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May 17, 2025

Leah Trieu (expected '25) presents at AMCHP

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Leah prepares for her workshop presentation

April 23, 2025

Julia Piccirillo-Stosser (expected '25) presents at AMCHP

Julia presenting her poster on Maternal Health Communication

April 9, 2025

Indira D'Souza (expected '25) presents at AMCHP

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Indira presenting her poster on Maternal and Infant Health Data in Alameda County, CA

April 4, 2025

Selena Yu (expected '25) presents at IAYMH

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IAYMH Conference Opening

IAYMH Conference Opening

February 19, 2025

Applying MCAH Principles Abroad - Oaxaca, México

This past summer I interned with GESMujer, a cooperative women’s organization in Oaxaca, México, as part of UC Global Health Institute’s Center for Gender and Health Justice. GESMujer is composed of twelve different communities across Oaxaca each with two promotoras representing every region in Oaxaca. GESMujer allows for the representation of all Indigenous, Mestizo, and Afro-Latine women and girls that are scattered across the country and gives them the opportunity to share the unique challenges they face in their regions.

EmpowerMED: A Walk Through Time

The 2nd annual EmpowerMED symposium took place in Berkeley Way West this past November. EmpowerMED is designed to expose pre-health students to the various health professional fields they can enter within the medical and public health fields. During the symposium, undergraduate students have the opportunity to connect with a diverse panel of local health professionals and ask questions about their career journey to gain insight into what future they would like to envision for themselves.

From Classroom to Community: Lessons from a Summer with Coach Dave

This previous summer, I had the opportunity of a lifetime to participate in the Summer Public Health Scholar Program at Columbia Mailman School of Public Health. As part of the larger CDC John R. Lewis Undergraduate Public Health Scholars Program, this program aims to increase the diversity of the public health workforce and provide immersive and comprehensive experiences to those entering their journey in public health. As part of the program, we were assigned to different field placements in New York City.

Filling the Gaps: Prioritizing Historically Excluded MCH Subgroups in State Title V Action Plans

As an MCAH LEAP Scholar, I had the privilege of participating in the National MCH Workforce Development Center's Title V Summer 2024 Internship Program, where I was placed with the Kansas Department of Health and Environment's (KDHE) Bureau of Family Health. This opportunity allowed me to spearhead KDHE’s Title V Fatherhood/Non-Birthing Partner Needs Assessment and address a critical gap in maternal and child health: the exclusion of fathers and gender-expansive non-birthing partners from MCH state action plans and entities that provide guidance for MCH priority areas.

January 10, 2025

Esmeralda Navarro (expected '25) reflects on internship with County of Monterey Health Department

Esmeralda Navarro is a second-year student in our Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health MPH program. Esmeralda is a Double Bear who earned her bachelor’s degree in Public Health. A proud first-generation Latina from Salinas, California, Esmeralda developed a passion for maternal and child health while studying the impact of pesticide use in agricultural communities. This interest has driven her focus on health policy and initiatives aimed at addressing environmental health disparities.

November 22, 2024

Indira D'Souza (expected '25) Presents at APHA

Indira D’Souza (MCAH MPH ‘25) presenting on incarceration, climate, and maternal health at APHA