Meet our MPH students
MPH Students
Tomi Adesogan
Class of 2025
Program: GH
MCH interests: Postpartum opioid use prevention, maternal incarceration, HIV/AIDS and safe sex education, infant bonding, and reproductive healthcare policy.
Tsegab Arega
Class of 2025
Program: HPM
MCH interests: Accessible, culturally sensitive, and affordable reproductive health care. Making prenatal care more accessible and affordable for Black and brown women. Reproductive justice research & reproductive healthcare policy
Oummu Barrie
Class of 2025
Program: HPM
MCH interests: Reproductive justice, infant and maternal mortality, health disparities, health access, health education, family planning, global health
Julia Baumohl
Class of 2025
Program: EPI
MCH interests: Reproductive/sexual health education, HIV, STIs, reproductive justice, health disparities, adolescent health, maternal and infant mortality, and maternal mental health
Sofia Bletnitsky
Class of 2025
Program: EPI
MCH interests: rural maternal care/ mother and infant care in maternity deserts, prevention of preterm birth and neonatal complications, and postpartum support.
Zykevise Gamble
Class of 2025
Program: BSHES
MCH interests: Adolescent mental health, Family planning & child development, Prenatal & childhood nutrition, Black maternal mortality, health disparities
Ujuonu Kamanu
Class of 2025
Program: GH
MCH interests: Global health disparities, Black maternal and infant mortality rates, Sexual and reproductive health, Maternal mental health
Kate Kelsey
Class of 2025
Program: GH
MCH interests: Abortion Access, Sexual & Reproductive Health Disparities, Sexual Health Education, LGBTQ+ Health, Access to Culturally Competent Care
George Olarewaju
Class of 2025
Program: HPM
MCH interests: Accessible and affordable reproductive healthcare services; Maternal pre-, peri-, and neonatal education including family planning; Risks of substance abuse during gestation; Reducing healthcare service disparities; Research in financing universal healthcare services
Kaitlyn Plummer
Class of 2025
Program: HPM
MCH interests: Developing culturally informed, gender inclusive, and overall anti-oppressive patient care policies in reproductive and maternal health care settings.Increasing compensation and coverage of birth support services under medicare. Increasing access to quality, full spectrum reproductive and maternal health care. Decreasing Black maternal mortality rates.
Esther Oppong
Class of 2025
Program: GH
MCH interests: Maternal mortality, adolescent health, access to breastfeeding intervention, intergenerational poverty, infant malnutrition
Miyah Reed
Class of 2025
Program: HPM
MCH interests: Maternal mortality rate of Black women, Racial health disparities, Health care access, Infant mortality, Postpartum health care, and Women's health policy
Kaitlin Schrote
Class of 2025
Program: BIOS
MCH interests: Immediate postpartum LARC, state-level differences in reproductive health policy for immigrants, and pharmacist provision of contraception
Lena Solomon
Class of 2025
Program: EPI
MCH interests: Maternal and infant mortality, Prenatal and postpartum healthcare disparities, Sexual & Reproductive Health Disparities, and maternal mental health.
Joyelle Van Eron
Class of 2025
Program: GH
MCH interests: reproductive justice, midwifery and doulas, maternal and infant mortality disparity and prevention, health care policy, and LGBTQ+ health.
Thai Vang
Class of 2025
Program: GH
MCH interests: Global health disparities, maternal substance use, maternal mental health, nutrition, adverse childhood experiences, and children and youth with special health care needs
Vaishnavi Vedantam
Class of 2025
Program: HPM
MCH interests: maternal mental health, maternal and infant mortality, maternal healthcare disparities in rural areas, prenatal & postnatal nutrition, and postpartum care.
Eden Wakiweya
Class of 2025
Program: BSHES
MCH interests: Adverse childhood experiences, infant mental health, maternal mental health, socio-cultural factors, community resilience, immigrant and refugee women’s health
Brianna Alfaro
Class of 2024
Program: GH
MCH interests: abortion access, family planning, and comprehensive reproductive/sexual health education
Caroline Beasley
Class of 2024
Program: EPI
MCH interests: sexual health education, religion and reproductive health policy, maternal mortality, OB-GYN (GA), contraceptive and abortion access, STIs, HIV, health care disparities
Beverly Bruno
Class of 2024
Program: GH
MCH interests: Black maternal mortality, racial health disparities, access to care, maternal mental health
Mikayla Carrillo
Class of 2024
Program: BSHES
MCH interests: women's health policy, health disparities, nutrition, childhood trauma and resilience
Dannelle Charles
Class of 2024
Program: EPI
MCH interests: Black MMR and IMR, birth defects surveillance, maternal substance use, health disparities, adolescent health, Black and Indigenous/Latine reproductive health
Cindy Cheng
Class of 2024
Program: BSHES
MCH interests: family planning, adolescent nutrition, intimate partner violence, reproductive health services
Shelby Crosier
Class of 2024
Program: BSHES
MCH interests: sexual/reproductive health education, community health/birth workers, culturally competent perinatal services, access to care, early intervention
Joelle Galatan
Class of 2024
Program: HPM
MCH interests: endometriosis, treatment of women's pain, domestic violence prevention, disabled women's health, disabled parenting
Sophia Garbarino
Class of 2024
Program: BSHES
MCH interests: sexual/reproductive health disparities, sexual health education, adolescent health, cultural competence in reproductive healthcare
Mahnoor Fatima
Class of 2024
Program: BSHES
MCH interests: person-centered sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), safe abortion, adolescent health, girls and women empowerment, comprehensive sexuality and informed-choice contraception education, mental health, resilience
Almalina Gomes
Class of 2024
Program: GH
MCH interests: nutrition, maternal health, women’s rights/empowerment/education, IPV, global health disparities, culturally sensitive care, health tech/systems improvement
Alexa Gonzalez Laca
Class of 2024
Program: GH
MCH interests: global health disparities of families/children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), LatinX maternal and infant health, low- and middle-income access to health care services
Bajha Jordan
Class of 2024
Program: BSHES
MCH interests: transgender and adolescent sexual and reproductive health education, Black maternal and infant mortality, reproductive justice, full-spectrum doula and midwifery, access to equitable care
Denise Martinez
Class of 2024
Program: BSHES
MCH interests: Accessible reproductive healthcare and education, reducing health disparities, maternal substance use, mental health, adverse childhood experiences and trauma
Arianna Mbunwe
Class of 2024
Program: HPM
MCH interests: Black maternal mortality rate and infant mortality rate, abortion access, LGBTQ health, and sexual education
Adil Muhammad
Class of 2024
Program: EPI
MCH interests: abortion access, maternal mortality, high-risk pregnancy, reproductive health, fertility
Naomi Esther Nguena O’Neil
Class of 2024
Program: BSHES
MCH interests: BIPOC maternal-child health, preventive/perinatal health education, infant mortality, sexual and reproductive health, access to care
Avolyn Nieves
Class of 2024
Program: HPM
MCH interests: Black maternal mortality, reproductive justice, children and gun violence, LGBTQ reproductive health
Jenna Paritee
Class of 2024
Program: BSHES
MCH interests: maternal mortality rates for Black women, health disparities, LGBTQ+ health, global health systems, equitable/accessible/culturally competent healthcare
Nalini Peres-da-Silva
Class of 2024
Program: GH
MCH interests: access to reproductive care in LMICs, adolescent sexual and reproductive health education, reproductive health equity and justice
Yosan Tsegai
Class of 2024
Program: GLEPI
MCH interests: reproductive rights, global health systems, gender-based violence prevention, safe abortion access
