Public Health-Global Health Major 10th Anniversary

Olivia Brandon on the big and the small of health care

Olivia Brandon’s interests in health care swing from micro to macro. She loves sodium — not the variety most of us love at dinner time — but the element sodium and its impact on infant health. She’s so passionate, her lab peers will tell you she’s salty about it.

Public health undergraduate major celebrating 10 years of social justice and health equity education

The University of Washington School of Public Health is celebrating the 10-year anniversary of its Public Health-Global Health (PH-GH) major, a milestone marking the growth of interdisciplinary public health undergraduate offerings around the country that are training the next generation of public health-minded professionals.

Andrea Ordonio

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In this Q&A, Andrea Ordonio (PH-GH, ’21) describes her work as a patient access coordinator lead at Fred Hutch Cancer Center.

Danafe Matusalem

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Danafe Matusalem (PH-GH, ’18) shares her interests in equity, diversity and inclusion, and for all individuals to have equitable health access and educational opportunities.

Anjulie Ganti on improving health equity when training the future public health workforce

Associate Teaching Professor Anjulie Ganti of the Public Health-Global Health program shares what experiential learning looks like, the impact of the major’s capstone program on communities, and how to improve health equity when training the future public health workforce.

Sabica Nasar

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In this Q&A, Sabica Nasar (PH-GH, ’22) describes the importance of social determinants of health and systems thinking to improve health outcomes at a population level.

How Brittney Dias finds a way for representation as business owner and children’s book author

There’s a line Brittney Dias wrote that’s been serving as inspiration for herself and the children she writes for: “No matter the time, no matter the day, Ava and Mae find a way.” Ava and Mae are two Black girls and protagonists of a children’s book series written by Dias. Their message of perseverance also speaks to the work Dias is committed to, which is to increase diverse representation of main characters in children’s media.