Episode Details

In today’s episode, we chat with Alejandra Salemi, MPH, MTS, who is currently a Doctoral Student in Population Health Sciences at Duke University. Alejandra is interested in understanding the intersection of religion, community health and wellbeing. She is someone with experience using her coaching skillsets to help people around their health and wellness. She got her Bachelors in Public Health at University of Florida. She then got her Master of Public Health at University of Florida followed by her Master of Theological Studies at Harvard University. And is currently working towards a doctoral degree at Duke University.

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Chapters:
0:00 - Teaser clip

0:39 - Public Health careers podcast intro

1:10 - Episode intro

3:02 - How are you doing?

4:00 - Personal Background

5:35 - What does Public Health mean to you?

5:36 - Shop ad

6:15 - Back to episode

7:54 - Journey in Public Health

11:24 - How did you know you wanted to do Public Health

13:19 - How did you choose your concentration?

14:55 - Position as Cognito Program Ambassador @ UF Counseling and Wellness Center

19:58 - Takeaways from time in schooling

22:34 - Masters in Theological studies @ Harvard

28:45 - Concentration at Harvard

31:03 - Team Lead role at Harvard

34:34 - What made you switch masters programs?

36:12 - Position as Research assistant at FXB centre at Harvard

41:03 - Position as Research assistant at Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health

45:00 - Do you think you git what you wanted from your Masters degree

46:50 - Current time as PhD student at Duke

51:05 - Discord ad

51:52 - Back to episode

54:56 - How can someone start their own platform

58:47 - Where so you see yourself in the future?

1:00:45 - Advice for students pursuing public health

1:01:41 - Advice for someone wanting to be where you are

1:03:18 - What is something you’re working on improving right now?

1:04:10 - Professional recommendations

1:05:15 - Where can people connect with you?

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