MCHP graduates contribute to improving the health of women, children, and families through a wide variety of careers in research and public health practice. These include:
Public Health Analyst: Josephine Ansah, MPH, Class of 2001
Ms. Ansah works as a Public Health Analyst for the DHHS Health Resources and Service Administration and is a founding member (along with eight other women) of an emerging non-profit organization called Voices International. Founded in spring 2005, Voices International is dedicated to promoting and sustaining the economic and social well-being of people of color through education, cultural awareness and advocacy. The organization is committed to enhancing the quality of life for youth and families in local and global communities to achieve long term, sustainable outcomes.
MCH Epidemiologist: Deborah Kane, PhD, Class of 2003
Upon graduating from our program, Dr. Kane was hired by the State of Mississippi as an MCH Epidemiology ORISE Fellow. In that position she used the National Children with Special Health Care Needs (CSHCN) dataset to describe access to health and dental care of Mississippi CSHCN and their families and to explore factors that facilitate access or create barriers to health and dental care. Dr. Kane later transferred to the Iowa Department of Public Health, Bureau of Family Health where she now serves as the CDC Assignee/MCH Epidemiologist.
Policy Fellow: Lauren Seemeyer, MPH, Class of 2006
Upon graduating form the MCH Program, Ms. Seemeyer received a Policy Fellowship at the National Women's Law Center in Washington, DC. As the National Women’s Law fellow, Ms. Seemeyer is working in support of the Center’s advocacy and public education efforts focused on addressing issues at the core of women’s and girls’ lives in education, employment, health and reproductive rights, and family economic security, with special priority given to the needs of low-income women and their families.
Consultant: Amy Dolgin, MPH, Class of 2007
Ms. Dolgin worked during her MPH program as an intern at the US DHHS Office on Women’s Health, where she coordinated the 2006 and 2007 WOMAN Challenge, an 8-week physical activity intervention for women and girls nationwide. Since graduating from UIC, Amy has launched a small consulting business, assisting health and human service providers in their work. Her first clients include the Office on Women’s Health, where she will continue to coordinate the WOMAN Challenge and contribute to countless other women’s health programs, and the AMA Alliance, where she is conducting an ongoing evaluation of their Screen Out! Anti-Smoking Campaign.
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