Reasons For Interest On Public Health

The invaluable skills that I have gained and learned through my after school clubs, Future Business Leaders of America, (FBLA) and National Honor Society( NHS), has stirred up a desire in me to help my community and to make a difference in the lives of people, by majoring in the Public Health field. Through Public Health, I will help those in my community at large to live healthy lives; mentally, socially, physically and culturally. Healthcare is an essential need in life and is a great field that would allow me to make a difference.

As a teacher, I encourage my students to follow their passions and I would be remiss if I did not follow mine. At this time, I am ready to take purposeful steps toward those aspirations. Public Health, specifically health equity, is my passion. I aspire to implement culturally competent policies and programs that increase healthcare access for vulnerable people in developing countries. My commitment to creating equity in health systems and expanding access comes from academic, personal and professional experiences.

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After graduating high school, I was accepted to Alabama State University and decided to study Biology. I figured that this area would help me study living organisms, life processes and understanding the basic life processes that required different medical provisions. I believed that I would eventually find out if I wanted to studying medicine or counsel people. On May 7, 2011, I graduated from Alabama State University with my Bachelor’s degree in Biology. Then I volunteered at Jamaica Hospital emergency room alongside the medical providers and interact with the families of those who are medically

College became and extension of that passion. In my freshman year of college at Arcadia University, I pursued international studies and global politics. I soon became interested in considering programs relevant to integrating politics and activism into my daily life. At Emerson College, I found the opportunity to research social movements and the theory ingrained within them. The realization that politics and organizing was about communities and the philosophies they embodied led me in search of my community. I found my community in the environmental movement. As I worked with my peers to organize on-campus, I investigated the ethics, legality, and public interest about the environmental movement in the classroom. This time my pursuit of knowledge was not wholly personal, but rather the beginning of my contribution to my

Career motivation: Graduated from high school, I attended health care- pharmacy. From-time to time while in college, my interest doubled in the field of health. Finally, I graduated in two-year pharmacy degree and joined the workforce immediately. Even though, the workplace is out of the United States, I have gained endless experiences started from small rural health care center to the country’s food medicine and health care regulatory authority for the past ten years. Definitely, that was the place where I understood what health care is, why health care is important, and how health care professions differ from other professions. So the only career which struggle to restore and maintain the healthy lives of living creatures, including the human being is the health care

We as a class were given a variety of health subjects to choose from to undertake a research project that counted as a huge part of our grades. I picked the study of epidemiology to be the area I would focus on extensively for the next three months of that semester. This obviously meant that I had to read and learn a couple of books to get a clear idea of how I was going to present my idea and findings. As I read through some of these books, I really became intrigued. The aspects of global health issues, biostatistics and health policies to name a few really jolted me into considering this area of study as a potential future career choice, as oppose as to just a research project. I was really fascinated as I read and came across the range of issues that public health officials such as epidemiologists had to solve or were in the process of solving in inventive ways. I obtained a crucial but very methodical understanding of the very issues that is being faced in the world of health care today. Ever since this class came and went, I have been highly focused on public health issues through other classes and

Everyone forges their own path, backed by their passions, hopes, and aspirations, and for now, my academic goal is to gain knowledge, further passion, and cultivate care. Looking back, I know that my childhood has impacted how I see the world. I grew up with the natural world at my fingertips, spending most summers outside. As I’ve grown, so has my love of the natural world. I have learned about a few of the countless injustices happening around the world, and if I could to anything to better conditions either domestically or internationally, that would be enough. The constant news reports and media coverage of terrible outcomes, people getting injured or killed, thousands of acres of land getting destroyed, all because we humans indirectly or directly caused a natural disaster are no longer shocking because of their frequency. We need more people studying our impacts in every possible way, small scale and large scale. Environmental issues are becoming one of the largest problems of our generation, and I’m not going to sit out for this battle. I want to pick up a sword and fight for what I

Growing up in Nepal, I had to face the adversity of being a female in a community where women are expected to get an arranged marriage at the age of 19, surrender any dreams of education and dedicate their lives to bearing children, preferably boys. However, my family was progressive and fostered in me that scholastic pursuits should always be a priority. So, I immigrated to America by myself with a profound tenacity, in hopes to achieve a college degree in public health. Overcoming all financial hurdles, I was finally able to pursue a college degree successfully. I aspire to be that healthcare professional who yearns to live in the service of others, which for me would be a public health dentist. I am now on my path to achieving a master’s

Since freshman year, I have taken college level health science related courses that taught me the technical aspects of medical terminology, along with the complex questions of bioethics. From a practical aspect, I learned about the values and perplexities of the Hippocratic Oath, while getting CPR/AED/First Aid certified. Through my extracurriculars, I learned the value of synergizing science and compassion. I learned the devastation illness has on family members when I volunteered at the Alzheimer’s Care facility. I danced to Marvin Gaye with the terminally ill residents as their family members looked on with a surreal expression on their face because their mom or dad was enjoying that very instance of their life. At my internship at a physical therapy practice, I learned the importance of patient autonomy from older patients who would forego major operations like hip or knee replacements to preserve their quality of life without facing the potential implications of a major operation. At the American Cancer Society’s annual Relay for Life, I learned how important holistic health care factored into the treatment process as cancer survivors and fighters emphasized the importance of a strong emotional and spiritual support network. These profound insights I learned outside the classroom brought my education full circle. At Georgetown, with the National

For a brief moment I felt at peace, because I believed I could help my family out of poverty while doing something that I choose for myself. But I realized deep down that the legal studies field was not what I wanted for a life long career and I noticed there were several overlaps between the criminal justice system and the healthcare system which piqued my interests. A career in the legal studies field seemed like an easy way out. I could easily help my family and community, and be comfortable in that type of career, but the problem was that I didn’t want comfort. I wanted excitement, and a true passion. What I truly sought after was a career that would constantly test and push me to my fullest potential. I wanted a career that would allow me to give back to the same community of underserved areas, and more importantly I wanted to help people on a more immediate and individual basis. As a doctor, researcher, and scientist we all have to work as a collective body to improve the life and wellbeing of society, but as a doctor I could go a step farther and make impacts on an individual level with my patients. Ironically, what I ended up wanting was the one thing I had previously tried to fight; a career in

While I have not been directly involved in the work of PHM before, I have been involved in the health activism activities. From organising workshops on Mental Health & Stigma and Drug Abuse in local communities and schools to organising a conference on Zika to working in the UK Health Forum on the project on built environment, aimed to illustrate how people around the globe made their communities a healthier, happier place. I am currently pursuing degree in Global Health and aim to also obtain master’s in public administration and policy, as I always wanted to contribute to a change towards “a world in which a healthy life for all is a reality”,

My goals in life are to get a first enlist in the Navy, hope to get a job as a diver in the special operations program. After my first enlistment is up, I want to be a diver at an aquarium where I can feed the animals; Meanwhile, I would like to attend Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science at The University of Miami and earn a doctorate degree in Marine Biology to become a Marine Biologist. I've always been fascinated with animals, especially aquatic life. Although, I wasn't dead-set on becoming one at first, over spring break I made my final decision. We went to an aquarium and I just loved every bit of it; the animal’s interactions, the knowledge behind all of it, and the joy I saw between the employees and the animals. I’m very interested in not just the study of organisms in the ocean or other marine bodies of water, but also marine conservation and ecology. Thinking about the studies of protecting and preserving of the ecosystems in oceans and seas and interactions among organisms and their environment just gets my full attention. I could sit for hours and hours and listen to anybody talk about these subjects and they would have my full attention, one-hundred percent. This subject has never, and never will lose my interest.

Public health strategies and interventions have changed drastically over time. Bloodletting is one of the most ancient forms of medical interventions. It originated in the ancient civilizations of Egypt and Greece, persisting through the Medieval, Renaissance, and Enlightenment periods (PBS). Doctors used the bloodletting method for every ailment imaginable; from pneumonia, bone fractures, and even wounds, bloodletting was as trusted and popular as aspirin is today.

My interest started in elementary school, because of the teachers who enhanced my passion for science. In elementary school, I never thought about turning my passion into an actual career; that didn’t happen until high school. Science always intrigued me, from the never-ending science fair projects to research projects. Georgetown University’s Masters’ program in Biotechnology/ BioScience will continue to enhance my passion for science, but will also enhance my other passion in health related professions. Throughout my life, I loved science and health, but more so, the satisfaction of putting someone’s well being before my own.