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Student Ambassadors

Master of Public Health student ambassadors serve as peer resources and advisors to students interested in the program and in the field of public health. Please feel free to contact our ambassadors; their information can be found below.

Eugenia Lee is a second year MPH student with a global health concentration. She applied to the MPH program during the year after graduating from undergrad and was raised in Southern California. Besides being a student, she is currently involved in the public health program as a peer advisor for Preventive Medicine students, and a member of the advisory council for USC’s Institute on Inequalities in Global Health (IIGH). Last year, she was also Director of Social Events for the MPH Student Association. Eugenia hopes to share her wide-range of experiences during her time in the USC’s MPH program from working, being a studious student, and staying socially involved.

Hello my name is Sarina Patel. I am part of the progressive degree program offered at USC. I graduated with my Bachelors in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention with a minor in Health Administration from USC in May 2019. Throughout my time at the University of Southern California I hope to learn from the exceptional professors and apply what I learn in a classroom setting to the real world and impact the health of the population. I am very passionate about public health and USC is a great school where I can learn more ways to make a difference and be a part of a close-knit family.

Nicole Mercado Anazagasty is a second year MPH student in the Community Health Promotion track driven to develop and implement health communication strategies to help individuals make healthy lifestyle choices, improve health literacy, and promote prevention through health education campaigns. Moreover, she is passionate towards advocating for social justice, health equity, cultural inclusion, and fostering healthy and safer environments for all. Nicole is experienced in health education, communications and marketing, and student career services. She is a proud Trojan who serves as the 2019-2020 Director of Communications for the USC’s Latino Graduate Student Organization (LGSA), and a MPH Student Ambassador. Nicole is also a peer advisor for the Public Health Career Services Office and a communications intern for the Department of Preventive Medicine. She enjoys building stronger connections with peers and prospective students and is excited to guiding students to find their career path and reaching their highest potential.

Aishwarya Pandian is an international student from India, currently pursuing her MPH in Global Health and Leadership. She is on track to graduate in May 2020. She is a registered medical practitioner with the Indian Medical Association, with diverse experience in clinical medicine and in research and drug trials. She helped co-found a community-based organization called Combat Kinetics which trains at-risk youth to gain access to new avenues for growth and self-sufficiency. She is very passionate about the climate crisis, immigration and refugee health.

Master of Public Health Student Association (MaPHSA)

MaPHSA was created in 2000 to represent students in the Master of Public Health program at USC. Later in fall 2002 MaPHSA introduced its constitution, identifying the purpose of the organization and its structure, and subsequently received recognition as an official USC student association from the Graduate & Professional Student Senate (GPSS).

Delta Omega Honorary Society in Public Health

Delta Omega is the honorary society for graduate studies in public health. Founded in 1924, there are dozens of chapters throughout the United States and abroad. The USC MPH program established the Beta Lambda chapter of Delta Omega in 2008. Election to membership is intended to not only recognize merit, but encourage further excellence in, and devotion to, public health work. Membership in Delta Omega reflects the dedication of an individual to quality in the field of public health and to protection and advancement of the health of all people.

The chapters elect new members each year from four groups:

Students who are candidates for a graduate degree in public health,
Faculty members at the school of public health, and
Alumni actively engaged in public health work
Honorary members possessing exceptional qualifications

Election from all three groups is based on outstanding performance: scholarship in students, teaching and research in faculty members, and community service in alumni.

How to become a member:

Each year during the spring semester, the MPH program invites students who have completed at least one full year of academic courses, or those who are in their final semester of the program and who represent the top 25% in class standing to apply for election into the Delta Omega Honorary Society.

Applications are reviewed by the Delta Omega review committee and up to 10 students are elected to membership each year. Those elected into Delta Omega are deemed to be those who have demonstrated real or potential qualities of leadership in public health in addition to academic excellence.

To learn more about the Delta Omega Honorary Society in Public Health please visit the link below or contact mphinfo@usc.edu.

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STUDENT & ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT

Pictured: Hayley W. Sayrs. Image by Andrew Zaw.

#2020Trojan: Meet Hayley W. Sayrs, Master of Public Health program graduate

Eric Nagengast with Malagasy surgeons as part of an Operation Smile mission in Madagascar. Pictured left to right: Raaika, Nagengast, Briand, Romain.

#2020Trojan: Meet Eric Nagengast, Master of Public Health online program graduate

Pictured: Jana Wright, meeting with the office of Senator Harris in DC to advocate for increases in MIECHV funding.

#2020Trojan: Meet Jana Wright, Master of Public Health online program graduate

Pictured: William Jardell at USC University Park Campus. Image by James Wallington

#2020Trojan: Meet William Jardell, Master of Public Health online program graduate

Pictured: Chelsea H. Lee. Image by Julian Grajczak.

#2020Trojan: Meet Chelsea H. Lee, Master of Science in Biostatistics progressive degree graduate

Pictured: Jacqueline Bell. Image by Ajani Daniel (@maxx.kwality).

#2020Trojan: Meet Jacqueline Bell, Master of Public Health online program graduate

Contact & Visit

USC Master of Public Health Program
Department of Preventive Medicine
Keck School of Medicine
Soto Street Building
2001 N Soto Street, Suite 205
Los Angeles, CA 90032-3628

Campus Mail:
USC Master of Public Health Program
SSB 201-D, MC 9234
Phone: 323.442.7257
Fax: 323.442.8297
Email: mphusc@usc.edu

Accreditation

The USC Master of Public Health Program received full accreditation from the Council on Education in Public Health (CEPH) on June 2, 2003 and re-accreditation on June 2008.