What is your public health story? “The place that I lived in had a significant influence on my life and was related to public health topics. The transition between my childhood and being a public health practitioner provides deeper meaning and understanding of health and human life to me. When I was growing up inContinue reading “YG”
Author Archives: Bay Area Public Health
Connie Tran
Why do you care about public health? “Public health focuses on prevention which is so critical to promote and protect the health of people and the communities where they live, work, and play. I don’t think we take a lot of preventative measures in our society. A lot of health issues that could be preventedContinue reading “Connie Tran”
C. Austin Wingate
What is your favorite public health experience and why? “My favorite public health experience was when I launched my first social marketing campaign. The campaign was an anti-homophobia and HIV prevention campaign targeting Black Gay men in New York City. It was my first campaign, and I was incredibly nervous about the campaign rollout. InContinue reading “C. Austin Wingate”
Mitchell Yang
What public health advice would you like to give? “There will be times when you question if people are worth helping. You will have your days when you feel all that has led up to this moment was an exercise in futility. In those hopeless moments, remember all the people you have helped and theContinue reading “Mitchell Yang”
Bob Gordon
What is your proudest public health moment and why? “My proudest public health moment was organizing something to happen that had never happened in the United States before and that was previously unthinkable… passage of a local policy that ended the sale of addictive and deadly tobacco. They said it couldn’t be done, but togetherContinue reading “Bob Gordon”
Vasundhara Mehta
What is your public health story? “I am an international student and I received my undergraduate doctor of medicine degree from India. I also served as an officer in the Army Medical Corps of India. I moved to the United States two years ago to pursue public health in the hope of expanding my outreachContinue reading “Vasundhara Mehta”
Richard So
What is your favorite public health experience and why? “One of my favorite experiences is working collaboratively with other groups and community stakeholders and actually leveraging our combined resources to make a difference. Whether it’s reducing costs or putting together a small program that does good for the community and everyone benefits. That’s also anContinue reading “Richard So”
Winnie CW
What is your favorite public health experience and why? “My favorite public health experience is providing health education presentations to caregivers and young children ages 0-5 at Lotus Bloom Family and Child Resource Center. I loved sharing the nutrition benefit of healthy food, along with doing demonstrations on simple healthy snacks, like smoothies and antsContinue reading “Winnie CW”
Ruba Al Sabouni
Why do you care about public health? “Public health is underfunded and underutilized to improve the health of the population. For so many issues and at so many levels, public health is the only saver when clinical medicine can’t be the saver. I care about public health because healthy populations support healthy individuals. I thinkContinue reading “Ruba Al Sabouni”
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