Meet the 2023 Alumni - Texas Public Health Fellowship

Alex Estrada
MPH, CPH

Fellowship Placement: Ector County Health Department

Future Plans: DSHS PHR 2/3 - Epidemiologist

Alyssa Gonzalez
BS Public Health

Fellowship Placement: Public Health Emergency Preparedness Program - DSHS PHR 11 (Harlingen)

Future Plans: Masters in Public Health

Arnold Martinez
BS Public Health

Fellowship Placement: Waco-McLennan County Public Health District

Future Plans: Joining the Public Health Workforce

Belinda Bernal
BS Public Health

Fellowship Placement: Hidalgo County Health & Human Services

Future Plans: UTHealth SA Cell Systems & Anatomy Graduate Program

Ebonie Lopez
MPH

Fellowship Placement: HIV/STD Program - DSHS PHR 11 (Harlingen)

Future Plans: Denton County Public Health

Earl Greer
MPH

Fellowship Placement: Tuberculosis/Community Health Improvement - DSHS PHR 4/5N (Tyler)

Future Plans: PhD Program at the University of California Los Angeles

Emmanuel Legarreta
BS Public Health

Fellowship Placement: Community Health Improvement (Health Disparities) - DSHS PHR 8 (San Antonio)

Future Plans: PhD Sociology in Portland, Oregon

Ifeanyichukwu Ukaumunna
MPH

Fellowship Placement: Leadership - DSHS PHR 4/5N (Tyler)

Future Plans: Joining the Public Health Workforce

Jackson Smith
CPHT, CMC

Fellowship Placement: DSHS Texas Center for Infectious Disease

Future Plans: DSHS TCID

Jacob Fraga
BS Public Health

Fellowship Placement: Tuberculosis Elimination - DSHS PHR 11 (Harlingen)

Future Plans: BSN Program at UT RGV

Jacqueline Hussey
BGS

Fellowship Placement: DSHS PHR 7

Future Plans: Host Site DSHS PHR 7 Preparedness Health and Safety Specialist

Justin Sujith
BS

Fellowship Placement: Tuberculosis Program - DSHS PHR 8

Future Plans: Joining the Public Health Workforce

Karla Bautista
MPH

Fellowship Placement: Fort Bend County Health and Human Services

Future Plans: Fort Bend County Hackett Center for Mental Health

Karla Ruelas
BS Public Health

Fellowship Placement: Public Health Emergency Preparedness Program - DSHS PHR 11 (Harlingen)

Future Plans: Joining the Public Health Workforce

Layla Lustri
MPH

Fellowship Placement: Environmental Epidemiology & Disease Registries Section - DSHS Central Office

Future Plans: Joining the Public Health Workforce

Leobardo Teutle Flores
CCMA

Fellowship Placement: Brazos County Health District

Future Plans: Joining the Public Health Workforce

Luke Pickerill
MPH

Fellowship Placement: Regional and Local Health Operations Analytics Group - DSHS Central Office

Future Plans: Looking to join the Epidemiology Workforce in Anchorage, Alaska

Osato Irorere
BS Public Health

Fellowship Placement: Health Literacy - Fort Bend County Health and Human Services

Future Plans: University of Incarnate Word School of Osteopathic Medicine

Paola Vidal
MPH

Fellowship Placement: Clinical/Surveillance Immunization Program - DSHS PHR 11 (Harlingen)

Future Plans: PhD in Immunology and Molecular Pathogenesis at Emory University

Rachel Allred
PhD, MPH

Fellowship Placement: Birth Defects Epidemiology and Surveillance Branch - DSHS Central Office

Future Plans: Host Site-Birth Defects Epidemiology and Surveillance

Rachel Clear
MPH

Fellowship Placement: TB/HIV/STD Section - DSHS Central Office

Future Plans: PhD Program in Tropical Medicine at Tulane University

Ricardo Gutierrez
MPH

Fellowship Placement: Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology - DSHS Central Office

Future Plans: Joining the Public Health Workforce

Ryan Logan
BS, BA, EMT

Fellowship Placement: City of Laredo Health Department

Future Plans: TTUHSC El Paso Paul L. Foster School of Medicine

Sameera Taylor
MPH

Fellowship Placement: Chronic Disease Epidemiology - Fort Bend County Health and Human Services

Future Plans: Contractor in Infection Control

Srinidhi Murali
BA

Fellowship Placement: Independent Fiscal Support and Oversight - DSHS Central Office

Future Plans: MPH Program in Health Policy & Management at Columbia University

Tryton Shelp
MPH, CPH

Fellowship Placement: Tuberculosis Program - DSHS PHR 8

Future Plans: Joining the Public Health Workforce

Victoria Vatankha
MPH

Fellowship Placement: Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology - Fort Bend County Health and
Human Services

Future Plans: Harris County Public Health Substance Use Epidemiologist

Yazmeane Pena
MPH

Fellowship Placement: Zoonosis - DSHS PHR 1

Future Plans: Joining the Public Health Workforce