Commencement Program

2023 School of Public Health Commencement Program

Sunday, May 28, 2023

Providence, Rhode Island

Undergraduate Concentration in Public Health

Director of Undergraduate Studies and Honors:
Patricia Risica DrPH

Concentration Advisors:
Jasjit S. Ahluwalia M.D., MPH, M.S.; Tayla von Ash Sc.D., MPH;
John P. Fulton Ph.D.; William Goedel Ph.D.; Kaley Hayes PharmD, Ph.D.;
Karl Kelsey M.D., MOH; David Meyers Ph.D., MPH; Jennifer Pellowski Ph.D.;
and Nisha Trivedi M.D., MPH

A.B. Public Health

 

Isabel Aguirre
Mohammed Akel
Samantha Andara
Nikita Baregala Lopez
Janelle Barnett *
Alyscia Batista *
Caroline Bayless
Ford Bennett
Kealyn Bowie
Victoria Cao
Erin Chang
Katie Chen
Yevin Chung
Ciciely Davy **
Aleena del Rosario *
Katherine Dowling
Kayla Duran ***
Owen Fahey
Hannah Fernandez
Sydney Fisher †
Gabriela Garcia
Bryn Gioffredi
Birutawit Giorgis
Emerson Goodrich
Katie Gu
Yemi Hailemariam †
Faith Hardy
Abigail Healy
Jihwan Hwang †
Nayeli Jimenez Alvarado
Jason Johnston
Alexandra Josephson *
Shreya Kamojjala
Alison Kim
Grace Kim
Ha-Jung Kim *
Elise Kreutzer
Bryan Kwon

Michelle Lee
Nelson Lin †
Emma Madgic
Sarah Mansour
Rishik Manthana
Miriam Marlink †
Brynn McGlinchey † *
Hana Motta
Hyunjoon Nam
Otto Olafsson †
Sade Olatunbosun
Ezenna Onuoha
Suraya Ortiz †
Daniela Pahari
Amelia Pannell
Jason Peres da Silva
Rosemary Perez *
Julia Pierce
Ella Poley *
Geat Ramush
Adin Richards
Neil Rupani
Gail Schor
Elbie Seibert
Molly Siegel
Katherine Silver
Diane Story
Madhu Subramanian *
Melina Tidwell Torres †
Zephelline Villalobos †
Chloe Vincent
Linda Wakamoto
Rachel Warner †
Zakiyah Whitaker
Kaitlyn Wong
Jeanne Zheng
Enya Zhu †
Elizabeth Zucker

 

† Departmental Honors
* December 2023 Graduates
** Summer 2023 Graduate
*** December 2022 Graduate

Undergraduate Concentration in Statistics

Director, Undergraduate Statistics Concentration:
Roee Gutman Ph.D.

Sc.B. Statistics

Zeke Damon Hertz
David Moon
Annorjan Naguleswaran
Nathan Provost
Abigail Regina Sinotte
Linda Sae Wakamoto
Colby Macintosh Zarle

Graduate Program in Behavioral and Social Health Sciences

Chair, Behavioral and Social Health Sciences:
Christopher Kahler Ph.D.

Director, Behavioral and Social Health Sciences Doctoral Program:
Kate Carey Ph.D.

Ph.D. Behavioral and Social Health Sciences

Pablo Valente
“Daily Oral and Next Generation Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Modalities for Young Men Who Have Sex with Men: The Role of Health Services and Providers in Shaping Acceptability and Implementation”
Dissertation Chair:
Katie Biello

Graduate Program in Biostatistics

Chair, Biostatistics:
Joseph Hogan Sc.D.

Director, Biostatistics Master’s Programs:
Stavroula Chrysanthopoulou Ph.D.

Director, Biostatistics Doctoral Program:
Zhijin Wu Ph.D.

Ph.D. Biostatistics

Dana Udwin
“Topics in Heterogeneity Estimation”
Dissertation Chair:
Lorin Crawford
Yi Cao
“Addressing Missing Data and Causal Inference for Time-varying Data”
Dissertation Chair:
Roee Gutman
Jiabei Yang
“Topics in Heterogeneous Treatment Effect Estimation”
Dissertation Chairs:
Jon Steingrimsson and Christopher Schmid
Ruotao Zhang
“Statistical Methods for Machine Learning: Tree-Based Evaluation of Heterogeneous Model Performance and Uncertainty-Based Referral for Deep Learning”
Dissertation Chairs:
Jon Steingrimsson and Constantine Gatsonis
Xiaoyu Wei
“Incorporating Biological Knowledge into the Statistical Analysis for Genomic Studies”
Dissertation Chair:
Zhijin Wu

Sc.M. Biostatistics

 

Antonella Basso
Sirui Cui
Tianye Cui
Zhejia Dong
Kyla Finlayson
Anthony Girard
Timothy Hedspeth
Anusha Kumar
Yanru Liao

Abraham Liu
Nancy Liu
Rophence Ojiambo
Amos Okutse
Breanna Richards
Talia Seshaiah
Yufei Yan
Zexuan Yu
Yifan Zhao

 

Doctoral Program in Epidemiology

Chair, Epidemiology:
Francesca Beaudoin MD, MS, Ph.D.

Director, Epidemiology Doctoral Program:
Chanelle Howe Ph.D.

Ph.D. Epidemiology

Nana Boame
“Addressing Concerns Related to Lung Cancer Screening in the National Lung Screening Trial”
Dissertation Chair:
Ilana Gareen
Rachel Yorlets
“Circular migration and HIV care engagement among adults in northeastern South Africa”
Dissertation Chair:
Mark Lurie

Doctoral Program in Health Services Research

Chair, Health Services, Policy, and Practice:
Ira Wilson MD, M.Sc.

Director, Health Services, Policy, and Practice Doctoral Program:
Omar Galárraga Ph.D.

Ph.D. Health Services Research

Derek Lake
“The Effect of Medicare Advantage on Post-Acute Care Utilization and Associated Outcomes”
Dissertation Chair:
Vincent Mor
Bishnu Bahadur Thapa
“Universal Health Coverage and Health Outcomes”
Dissertation Chair:
Omar Galarraga
Kathryn Thompson
“What’s the Point of a Safety Net if it Doesn’t Catch Anyone? How Black Pregnant Women are Slipping Through the Cracks”
Dissertation Chair:
Ira Wilson

Master of Science in Global Health

Director, Master of Science in Global Health program:
Abigail D. Harrison Ph.D., MPH

Sc.M. Global Health

Megan Feragne
Kiara Lee
Nancy Nkoudou

Graduate Programs in Clinical and Translational Research

MPH Director:
Annie Gjelsvik Ph.D.

Sc.M. Clinical and Translational Research

Nina Ayala
Thomas Bayer
Katherine Cox-Flaherty

Master of Public Health

Director:
Annie Gjelsvik Ph.D.

 

Arianna Allman
Samy Amkieh
Dana Antinozzi
David Arango
Muhammad Baig
Youri Benadjaoud
Elizabeth Bergeron
Lucas Blackmore
Sarah Blau
Yuchen Bo
Kristopher Britton ‡
Esteem Brumfield *
Caroline Bugbee
Shaunessey Burks ‡
Don-Pierre H. Burnett
Rebecca Carrara
Zoie Carter
Jordyn Chandler-Lee
Raymond Che
Marvin Chowdhury
Alannah Clarke
Justin Coleman ‡
Emily Crommett
Madison Davis
Tori Davis
Abraham Dejene
Elena Desanti
Arielle Desir
Aleena Dewji
Cody Douglas
Emma Egan
Donna Ellaham
Cole Exline
Kelechi Ezealaji
Sarah Fischbach
Meagan Ford ‡
Madelyn Frey
Yifei Gao
Erza Gashi
Annika Goggins
Julie Gokhale *
Will Gold
Haley Granston *
Daniel Hackert
Olivia Hassinger
Marcus Henry
Del Rose Hooker
Nicholle Igbinyemi *
Skylar Iosepovici
Katia Jackson ‡
Alexandra Johnson †
Darci Johnson
Joshua Kalfus
Kylie Khoo
Kristin Koehm
Mamaswatsi Kopeka
Lindsey Krill
Nataliya Kyrychenko

Khiara Lee ‡
Sangah Lee
David Lewander
Connie Lin
Qinming Liu
Yanchen Liu
Emily Ma
Owen Manahan †
Laurel Mangelsdorf
Kethural Manokaran †
Bella Maris
Kyana Martins
Kayla McLymont
Cameron Miller-Jacobs
Malek Mitchell ‡
Lina Modjarrad
Abigail Murdock
Katherine Nash
Seraphina Negash
Madeline Noh
William Ochieng
Faith Okaalo
Suraji A. Omoru
Yaruska Ordinola
Bunmi Osias
Joleen Owusu-Sekyere
Hannah Parent
Carolyn Pearce
Sophia Petrillo
Kimberly Piontkowski
Cristian Ramos
Grace Reed
Hannah Reese
Maayan Rosenfield
Kelley Russell †
Jessica Schueler
Ty Scott
Youkie Shiozawa
Kristen Smith ‡
Madison Smith
Jalisa Stanislaus ‡
Kendall Stern
Surenmaa Sukhbaatar
Kento Suzuki
Heming Tang
Darlene Tat
Cedonia Thomas ‡
Arnelle Toffey
Huy Tran
Emily Vance
Jenna Wahl
Levell Williams ‡
Bailee Wilson
Lucille Xiang
Xinhui Yang
Jeremiah Zablon
Amy Zhang
Kelsey Zionskowski

 

* February 2023 Graduate
† MPH/MPA
‡ Health Equity Scholar

 

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