Student Advisory Committee
About
The Cornell Public Health Student Advisory Committee (SAC) provides input and advice to the Public Health Program to ensure that students’ perspectives are represented, and that the Program is responsive to them and changing workforce needs in achieving the Program’s mission and vision. Members of the SAC act as ambassadors for the Program; review Program progress and developments; provide input and recommendations for Program growth and improvement; and contribute to Program governance related to the MPH curriculum, admissions processes, and/or policy changes. If you have ideas that you want to share, reach out to an SAC member!
Committee Members
Yihan Bao
Food Systems & Health
About Yihan
- International student from China
- Degree: BS in Human Biology at UCSD
- General Interests: Photography, cooking, baking, hiking, & tennis
- Public Health Interests: Nutrition, the interrelationship between food and oral health
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Justin Han
Food Systems & Health
About Justin
- Raised in Marlborough, CT
- Degree: Bachelors of Science in Nutritional Sciences, Dietetics at Cornell University
- General Interests: Marching band, video games, & collecting plushies
- Public Health Interests: Public health nutrition, food justice, sustainable agriculture, & nutrition education
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Sophia Kira-Lucas
Infectious Disease Epidemiology
About Sophia
- Raised in Agoura Hills, CA
- Degree: BA in Biology from University of Redlands
- General Interests: Music, art, outdoor activities, video games, & growing citrus trees!
- Public Health Interests: Zoonotic diseases, animal-human interface, spillover events, & the role of wildlife ecology in disease transmission
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Maryam Maqsood Ahmed
Infectious Disease Epidemiology
About Maryam
- International student from India, raised in Doha, Qatar
- Degree: Doctor of Pharmacy
- Public Health Interests: The intersection of medical/clinical sciences and public health to develop multi-faceted approaches to improve and enhance community health access and reduce the disease burden and disparities, especially when it comes to battling antimicrobial resistance, NCDs, and immunizations.
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Shannon Prozeller
Food Systems & Health
About Shannon
- Finger Lakes native and Food Safety Specialist at the Cornell Food Venture Center
- Degree: Bachelor of Science in Community Health Education from State University of New York at Brockport
- General Interests: Cooking, hiking, sailing, skiing, music and dance
- Public Health Interests: Social and behavioral science, sustainable food systems, integrative medicine, and the art of relationship as a means to create more equitable and sustainable communities
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Taylor Rijos
Food Systems & Health
About Taylor
- Raised on Long Island, NY, first generation student, & Transforming Food Systems Fellow
- Degree: BA in Anthropology from University of Chicago
- General interests: Reading non-fiction, listening to science podcasts, watching horror movies, crocheting, & running
- Public Health Interests: Climate resiliency in health and food systems, sustainable management of natural and aquatic resources, equitable environmental and health policy, science communications, & culturally responsive public health interventions.
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Anthony Un
Infectious Disease Epidemiology
About Anthony
- Born and raised in DeKalb, Illinois
- Degree: BS in Microbiology, BS in Anthropology from Arizona State University
- General Interests: Photography, writing, reading, & cooking
- Public Health Interests: Epidemiology, social sciences, health politics and decision-making, & mixed-methods research
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Former SAC Members
Lakshman Balaji ’19, Zach Batterman ’24, Cassandra Cheung ’24, Shreya Chitnavis ’24, Shane Conyers ’20, Amanda Edwards ’22, Jennifer Gil ’23, Christina Hanna ’20, Anke Kotze ’21, Yiping Li ’22, Mah Liqa ’23, Nikte (Raul) Campo Lizama ’23, Zhengyu Lu ’23, Aaron Malkowski ’23, Andreina Martin ’19, Parshad Mehta ’23, Shannon McLeod ’21, Hannah Morris ’24, Stephanie Morse ’21, Jaylen Perkins ’22, Paige Priest ’20, Pallavi Pusapati ’24, Nyaradzo Sirewu ’22, Avery Sirwatka ’24, Tatiana Thomas ’20, Symone Thompson ’21, Hirokazu Togo ’19, Aly Trombitas ’21, Shuai Yuan ’21, Farida Jummai Yusuf ’24