Exploring Public Health Careers Event

This event is designed to connect public health graduate students, undergraduates, and alumni to public health professionals and to educate students/alumni on how to make the most of their public health careers.  The event will open to public health graduate students, alumni as well as undergraduate students from Drexel and other local universities.

3:45pm             Registration                                             Geary Lobby

4 – 5:15            Discipline Specific Career Panels            Room 3506: Epi/Biostat

     Room 1119: HMP

     Room 3208: EOH

     Room 3504: CHP

4 – 5:15            Special Alumni Session                            Geary A

5:30 – 6:45        Executive Panel                                       Geary B

6:45– 7:30         Networking Reception                              Geary Lobby

Discipline-Specific Career Panels

Community Health and Prevention (NCB 3504):

• Kristen Cartellone, MPH -- Asthma Program Coordinator, St. Christopher's Hospital
• Alexia Clarke, MPH -- Outreach Coordinator, Kornberg School of Dentistry, Temple University
• Katie McSloy, MPH -- Health Advocate, Acelero Learning (a provider/grantee of Head Start)
• Ellie Lippmann, MPH -- Project Coordinator, The Pennsylvania Public Health Training Center; Program Manager, Center for Public Health Practice/ Dept.  of Health Management and Policy Department
• Danielle Parks, MPH -- Program Director, Women's Anonymous Test Site, Health Federation of Philadelphia

Environmental and Occupational Health (NCB 3208):

• Jennifer Sinibaldi, MPH -- Public Health Preparedness ASTHO
• Rachel Johnson, MPH -- Risk Analyst at USDA-FSIS The Food Safety and Inspection Service
• Cara O'Donnell, MPH -- Team Systems Planning and Analysis -Supporting the Department of Homeland Security Office of Health Affairs, National Biosurveillance Integration Center
• Cassandra Kercher, MPH -- Doctoral Student, Johns Hopkins SPH, Department of Health Policy and Management
• Heather Galada, MPH -- Environmental Scientist, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (Headquarters), Office of Water, Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water

Epidemiology and Biostatistics (NCB 3506):

• Anna Cardellino, MPH -- Senior Epidemiology Program Coordinator at Merck
• M. Christina Dogbey, MPH -- Epidemiologist Surveillance Specialist, Tuberculosis Control Program, Philadelphia Department of Public Health
• Nicole Gidaya, MPH -- Doctoral Student in Epidemiology, Drexel Public Health
• Sarah Pan, MPH -- Research Specialist at University of Pennsylvania

Health Manangement and Policy Panel (NCB 1119):

• Jessica Caum, MPH -- Logistics Coordinator, Bioterrorism and Public Health Preparedness, Philadelphia Department of Public Health
• Bridget Doherty, MPH -- Communications Lead, HHS Account Team, GlaxoSmithKline
• Ashley Martin, MPH -- Research Project Manager, The Centerfor Outcomes Research, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

• LaVelle King, MPH Administrative Services Coordinator, Department of Emergency Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania