Over the past few years, several students secured nationally competitive field placements.  These students forfeited convenience and financial resources to incorporate a field experience into their plan of study that took them away from the Tampa Bay area. As a reward for their efforts, the students were exposed to public health leadership, policy development and advocacy from a national and (sometimes) international perspective. 

May 2008—Shruti Mulki (EOH) is headed to Atlanta for the summer. She was hired as a Life Scientist (summer intern) with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Superfund Division.

May 2008—Monica Gray (EOH, PhD student in Engineering) was selected for the Summer Administrative Training Program with the Los Angeles County Public Health Department. Monica’s paid placement is with the Alcohol and Drug Program Administration’s Program Analysis & Coordination Unit.  To learn more about this and other training opportunities for MPH students, visit https://admin.publichealth.lacounty.gov/odt/mphintern.htm.

May 2008—This summer Ana Amaya (GH) will intern with the United Nations in New York City. She will conduct research on global health initiatives (TB, malaria, etc.) and their effectiveness in relation to the Millennium Development Goals.

April 2008—Goushanee Ramkeerat (CFH) received a summer internship through the Health Research Training Program at the NY Dept. of Mental Health and Hygiene.

April 2008—Lauren Whiteman (HPM) was awarded a summer internship with the Hispanic Serving Health Professional Schools. She will work on a cancer control and prevention program based at the University of Puerto Rico in San Juan.

April 2008—Nadia Deeb (GH) was accepted into a two-month, summer placement with the South Texas Environmental Education and Research (STEER) Program.  She will study environmental medicine/border health in Harlingen and Laredo, TX.

January 2008—Michelle Zeager (EOH) was selected for a Pediatric Environmental Health Fellowship with Harvard University.  Her host facility is the Pediatric Environmental Health Center at Children's Hospital Boston.  Trained as a pediatrician, this the perfect complement to Michelle’s MPH in Environmental Health.  She begins her three-year appointment in July. 

October 2007—Jessica Cohen (EPI) has been selected to serve as an ORISE Fellow in the CDC’s Office on Smoking and Health (OSH). She begins her rotation in January and is the first USF COPH student selected for this fellowship.

July 2007— Gina Sosa Betances (GH) received a fall internship with Pan American Health Organization. She will spend two months working with their communicable diseases program in Washington, DC.

June 2007—Layebe (Caroline) Ignegongba (GH) secured an internship with Management Sciences for Health based in Arlington, VA.  This fall she begins a 3-month placement examining pharmaceutical management issues.

June 2007—Maunika Patel (HPP certificate) was selected from 75 students nationwide to participate in the 2007 Summer Enrichment Program offered by The Institute for Diversity in Health Management. She will engage in a 12-week paid internship with the VA of Northern Indiana in Ft. Wayne.

May 2007—Karon Phillips (HPP) was awarded a summer internship with the American Association for Retired Persons (AARP) in Washington, DC.  Her three-month placement will focus on health disparities and cultural competence with in the office of policy integration. Karon will also attend a national conference on Diversity & Aging as a part of her internship.

April 2007—Ligia Cruz (GH) received a summer internship with Pan American Health Organization. She will spend two months working with their tobacco control program in Washington, DC.

April 2007—Angela Lloyd (GH) was accepted into a one-month placement with the South Texas Environmental Education and Research (STEER) Program.  She will study environmental medicine/border health in Laredo, TX this summer.

January 2007—Michelle Zeager (EOH) was accepted into a one-month, summer placement with the South Texas Environmental Education and Research (STEER) Program.  She will study environmental medicine/border health in Laredo, TX.