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Our work introduces lay audiences to public health concepts and teaches them to unlock their full health potential as we make knowledge and resources, that are far too often limited to institutions of higher learning, free and accessible. Here at CIPHER, we seek to dismantle the barriers that institutions of knowledge built with prestige and reputation that can intimidate or alienate a broader audience. We envision a future where sustainable and equitable platforms for community-informed knowledge sharing are commonplace and CIPHER can be a small part of making that dream a reality. Through our multidisciplinary teams comprised of talented graduate students and faculty advisors we believe we can utilize evidence based methods to make learning more equitable and accessible. Though COVID-19 has undoubtedly revealed the challenges that are faced in our communities everyday, we believe that we can be a part of a collective recovery. CIPHER will work together with communities to help strengthen their many assets and seek to identify and create solutions for their needs. Together we can build a future where equity is less of a dream and more of a reality. https://www.decipherpubhealth.org/home daily 1.0 2025-05-12 https://www.decipherpubhealth.org/stephanie-puwalski daily 0.75 2020-07-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee400333dc49f4def4cf831/1595365417821-MGIE5HZ4VWWA6KDNTVKW/10.png Stephanie Puwalski - Stephanie Puwalski Curriculum Development Intern, she/her/hers Stephanie Puwalski is an MPH candidate at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health in the Environmental Health Sciences Department with a certificate in Environmental Health Policy. She has a B.S. from Monmouth University in Biology with a concentration in Molecular Cell Physiology. At Monmouth University, Stephanie was in the Honors School and had a minor in Sociology. She completed her Honors Thesis in the field of Sociology and conducted a research study that explored college students’ perceptions of gender inequality in higher education. Following her undergraduate education, Stephanie earned an M.A. from Stony Brook University in Medical Humanities, Compassionate Care and Bioethics, and worked as a medical scribe in the Emergency Department at Stony Brook University Hospital. Her Capstone research project for this graduate program examined the implications of the electronic medical record on healthcare, including its effects on patient populations and its contribution to the perpetuation of health disparities. The culmination of these academic experiences fostered her interest in public health and led her to Columbia University to pursue an MPH. While at Mailman, Stephanie has been involved in the Students for Environmental Action organization and she will be a TA for an Environmental Health Justice undergraduate course in her second year. Currently, Stephanie is interested in the linkages between susceptibility to environmental exposures and social determinants of health, as well as work that addresses the disproportionate impact that public health crises have on vulnerable populations. https://www.decipherpubhealth.org/foodsecurity-resources daily 0.75 2020-11-28 https://www.decipherpubhealth.org/kayleigh-barrett daily 0.75 2020-12-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee400333dc49f4def4cf831/1594875441133-MJTYT36SZ0I49GZZHXJW/Untitled+design.png Project Manager, Kayleigh Barrett - Kayleigh Barrett Logistics and Financial Coordinator, Social Media Co-Lead & Co-Founder, she/her/hers Kayleigh Barrett is an MPH candidate in the Sociomedical Sciences Department with a certificate in Public Health Research Methods at the Mailman School of Public Health. She received her bachelor’s degree in International Studies with an emphasis in Global Health and Development and a minor in African Studies at the University of Oregon. At the end of her senior year, Kayleigh studied abroad in Durban, South Africa for three months and focused her research thesis on the power dynamics found in research relationships and the ethical implications of the use of over-studied populations in student academic research. Post-graduation, she worked for three years as a Research Scientist at the University of Washington in the Division of Allergy and Infectious Disease on a structural genomics research pipeline for an early structure-based drug design program, targeting several pathogens. There she managed a small team of undergraduate students, practiced NIAID grant writing, prepared and published 5 team manuscripts as well as managed the research center’s social media presence and outreach (Center for Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Disease). While at Columbia, Kayleigh was involved in a student-run public health online journal, Intervene Upstream, where she managed the social media outreach and content team as well as contribute the majority of the site’s artwork (issue covers, article accompaniments, media posts, branding, etc.). She was also selected for the Precision Medicine: Ethics, Politics and Culture fellowship that explores the implications and benefits of personalized medicine with a diverse, inter-departmental group of doctoral and graduate students through a lecture series co-sponsored by Columbia Precision Medicine & Society and the CSSD. Kayleigh has website design and management experience which she uses to assist the Sociomedical Sciences Department. Her research and career interests include infectious diseases, medical anthropology, gender equity, mixed-methods research, research ethics, and health communications. https://www.decipherpubhealth.org/rachel-tao daily 0.75 2020-07-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee400333dc49f4def4cf831/1595290529163-WORYS03XVF7PGPXD1HBY/2.png Rachel Tao - Rachel Tao Community Needs Assessment Intern, she/her/hers Rachel Tao is an MPH candidate in the Epidemiology Department with a certificate in Applied Biostatistics at the Mailman School of Public Health. She received her Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Biology from Columbia University, where she became involved in urban green projects and plant ecophysiology research. In her junior and senior years, she focused her research on green roofs as a way of reducing storm-water runoff that can lead to combined sewer overflow in cities with combined sewage systems, culminating in a senior thesis on differences in water-use for plant species on green roofs in upper Manhattan and the Bronx. After graduating, she continued this work at the NYC Department of Parks and Recreation through a larger study in a greenhouse setting, which identified plant species best suited for use on Parks Department green roofs. Following this experience, she worked for two years as a Research Assistant and Fellowship Coordinator at the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism at CUIMC. In this capacity, she collaborated on clinical research projects about childhood obesity, premature adrenarche, and Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, resulting in five co-author publications in academic journals. She participated in grant-writing for the pediatric endocrinology fellowship program’s T32 grant and coordinated fellowship evaluation and admissions processes. Since 2016 she has volunteered as a rape crisis and domestic violence survivor advocate with the Crime Victims Treatment Center, work that kindled in her an interest in violence prevention. Since coming to Mailman, this interest has led to her participation in a Firearm Mapping project in collaboration with the Rutgers Center on Gun Violence Research. In keeping with her ongoing interest in environmental science, she also works in Professor Marianthi-Anna Kioumourtzoglu’s environmental epidemiology lab on environmental mixtures methodology research. https://www.decipherpubhealth.org/get-involved daily 0.75 2022-04-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee400333dc49f4def4cf831/1650908902216-F29BKSA30OGHR970RCYJ/unsplash-image-XkKCui44iM0.jpg Get Involved - Join Our Team Students are the backbone of CIPHER’s programmatic structure. As an almost entirely student-run organization, MSPH graduate students make up the leadership and teams of the program. Students are diverse in their expertise and bring unique perspectives and voices to the curriculum development process. Interested in joining our student groups? Please email us at: askcipher@decipherpubhealth.org. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee400333dc49f4def4cf831/1650908945961-D0GUSD0IEX207JUPUC4V/unsplash-image-7okkFhxrxNw.jpg Get Involved - Become a Champion Our faculty sponsors foster collaborative working relationships with the students through their expert guidance and vast network of resources and connections. Faculty advisors take on mentoring roles that further our students’ graduate education as they apply their public health skill sets to real-time health communication challenges. Advisors actively participate in large team meetings, group consultations, seminars, workshops, and help facilitate the group’s journal club. Interested in consulting with our group or inviting our group to present to your course, department or organization? Please email us at: askcipher@decipherpubhealth.org. https://www.decipherpubhealth.org/digital-literacy-resources daily 0.75 2024-06-12 https://www.decipherpubhealth.org/glossary/publichealthandyou daily 0.75 2021-06-09 https://www.decipherpubhealth.org/covid19-resources daily 0.75 2024-05-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee400333dc49f4def4cf831/1596117100595-SLXHTVVX45PA8WEOU4YE/Untitled+design+%2810%29.png COVID-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee400333dc49f4def4cf831/1596116544356-JWS0A1WQ9NU3Z7UMKZKR/Untitled+design+%285%29.png COVID-19 https://www.decipherpubhealth.org/peter-scheerer daily 0.75 2020-12-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee400333dc49f4def4cf831/1595901130115-480H6TX9BXSFR8QTWUMO/14.png Peter Scheerer - Peter Scheerer MD MPH Program Director & Co-Founder, he/him/his Peter Scheerer is a recent MPH graduate in the General Public Health Accelerated program at the Mailman School of Public Health. He received his bachelor’s degrees in Neuroscience and Spanish Culture and Literary Studies at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota. While a student he worked as a research assistant at the University of Minnesota Medical School and worked on studies related to adolescent drug abuse and recovery. He was also a two-sport athlete playing football and track and field. He was nominated for the Tommie Award an annual award presented to a graduating senior who demonstrates excellence in scholarship, leadership, and community involvement. Following graduation, he went on to complete his medical doctorate at St. George’s University School of Medicine. He was involved with the American Medical Student Association and the International Federation of Medical Students Associations and participated and helped organize community health fairs where routine medical screening could be conducted for the local citizens of Grenada. He also received 2 awards for outstanding student leadership at Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center while completing his clinical rotations in Surgery and Internal Medicine. While at Columbia, Peter has been involved in the Community Student Service Corps and has participated in the response to COVID-19 through volunteer work at Mount Sinai Beth Israel. His research and career interests include child and adolescent psychiatry, mental health parity, medical professional burnout, adolescent medicine, and health communications. https://www.decipherpubhealth.org/ayesha-godil daily 0.75 2020-07-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee400333dc49f4def4cf831/1595288511888-FCVVFPKYHZNBIURM2LGQ/6.png Ayesha Godil - Ayesha Godil Community Needs Assessment Intern, she/her/hers https://www.decipherpubhealth.org/priyanka-dutta daily 0.75 2020-10-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee400333dc49f4def4cf831/1595288794667-9Y01Q2PA7U2WSTN34H34/4.png Priyanka Dutta - Priyanka Dutta Program Evaluation Co-Lead, she/her/hers Priyanka is a MPH candidate in the Sociomedical Sciences Department with a certificate in Health Communication at the Mailman School of Public Health. She received her bachelor’s degree in Psychology with honors, and a minor in Dance from Bryn Mawr College, Pennsylvania. She did a semester abroad in Copenhagen, Denmark her junior year, studying Clinical Psychology and International Advertising. During her undergraduate career, she participated in various research projects including two global social psychology studies for the University of Portland, one of which she presented at the annual SPSP conference (Society for Personality and Social Psychology) in San Antonio. She wrote and presented an honors thesis in cultural psychology that looked at the effects of language discrepancies on Asian American family dynamics. She was also active on campus, where she was senior class president, a peer mentor and peer tutor and the recipient of the McPherson Award for excellence in academics and community service. After graduating, she moved back to Mumbai, where she worked in education consulting, counseling high school students, teaching short courses and contributing to the marketing team. Currently, she is working at the Region 2 Public Health Training Center as their Outreach and Communications Specialist to evaluate and and provide recommendations for their communications strategy plan for the new grant year. Her career and research interests include health behavior research, health communication, mental health promotion, intervention design and chronic disease prevention. https://www.decipherpubhealth.org/te-asia-hunter daily 0.75 2020-07-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee400333dc49f4def4cf831/1595306666904-5OGJ38OIRVIM09GC09U7/Untitled+design+%282%29.png Te Asia Hunter Te Asia Hunter Community Needs Assessment Task Group Lead & Co-Founder, she/her/hers Te Asia Hunter is a current Master of Public Health (MPH) candidate at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health. She is in the Department of Sociomedical Sciences (SMS) with a certificate in Chronic Disease Epidemiology. She received her Bachelor of Sciences in Biomedical Sciences with a minor in sociology and a specialization in pre-medical studies from Quinnipiac University in 2019. Transitioning from the diversity that is characteristic to New York to a racially homogenous environment in the midst of Trump’s election to presidency, Colin Kaepernick’s anti-police brutality protest, and several instances of state-sanctioned violence targeting Black people that attracted national attention, it was at Quinnipiac where Te Asia grew increasingly frustrated at the lack of consideration for how social structures and inequities impact science and medicine. As a first-generation college student, she had to navigate many experiences by herself and sought to inform high school students nearby her college about the many career options available to them. She received firsthand experience as to how race and class affects the healthcare system. During her sophomore year, she shadowed her local gynecologist where she noticed the disparity in sexual education and health between young minority girls/women and white girls/women. During her junior year, she traveled to Barbados and worked with the country’s Heart and Stroke Foundation. There, she observed that the efficiency of the Foundation’s outreach was poorer amongst lower-class residents- a group that could’ve benefited most from the organization’s resources. Te Asia’s research interests include incarceration as a public health issue, the cycle of victimization amongst incarcerated women, racial disparities in cancer rates as a result of environmental racism, the effect of seeing the consistent murder of Black people in the age of social media activism on the psyches of Black people, and health equity and justice. https://www.decipherpubhealth.org/paula-kibuka-musoke daily 0.75 2020-07-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee400333dc49f4def4cf831/1595900884869-CBG3HIS2ZE78K3U095C9/13.png Paula Kibuka Musoke - Paula Kibuka Musoke Program Evaluation Co-Lead, she/her/hers Paula Kibuka Musoke is a current Master of Public Health (MPH) candidate at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health. She is in the Department of Population and Family Health with a certificate in Public Health Research Methods. She received her B.S. in Biochemistry and B.A. in Global Health from Arizona State University (ASU) in 2019. Paula worked for Sexual Violence Prevention and Education at ASU, planning campus wide events, conducting community-based participatory research, teaching students about how to prevent sexual violence and how to support survivors. She was a member of the organization GlobeMed, a non-profit organization dedicated to ending global health inequities both in the U.S. and abroad. Paula also worked for ASU’s Center for Global Health, where she helped analyze data, create survey protocols, conduct surveys and in-depth interviews. Her experiences during her undergraduate career led her to pursue a degree at Columbia University. Paula’s interests are research methodology, sexual and reproductive health justice, gender-based violence and social determinants of health. https://www.decipherpubhealth.org/julia-rennert daily 0.75 2020-07-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee400333dc49f4def4cf831/1595366829472-X0WK4U0TXZTQ618B5FB2/11.png Julia Rennert - Julia Rennert Literature Review Volunteer & Co-founder, she/her/hers Julia Rennert is a Master of Public Health (MPH) candidate at the Columbia Mailman School of Public Health in the Sociomedical Sciences department with a Certificate in Health and Human Rights. Previously, she worked at the Netter Center for Community Partnerships at the University of Pennsylvania as an AmeriCorps VISTA (Volunteer in Service to America) building sustainability and capacity for the Young Quakers Community Athletics Program. The Young Quakers program creates athletic opportunities for middle school students at community schools in the West Philadelphia community and partners with University of Pennsylvania Varsity Athletes who act as mentors and coaches to the West Philly students on and off the field. At the Netter Center, Julia also worked on a task force that researched the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) study and trauma-informed practices and worked to encourage and implement mindfulness programming in schools. Julia holds certifications in the National SEED Project (Seeking Educational Equity and Diversity), Youth Mental Health First Aid, Positive Youth Development, and the Implementation of Trauma-Informed Practices. Julia studied Life Sciences Communication and Global Health at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She has also worked in communications for the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, which supports the scientific research at UW-Madison, and the Wisconsin Women’s Health Foundation, which provides education and health services to women throughout the state of Wisconsin. At Mailman, she is a founding member of the Child Health Resilience and Advocacy student organization. Julia’s research interests include human rights, global health, maternal and child health, and education. https://www.decipherpubhealth.org/matthew-stolman daily 0.75 2021-06-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee400333dc49f4def4cf831/1595902291002-XZINGNF0ZFPYC2UHV0T0/Untitled+design+%287%29.png Matthew Stolman - Matthew Stolman Curriculum Development Intern, he/him/his Matthew is a recent MPH graduate from the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health in the Population and Family Health Department, with a certificate in Sex, Sexuality, and Reproductive Health. He is currently a part-time research assistant at Columbia’s Spatial Epidemiology lab, working on research concerning Black sexual minority men, networks and neighborhoods, HIV, and police violence. His research interests include LGBTQ health, youth homelessness, mental health, and social justice.  He received his bachelor’s degree in Public Health at University of Rochester with minors in Psychology and Theatre. During undergraduate, he wrote interactive online science curricula for young students, conducted database management and shadowed caseworkers with a county department of social services, and aided social workers at a homelessness outreach organization. Post-undergraduate, Matthew  worked at a fair housing nonprofit organization where he coordinated and mortgage discrimination field testing, creating tester profiles, communicating with testers, analyzing results, and drafting a report. He also volunteered at an LGBTQ center, helping with content creation and management of their website and assisting with community events. https://www.decipherpubhealth.org/our-students daily 0.75 2025-05-12 https://www.decipherpubhealth.org/housing-resources daily 0.75 2020-07-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee400333dc49f4def4cf831/1596072300454-ZNB3RDNVGUK4B1HHQMRZ/Untitled+design+%289%29.png Housing https://www.decipherpubhealth.org/donate daily 0.75 2020-07-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee400333dc49f4def4cf831/1596037205767-3GISPVW46Q1A7QTCF8Q4/image-asset.jpeg Donate https://www.decipherpubhealth.org/contact-us daily 0.75 2025-02-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee400333dc49f4def4cf831/1595991907407-PMT07V3D39CT3AI9DJAH/CIPHER.gif Contact Us - Contact us! 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Aradhika has received various Certificates for Paper and Poster Presentations on topics such as ‘Lip Prints’, ‘Brushing Techniques’ and ‘Implant Designs Over the Years’ at both regional and National Undergraduate Conferences. She has always been passionate about public health and giving back to the community. She volunteered with various organizations in India like Make A Difference, which mobilizes young leaders towards ensuring equitable outcomes for children for a year, the Swachh Bharat Summer Internship and the National Service Scheme. Before coming to Mailman, she also had the opportunity to work as a Field Investigator in a multi-centric study to assess the effects of pesticides on human health in the state of Haryana at PGIMER -funded by The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR). To further her interests in Environmental Health Sciences, she also undertook a certificate course on Tobacco Control from Public Health Foundation of India in collaboration with Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California. At Mailman, she worked as a Teaching Assistant for Applied Environmental & Industrial Hygiene and is also a Wellness Ambassador for the Office of University Life and a volunteer at ColumbiaDoctors Connect. She also worked on a research article on Sanitizing and Disinfecting N95 Masks for COVID-19 during Spring 2020 which is yet to be published. 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For the last ten years, he has also taught in the Bard Prison Initiative. His academic interests include the fate of reforms in public mental health, collaborative research, and prospects from reconciliation between ex-patients and their professional caretakers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee400333dc49f4def4cf831/1595373430439-8QS5PODNXD89XMEHHAYI/ref5_Robert+Fullilove.png Our Faculty - Robert Fullilove, EdD Dr. Robert E. Fullilove is the Associate Dean for Community and Minority Affairs and Professor of Clinical Sociomedical Sciences at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health. He is the current co-director of the Cities Research Group and has been teaching with the Bard Prison Initiative for over ten years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee400333dc49f4def4cf831/1595428929472-G27XEUM54C1LIIWIHD0M/mkm27_maritamurrman-6x4+July+2017.jpg Our Faculty - Marita Murrman, MS, EdD Dr. Marita K. Murrman, directs the Certificate in Health Promotion Research and Practice and teaches required courses in theories of health behavior change, community needs and assets assessments, and advanced intervention design. She is also the Associate Director of Education for the Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee400333dc49f4def4cf831/1595435425025-6YV096XLLY8C19KTYOH0/aaa1_Aidala_Angela_profile_2.jpg Our Faculty - Angela Aidala, PhD Dr. Aidala is an Associate Research Scientist in the Sociomedical Sciences Department at the Mailman School of Public Health. She is the Principal Investigator and Study Director of the Community Health Advisory & Information Network (CHAIN) Project, an ongoing study of persons living with HIV or at high risk of infection in New York City. Dr. Aidala’s sociological research and expertise is expansive including community programs and outreach, urban health, HIV/AIDS, mental health, and homelessness. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee400333dc49f4def4cf831/1595977293756-Q9ULW8G4SZRSPXJJO4I8/Jane%2BBogart.jpg Our Faculty - Jane Bogart, EdD, MCHES Dr. Jane Bogart is an experienced Public Health/Health Promotion Professional with a demonstrated history of leading student health and well-being initiatives in Higher Education. Skilled in Program and Policy Implementation, Curriculum Development, Health Communication, Program Evaluation, Prevention, and Educational Leadership. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee400333dc49f4def4cf831/1595435711572-IRCLPD68Y6ALZ2CCL3UA/mm3117_McNeil-mm3117-Aug2018.jpg Our Faculty - Michael McNeil, MS, EdD Dr. McNeil is the Chief of Administration for Columbia Health and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Sociomedical Sciences at the Mailman School of Public Health. Prior to his current role he led health promotion offices at three campuses, including Alice! Health Promotion at Columbia University. Additionally, Dr. McNeil has led for the development, implementation, and evaluation of multiple national aware winning health promotion efforts. https://www.decipherpubhealth.org/yara-tashkandi daily 0.75 2020-08-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee400333dc49f4def4cf831/1595900982825-ICQA9F7YMOUINT97XQY1/15.png Yara Tashkandi - Yara Tashkandi Program Evaluation Volunteer, she/her/hers Yara Tashkandi is an  MPH candidate in the Sociomedical Sciences Department with a certificate in Health Promotion Research and Practice at the Mailman School of Public Health.  She graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Health Science and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology with a minor in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (Summa Cum Laude) from Boston University in 2019. While at Boston University, Yara worked as a research assistant at the Social Adjustment and Bullying Prevention Lab. She primarily worked on research projects related to sexual violence prevention, mental health, and gender disparities in health among college students. Her work on these projects included conducting literature reviews, creating surveys, conducting program evaluation studies, and cleaning and analyzing data. In August of 2019, Yara presented her first first-author poster titled “sexual violence and mental health symptoms among high school students: differences by sex” at the 2019 American Psychological Association (APA) conference. Yara was awarded the Sargent College Community Service Award, an annual award presented to graduating seniors who demonstrate excellence in leadership, scholarship, and active volunteering for the betterment of the community. At Columbia, Yara is working as a graduate research assistant to Dr. Jennifer Hirsch, working on projects related to gender, health, and sexuality. Yara’s research interests include mental health, sexual violence, sexual and reproductive health among women of color, especially women in the MENA region, and health disparities among socially-disadvantaged populations (e.g., people of color, LGBTQ+, low SES). https://www.decipherpubhealth.org/michelle-rufrano daily 0.75 2020-07-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee400333dc49f4def4cf831/1595289282875-J2SROOMABT43OIZKWFX0/5.png Michelle Rufrano - Michelle Rufrano, M.A. Social Media Task Group Lead, she/her/hers Michelle Rufrano graduated from Penn State University with a dual degree in Sociology and International Studies along with two academic minors in Spanish and Information Systems and Statistical Analysis in 2009. During this time, she studied abroad in Seville, Spain at the University of Seville and took courses in Social Justice, Literature, Art History, and Film in addition to volunteering with Gota de Leche—a non-profit dedicated to addressing child health. In this capacity, she volunteered with the Romani people tasked with teaching basic hygiene. After graduation, Michellewent on to run an after-school program for under-resourced children in Long Island City, Queens, and linked students to internships with law firms. Michelle received her 1st master’s degree in Sociology in 2014 from Fordham University with a presidential fellowship where she specialized in urban sociology and the role of public art in gentrification processes. Immediately after graduation, Michelle was hired as an adjunct instructor teaching Introduction to Sociology, Research Methods I and II, as well as Population and Economic Development. During this time, Michelle also worked as a Teaching Artist for the Onassis cultural center and created activities for children with the theme of emotions in the context of Greek and Roman art. In 2017, Michelle took a full-time position as a College/ Career Access Counselor with Project Morry/Morry’s camp, a non-profit organization that provides a free summer camp experience to 6 different under-resourced communities in the tri-state area. Prior to her full-time work, Michelle worked seasonally during the summers for Morry’s Camp as a Social Justice coordinator, creating programming for campers, staff, community partners, and stakeholders using a restorative justice lens. Michelle is currently a student at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. Her focus is health promotion and adolescent health. She is interested in the manifestation of inequities in urban built environments. She is on track to graduate in October 2020. Michelle is also an aspiring artist who studies sculpture using microcrystalline wax at the Arts Students League. https://www.decipherpubhealth.org/for-seniors-resources daily 0.75 2020-07-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee400333dc49f4def4cf831/1596123687359-D33P7MGQP8JB2XFGOFN5/Untitled+design+%2812%29.png For Seniors https://www.decipherpubhealth.org/advisor-tasks daily 0.75 2020-07-30 https://www.decipherpubhealth.org/emily-mabry daily 0.75 2021-06-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee400333dc49f4def4cf831/1595260739778-EFE915IP3AMGZAGRDJN0/3.png Emily Mabry - Emily Mabry Curriculum Development Co-Lead, she/her/hers Emily Mabry is a recent MPH graduate from the Columbia Mailman School of Public Health in the Sociomedical Sciences Department with a certificate in Climate and Health. She has a B.S. from the University of California, Davis, in biological science with an emphasis in neurobiology, physiology, and behavior, as well as a minor in Japanese. At UC Davis, she did undergraduate research in a plant sciences lab with a postdoctoral researcher, investigating plant plate cell formation, specifically studying cell trafficking proteins involved in the deposition of polysaccharides at cell plates. She also studied abroad in Japan twice, each for one month during the summer of her freshman and sophomore year, focusing on Japanese culture and biochemistry, respectively. Her love of Japan and interest in education had her participate in the Japanese Exchange and Teaching (JET) Program for two years prior to enrolling in Mailman. Emily taught English in Akita, Japan, at a combined junior and senior high school. As an assistant language teacher, she created and implemented lessons, focusing on conversation, cross-cultural communication, and current global affairs. While at Mailman, Emily has been involved in the Students for Environmental Action organization on campus. Her current interests include the health impacts of climate change, the intersection of urban planning in combating climate change and improving health, behavioral economics, and the use of choice architecture in implementing programs and policies. https://www.decipherpubhealth.org/services-5 daily 0.75 2024-04-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee400333dc49f4def4cf831/1596055256413-L2O6HQAX2OU9JX5Y3ANW/3.png Partner with Us https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee400333dc49f4def4cf831/1596055313726-H822RD1J2ECKAM2KFHJ8/4.png Partner with Us https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee400333dc49f4def4cf831/1596055195811-870AK48QZB57M72HVKPN/2.png Partner with Us https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee400333dc49f4def4cf831/1594872080849-HM3ADCOK441YNQV5ZR8D/9.png Partner with Us https://www.decipherpubhealth.org/bibliography daily 0.75 2020-08-01 https://www.decipherpubhealth.org/shreya-salunke daily 0.75 2020-10-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee400333dc49f4def4cf831/1603914152593-DRT8WHTMXXWS61PXKS14/Untitled+design+%2821%29.png Shreya Salunke - Shreya Salunke Program Evaluation Intern, she/her/hers Shreya Salunke is an MPH candidate in the Epidemiology Department with a certificate in Sexuality, Sexual and Reproductive Health at the Mailman School of Public Health. She received her bachelor’s degree in Dental Surgery at Sinhgad Dental College and Hospital, Pune, India. In Pune, she interned at the Institute of Health Management, Pachod (IHMP) that works with underprivileged adolescent girls and young married women to improve their sexual and reproductive health outcomes through health education and the involvement of Community Health Workers. She was able to work with the Community Health Workers to undertake a pilot testing of a ‘Safe Motherhood’ initiative by IHMP, and this served to ignite in her a passion for Maternal and Child health. After coming to Mailman, Shreya has been able to further her interests through the SSRH certificate and in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, she was a part of the Columbia arm of the Community Student Service Corps as a part of the Hero Meals Social media team which is working to provide meals to the frontline workers. She is currently working with a team of researchers at Columbia University Department of Pediatrics and Psychiatry studying the effect of COVID-19 on mother and newborn bonding. 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