Current Residents
Preventive Medicine Year 2
Lakshmi Sahini, MD, MPH
Medical School: Deccan College of Medical Sciences, India
Previous Experience: Transitional Year program at Hackensack Meridian Health Palisades Medical Center, New Jersey; Earned MPH from the University of Massachusetts; Worked for four years at DSHS as an Epidemiologist in Chronic Health and Immunizations
Professional Interests: Chronic Disease Prevention, Environmental Health, Toxicology and Cancer Prevention, Infectious Disease Control and Prevention, Global Health, Behavioral and Mental Health
Sandra Lozano, MD, MPH, CPH
Medical School: Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Previous Experience: Earned MPH degree at the University of North Texas Health Science Center; Completed OBGYN Residency at Methodist Dallas Medical Center; Decade of experience as a practicing OBGYN physician in private practice and community clinic settings
Professional Interests: Maternal and Child Health, Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Global Health, Health Disparities and Social Determinants of Health, and Sexual and Reproductive Health
Preventive Medicine Year 1
Alison Yarp, MD, MPH
Medical School: UT Health San Antonio Long School of Medicine
Previous Experience:
- Completed MPH in 2019 as part of MD/MPH dual degree program with UT Health School of Public Health
- Finished Psychiatry internship in 2020 at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
- Worked as a medical education consultant for supplemental resources prior to entering preventive medicine
- Working on growing a nonprofit community for US medical trainees to support and encourage one another online
Professional Interests:
- Injury and Violence Prevention
- Behavioral and Mental Health
- Child and Adolescent Health
- Medical Education
- Community Health Education
- Health Technology and Social Media