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Sommer Scholars Program

Past Scholars

The Hopkins Sommer Scholars Program is developing a network of public health leaders who make a difference in the world.

Hopkins Sommer Scholars participate in enrichment activities aimed at developing personal skills, fostering collaboration, and building a network of contacts they can draw upon throughout their careers. When they graduate, Sommer scholars become members of a global network of leaders determined to make a difference in the world.

Meet the past scholars

2023-2024

Mannan Akhtar, MPH ’24

Hasina Alokozai, MPH ’24

Carlos Lopez Bray, MPH ’24

Ama Essuman, MPH/MBA ’25 (anticipated)

Angélica Gutiérrez-Ramos, MPH/LLM ’25 (anticipated)

Sarah Kolk, MPH ’24

Ciaran Murphy, MPH ’24

Ahmad Ozair, MPH ’24

Aseel Salih, MPH ’24

Preeti Shakya, MPH ’24

Natalie West, MPH  ’24

2022-2023

Sofia Braunstein, MPH '23

Tesha Davilmar, MPH '23

Rachel Larson, MPH/MBA '23

Daphne Lu, MPH/MBA '23

Katya Marks, MPH '23

Yidnekachew Mogessie, MPH/MBA '23

Ali Aahil Noorali, MPH/MBA '24

Fatoumata Barry Ibrahim Oumarou, MPH '23

Maria Ruiz, MPH '23

Katie Ryan, MPH/MBA '23

Shima Shakory, MPH '23

Blessed Sheriff, MPH '23

Patrick Sotto, MPH '23

Angela Suarez, MPH '23

Jean Berchmans Uwimana, MPH/MBA '24

2021-2022

Abdiharin Abdullahi, MPH '22

Ebenezer "Kobbie" Aryee, MPH '22

Adeoluwa Ayoola, MPH '22

Sandra Banks, MPH '22

Priyankar Chand, MPH '22

Rachel Gittinger, MPH '22

Laura Haskins, MPH/MSN '22

Rassidatou Konate, MPH '22

Emily Magurno, MPH '22

David Marquez, MPH '22

Ana Leticia Nery, MPH '22

Emily Pantalone, MPH/MBA '22

Shikar Pardeshi, MPH '22

Heang Lee Tan, MPH '22

Avery Waite, MPH '22

2020-2021

Melanie Bechard, MPH '21

Prashasti Bhatnagar, JD/MPH '20-

jeffrey Edwards, MPH '21

Laura Haskins, MPH '22

Chao Long, MPH '21

Hannah Maniates, MPH '21

Emily Pantalone, MPH/MBA '22

Paul Rebman, MPH '21

Sandra Smiley, MPH '21

Emily Stirzaker, MPH '21

2019-2020

Ahmed Ibrahim Ahmed, MPH '20

Houssam Alnahhas, MPH '20

Luana Araujo, MPH '20

Dinesh Arora, MPH '20

Erin Beasley, MPH '20

Diana Bongiorno, MD '21, MPH '20

Mihir Chaudhary, MPH '20

Li Chen, MPH '20

Alex Faddoul, MPH '20

Waqas Haque, MPH '20

Mikaela Kelly, MPH '20

Nelson Malone, MPH '20

Katherine Narvaez, MPH/MBA '21

Yasaman Sadeghi, MPH '20

2018-2019

Daniel Arias, MPH '19

Emily Cumbie-Drake, MPH '19

Ahmed Elhussein, MPH '19

Javier Galvan, MPH '19

Banda Khalifa, MPH/MBA '20

Jenny Payne, MPH '19

Maia Ramarosandratana, MPH '19

Shamelle Richards, MPH/JD '20

Hannah Rickman, MPH '19

Allyn Rosenberger, MPH/JD '20

Rupali Sood, MPH '19

Seema Subedi, MPH '19

Sam Volkin, MPH/MBA '20

Michael Yong, MPH/MBA '20

2017-2018

Dayawa Agoons, MPH '18

Kaitlin Arena, MPH '18

Mike Benusic, MPH '18

Vinayak Bhardwaj, MPH '18

David Buxton, MPH '19

Cody Cichowitz, MPH '18

Katrina Duncan, MPH 18

Anja Fries, MPH '18

Aparna Krishnan, MPH '18

Sarah Lafave, MPH '18

Albert Osei, MPH '18

Annie Smith, MPH '18

2016-2017

Tanner Bommersbach, MPH '17

Danielle Boyda, MPH '17

Hector Carrasco, MPH '17

Sarah Cohen, MPH '17

Eryn Eby, MPH/MBA '18

Timothee Fruhauf, MPH '17

Kent Garber, MPH '17

Hannah Green, MPH '17

Mara James, MPH/MSW '18

Chris Rusatira, MPH '17

Shazeen Suleman, MPH '17

Jonathan Updike, MPH '17

2015-2016

Rashmi Patil, MPH '16

Mary Quinn, MPH '16

Marcelo Cerullo, MD, MPH '16

Camille Effler, MPH '16

Emily Hylton, MPH '16

Tehreem Rehman, MPH '16

Hasan Merali, MPH '16

Genevieve Purcell, MPH '16

Sagar Chawla, MPH '16

Elizabeth Toure, MPH '16

Bill Cherniak, MPH '16

Eric Thuo, MPH/MBA '17

Juliette Mullin, MPH/MBA '17

2014-2015

Kathryn Helfrich, MPH/MSN '15

Robert Bonacci, MPH '15

Noelle Battle, MPH '15

Maya Venkataramani, MD, MPH '15

Jerome Chelliah, MPH '15

Deanna Wilson, MPH '15

Wendy Lee, MPH '15

Jeremy Tanner, MD, MPH '15

Natalie Chan, MPH '15

Joseph Nindow, MPH '15

Tara Sell, PhD '16

Bethany Allen, MPH/MSN '16

Eoghan Brady, PhD '17

David Lenis, PhD '17

2013-2014

Dawn Pepin, MPH '14

Shelly Choo, MD, MPH '14

Fidel Desir Boya, MD, PhD '18, MPH '14

Ahmed Hassoon, MPH 14

Max Romano, MD, MPH '14

Roger Samuels, MD, MPH '14

Cathryn Christensen, MPH '14

Akira Iizuka, MPH '14

Meghan Battle, MPH '14

Alanna Fitzgerald-Husek, MPH '14

Anju Ranjit, MPH '14

Jennifer Harding, MPH '14

Kristen Patterson, MPH '14

Katherine Johnson, PhD '15

Sarah Murray, PhD '15, MSPH '11

Ginny Fonner, PhD '15

Tyna Dao, PhD '15

Thomas Onyia, MPH/MBA '15

Natalie Draisin, MPH '15

Kevin Fain, DrPH '15, MPH '11

Eric Wier, PhD '17

Lei Huang, PhD '16

Nicolae Done, PhD '17

Jocelyn Kelly, PhD '17

Sapna Kudchakar, PhD '18

Hugo Jhun, PhD '18

2012-2013

Ayse Gurses, MPH '15

Lucy Marcil, MPH '13

Michael Rinke, MD, PhD '12

Alicia Hernandez, MPH '13

Eric JohnBull, MD, MPH '13

Sommer Wild, MPH '13

Amelia Crawford, MPH '13

Katherine Bollbach, MPH '13

Julia Green, MPH '13

Surbhi Grover, MPH '13

Donald Lucas, MPH '13

Devan Jaganath, MPH '13

Crystal Shen, MPH '13

Lauren Fayish, MPH '13

Anita Thurakal, MPH '13

Erin Morse-Mead, PhD '14, MHS '09

Joan Casey, PhD '14

Kara Rudolph, PhD '14, MPH '08

Bibek Karki, MPH/MBA '14

Lian-yu Chen, PhD '15

Jiwon Oh, PhD '14

Sneha Kanneganti, MPH/MBA '14

Sarah Dalglish, PhD '15

Erin Pearson, PhD '16

Alyssa Frazee, PhD '15

Carleigh Krubiner, PhD '15

Priyanka Uprety, PhD '16, MSPH '16

Michael Estrella, PhD '16

2011-2012

Bashir Idris, MPH '12

Jonathan Aboagye, MPH '12

Yassir Ahmed, MPH '12

Michelle Geiss, MPH '12

Melinda Munos, PhD '12, MHS '09

Su Yeon Lee, PhD '12

Theodor Sauer, MPH '12

Marce Abare, MPH '12

Kinsey Hasstedt, MPH '12

Natalie Dailey Garnes, MPH '12

Emily Hurley, PhD '17, MPH '12

Janis Sethness, MPH '12

Alicia Riley, MPH '12

Ritika Goel, MPH '12

Maria Carrasco, DrPH '16, MPH '12

Katharine Wulff, MPH '12

Morgan Philbin, PhD '13, MHS '07

Kyung Min Song, MPH/MBA '13

Zhenke Wu, PhD '14

Kathryn Grabowski, PhD '14, MS '07

Elliott Haut, PhD '14

Hyo Lee, PhD '15

Rachel Zamoiski, PhD '15, MPH '07

Jenna Riis, PhD '15, MHS '10

Andrea Hodgson, PhD '16

2010-2011

Riley Steiner, MPH/MA '11

Elizabeth Stierman, PhD '22, MPH '11

Jack Rowe, MPH '11

Leigh Senderowicz, MPH '11

Andrew Chen, MPH '11

Anne Yoakum, MPH '11

Christopher Lee, MPH '11

Erica Lessem, MPH '11

Pamela Pelizzari, MPH '11

Edmond Baganizi, MPH '11

Sandrine Pirard, MPH '11

Ferhina Ali, MD, MPH '11

Shun Mabuchi, DrPH '11, MPH '11

Abhishek Raut, MPH/MBA '11

Kojo Osei-Bonsu, MPH '11

Ruth Fesahazion, PhD '12

Melissa Opryszko, PhD '12, MPH '04

Maunank Shah, PhD '13

Elizabeth Rhoades, PhD '14

Shanshan Li, PhD '14

Alison Turnbull, PhD '14

Cailin Deal, PhD '14

Jeffrey Duong, PhD '15, MHS '09

Deana Around Him, DrPH '15

Mindy Graham, PhD '15

2009-2010

Jorge Uribe, MPH '10

Rubie Jackson, MPH '10

Stacy Aldinger, MPH/MBA '10

Erin Hall, MPH '10

Cassandra Duffy, MPH '10

Amy Gueye, MPH '10

Luca Passerini, MPH '10

Allison Leung, MPH '10

Catherine Lam, MPH '10

Uju Berry, MPH '10

Sae-rom Chae, MPH '10

Priya Mehra, MPH '10

Crystal Ng, MPH '10

Jordan Ash, MD, MPH '10

Christine Hershey, MPH '10

Beth McGinty, MPH '14

Megan Schuler, PhD '13

Trang Nguyen, PhD '14, MPH '01

Farrah Mateen, PhD '14

Henrik Salje, PhD '14

Michael Byron, PhD '14, MHS '09

Rachel Chase, PhD '15

Alexo Esperato-Martinez, PhD '14

Andrew Azman, PhD '14, MHS '14

Vandana Tripathi, PhD '15

Sarah Meyer, PhD '14

Daesha Ramachandran, PhD '16, MHS '09

Katherine Reiter,  PhD '15

Sarah Khasawinah, MHS '15

Stefanie Trop, PhD '16

2008-2009

Laura Ponzo, MPH '09

Yusheng Zhang, MPH/MBA '09

Gaurab Basu, MPH '09

Anand Bang, MPH '09

Sokhieng Au, MPH '09

Lara Bishay, MPH '09

Caitlin Reed, MPH '09

Tracy Hawry, MPH '09

Yetsa Tuakli-Wosornu, MPH '09

Leah Kern, MPH '09

NiiAmah Stephens, MPH '09

Georgina Calderon, MPH '09

Clancy Broxton, MPH '09, MA

Emily Evans, MPH '09

Erin Karnes, MPH/MBA '09

Susan Moodie, PhD '12, MPH '08

Virginia Bowen, PhD '14, MPH '08

Gregory Tung, PhD '13, MPH '07

Frederic Selck, PhD '13

Heather McKay, PhD '15

Katrina Berg, PhD '14

Anna Ettinger, PhD '14. MPH '05

Hilary Parker, PhD '14, MHS '13

Sapeckshita Agrawal, PhD '13

2007-2008

Avi Hakim, MA, MPH '08

Kristin Chrouser, MPH '08

David Ham, MPH '08

Debraj Mukherjee, MPH '08

Anne Sosin, MPH '08

Catherine Juillard, MPH '08

Awori Hayanga, MPH '08

Aimalohi Ahonkhai, MD, MPH '08

John Campbell, MD, MPH '08

Carmen Coombs, MD, MPH '08

Kirsten Thompson, MPH '08

Melinda Morton, MPH '08

Quang Nguyen, MPH '09

Meghan Davis, PhD '12, MPH '08

Shilpa Gorfine, MPH '09

Alden Gross, PhD '11, MHS '07

Claire Champion, PhD '11, MPH '08

Stephanie Richard, PhD '12, MHS '04

Ozge Tuncalp, PhD '12, MPH '07

Caroline Min, DrPH '12

Jeff Goldsmith, PhD '12

Nidhi Khosla, PhD '12

Jennifer Bobb, PhD '12

Benjamin Johns, PhD '12

Lauren Rossen, PhD '12

Caelin Potts, PhD '14

Eileen Geoghegan, PhD '14

Rebecca Adler Miserendino, PhD '13

Jason Matheny, PhD '14, MPH '04

2006-2007

Autumn Kieber-Emmons, MPH '07

Kevin Conley, MPH '07

Lynn Huynh, PhD '12, MPH/MBA '08

Anne Lee, MPH '07

Vandana Sharma, MPH '07

Charitha Gowda, MPH '07

Shruti Kapoor, MD, MPH '07

Ericka Gibson, MPH '07

Sara Nakielny, MPH '07

Tong Jen Lo, MPH '07

Jordan Feld, MPH '07

Joanne Chan, MPH '09

Jennifer Woods, MPH '07

Marcia Anderson DeCoteau, MPH '07

Chuka Anude, PhD '11, MPH '07

Heon-Jae Jeong, DrPH '12, MPH/MBA '08

Heather Bradley, PhD '09, MHS '05

Michael Engelman, PhD/MHS '10, MHS '06

Jonathan Kromm, PhD '11, MHS '06

Nikolas Wada, PhD '11

Melissa Gilkey, PhD '11

Amelia Greiner, PhD '11

Julie Leis, PhD '11

Kyla Hayford, PhD '12, MA

Dan Roth, PhD '11

Simina Boca, PhD/MHS '11

Preety Gadhoke, PhD '12

Melissa Guillemot, DrPH '12

2005-2006

Lindsay Kim, MD, MPH '06

Lydia Kline, MPH '06

Grace Chan, PhD '13, MPH '06

Jason Vassy, MPH '06

Raj Panjabi, MPH '06

Traci Means, MD/MPH '06

Mua Ngo, MPH '06

Gwynne Jenkins, MPH '09

Dan Schainholz, MPH '06

Jessica Greenberg, MPH '06

Kyden Creekpaum, MPH '09

Connie Hwang, MPH '06

Melva Green, MPH/MBA '06

Yung-Ting Bonnenfant, MPH '06

Caitlin Kennedy, PhD '09, MPH '04

Lainie Rutkow, PhD '09, MPH '05

Pallab Maulik, PhD '09

Jessica Leibler, DrPH '10

Jessica Fehringer, PhD '10, MHS '05

Emma Tsui, PhD '10, MPH '03

Laura Steinhardt, PhD '10, MPH '02

Yong Chen, PhD '11

Christen Fornadel, PhD '10

Pritika Kumar, PhD '11

Sadaf Khan, DrPH '11, MPH '03

Marco Carone, PhD '11

Abena Agyeman, PhD '11

Leora Vegosen, PhD '12, MHS '05