Meet the Fellows - Texas Public Health Fellowship

Alyssa Barnes 
BS, Public Health

City of Laredo Health Department

Epidemiology

Morgan Beckham 
MPH, BS, Psychology

DSHS Child and Adolescent Health Branch

Quality Improvement, Evaluation

Jessica Beharry 
MS, Veterinary Public Health and Epidemiology

DSHS Center for Health Statistics GIS

GIS/Spatial Analysis

Michelle Cajero 
MPH

Galveston County Health District

Community Engagement, Health Promotion

Miranda Cano 
BS, Public Health

DSHS Public Health Preparedness Program

Public Health Emergency Preparedness Program

Ella Castro 
BA, Criminal Justice

Williamson County and Cities Health District

Records Management

Isanel Ceron

BS, Public Health 
Chambers County Public Health

Community Engagement, Vulnerable Populations

Juan Cornejo 
AA, Business

DSHS Accounts Payable Claims

Account Payable, Data Analytics

Brittaney Davis 
BS, Public Health, Behavioral Science and Health Promotion

Fort Bend County Health & Human Services

Health Policy and Management

Patricia De La Cruz 
BSN

DSHS Tuberculosis Program

Tuberculosis Surveillance

Arath De La Rosa
BS, Public Health

DSHS Public Health Region 11

Tuberculosis, Epidemiology, Data Analysis

Jeanene Duplechain 
CPhT

Hardin County Health Services

Rebekka Garcia
MPH, CPH

Galveston County Health District

Community Needs Assessment Analysis

Lesley Gonzalez 
BS, Public Health

Hidalgo County Health & Human Services

Community Outreach

Alexis Grasso 
BS, Public Health

Waco-McLennan County Public Health District

Health Disparities

Ana Karen Gutierrez 
BS, Health

DSHS HIV/STD Surveillance and Reporting

HIV/STD Surveillance

Zhalla Hakimyar 
BA, English

Amarillo Public Health

Community Engagement

Miriam Jamie 
BS, Public Health

Corpus Christi-Nueces County Public Health District

Epidemiology and Community Engagement

Tibor Kisel 
MPH

DSHS Center for Public Health Policy and Practice

Health Disparities

Jessica Lennon 
MA, Professional Development; MA, English

DSHS Public Health Administration

Streamlining HR Processing

Maria Lopez 
BA, Public Health

DSHS Public Health Preparedness Program

Public Health Emergency Preparedness

Fancine Mascarenhas 
MPH

DSHS Immunization Vaccine and Education

Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine Preventable Diseases

Carrie Noelle McGehee 
MPH

Brazos County Health District

Strategic Planning

Brianna Middleton 
BSA, Biochemistry

Fort Bend County Health & Human Services

Community Engagement

April Montemayor 
BS, Public Health, BA, Sociology

DSHS Infection Control and Employee Health Coordination

Infection Control & Behavioral Health

Sudeep Neupane 
BS, MPH

DSHS Office of Border Public Health Research

Border Health Epidemiology

Dennis Ogeto Nyachoti 
MPH, DrPH

DSHS STD/Congenital Syphilis Epidemiology and Surveillance

STD Epidemiology and Surveillance

Precious Ohemeng 
BSA, Neuroscience, BS, Psychology

Williamson County and Cities Health District

Injury Surveillance, Overdose Epidemiology, Data Analytics

Gabriela Ortiz 
MS, PharmD

DSHS Center for System Coordination and Innovation

Project Management

Alessandra Pequeno 
AA

DSHS Fiscal Support & Oversight

Finance and Data Analytics

Nini Pham 
MPH

Fort Bend County Health & Human Services

Mosquito Surveillance, FDA

Sydnii Robinson  
BS, Public Health

DSHS Community Relations

Community Relations

Ailie Rooney 
BS, Public Health with a concentration in Epidemiology

DSHS Oral Health Improvement Program

Data Analytics, Community Outreach, Oral Improvement for Maternal and Child Health

Victoria Salinas 
MPH

DSHS Environmental Epidemiology & Disease Registries Section

Environmental and Disease Registries Epidemiology

Philp Sanusi 
MPH

City of Laredo Health Department

Implementation of Health Literacy

Alexandra Simpson 
MPH

DSHS Maternal and Child Health

Title V Engagement

Arlo Walker  
BS, Public Health, NREMT

DSHS Zoonosis Control Program

Zoonosis Control

Lauren Wheat  
BS, Biology

DSHS Communications and Marketing

Academic Engagement

Aniyah Zaman  
BS, Public Health, CHES

Fort Bend County Health & Human Services

Chronic and Infectious Disease Epidemiology