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Biases

Check Your Biases

Supriya Gupta

Supriya Gupta, 1st Year MPH Candidate, speaks about the importance of checking your biases prior to traveling to Mississippi, on the Public Health in Action trip.

Kamara Gardner in front of the SPH sign

Michigan to Mississippi

Kamara Gardner

Kamara Gardner, 1st Year MPH Candidate, speaks about her personal experiences, and how she is looking forward to the Public Health in Action trip.

Mississippi Bus

Learning About the Mississippi Delta

Huda Bashir

Huda Bashir, a MPP/MPH candidate, talks about the role structural determinants of health play in Mississippi, and more about what she will be working on during the Public Health in Action trip.

Welcome to Mississippi sign

The Southern Peach Takes the Magnolia State

Jadrienne Horton

Jadrienne Horton, a MPH/MSW Candidate, talks about her upbringing in Georgia and what she looks forward to during the Public Health in Action trip to Mississippi.

Mississippi Delta

Pre-Trip Reflection: Painting a Picture of the Mississippi Delta

Kandyce Keller

Kandyce Keller, 2nd Year MPH Candidate, reflects on the knowledge gained about Mississippi during her coursework. She's excited to collaborate with community partners and employ her new public health related skills during the Public Health in Action trip to Mississippi.

Carribean landscape

Balancing COVID-19 with Caribbean Reopening

Kellon Bubb Report

Dr. Francis Martin, acting Chief Medical Officer for the Grenada Ministry of Health and Dr. Rohan Jeremiah, Associate Professor for Community Health Sciences at the University of Illinois at Chicago, School of Public Health talk about the Caribbean reopening from COVID-19. Dr. Jeremiah was part of the PHAST Grenada trip in March.