Public Health Buckeyes
Najhee Purdy reflects on experience in MPH-MD program
Najhee Purdy, MPH-MD, Health Behavior and Health Promotion
The aspiring clinician is eager to provide accessible care and address health disparities as a family medicine doctor
MHA student combines passion for business, health care
Daniel Kopechek, MHA
Daniel transfers his business acumen to health care administration to equip and empower providers to deliver the best possible care to patients.
From undecided to never looking back after finding public health
Dena Hussain, BSPH, Public Health Sociology
Coming into college undecided, Dena discovers public health matches all her interests to understand health disparities, look at health at population levels and the roles social strudctures play in health outcomes.
Drawing on compassion, importance of health care in public health pursuits
Lauren Hackenberg, BSPH, Public Health Sociology
The fourth-year student is excited for a future to improve her community through public health with a new goal to impact health policy that improves access to affordable and quality health care.
MPH engages in research to create effective health programming
Jimmy Nash, MPH, Health Behavior and Health Promotion
As a working professional, Jimmy has used his career experiences to pursue and inform his research interests during his Master of Public Health education.
Using epidemiology to counter death and sickness from preventable disease
Angie Hetrick, PhD Epidemiology
Spurred by a Peace Corps experience, Angie pursues an epidemiological research agenda at Ohio State on substance use and infectious diseases to improve care.
Passion for disease investigation flourishing at Ohio State
Emmanuela Aboagye-Mensah, BSPH Environmental Public Health
Ohio State has provided Emmanuella opportuntities for research as a Public Health undergraduate student. Coupled with experiences with student organizations and volunteering in the community, she is setting the stage to doctoral studies to close the gaps of care for minority populations.
Student gains new framework to analyze health
Ariana Pitcher, BSPH Public Health Sociology
What started as a way to broaden her perspectives of human and societal health beyond traditional hard-science coursework on a route toward medicine, turned into a passion for public health and examining issues with a valuable lens.
