2026 COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER
Julio Frenk became UCLA’s seventh chancellor on January 1, 2025. He is also a distinguished professor in the UCLA Department of Health Policy and Management at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health.
Before joining UCLA, Frenk served as president of the University of Miami from 2015 to 2024, where he also held academic appointments as a tenured professor. Prior to joining the University of Miami, he served for almost seven years as dean of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and as the T & G Angelopoulos Professor of Public Health and International Development.
Frenk served as the federal secretary of health of Mexico from 2000 to 2006. In this role, he spearheaded an ambitious overhaul of the nation’s health system, introducing Seguro Popular—a groundbreaking program of comprehensive universal health coverage that extended healthcare access to over 55 million previously uninsured individuals. He was also the founding director-general of Mexico’s National Institute of Public Health and has held senior roles at the World Health Organization and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Frenk earned his medical degree from the National University of Mexico, as well as a master of public health and a joint Ph.D. in medical care organization and in sociology from the University of Michigan. He has received honorary degrees from 14 universities in the United States, Canada, Europe and Mexico. His scholarly production, which includes close to 200 articles in academic journals, as well as many books and book chapters, has been cited more than 40,000 times. In addition, he has written five novels for young people explaining the functions of the human body, the first of which has been in continuous print since 1978.
Frenk is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the U.S. National Academy of Medicine, the National Academy of Medicine of Mexico and El Colegio Nacional, the most prestigious learned society in Mexico. He has received numerous awards, including the Clinton Global Citizen Award, the Bouchet Medal for Outstanding Leadership from Yale University and the Welch-Rose Award for Distinguished Service from the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health. In 2024, he was named one of TIME magazine’s top Latino leaders for his contributions to public health and higher education.
FIELDING
SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
COMMENCEMENT
CLASS OF 2026
{ PROCESSION
{ WELCOME REMARKS
Dr. Ron Brookmeyer
Dean
UCLA Fielding School of Public Health
{ 2026 COMMENCEMENT KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Dr. Julio Frenk
Chancellor
University of California, Los Angeles
Distinguished Professor
Department of Health Policy & Management
UCLA Fielding School of Public Health
{ PRESENTATION OF STUDENT PLEDGE
Razan Hammoudeh and Kayla Sharf
Co-Presidents, Public Health Student Association
Anjali Kalidindi
FSPH Undergraduate Student Ambassador
{ PRESENTATION OF CANDIDATES AND HOODING CEREMONY
Dr. Ron Brookmeyer
Dean
Dr. Kyle McJunkin
Assistant Dean for Academic Programs
Dr. Elizabeth Yzquierdo
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Community Health Sciences
Dr. Sudipto Banerjee
Senior Associate Dean
Dr. Julienne Jose-Chen
Senior Assistant Dean for Student Services
Department Chairs, Program Directors, and Faculty Advisors
{ RECESSIONAL
UCLA Fielding School of Public Health Class of 2026
ucla fielding school of public health STUDENT PLEDGE
This pledge is meant to inspire and challenge us as graduate students and as soon-to-be public health professionals as we prepare to be changemakers in the world. It was originally written by Cristina Valadez in the Department of Environmental Health Sciences in 2019, and has been adapted for this year’s commencement.
We commit ourselves to the following oath:
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We pledge to use our education and resources to improve the health of our communities, today and every day.
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We pledge to fight for those pushed aside by systems that have long ignored their health and wellbeing.
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We pledge to mobilize and advocate for the empowerment of communities.
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We pledge to put people first and cultivate environments where every person’s humanity and background are honored.
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We pledge to continuously and critically challenge systems of power and oppression and to actively work towards equity and justice in the world.
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As public health professionals and scholars, we hold sacred our duty to protect and promote the health of the public.
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This is our pledge.
Revised by PHSA Co-Presidents 2025–2026 and the graduating FSPH Undergraduate Student Ambassadors.
public health schoolwide programs
CLASS OF 2026
BACHELOR OF ARTS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN PUBLIC HEALTH
Samuel E. Ahn
Sumaiya Atif Akbar
Anthony Enrico Aquino, IV
Sierra Rami Benayon-Abraham
Michelle Castillo
Samuel Hyunu Chun
Juan Ramon Delgado
Varak A. Derderian
Andrea Djuric
Chanel Cynthia Credo Dovi
Paola Enriquez
Marlene Estrella
Anto Misak Fazilian
Andy Alfonso Garcia
Emerson Gaspar
Aerin J. Geary
Yelenny Hernandez
Leah Demoz Abraham
Lama Khalid Ahmed
Rose Sakura Anderson
Ryan Amir Aussef
Romina Bigdeli
Althea Nicole De Vera Bravo
Natalia Alicia Casillas
Devan Joseph Cornelio
Alyssa Darlyn Croby
Theresa Guadalupe De Leon
Sarahjeet Kaur Dosanjh
Alysa Rios Ha
Nadeen Bassam Heyari
Piunik Issakhani Namagerdi
Asher Nathaniel Izower
Anjali Varma Kalidindi
Julia Avery Kamm
Jasmine Lam
Jessica M. Li
Anahit Ani Malumyan
Arturo Hernandez Barrera
Juancristobal Fregoso Jacinto
Silence Khepri Jackson
Jada Amor Alfaro Jenkins
Jerica Ceekae Law
Maria Mayet
Yvette Mendez
Jacqueline Moriel
Elizabeth Shaine Murray
Andrew Jesse Plaza
Olivia Grace Reitano
Sofia Isabella Sandino Parales
Rosalie Marie Sunseri
Madeline Keani Tamura
Logan Tyler Wells
Sydney Sum Yee Zheng
Madelyn Sophia Zirlin
Aatmi Darshan Mehta
Alani Morales
Sree Nagaraj
Brenda Osagie
Olivia Michele Pacheco
Saachi Samhita Pavani
Jolene Robles
Carlos Andres Rodriguez
Brianna Rae Sandoval
Suhani Manish Shah
Reva Srivastava
Shreya M. Sundar
Marissa Teng
May Myat Noe Thaw
Asha Barbara Timm
Jenny Nhi Tran
Vincent Quoc Tran
Katie Turk
Glory Nguyen Vo
Colin Li Zhu
DEPARTMENT OF BIOSTATISTICS
Dr. Damla Senturk chair
Dr. Catherine M. Crespi vice chair
master degree recipients CLASS OF 2026
{ MASTER OF SCIENCE IN BIOSTATISTICS
Jiachen Ai
Chuanliang Chen
Hanxi Chen
Amaan Jogia-Sattar
Julie Lee
Peike Li
Sophia Luo
Qianhui Ma
Kiana Mohammadinik
John-Paul Vincent Quinones
Halle Hana Villalobos
Tanya Wang
Xiaomiao Wang
Olivia Williams
Hanying Xu
Zhiyuan Yu
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Joshua Lee Blackmon
Nathaniel Boyle
Junlian Cao
Shengge Cheng
Emily Chiang
Stephanie Chu
Xiangning Deng
Wanman Gao
Wenqiang Ge
Yulin Gong
Giana Elise Grigsby
Ce Guo
Jiayi Guo
Gianna Monique Jimenez
Natrina Johnson
Chuyi Li
Haozhe Li
Kimber Wantong Li
Meixi Liu
Skyler Liu
Yihe Liu
Heyang Ma
Thanh Mai
Rongrong Emma Mo
Priti Patel
Joshua Price
Palash Raval
Eesha Roy
Kevin Shi
Yuran Molly Shi
Yanzi Sun
Jiaye Tian
Jennifer Vo
Bryant Werak Vong
Jinghao Wang
Zhengda Wang
Ningke Zhang
Han Zheng
Karen Shao Wei Zheng
Wenjing Zhou
DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH SCIENCES
Dr. Gilbert C. Gee chair
Dr. Philip Massey vice chair
master degree recipients CLASS OF 2026
{ MASTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH
Yara Dori Akiel
Kayla Alarcon
Hunter Anderson
Lauren Marie Burns
Kristen Samantha Mercado Cassel
Lillian Wai Cheung
Byron Alfonso Corado Perez
Michela Kane Crowley
Jailene Cruz
Marina Edward
Julissa Ruby Elizondo
Angela Rubi Gonzalez
Margaret Marie Benton Grivette
Andres Guerrero
Naomi M. Hammonds
Kaitlyn Paige Hart
Gabriela Jimenez
Naoshi Camara Johnson
Angelina Karnsouvong
Jingrao Li
{ MASTER OF SCIENCE
Angelica Marie Bradley
Isabella Campa
Isabela Ixchel Cruz-Vespa
Brigid Ann Mack
An Gia Mai
Mikayla Rae O’Bryan
Zackary Ortega
Nastassia Illana Reed
Ashley Loraine Rivas
Benjamin Rozio
Sofia Michele Sabra
Angelica Alicia Sanchez-Gomez
Cristian Silva-Toro
Kimberly Elizabeth Smith
Naomi Spritzer
Reeanna Ulang Tareq
Jason Binh Tran
Nicole Vasquez
Jade Shizue Vieira
Donna Vong
Hongyu Yu
Jessica Zavala
Emily Marie Herrera
Sumaiya Kaiser
Josephine Young
{ MASTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS
Community Health Sciences
Aziz Awad
Ruth Baheta
Michael Ngoc Chuong
Maayan Epstein
Imani Mia Franklin
Pricela Garcia
Carlos Rodolfo Gonzalez
Nicolle Janay Gudino
Barbara Henriquez
Daniel Andre Ignacio
Neha Mahesh Loganda
Shivani Mahuvakar
Perla Martinez Medina
Kaleigh Quinn Morgan
Joelle Marie Morris
Isam Adnan Naber
Brayan Preciado
Diana Carolina Rodriguez
Shai Tanner
Ling Zeng
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
SCIENCES
Dr. Rachael Jones chair
DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY
Dr. Zuo-Feng Zhang chair
Dr. Matthew Mimiaga
Dr. Beate Ritz
vice chairs
master degree recipients CLASS OF 2026
{ MASTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH
Jasslin Guadalupe Cervantes
Aiden Matthew Chal
Esther Franco-Hernandez
{ MASTER OF SCIENCE
María Magdalena Navarro
Amanda Alicia Pineda
Nicholas Maximus Ramirez
{ MASTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH
Alanna Nicole Celaya
Kelly Chin
Olivia Cho
Ian Carl Fosth
Zeinab Hemdan
Jaimie Millizent Ramos Lee
Soo Yeon Lee
Brandon Jackson Leggins
Alberto Morales
Alberto Murguia
{ MASTER OF SCIENCE
Yoojin Cho
Christopher H. Choi
Stephanie Ha
Hyunyong Lee
Komron Izadi
Tara Izadi
Lauren Virginia Nosky
Ren Swan
Zhixu Zhang
Kevin Nguyen
Phuc Toan Nguyen
Olivia Anne Quinn
Diana Ramirez
Simran Sangha
Ariana Noelle Schieferle
Alexandra Elizabeth Sherlock
Aona Shigemori
Verania Valdez
Adwoah Yeboah
Jade Monique Moore
Lauren Tran
Lulu Zhang
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH POLICY & MANAGEMENT
Dr. Ninez Ponce chair
Dr. Beth Glenn vice chair
master degree recipients CLASS OF 2026
{ MASTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH IN HEALTH POLICY & MANAGEMENT
Yuexuan Chen
Beza Mulatu Mengistu
Aime Arreola
Nicki Monet Castro
Razan Ghassan Hammoudeh
Kelly Lin
Iris Liu
Kelvin Nguyen
Leslie Nunez
Regina Suzeet Perez-Carranza
Alejandra Jaqueline Rivas Deras
{ MASTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH IN HEALTH MANAGEMENT
Xinyu Cao
Aryial Ja’Nae Chandler
Rohanbir Dosanjh
Kate Higashi
Maanasi R. Kademani
Alexis Nicole Louie
Anna Zamira Manukian
Sylvia Wing Kay Ng
Janette Park
Chenyu Wei
{ MASTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH IN HEALTH POLICY
Christopher Francis Anthony
Xochilt Lorenzo
Jyanni Thomas
Julie Kalliyan Ung
Shiman Xie
{ MASTER OF SCIENCE IN HEALTH POLICY & MANAGEMENT
Richard Joseph Ferro
Daniel Gonzalez
Shatha Ahmad Kayed Kayed
Jose Luis Lopez
Hilary Morgan Wright
{ EXECUTIVE MASTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH Health Policy & Management
Kennedy Desiree Anderson
Emily Anne Brown
Maya Camacho
D’Artagnan DeBow
Nicollette Doomany
Sarah Hakakha
Marina Martinez
Maite Medina
Zachary Thomas Morganstein
Alexa Obehi Osime
Miguel Ramirez
Trishna Singh
Rui Zhao
master degree recipients CLASS OF 2026
DEPARTMENT
OF HEALTH POLICY & MANAGEMENT
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{ MASTER OF HEALTHCARE ADMINISTRATION
Mathew Ariel James Mangilit Aguilar
Richard Aguilar
Gabriella Akselrod
Todd J. Alba, Jr.
Heidi Jasmine Bautista
Lindsey Rose Berman
Shaunessy Lea Burton
Judith Pamela Calderon
James Ravinesh Chand
Anam Saleem Charania
Jasmene Del Aguila
Amtej Dhillon
Hellen Paula Diomi
Brian Daniel Fong
Nelson Wayne Goins
Gabriela Francesca Goldberg
Isaac Gonzalez
Juanita Elizabeth Gonzalez
Anjelika A. Grate
Jessica Marguerite Graziano
Nilan Aaron Gunewardena
Mervet Halaka
Damicela Isabel Iraheta
John Emmons Jones
Christina Jean Kenoski
Tanvi Amar Kore
Sophia Leung
Fatima Maada Bio
Subashini Esther Maloney
Ruby Mercado
Parfait Migisha
Danielle Christine Milosavljevic
Ginny Moreno Bartlett
Alejandro Andres Munoz
Brandon Arthur Nan
Jose Manuel Orozco
Abraham Payan
Kimberlee Ann Pintea
Jenny S. Rivera
Saundra Brielle Rivers
Sebastien Richard Saint-Pierre
Summer Sanchez
Anahit Sargsyan
Angela Marie Savelli
Lindsey Senger
Nari Shin
Jason Michael Alan Shipley
Marina Del Carmen Shuieh
Jameca Veon Soler
Ye Tian
Paloma Tirado
Yijia James Wang
Jeff Wong
Tzong Kwei Yau
doctoral degree recipients CLASS OF 2026
DEPARTMENT OF BIOSTATISTICS
Dr. Damla Senturk chair
Dr. Catherine M. Crespi vice chair
Valentina Rojwil Arputhasamy, PhD
chair: Dr. Sudipto Banerjee
Bayesian Difference-in-Differences Modeling for Environmental Exposure Data: Some Perspectives from the Aliso Canyon Health Research Study
Jesse William Birchfield, PhD
co-chairs: Dr. Andrew James Holbrook and Dr. Robert E. Weiss
Bayesian Longitudinal Models for the Progression of Alzheimer’s Disease
Parsa Mehdi Jamshidian, PhD
chair: Dr. Donatello Telesca
Bayesian Transfer Learning for High-Dimensional Regression Models via Adaptive Shrinkage
DK Kim, PhD
co-chairs: Dr. Gang Li and Dr. Hua Zhou
Statistical Methods for Genetic Analysis of Survival Traits
Emma Valentine Marie Landry, PhD
chair: Dr. Donatello Telesca
Addressing Shape and Phase Heterogeneity in EEG Signals: A Bayesian Perspective
Danielle Joy LaVine, PhD
c0-chairs: Dr. Thomas R. Belin and Dr. Christina Michelle Ramirez
Improved Estimation and Inference Using Salient Features of Health Science Data: Multiple Imputation and Longitudinal Modeling with Applications to Periodontal Epidemiology and Epigenetic Aging
Kelly Li, PhD
chair: Dr. Marc Adam Suchard
Statistical Methods for Observational Health Data Studies
Soumyakanti Pan, PhD
chair: Dr. Sudipto Banerjee
Bayesian Modeling and Inference for Complex Dependent Non-Gaussian Data
Sisi Shao, PhD
co-chairs: Dr. Christina Michelle Ramirez and Dr. Jason Hall Moore
Network-Guided Feature Selection Methodologies for Complex and HighDimensional Biomedical Data
Ami Sheth, PhD
chair: Dr. Andrew James Holbrook
Fast Approximations to the Bayesian Dimension Reduction of Dissimilarity Data
DEPARTMENT OF BIOSTATISTICS
(continued)
DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH SCIENCES
Dr. Gilbert C. Gee chair
Dr. Philip Massey
vice chair
Daniel Frank Zhou, PhD
chair: Dr. Sudipto Banerjee
Bayesian Artificial Intelligence for Complex Dependent Data
Linyu Zhou, PhD
co-chairs: Dr. Thomas R. Belin and Dr. Honghu Liu
Modeling Spatial Heterogeneity in Health Outcomes with Marked Log-Gaussian Cox Processes: Methods for Retrospective Environmental Studies
Yixuan Zhou, PhD
chair: Dr. Catherine M. Crespi
Discrete Time Mixture Cure Models for Analyzing Multi-Dose Vaccination Outcomes as Recurrent Events in Stepped Wedge Trials
Leona Mawuena Ofei, PhD
chair: Dr. Philip Massey
Exploring the Role of Online, Digital and Interpersonal Information Sources in the Dynamics of Mental Health Information Seeking and Help-Seeking among Black American Emerging Adults
Skye M. Shodahl, PhD
chair: Dr. Michael Prelip
An Examination of Place-Based Social and Structural Determinants of Breastfeeding among WIC Participants in Los Angeles County
Dillon Wesley Trujillo, PhD
chair: Dr. Michael Prelip
Cashing in on HIV Prevention: An Exploratory Mixed Methods Study Assessing the Preferences and Acceptability of a PrEP-Based Conditional Cash Transfer among Black and Latino Men Who Have Sex with Men in Los Angeles County
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES
Dr. Rachael Jones chair
INTERDEPARTMENTAL PROGRAM ENVIRONMENTAL AND MOLECULAR TOXICOLOGY
Dr. Oliver Hankinson chair
doctoral degree recipients CLASS OF 2026
Hasibe Caballero-Gomez, PhD chair: Dr. Lara Cushing
When Homes Overheat: Examining the Role of Housing in Heat-Health Disparities in a Warming Los Angeles
Muchuan Niu, PhD chair: Dr. Yifang Zhu
Indoor Air Quality Challenges in a Changing Society: Investigating Fine and Ultrafine Particle Exposure, Toxicity, and Mitigation in High Exposure
Occupational Indoor Environments
Marisol Arellano, PhD
chair: Dr. Jeff Bronstein
Identification of Pesticides that Alter Risk of Parkinson’s Disease
Thomas Joseph Kowal, PhD
chair: Dr. Xia Yang
Development and Application of Data-Driven Computational Methods for Molecular Toxicology and Environmental Exposure Research
Zacary Orrantia Zamora, PhD chair: Dr. Xia Yang
Advancing Toxicogenomics through Omics-Driven Systems Biology
DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY
Dr. Zuo-Feng Zhang chair
Dr. Matthew Mimiaga
Dr. Beate Ritz
vice chairs
Danica Chiamaka Anukam, PhD
co-chairs: Dr. Mia Hashibe and Dr. Zuo-Feng Zhang
Sleep and Prostate Cancer Outcomes in Black Men: A Prospective Cohort Study
Nicola Churchill, PhD
co-chairs: Dr. Onyebuchi Arah and Dr. Roch Nianogo
LEAN ON ME: Spousal and Friendship Social Support and Dementia Risk Among Older Adults
Matthew Majerus Coates, PhD
chair: Dr. Onyebuchi Arah
Augmented Causal Diagrams and Estimands for Causal Inference in NonCommunicable and Infectious Disease Epidemiology
Chuanjie Deng, PhD chair: Dr. Beate Ritz
Maternal Diseases, Medication, Vitamin Use, and the Risk of Childhood Cancer among Offspring
DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY
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doctoral degree recipients CLASS OF 2026
Yufan Gong, PhD
co-chairs: Dr. Roch Nianogo and Dr. Beate Ritz
Environmental Exposures and Parkinson’s Disease in California: An Integrative Study of Pesticide Duration, Epigenetic Modifications, and Metabolic Alterations
Mina Hany Habib, PhD
chair: Dr. Roch Nianogo
Lifecourse Financial Capital and Later-Life Cognitive Outcomes: Causal Effects, Psychosocial Pathways, and Effect Heterogeneity
Kuangyu Liu, PhD
co-chairs: Dr. Mia Hashibe and Dr. Zuo-Feng Zhang
Esophageal Cancer Risk, Prognosis, and Survivorship: The Role of Indoor Air Pollution, Prognostic Modeling, and Non-Communicable Diseases in PostSurgical Patients
Phoebe Fay Lu, PhD
chair: Dr. Anne Rimoin
Evaluation of Cluster Detection Methods in Applied Epidemiology: Addressing Ascertainment Bias, Validation, and Cost-effectiveness of Spatiotemporal Surveillance for COVID-19
Cory Tyler Lumsdaine, PhD
co-chairs: Dr. Mia Hashibe and Dr. Brian Huang
Enhancing Precision in Pancreatic Cancer Risk Prediction: Integrating Clinical, Epidemiologic, and Machine Learning Approaches
Sophie Katharina Felicitas Michel, PhD
chair: Dr. Ondine von Ehrenstein
2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin in Vietnam: Exposure Patterns and Associations with Birth Outcomes
Taylor Meredith Mobley, PhD
chair: Dr. Elizabeth Rose Mayeda
Estimating Long-Term Health Effects of Housing Instability in the US Using a Lifecourse Framework
Kanghong Shao, PhD
co-chairs: Dr. Kimberly Paul and Dr. Beate Ritz
Metals, Air Pollution and Parkinson’s Disease: Perspectives from GeneEnvironment Interactions, Immune Responses and Metabolome
DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY
(continued)
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH POLICY & MANAGEMENT
Dr. Ninez Ponce chair
Dr. Beth Glenn vice chair
doctoral degree recipients CLASS OF 2026
Lanxin Song, PhD
chair: Dr. Ondine von Ehrenstein
Wildfires and Perinatal Health in California: Assessing Exposure Risks and Mitigation Strategies
Chuyue Wu, PhD
co-chairs: Dr. Roch Nianogo and Dr. Nathan Wong
Lifestyle, Metabolic, and Vascular Risk Factors for Atherosclerotic
Cardiovascular Disease: Evidence from Observational Studies Using G-Computation
Yingyan Wu, PhD
co-chairs: Dr. Elizabeth Rose Mayeda
Social and Health Factors in Cognitive Aging: Applying a Causal Framework to Lifecourse Research
Ashkan Foad Ara, PhD
chair: Dr. Susan Ettner
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Pharmacotherapies and the Role of Local Access to Specialty Care among Medicare Enrollees with Late-Onset
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Anu Aryal, PhD
co-chairs: Dr. Ninez Ponce and Dr. Corrina Moucheraud
Factors Influencing Chronic Disease Control: Exploring Individual-, Provider-, and System-Level Factors in Three Healthcare Settings
Nikita Vashi Baclig, PhD
chair: Dr. Patricia Ganz
Beyond Clinical Toxicity: The Financial and Time Burden of Immune-Based Combination Therapy in Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma
Rachel Banawa, PhD
chair: Dr. Daniel Eisenberg
Advancing Mental Health Equity among Emerging Adults in the U.S. College/ University Context
Nicholas Keisuke Brownell, PhD
chair: Dr. Moira Inkelas
Quality of Care for Veterans with Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction Before, During, and After the COVID-19 Pandemic
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH POLICY & MANAGEMENT
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doctoral degree recipients CLASS OF 2026
Cynthia Guo Hou, PhD
co-chairs: Dr. William McCarthy and Dr. Lillian Gelberg
Examining How Variations in Primary Care Telehealth Utilization Influence Healthcare Utilization and Health Outcomes of U.S. Veterans
Xiaoyu Liu, PhD
chair: Dr. Tina Ya-Chen Shih
Unraveling the Impact of Biosimilar Market Entry on the Market Competition, Utilization, and Financial Implications in the U.S.
Monika Nayak, PhD
chair: Dr. Naomi Zewde
Empirical Depictions of the State Policy Environment Regarding Reproductive Autonomy, 2010-2024: Design, Construction, and Validation of a Novel Legislative Measure and Examination of Its Relationship to Population Health
Ogechi Jessica Obidike, PhD
chair: Dr. Jack Needleman
Healthcare Access Challenges and Opportunities Among Patients with Medical Complexities, U.S. Military Veterans and Women with Uterine Fibroids
Jordan Mitchell Rook, PhD
co-chairs: Dr. Vickie M. Mays and Dr. Ninez A. Ponce
The Cost of Health as the Bottom Line of Health Care Policies: DeductibleBased Cost Sharing and the 2021 Expanded Child Tax Credit
Aminah Sallam, PhD
chair: Dr. Beth Ann Glenn
Advancing Shared Decision-Making for Management of Mitral Valve Regurgitation
Hugo Alberto Torres, PhD chair: Dr. Carol Mangione
Factors Impacting Prescribing of Novel Diabetes Drug Classes for Patients with Type 2 Diabetes
student honors and certifications CLASS OF 2026
DELTA OMEGA HONORARY SOCIETY IN PUBLIC HEALTH
Iota Chapter
Sumaiya Atif Akbar
Rose Sakura Anderson
Sierra Rami Benayon-Abraham
Romina Bigdeli
Juan Ramon Delgado
Sarahjeet Kaur Dosanjh
Nadeen Bassam Heyari
Jerica Ceekae Law
Maria Mayet
Saachi Samhita Pavani
Olivia Grace Reitano
Brianna Rae Sandoval
Suhani Manish Shah
Shreya M. Sundar
Marissa Teng
Sydney Sum Yee Zheng
Public Health
Undergraduate Program
Yulin Gong
Amaan Jogia-Sattar
Do Hyun Kim
Emma Valentine Marie Landry
Chuyi Li
Haozhe Li
Thanh Mai
Soumyakanti Pan
Joshua Price
Palash Raval
Yanzi Sun
Ningke Zhang Biostatistics
Kayla Alarcon
Byron Alfonso Corado Perez
Pricela Garcia
Andres Guerrero
Naomi M. Hammonds
Emily Marie Herrera
Shivani Mahuvakar
Mikayla Rae O’Bryan
Brayan Preciado
Dillon Wesley Trujillo
Jade Shizue Vieira
Donna Vong
Josephine Young
Ling Zeng Community Health Sciences
Nicola Churchill
Kuangyu Liu
Sophie Katharina Felicitas Michel
Jaimie Millizent Ramos Lee
Diana Ramirez
Alexandra Elizabeth Sherlock
Chuyue Wu
Lulu Zhang Epidemiology
Heidi Jasmine Bautista
Maya Camacho
Mervet Farag
Brian Daniel Fong
Nilan Aaron Gunewardena
John Emmons Jones
Iris Liu
Xochilt Lorenzo
Subashini Esther Maloney
Maite Medina
Parfait Migisha
Danielle Christine Milosavljevic
Alejandro Andres Munoz
Monika Nayak
Kelvin Nguyen
Alexa Osime
Jordan Mitchell Rook
Angela Marie Savelli
Jyanni Thomas
Ye Tian
Hugo Alberto Torres
Julie Kalliyan Ung
Shiman Xie
Health policy & Management
UPSILON PHI DELTA NATIONAL HONORARY SOCIETY
Health Policy & Management
Mathew Ariel James Mangilit Aguilar
Emily Anne Brown
Gabriela Francesca Goldberg
Anjelika A. Grate
Sarah Hakahka
Damicela Isabel Iraheta
Christina Jean Kenoski
Brandon Arthur Nan
Jose Manuel Orozco
Kimberlee Ann Pintea
Jenny S. Rivera
Nari Shin
Trishna Singh
Yijia James Wang
student honors and certifications CLASS OF 2026
BIXBY CERTIFICATE ON POPULATION AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
Margaret Marie Benton Grivette
Michela Kane Crowley
Jailene Cruz
Angela Rubi Gonzalez
Brigid Ann Mack
Kimberly Elizabeth Smith
Community Health Sciences
Ariana Noelle Schieferle
Epidemiology
Xochilt Lorenzo Health Policy & MANAGEMENT
GLOBAL HEALTH CERTIFICATE
An Gia Mai
Community Health Sciences
Esther Franco-Hernandez
Environmental Health Sciences
Phoebe Fay Lu
Olivia Anne Quinn
Simran Sangha
Ariana Noelle Schieferle
Alexandra Elizabeth Sherlock
Aona Shigemori
Lanxin Song Epidemiology
MATERNAL & CHILD HEALTH
CENTER OF EXCELLENCE TRAINING CERTIFICATE
Isabella Campa
Jailene Cruz
Angela Rubi Gonzalez
Margaret Marie Benton Grivette
Brigid Ann Mack
Kimberly Elizabeth Smith
Shai Tanner
Jessica Zavala
Community Health Sciences
Ian Carl Fosth
Jaimie Millizent Ramos Lee
Simran Sangha
Verania Valdez Epidemiology
FOOD STUDIES GRADUATE CERTIFICATE
Andres Guerrero
Community Health Sciences
student awards and scholarships CLASS OF 2026
{ ABDELMONEM A. AFIFI STUDENT FELLOWSHIP
Naomi M. Hammonds
Community Health Sciences
{ ADVANCING LGBTQI HEALTH FELLOWSHIP
Reeanna Ulang Tareq
Community Health Sciences
{ ANAKWENZE FAMILY FELLOWSHIP
Andres Guerrero
Community Health Sciences
Soo Yeon Lee
Adwoah Yeboah
Epidemiology
{ JEAN BALGROSKY AND PARKER HINSHAW FELLOWSHIP
Kimberly Elizabeth Smith
Community Health Sciences
María Magdalena Navarro
Environmental Health Sciences
{ LAURIE AND BILL BENENSON ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH FELLOWSHIP
Tara Izadi
Environmental Health Sciences
{ CELIA G. AND JOSEPH G. BLANN FELLOWSHIP
DK Kim
Yixuan Zhou
Biostatistics
Leona Maquena Ofei
Dillon Wesley Trujillo
Community Health Sciences
Hasibe Caballero-Gomez
Zacary Orrantia Zamora
Environmental Health Sciences
Matthew Majerus Coates
Epidemiology
{ LESTER BRESLOW STUDENT FELLOWSHIP
Yoojin Cho
Jaimie Millizent Ramos Lee Epidemiology
{ E. RICHARD (RICK) BROWN SOCIAL JUSTICE FELLOWSHIP
Kelvin Nguyen
Health Policy & Management
{ DR. LINDA BURNES BOLTON PUBLIC HEALTH STUDENT FELLOWSHIP
Angelica Marie Bradley
Community Health Sciences
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