Alumni Connect
Alumni Connect is a group of alumni, students and employers who have agreed to help fellow alumni and students with career advice and information as well as serve as a networking outlet. View the list of all of our members at the bottom of the page.
If you are an alumnus and are interested in participating in this program, please fill out this survey
Please contact Colleen Herr, alumni affairs and outreach coordinator, or Dawn Williams, coordinator of practice education and career services if you are interested in contacting an alumni.
College of Public Health Career Services and Alumni also maintains a LinkedIn group. The purpose of this group is to connect current students, alumni, and employers for career networking purposes. We hope this venue will allow students and alumni to connect as well as employers to recruit student and alumni talent.
Alumni Connect Members
Amanda Harpster-Hagen
Title: Senior Analytics and Accreditation AnalystEmployer: Medical Mutual
Contact: Email, Phone
Degree: MPH 2005
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Amia Downes
Title: Public Health AnalystEmployer: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/National Institute for Occupational Health and Safety/Office of the Director
Contact: Email, Phone
Degree: MPH/HBHP 2006
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Angie Byrne
Title: Regional Program ManagerEmployer: United States Department of Transportation-National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Research/Interests: Behavioral transportation safety
Contact: Email, Phone, Shadowing
Degree: MPH/HBHP 2006
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Beth Pierson
Title: Epidemiologist for Planning and AssessmentEmployer: Franklin County Public Health
Contact: Email, Phone, Skype
Degree: MPH 2006
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Brandy Reeves
Title: Health Education CoordinatorEmployer: University of Kentucky
Research/Interests: Sexual health, sexuality, college students
Contact: Email, Phone, Shadowing, Practicum
Degree: MPH/HBHP 2007
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Chanada Reddy
Title: Senior BiostatisticianEmployer: Cleveland Clinic
Research/Interests: Biostatistician in the Clinic's cancer center
Contact: Email, Phone, Shadowing
Degree: MS 1998
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Claudia Coleman
Title: Administrative FellowEmployer: OhioHealth Riverside Methodist Hospital
Contact: Email, Phone
Degree: Spring 2012, MHA
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Daniel Gutkoski
Title: Staff Assistant, Office of the Under Secretary for Health (10B)Employer: United States Department of Veterans Affairs
Contact: Email, Phone, Skype
Degree: MHA 2010
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David Rausch
Title: Chief Administrative OfficerEmployer: Orthopaedic and Spine Center, LLC
Research/Interests: Health Administration - Physician Practice Management
Contact: Email, Phone, Shadowing, Practicum
Degree: MHA 1992
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Erica Fletcher
Title: Research AssociateEmployer: Center for Injury Research and Policy, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital
Research/Interests: Social epidemiology, injury epidemiology
Contact: Email, Phone
Degree: MPH/EPI 2011
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John Grima
Title: Retired regional V.P. strategic planning; Board member, strategic planning consultant, Federally Qualified Community Health Center; Community Health Policy AdvocateEmployer: Midtown Community Health Center; Association for Utah Community Health (Utah PCA); Self employed
Contact: Email, Phone, Skype, Shadowing
Degree: MHA 1984
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Jude (McLaughlin) Sennitt
Title: Director, Sennitt Computer Services LimitedEmployer: Sennitt Computer Services Limited
Contact: Email, Skype
Degree: MS 1987
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Kate Glass
Title: Research coordinatorEmployer: Ohio State University Medical Center
Research/Interests: Clinical research and healthcare relates epidemiology- infectious disease and cancer in particular
Contact: Email, Phone, Shadowing
Degree: MPH/EPI 2011
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Katie Lewis
Title: Implementation Project ManagerEmployer: ShiftWise
Research/Interests: Healthcare Technology / Web-servicePublic Health Disaster Preparedness
Contact: Email, Phone, Skype
Degree: MPH/EHS 2006
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Katie Winfree
Title: Research ScientistEmployer: Eli Lilly and Company
Contact: Email, Phone
Degree: MPH/EPI & Pharmacy 2008
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Kyle Dorsey
Title: Health Center AdministratorEmployer: Duke University Health System
Research/Interests: Healthcare Operations and Strategy
Contact: Email, Phone, Shadowing
Degree: MHA 2009
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Laura Scudiere
Title: Executive DirectorEmployer: Bridge Community Health Clinic
Contact: Email, Phone, Skype, Shadowing
Degree: MPH 2004
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Lindsey Asti
Title: Senior Research AssociateEmployer: Nationside Children's Hospital
Research/Interests: Injury, mental health, infectious disease
Contact: Email
Degree: Ph.D 2009
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Manoj Sharma
Title: ProfessorEmployer: University of Cincinnati
Research/Interests: Designing and evaluating theory-based health behavior change interventions; childhood obesity; stress and coping
Contact: Email, Skype
Degree: Ph.D 1997
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Megan Casey, RN, BSN, MPH
Title: Nurse EpidemiologistEmployer: Allegheny County Health Department
Contact: Email, Shadowing, Practicum
Degree: MPH 2006
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Michelle Ivankovic
Title: Director, Specialty Service LineEmployer: Lima Memorial Hospital, Lima Memorial Professional Corporation
Research/Interests: Leadership Development/Physician Management/ Operations
Contact: Phone, Shadowing, Practicum
Degree: MHA 2008
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Mike Price
Title: Operations Manager - Acute Care MarketingEmployer: Cardinal Health
Contact: Email, Phone
Degree: MHA 2007
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Misti Allison
Title: Associate Market Research AnalystEmployer: Cleveland Clinic
Research/Interests: Health education, public policy and research methods used to gather information from patients, health care providers and the public. Focus on quantitative methods including focus groups, one-on-one interviews and ethnographic studies. Experience working at American Cancer Society and Susan G. Koman for the Cure.
Contact: Email, Phone, Skype
Degree: MPH/HSMP 2011
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Prabasaj Paul
Title: Epidemic Intelligence Service FellowEmployer: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Research/Interests: Applied epidemiology
Contact: Email
Degree: MPH/EPI 2010
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Rachel Kantosky
Title: Project Manager/Implementation ConsultantEmployer: Epic
Contact: Email, Phone
Degree: MHA 2008
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Ryan Frick
Title: Researcher II/EpidemiologistEmployer: Ohio Department of Public Safety - Division of EMS
Contact: Email, Phone
Degree: MPH/EPI 2011
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Sarah Bartsch
Title: Research Coordinator and Senior Analyst with the Public Health Computational and Operations Research Group (PHICOR)Employer: University of Pittsburgh
Research/Interests: Computer simulation modeling of infectious diseases, especially healthcare associated infections. In particular prevention and infection control measures to interrupt the transmission of HAIs.
Contact: Email, Phone
Degree: MPH 2009
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Shah Summitt
Title: Medical ResidentEmployer: The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
Research/Interests: Radiology Education
Contact: Email, Phone, Practicum
Degree: MPH/CI/MD 2010
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Tamara McMath
Title: Clinical Research CoordinatorEmployer: Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
Research/Interests: Oncology, gastrointestinal diseases & malignancies, quality of life post-treatment, patient-reported outcomes, health behavior, population science, etc.
Contact: Email, Phone, Shadowing, Practicum
Degree: MPH/HBHP 2008
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Tamira M. Moon
Title: Progam Director, Georgia Comprehensive Cancer Control ProgramEmployer: Georgia Department of Public Health
Research/Interests: Promoting comprehensive healthy lifestyles
Contact: Email, Phone
Degree: MPH 2004
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Tara Ruhlan
Title: Health Services ResearcherEmployer: Carolinas HealthCare System, Dickson Advanced Analytics
Contact: Email, Phone, Skype
Degree: MPH/EPI 2007
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Theresa Todd
Title: Quality Improvement CoordinatorEmployer: Nationwide Children's Hospital Division of Gastroenterology
Research/Interests: Preventive health/Health promotion
Contact: Email, Phone
Degree: MPH/PEP 2006
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