Sarah Yerian '06 is Senior Associate Director of the Guinea Worm Eradication Program at The Carter Center in Atlanta, Georgia. She has helped lead one of the world's most successful disease eradication programs. She earned a master's degree in public health from Emory University. At OWU, she has a one-month, hands-on summer environmental research course doing wildlife management work in Kenya.
Research Associate at Ohio State University's Expanded Food and Nutritional Education Program, Columbus, Ohio
At OWU, Abby Bowman used OWU Connection grants to study community food and physical activity in Umbria, Italy, and to research oral histories of food and migration at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. She earned an MPH at Ohio State University.
Project Director, Cleveland African American Prostate Cancer Project, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
Rebecca Manning Miller leads a project to to bring prostate cancer screening and education to Black communities in Greater Cleveland. Rebecca earned a master's of public health with a concentrationin population health research and 's of science in nutrition at Case Western Reserve University.
MD Student, Brody School of Medicine, University of North Carolina
At OWU, Valentina Marginean used an OWU Connection grant to study healing systems in Haiti. She also conducted a research project on the role of intellectual property rights and pharmacology in Northern India. She also earned a BS/RN degree at UNC.
Project Manager, Population Health at OSU Wexner Medical Center, Columbus
Kylea earned a Master's in Public Health at Ohio State University.
Partnerships Director at Healthy Democracy Healthy People, Washington, D.C.
Oncology Practice Manager at MaineHealth, North Waterboro, Maine
Catherine Peranzi earned a Master's in Public Health at the University of Southern Maine.
Director of Provider Engagement at Movn Health, Waltham, Massachusetts
Abigail Egan earned an MS in health promotion management at American University.
Health Science Policy Analyst at the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, D.C.
With a Ph.D. from the University of Washington, Allison Kolbe applies her scientific expertise to understand issues relating to emergency preparedness and response. During the pandemic, her work at HHS focused on issues like modeling vaccine hesitancy and determining target areas for outreach and education. At OWU, she had internships at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in New York and North Carolina State University.
Coordinator of Community Based Programs at Suffolk County Department of Health Services, New York
At OWU, Alyse Marotta studied in Italy and worked with the Cooking Matters program. She earned an MPH degree at Stony Brook Univesity.
Director of the RecoveryOhio Initiative, Governor's Office, Columbus, Ohio
Global Health Director, Association of Public Health Laboratories, Gaithersburg, Maryland
Lucy Maryogo-Robinson earned a Master's in Public Health at George Washington University.
Senior Director, Community and Multicultural Health at American Heart Association, Baltimore, Maryland
Vice President of Public Health and Policy at Prevent Blindness, Chicago, Illinois
Kira Baldonado earned a Master of Public Health degree at Kent State University.
Associate Dean for Public Health at St. Louis University College of Public Health and Social Justice, St. Louis, Missouri
Michael Elliott earned a Ph.D. in Public Health at Ohio State University.
Founder & Board Chair of Quantum Health, Columbus, Ohio
Professor, University of North Carolina Gillings School of Public Health, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Vaughn Upshaw earned a doctorate in Health Policy and Administration at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.