Student Spotlight

For Master of Public Health (MPH) student Jorge Garcia, the COVID-19 pandemic provided an opportunity to obtain real-world experience in infectious disease surveillance by applying the skills he learned throughout his MPH courses while working at the Fairfax County Health Department.

Precious Ugwu shares her experience with the Graduate Students for Public Health (GSPH) program.

Laura Henderson shares her experience as a member of the Graduate Students for Public Health (GSPH) program.

Health equity is a motivator for graduating senior Erica Harp.

Graduating seniors reflect on their community engagement experience throughout their Mason career.

Evelyn Zavala, a Master of Public Health Student at CHHS, has a mission to educate students across the nation on the importance of public health and the career opportunities the field provides.

After earning the highest score on the CHES exam, Mason CHHS alumna Irene Parriski leads a team of crisis counselors dedicated to providing wellbeing strategies and self-care resources for local health departments. 

Tatum McKay, Master of Public Health student at the College of Health and Human Services, has been analyzing de-identified data from the COVID Health Check✓™ to provide insight into testing rates and how to best mitigate the spread of COVID-19 on campus.

After Kristine Tran, MS Global Health ’20, graduated this spring, she immediately began working at the Virginia Department of Health on COVID-19 contact tracing.

College’s Development Office reports that students have been awarded a record number of scholarships for the 2020-21 academic year.

Jazzmine Mata graduated from Mason in the spring of 2020 and will go on to pursue her Masters in Public Health (MPH).