Preventive Medicine Year 2
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Lakshmi Sahini, MD, MPH
lakshmi.sahini@dshs.texas.gov
Medical School: Deccan College of Medical Sciences, India
Previous Experience: Transitional Year program at Hackensack Meridian Health Palisades Medical Center, New Jersey; Earned MPH from the University of Massachusetts; Worked for four years at DSHS as an Epidemiologist in Chronic Health and Immunizations
Professional Interests: Chronic Disease Prevention, Environmental Health, Toxicology and Cancer Prevention, Infectious Disease Control and Prevention, Global Health, Behavioral and Mental Health

Sandra Lozano, MD, MPH, CPH
sandra.lozano@dshs.texas.gov
Medical School: Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Previous Experience: Earned MPH degree at the University of North Texas Health Science Center; Completed OBGYN Residency at Methodist Dallas Medical Center; Decade of experience as a practicing OBGYN physician in private practice and community clinic settings
Professional Interests: Maternal and Child Health,
Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Global Health, Health Disparities
and Social Determinants of Health, and Sexual and Reproductive
Health
Preventive Medicine Year 1

Alison Yarp, MD, MPH
alison.yarp@dshs.texas.gov
Medical
School: UT Health San Antonio Long School of Medicine
Previous
Experience:
- Completed MPH in 2019 as part of MD/MPH dual degree program
with UT Health School of Public Health
- Finished Psychiatry internship in 2020 at University of
Arkansas for Medical Sciences
- Worked as a medical education consultant for supplemental
resources prior to entering preventive medicine
- Working on growing a nonprofit community for US medical
trainees to support and encourage one another online
Professional
Interests:
- Injury and Violence Prevention
- Behavioral and Mental Health
- Child and Adolescent Health
- Medical Education
- Community Health Education
- Health Technology and Social Media
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