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Brown Scholars Alumni

Sachini Bandara

Sachini Bandara

  • Graduation Year: 2018
  • Department: Health Policy and Management
  • Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
     

Desmond Banks (Flagg)

Desmond Banks (formerly Desmond Flagg)

  • Graduation Year: 2015
  • Department: Health Policy and Management
  • Current Position: Senior Consultant, HMA Medicaid Market Solutions
     

Karina Christiansen

Karina Christiansen

  • Graduation Year: 2016
  • Department: Health Policy and Management
  • Current Position: Deputy Executive Director of the Mayor's Office to Prevent Gun Violence, Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice in New York City.
     

Fidel Desir

Fidel Desir

  • Graduation Year: 2014
  • Department: Epidemiology
  • Current Position: Resident, Mount Carmel Graduate Medical Education
     

Stephanie Farquhar

Stephanie Farquhar

  • Graduation Year: 2012
  • Department: Health, Behavior and Society
  • Current Position: Director of Social Research, Center for Health Equity and Community Wellness, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
     
Darriel Harris

Darriel Harris

  • Graduation Year: 2021
  • Department: Health, Behavior and Society
  • Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future
     

Chandra Jackson

Chandra L. Jackson

  • Graduation Year: 2012
  • Department: Epidemiology
  • Current Position: Earl Stadtman Investigator, Epidemiology Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
     

Amanda Latimore

Amanda Latimore

  • Graduation Year: 2012
  • Department: Population, Family and Reproductive Health
  • Current Position: Director, Center for Addiction Research and Effective Solutions (AIR CARES), American Institutes for Research
     

Roxanne Mirabal-Beltran

Roxanne Mirabal Beltran

  • Graduation Year: 2018
  • Department: Population, Family and Reproductive Health
  • Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Professonal Nurse Practice, Georgetown University School of Nursing & Health Studies
     

Yeeli Mui

Yeeli Mui

  • Graduation Year: 2017
  • Department: International Health
  • Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
     

Rene Najera

Rene Najera

  • Graduation Year: 2018
  • Department: Epidemiology
  • Current Position: Epidemiologist, Fairfax County Health Department
     

Gia Naranjo Rivera

Gia Naranjo-Rivera

  • Graduation Year: 2020
  • Department: Population, Family and Reproductive Health
  • Current Position: Founder & Head of Practice at Constellation Consulting LLC; Transformative Evaluation Consultant, Portland Public Schools
     

Sally Peprah

Sally Peprah

  • Graduation Year: 2018
  • Department: Epidemiology
  • Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute
     

Allysha Robinson

Allysha Maragh-Bass
(formerly Allysha Robinson)

  • Graduation Year: 2015
  • Department: Health Policy and Management
  • Current Position: Scientist I; Founder, Decolonization & Global Health Equity Task Force
     

Michelle Taylor

Michelle Taylor

  • Graduation Year: 2015
  • Department: Population, Family and Reproductive Health
  • Current Position: Shelby County Health Director

Aracelis Torres

Aracelis Torres

  • Graduation Year: 2016
  • Department: Epidemiology
  • Current Position: Director, Quantitative Sciences Head of Ongoing Research Projects, Flatiron Health
     

Nomi Weiss-Laxer

Nomi Weiss-Laxer

  • Graduation Year: 2019
  • Department: Population, Family and Reproductive Health
  • Current Position: NRSA Postdoctoral Fellow & Research Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
     

Stacey Williams (Carroll)

Stacey Carroll Williams (formerly Stacey Lloyd)

  • Graduation Year: 2017
  • Department: Mental Health
  • Current Position: Director of Evaluation, Forward Cities
     

Stacy Woods

Stacy Woods

  • Graduation Year: 2016
  • Department: Environmental Health Science
  • Current Position: Geostatistician, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
     

Jessica Owens-Young

Jessica Owens-Young (formerly Jessica Young)

  • Graduation Year: 2014
  • Department: Health Policy and Management
  • Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Health Studies, American University