Meet the 2024 Alumni - Texas Public Health Fellowship
2023-2024 Texas Public Health Fellowship Alumni
Jacquelyn Aguilar-Martinez Fellowship Placement: DSHS Birth Defects Epidemiology and Surveillance Branch Focus: Socioeconomic Status and Birth Defects Future Plans: Epidemiological work focused on HIV/STDs in New Mexico |
Ariea Alexander Fellowship Placement: City of Lubbock Health Department Focus: Community Engagement Future Plans: MBA at Lamar University School of Business
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Meredith Arrison Fellowship Placement: Texas Health Information Collection Unit Focus: Hospital Data Future Plans: Epidemiologist II with Texas Health Care Information Collection at DSHS |
Alyssa Barnes Fellowship Placement: City of Laredo Health Department Focus: Epidemiology
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Morgan Beckham Fellowship Placement: DSHS Child and Adolescent Health Branch Focus: Quality Improvement, Evaluation Future Plans: Public Health Research Consultant |
Jessica Beharry Fellowship Placement: DSHS Center for Health Statistics GIS Focus: GIS/Spatial Analysis Future Plans: Geographic Information System Program Specialist III at DSHS |
Michelle Cajero Fellowship Placement: Galveston County Health District Focus: Community Engagement, Health Promotion Future Plans: Health Education Specialist at Texas Children’s Hospital, focused on childhood injury and adversity prevention |
Miranda Cano Fellowship Placement: DSHS Public Health Preparedness Program Focus: Public Health Emergency Preparedness Program Future Plans: MPH at UT Health Science Center in San Antonio
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Ella Castro Fellowship Placement: Williamson County and Cities Health District Focus: Records Management Future Plans: Government Information Analyst at the Texas State Library & Archives Commission |
Isanel Ceron Fellowship Placement: Chambers County Public Health Focus: Community Engagement, Vulnerable Populations Future Plans: Summer Leader Intern at Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas and as a Program Assistant at Texas Native Health |
Juan Cornejo Fellowship Placement: DSHS Accounts Payable Claims Focus: Account Payable, Data Analytics
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Brittaney Davis Fellowship Placement: Fort Bend County Health & Human Services Focus: Health Policy and Management Future Plans: Community Health Education Specialist at Fort Bend County Health & Human Services
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Patricia De La Cruz Fellowship Placement: DSHS Tuberculosis Program Focus: Tuberculosis Surveillance
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Arath De La Rosa Fellowship Placement: DSHS Public Health Region 11 Focus: Tuberculosis, Epidemiology, Data Analysis Future Plans: Master's degree and job with DSHS PHR11 |
Jeanene Duplechain Fellowship Placement: Hardin County Health Services
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Rebekka Garcia Fellowship Placement: Galveston County Health District Focus: Community Needs Assessment Analysis
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Lesley Gonzalez Fellowship Placement: Hidalgo County Health & Human Services Focus: Community Outreach Future Plans: Public Health Specialist II at Hidalgo County Health & Human Services
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Alexis Grasso Fellowship Placement: Waco-McLennan County Public Health District Focus: Health Disparities Future Plans: Program Specialist IV with DSHS Immunizations Section |
Ana Karen Gutierrez Fellowship Placement: DSHS HIV/STD Surveillance and Reporting Focus: HIV/STD Surveillance
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Zhalla Hakimyar Fellowship Placement: Amarillo Public Health Focus: Health Equity
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Miriam Jamie Fellowship Placement: Corpus Christi-Nueces County Public Health District Focus: Epidemiology and Community Engagement Future Plans: Epidemiology and GIS Specialist with Corpus Christi-Nueces County Public Health District |
Tibor Kisel Fellowship Placement: DSHS Center for Public Health Policy and Practice Focus: Health Disparities Future Plans: Grants & Contracts Specialist with the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine’s Center for Animal Health and Food Safety |
Jessica Lennon Fellowship Placement: DSHS Public Health Administration Focus: Streamlining HR Processing
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Maria Lopez Fellowship Placement: DSHS Public Health Preparedness Program Focus: Public Health Emergency Preparedness Future Plans: Doctoral program in Occupational Therapy at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley |
Fancine Mascarenhas Fellowship Placement: DSHS Immunization Vaccine and Education Focus: Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine Preventable Diseases Future Plans: Research Specialist V with DSHS Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology (MCHE) section within the Community Health Improvement Division |
Carrie Noelle McGehee Fellowship Placement: Brazos County Health District Focus: Strategic Planning
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Brianna Middleton Fellowship Placement: Fort Bend County Health & Human Services Focus: Community Engagement Future Plans: Community Health Education Specialist at Fort Bend County Health & Human Services
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April Montemayor Fellowship Placement: TCID/DSHS Infection Control and Employee Health Coordination Focus: Infection Control & Behavioral Health
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Sudeep Neupane Fellowship Placement: DSHS Office of Border Public Health Focus: Border Health Epidemiology Future Plans: Research Coordinator with DSHS Office of Border Public Health
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Dennis Ogeto Nyachoti Fellowship Placement: DSHS STD/Congenital Syphilis Epidemiology and Surveillance Focus: STD Epidemiology and Surveillance Future Plans: Program Evaluator and Geographic Information Systems Consultant |
Precious Ohemeng Fellowship Placement: Williamson County and Cities Health District Focus: Injury Surveillance, Overdose Epidemiology, Data Analytics Future Plans: HD Research Specialist at Williamson County and Cities Health District |
Gabriela Ortiz Fellowship Placement: DSHS Center for System Coordination and Innovation Focus: Project Management
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Alessandra Pequeno Fellowship Placement: DSHS Fiscal Support & Oversight Focus: Finance and Data Analytics
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Nini Pham Fellowship Placement: Fort Bend County Health & Human Services Focus: Mosquito Surveillance, FDA Future Plans: Work for Fort Bend County Health and Human Services Environmental Health and apply for a Certification in Infection Control (CIC)
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Sydnii Robinson Fellowship Placement: TCID/DSHS Community Relations Focus: Community Relations Future Plans: Health Program Specialist II with San Antonio Metro Health, attend the University of Cincinnati online to pursue a Master's in Community Health and Preventive Science
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Ailie Rooney Fellowship Placement: DSHS Oral Health Improvement Program Focus: Data Analytics, Community Outreach, Oral Improvement for Maternal and Child Health Future Plans: MPH program in Healthcare Management at the UT Health Houston School of Public Health |
Victoria Salinas Fellowship Placement: DSHS Environmental Epidemiology & Disease Registries Section Focus: Environmental and Disease Registries Epidemiology Future Plans: Medical Research Specialist with DSHS Environmental Epidemiology & Disease Registries Section |
Philp Sanusi Fellowship Placement: City of Laredo Health Department Focus: Implementation of Health Literacy Future Plans: Doctoral degree in Health
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Alexandra Simpson Fellowship Placement: DSHS Maternal and Child Health Focus: Title V Engagement
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Arlo Walker Fellowship Placement: DSHS Zoonosis Control Program Focus: Zoonosis Control Future Plans: Emergency Preparedness and Response Specialist with DSHS PHR 1
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Lauren Wheat Fellowship Placement: DSHS Center for Public Health Policy and Practice Focus: Communications, Marketing, Workforce Development Future Plans: Master of Arts in Communication (health concentration) from Johns Hopkins University and continue working with DSHS Office of Practice and Learning |
Aniyah Zaman Fellowship Placement: Fort Bend County Health & Human Services Focus: Chronic and Infectious Disease Epidemiology Future Plans: DrPH in Epidemiology at Texas A&M University in College Station
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