Sam Mirsaeidi-farahani completed an internship where he provided oral health education to pregnant women at El Rio Community Health Center.
Sheila Soto conducted an internship where she created health curriculum and trained farmworking community health workers in Winchester Heights.
Christiana Owusu-Ankomah completed an internship where she participated in the revision, implementation, and evaluation of El Rio’s Family Cooking Program.
Desiree Davis completed an internship where she developed a program plan for a dispensary outreach pilot program in the District of Madolenihmw.
For her MPH internship, Angela Urbon-Bonine conducted an evaluation of Tucson Medical Center’s Outpatient Breastfeeding Clinic.
Graciela Jauregui completed an internship project with the Office of Border Health at the Arizona Department of Health Services where she conducted a gap analysis between the U.S. justice system and the Mexican healthcare system through binational tuberculosis collaborations.
Allie Kaufman completed an internship with Desert Senita Community Health Center which is located in Ajo, Arizona. Her goal was to complete a community assessment related to senior care for Ajo’s residents.
Rachel Leih completed an internship with Children’s Medical Center in Tucson, Arizona where she focused on preparing for a future collaborative study between Children’s Medical Center and the College of Public Health on assisting WIC-eligible mothers with monitoring their infant’s growth to detect and prevent childhood obesity.
Shannon Strong completed her internship project with the Pohnpei Department of Health Services in Pohnpei, where she applied her knowledge of public health competencies and skills to contribute to public health programs that address the local health care needs in Pohnpei
Nneka Uba completed an internship with Scripps Well-Being Center, where she worked to support youth wellness education based around the “5210” model.