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Date July 1, 2024
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GHI Celebrates Recent Graduates

The global health graduates featured below made their first steps as alumni of Brown University during Brown's three-day celebration of Commencement and Reunion Weekend (May 24-26, 2024). The GHI wishes to acknowledge their efforts in the field of global health and epidemiology, and congratulates them on their achievements.

Student speaker Nadia Tsado encouraged her fellow graduates to draw inspiration from Olympic athletes to overcome life's challenges. Photos by Nick Dentamaro/Brown University
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Student speaker Nadia Tsado (MPH, SPH) encouraged her fellow graduates to draw inspiration from Olympic athletes to overcome life's challenges. Photos by Nick Dentamaro/Brown University.

Master's ceremony with view from the stage onto the students
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Master's Ceremony on the College Green.

Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro waves at the audience at the School of Public Health graduation
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Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro waves at the audience at the School of Public Health graduation. She received the Public Health Champion Award.

Dr. Ashish Jha speaks at the SPH community celebration
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Dr. Ashish Jha speaks at the School of Public Health community celebration.

Student Assistants

Congratulations to Cecilia Martin Garcia, our Student Assistant, on her MPH degree! She has supported the Global Health Initiative since October, 2021!

 

GHI D43 Trainees
  • Portrait of Amiel Bermudez in a white shirt with black rimmed glasses

    Amiel Bermudez, MD, MPH

    PhD Epidemiology Candidate, SPH
    Affiliations: Long-term trainee with the Brown University and University of the Philippines Training Program to prevent HIV in Vulnerable Populations (PHIRST NIH/FIC 5D43TW010565).
  • Keviner Asigi in a grey suit standing against her poster

    Keviner Asigi

    ScM, SPH
    Affiliations: Long-term trainee with the NAMBARI-Brown/Moi Partnership for Biostatistics Training in HIV program, led by Drs. Joseph Hogan and Ann Mwanigi (NIH/FIC 5D43TW010050).
  • Joan Chepngeno in a white suit standing against a white background

    Joan Chepngeno, MPH

    Project Coordinator
    Affiliations: Long-term trainee with the Brown/Moi Training Program for the Prevention of HIV-Related Cervical Cancer, led by Susan Cu-Uvin and Omenge Orango (5D43TW011317).
  • Nelson standing against a white background

    Nelson Anangwe

    MPH, SPH
    Affiliations: Long-term trainee with the Brown/Moi Training Program for the Prevention of HIV-Related Cervical Cancer, led by Susan Cu-Uvin and Omenge Orango (5D43TW011317).
Warren Alpert Medical School

Class of 2024 Graduates completing a Concentration in Global Health

  • Bella Ehrlich
  • Blessed Sheriff
  • Jessica Jordan
  • Nikisha Vaghjiana
  • Sara Nuss
 
2024 HEIDS / EIDS Graduating Scholars

Congratulations to the graduates from The College, Warren Alpert School of Medicine, and The School of Public Health who participated as research scholars in the Emerging Infectious Disease and HIV Scholars Program (5R25AI140490/ 2R25AI140490).

Undergraduate Scholars

  • Caterina Dong, AB - Health and Human Biology
  • Chaerim Kang, AB - Health and Human Biology
  • Filbert Aung, AB - Anthropology (Medical Anthropology)
  • Jessica Roa AB - Health and Human Biology
  • Kaitlyn Crow, AB - Religious Studies
  • Nikolas Montaquila, AB - Public Health, AB - Biology

AMS Class of 2024

  • Cara Murphy
  • Jamie Thorndike
  • Maranatha Teferi
  • Meghan McCarthy
  • River Lerner
  • Ryan Keefe
  • Neel Vishwanath

School of Public Health

  • William Lodge, PhD in Epidemiology