Peace Corps Fellows in the master's degree program at the UA Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, their concentration, Peace Corps experience and current focus.
Peace Corps Fellows study at the UA Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health
UA graduate students have varied areas of study
Peace Corps Fellows in the master's degree program at the UA Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, their concentration, Peace Corps experience and current focus.
Jim Hazen
Focus: Family and child health.
Background: Education volunteer in Madagascar and short-term volunteer at refugee camps in Guinea. Works with the Tucson Community Food Bank.
John McElligott
Focus: Policy and management.
Background: Health volunteer in Ivory Coast and Madagascar. Works with the Arizona AIDS Policy Alliance on improving Arizona prison care.
Amy Oggel
Focus: Health education and behavioral sciences.
Background: Child survival health volunteer in Honduras. Works with the UA Rural Health Office at Mariposa Community Health Center in Nogales. Evaluates programs for obese women.
Carrie Abdella
Focus: Family and child health.
Background: HIV education volunteer in Nepal. Works with the AIDS Education and Training Center, focusing on education for Indian tribes in Arizona.
Ailton Coleman
Focus: Policy and management.
Background: Education volunteer in Kiribati. Works with the UA Cooperative Extension.
Clarissa Herget
Focus: Family and child health.
Background: Education volunteer in Nepal.
Bryna Koch
Focus: Community health.
Background: Environment volunteer in Panama. Works with the UA Rural Health Office on the mobile clinic's new dental program.
Lisa Labita
Focus: Family and child health.
Background: Science lab volunteer in Nepal. Works with Planned Parenthood of Southern Arizona to coordinate the teen advisory group.
Terrence Marsh
Focus: Policy and management.
Background: Community development volunteer. Works with Holy Cross Hospital in Nogales on wellness programs.
Erin Peacock
Focus: Health education and behavioral sciences.
Background: School health volunteer in Tanzania. Works with the College of Public Health on program evaluation.
Juliana Pugmire
Focus: Epidemiology
Background: Health volunteer in Zambia. Works with the UMC Wellness Center on cardiac rehabilitation.
Heidi Reukauf
Focus: Health education and behavioral sciences
Background: Community health volunteer in Nicaragua. Works with Humane Borders.
Jeffry Sinanian
Focus: Family and child health
Background: Community health volunteer in Armenia and East Timor. Works with the Pima Prevention Partnership for data collection, program evaluation and facilitates youth focus groups.
Jessica Surdam
Focus: Maternal and child health
Background: Child survival volunteer in Honduras. Works with the Birthing Center.
Alumna
Debra Pinkney – Focus: Current Ph.D. student in family and consumer sciences. Background: Child survival volunteer in Niger. Works at the Carondelet Foundation on South Side school projects.
