunteer Ambulance Squad in New Jersey, being involved in all aspects of emergency response from ​​the position of Operations Officer to an Emergency Medical Technician. In addition to his on-the-ground response training, Thomas has explored the operational and management side of public health such as through his role as a Government Affairs Intern for Robert Wood Johnson Barnabas Health.

To learn more about Thomas, we spoke with the master’s student about his interest in the field of public health and his experience as an EMT during the pandemic. Read our Q&A with Thomas below!

Interviewed by Meryl Phair.

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Student Spotlight: Morgan Roberts

Morgan Roberts recently graduated with a Master’s in Public Health from New York University School of Global Public Health. She currently works as an Occupational Health and Safety Consultant for Dr. Gershon on the NYU Transit Worker Study in creating resources for the NYC Transit Workers Union to respond to the next infectious disease pandemic.

At NYU, Morgan was a teaching assistant for two NYU courses: Global Health Foundations and Urban Health & Equity.  She has been involved with the NYU Applied Global Public Health Initiative (AGPHI), working in multiple roles such as a French Translator, Emergency Context Policy Researcher, and currently as a Project Manager. She is also in the midst of a Climate Change Advocacy Specialist fellowship with the Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR), where she is exploring the public health implications of climate change. 

To learn more about Morgan, we spoke with the master’s student about her passion for public health, her work through the AGPHI Lab with the Lebanon Ministry of Health, and her plans following graduation. Read our Q&A with Morgan below!

Interviewed by Meryl Phair. 

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Student Spotlight: Hazal Kayalioglu

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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Student Spotlight: Dunqing Li

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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Bethlehem Tesfaye

Bethlehem Tesfaye is currently working towards an MPH in Global Health Concentration and an Advanced Certificate in Public Health Disaster Science, Policy, and Practice. Originally from Ethiopia, Tesfaye graduated with her first bachelor’s from George Mason University in Health Science Management and completed an accelerated nursing program at Marymount University. After working as an oncology nurse in Washington, DC for eight years, she relocated to Pretoria, South Africa.

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Zhiyuan Chen

Zhiyuan Chen has split his career between China and the United States, working as a public health physician in Shanghai, China as well as for the CDC within the HIV/AIDS and TB departments. He has also worked in a research position at the Yale School of Public Health, studying gene expression in mouse models and providing evidence for the prevention of chronic diseases.

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Emily Chen

Emily Chen was a Master of Public Health student at NYU’s School of Global Public Health, pursuing a degree with a concentration on Public Health Management and Policy. During her time at NYU, she explored her interest in public health disaster prevention and preparedness after being inspired by her peer, who has worked for FEMA and the American Red Cross, to learn more about the field.

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Paola Torres

Paola Torres’ educational background and professional experiences provided her with opportunities to travel to El Salvador, different areas in Mexico and the USA.  She started her public health career at the University of California – Irvine and then went on to work for the AmeriCorps, from there she joined NYU to get an MPH in Environmental Health and work with the YMCA.

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