2023 Internship Spotlights

The summer internship is a seminal experience for students in the MPH program, exposing them to real-world challenges and providing opportunities to apply what they have learned in class. YSPH students impact public health globally as well as in communities here in the United States.

Best Moments: Internship Photo Gallery

Yome Fiseha Tawaldemedhen, MPH '24 (EMD), uses a portable PCR machine in Kédougou, Senegal as a research assistant in Malaria Experimental Genetic Approaches and Vaccines at The Institut Pasteur of Dakar.

Ashley Grey, MPH ’24 (Environmental Health Sciences)
Dallas Paul McCulloch, MPH ’24 (Social & Behavioral Sciences)
Gloria Sarazin, MPH ’24 (Health Care Management)
Huangrui Chu, MS ’24 (Biostatistics)
Huihui Huang, MPH ’24 (Health Policy, Public Health Modeling Concentration)
Kaitlyn Maurais MPH ’24 (Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases)
Kiley Pratt, MPH ’24 (Health Policy, Climate Change and Health Concentration)
Lingxiao Zhang, MPH ’24 (Chronic Disease Epidemiology, Modeling Concentration)
Meirui Li, MPH ’24 (Biostatistics)
Dr. Mohammed Isa Bammami, MD, MPH ’24 (Social & Behavioral Sciences, Global Health Concentration)
Nicole Del Castillo (Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases)
Peri Sosensky, MPH ’24 (Health Policy)
Rachel Wang, MPH ’24 (Chronic Disease Epidemiology, Global Health Concentration)
Rodrigo Bravo, MD-MPH ’24 (Healthcare Management)
Dr. Samuel Chinonso Ubechu, MD, MPH ’24 (Social & Behavioral Sciences and Regulatory Affairs)
Sophie Licostie, ’24, BA-MPH Joint Degree Program (Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases)
Victor Amana, MPH ’24 (Chronic Disease Epidemiology)
William Zhang, MPH ’24 (Chronic Disease Epidemiology)

2023 Internship Spotlights

Best Moments: Internship Photo Gallery

Yome Fiseha Tawaldemedhen, MPH '24 (EMD), uses a portable PCR machine in Kédougou, Senegal as a research assistant in Malaria Experimental Genetic Approaches and Vaccines at The Institut Pasteur of Dakar.

Kaitlyn Maurais, MPH '24 (EMD), collects mosquitoes on behalf of the CT Agricultural Experiment Station in hopes of learning more about Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) virus presence in Connecticut.

Charlie Minicucci, MPH '24 (EHS), treks with pack horses to a second field work site during his internship, where he worked on solutions for indoor air pollution during herding season in Bhutan.

Laney Zhang, MPH '24 (CDE), serves as an active community health educator at an event at the Boys and Girls Club in New Haven while interning with Cancer Action Prevention & Engagement at Yale.

Mohammed Isa, MPH '24 (SBS), showcases his medical skills by providing first aid to a sailor in need while on a UNICEF work trip aimed at conducting a situation analysis of maternal mental health in Belize.

Ashley Grey, MPH '24 (EHS), and Beth Warne, MPH '24 (EMD), wear personal protective equipment with Johns Hopkins student Catharina Ausfahl dressed up in a COVID costume during their internship at Yale New Haven Hospital.

Gloria Sarazin, MPH '24 (HCM), and Harley Webley, MPH '24 (HP), pose with fellow interns at BGB Group in New York City, where science and creativity meet, and they "show their stripes" like their Zebra mascot.

Kiley Pratt, MPH '24 (HP), poses on top of Hermannsdalstinden mountain in Norway during her environmental law and policy fellowship.

Nicole Smith, MPH '24 (EHS), preps ice core samples to gather information on present lead isotopes during her internship at the Desert Research Institute in Reno, Nevada.

Nicole Smith, MPH '24 (EHS), tests out ice core equipment on a snow patch in mid-July during her internship at the Desert Research Institute in Reno, Nevada.

Rachel Wang, MPH '24 (CDE), and her mentor at the Romania National Institute of Public Health, Dr. Radulescu, discuss data Wang was working on for her internship.

Rod Bravo, MPH '24 (HCM), celebrates love and equity at the Stanford Health Care Pride Parade during his internship at Stanford Health Care.

Rod Bravo, MPH '24 (HCM), strikes a post while learning about airborne critical care medicine aboard Stanford Health Care's Life Flight.

Samuel Ubechu, MPH '24 (SBS), plants a tree at Quinnipiac River Park in New Haven during a community service event held during his Yale President's Public Service Fellowship.

Ashley Grey, MPH ’24 (Environmental Health Sciences)

Dallas Paul McCulloch, MPH ’24 (Social & Behavioral Sciences)

Gloria Sarazin, MPH ’24 (Health Care Management)

Huangrui Chu, MS ’24 (Biostatistics)

Huihui Huang, MPH ’24 (Health Policy, Public Health Modeling Concentration)

Kaitlyn Maurais MPH ’24 (Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases)

Kiley Pratt, MPH ’24 (Health Policy, Climate Change and Health Concentration)

Lingxiao Zhang, MPH ’24 (Chronic Disease Epidemiology, Modeling Concentration)

Meirui Li, MPH ’24 (Biostatistics)

Dr. Mohammed Isa Bammami, MD, MPH ’24 (Social & Behavioral Sciences, Global Health Concentration)

Nicole Del Castillo (Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases)

Peri Sosensky, MPH ’24 (Health Policy)

Rachel Wang, MPH ’24 (Chronic Disease Epidemiology, Global Health Concentration)

Rodrigo Bravo, MD-MPH ’24 (Healthcare Management)

Dr. Samuel Chinonso Ubechu, MD, MPH ’24 (Social & Behavioral Sciences and Regulatory Affairs)

Sophie Licostie, ’24, BA-MPH Joint Degree Program (Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases)

Victor Amana, MPH ’24 (Chronic Disease Epidemiology)

William Zhang, MPH ’24 (Chronic Disease Epidemiology)