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Kate Foster

Email Me! What was your Undergrad Institution and Major? College of Wooster, Major in Anthropology. What piqued your interest to study health communication? I’m a health services researcher, and many of the problems that I see in my work are centered around communication. I also knew that getting a health communication degree would set me

Ida Haynes

Email Me! What was your Undergrad Institution and Major? I studied Theatre and Fine Art at Loyola University Chicago. What piqued your interest to study health communication? I have worked in different healthcare organizations over my 10 years since undergrad, but I want to learn more. I have always enjoyed learning about the healthcare world

Elly Woods

Email Me! What was your Undergrad Institution and Major? Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Iowa   What piqued your interest to study health communication? I have always been very interested in health and wellness, and I wanted a degree that would help me transition into the healthcare communications field. I also am

Laney Paterson

Email Me! What was your Undergrad Institution and Major? Health Information Systems at University of Maine at Farmington. What piqued your interest to study health communication? I have witnessed a disconnect between patients and their providers throughout my own personal and professional experience. There is often a limited understanding of one’s own health condition and

Mailee Her

Email Me! What was your Undergrad Institution and Major? I graduated from University of Wisconsin-Green Bay in Communications with emphasis in Health Communication. What piqued your interest to study health communication? I’ve always known that I wanted to work in healthcare but not as a nurse or doctor. During my sophomore year of undergrad, my advisor

Michael Lynch

Email Me! What was your Undergrad Institution and Major? DePaul University, Bachelor of Arts in Organizational Communication What piqued your interest to study health communication? I wanted to explore and learn about how communication, technology and multiculturalism could be fused to improve health outcomes in Black and Brown communities. Why is earning your MS at Northwestern

Nataliya Taneva

Email Me! What was your Undergrad Institution and Major? I received my Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from The University of Illinois at Chicago. What piqued your interest to study health communication? I am currently working in Healthcare Administration Management and I was interested to gain academic knowledge in healthcare in addition

Rawan Medina

Email Me! What was your Undergrad Institution and Major? I graduated from Rush University with a Bachelor of Science in Vascular Ultrasound. What piqued your interest to study health communication? After working in healthcare for years and realizing that there is still so much that needs to be improved on, it really interested me to

Yuna Yu

Email Me! What was your Undergrad Institution and Major? I graduated from Boston University in May 2020 with a major in Public Relations and a minor in Psychology. What piqued your interest to study health communication? During my senior year in college, I worked in a healthcare team in one of my public relations internships.

Yameen Saima

Email Me! What was your Undergrad Institution and Major? I completed my Bachelor’s in Political Science and Global & International Relations, with a minor in English and Arabic, at Loyola University Chicago. What piqued your interest to study health communication? Recent world events showed me the importance of the healthcare field. The COVID-19 pandemic brought