Public Health Fellows

Brown University

Agency: CT Cancer Partnership

Assessment of Barriers and Facilitators to Cancer Control Services at the Local Health District Level

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Agency: Planned Parenthood of Southern New England

Elizabeth will be trained to become a Study Coordinator and work on updates for research staff and training

Yale University

Agency:Planned Parenthood of Southern New England

Ellery will assume the role of Study Coordinator on one or more studies in one or more PPSNE Health Centers.

Quinnipiac University

Agency: CT Department of Public Health, Policy and Regulatory

Francesca is supporting the legal and policy staff with regulatory and statutory research, conducting cross-state research and comparative analyses.

Southern CT State University

Agency: East Shore District Health Department

Fiona will be gathering data on mental health and drug harm reduction, including investigating local resources and partners in the East Shore area.

Southern CT State University

Agency: Naugatuck Valley Health District

Mental Health Research and Resource Guide Development

Yale University

Agency: Central CT Health District, Community Health

Evaluate the Chronic Disease Prevention Program, a district four-wide walking competition. This program aids to reduce chronic disease through increasing physical activity.

Fairfield University

Agency: CT DPH, Community, Family and Health Equity

Maternal and Child Health Fellowship with WIC program. Support the development and implementation of new pilot intervention, Pacify.

Quinnipiac University

Agency-New Haven Health Department

Develop and promote a peer sex educator program model to include best practices and program designs to become a peer educator.

Yale University

Agency: SalivaDirect

Kush is working on data collection, compilation, and reporting for understanding regulatory reporting for diagnostic tests.

UCONN

Agency: CT DPH, Office of Oral Health

Develop messaging for statewide media campaign on how oral health inegrates with overall health. Develop presentations and provider hand-outs.

UCONN

Agency: CT DPH, Ryan White Part B Program

Hold focus groups with low income people living with HIV to quantify quality of life.

Quinnipiac School of Law

Agency: Milford Health Department

Conduct a rotation through every division: community health, environmental health, public health nursing, and emergency preparedness working on specific assigned projects.

Southern CT State University

Agency: Greater Bridgeport Area Preventative Program

Design a social media campaign to promote awareness of COVID-19 and COVID-19 vaccination.

Fairfield University

Agency: Naugatuck Valley Health District

Design a community vision approach and plan that would increase the Maternal Health Coalition's capacity to advocate, practice and regulate breastfeeding in the workplace law at local employers worksites.

Southern New Hampshire University

Agency- East Shore District Health Department

Nicholas will develop and facilitate a health education program and assist with data collection methods and develop health communication materials.

University of Connecticut

Agency: CT Department of Public Health, Office of Public Health Workforce Development

Nicholas is researching topics relating to the physician workforce and access to care, drafting presentation materials, and preparing drafts of portions of the final report to be submitted to the General Assembly.

Yale University

Agency: CT DPH, Stroke Registry

Assist in developing work plan and evaluation plan for the Stroke Registry.

Sacred Heart University

Agency: Stamford Health Department

Supporting a healthy Stamford through health promotion, education and communication

Brown University

Agency: East Shore District Health Department, Short Beach Association

Sarah be assisting in research to determine which species is responsible for water contamination.

Southern CT State University

Agency: Planned Parenthood of Southern New England

Shane will be coordinating IRB submission, developing informed consent documents, collecting specimens, and will be collecting demographic data on clients for ongoing research studies.

American International College

Agency: East Hartford Health Department

Tatyana will work with epidemiologic and biostatistical summaries of public health data to develop statistical summaries based on demographic, underlying conditions, risk factors, and outcomes.

University of Hartford

Agency: West Hartford Bloomfield Health District

Tyanna participates in health education programming. This includes reviewing data to assess program needs, providing recommendations, proposing evidence-based activities and interventions, researching existing programs, assisting in program development and implementation, and program evaluation.