2012 YSPH World Tour
More than 100 Yale School of Public Health students fanned out around the globe—to 26 countries total—to complete their 2012 internship. It is a defining experience for most M.P.H. students, exposing them to real-world challenges and giving them the opportunity to directly apply their coursework. Students spent 10 to 12 weeks working in urban slums, remote and rural regions and in hospitals and communities as nearby as New Haven and as far as Bhutan. The internship is, in the words of one returning student, "life-changing."
Margaret Lippitt - Liberia
Margaret did qualitative research on drug and alcohol use among youth in Monrovia, Liberia.
Kristine Gauthier - Salvador, Brazil
Kristine examined dengue fever transmission in the urban community of Pau da Lima in Salvador, Brazil.
Kelly Foss - Bridgeport, Connecticut
Kelly worked with the planning and marketing team at Bridgeport Hospital.
Eileen Huang - Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Eileen determined the prevalence of Methicilin-resistance Staphylococcus aureus colonization among swine workers in Transylvania.
Jasmine Carver - Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Jasmine studied social support and sexual risk behaviors among Haitian teenagers.
Kimberly Lay - Salvador, Brazil
Kimberly conducted a study on Vitamin K deficiency and risk of severe pulmonary hemorrhage syndrome.
Eugene Lee - Switzerland
Eugene conducted a survey on building/strengthening research capacities in low- and middle-income countries.
Israel M. Labao - Chicago, Illinois
Israel worked on several management projects at a Chicago children’s hospital.
Krysta Peterson - Salvador, Brazil
Krysta developed and implemented a study in food insecurity in an urban slum community.
Adam VanDeusen - Kumasi, Ghana
Adam VanDeusen researched the cost-effectiveness of expanded therapy for HIV-positive women.
Amelia Reese Masterson - Beirut, Lebanon
Amelia interviewed and assessed female refugees from Syria who have fled to neighboring Lebanon.
