2023-2024 Honors Practicum Cohort

2023-2024 Honors Practicum Director: Dr. Nancy Binkin

Through the BSPH Honors Practicum, these students learned to design and conduct stakeholder-driven community-based public health interventions, to analyze and synthesize qualitative and quantitative evaluation findings, and to disseminate results to a wide variety of audiences. They also gained valuable skills in group work and how to successfully apply for advanced training and jobs in medicine and public health.

Below lists the students in the 2023-2024 Honors Practicum Cohort who completed the intensive applied public health experience and showcases their final poster presentations.

Distinction in the Major = A minimum 3.250 Major GPA

High Distinction in the Major = A minimum 3.500 Major GPA

Highest Distinction in the Major = A minimum 3.750 Major GPA

Bonilla, Sarah

Highest Distinction in the Public Health Major

Food insecurity and the knowledge and use of UCSD’s food security safety net among public health students, February 2024: CalFresh (Fauci Fan Club)

Project/Poster Title: One Swipe Away From Food Insecurity: A Review of CalFresh at UCSD

Bulusu, Shria

Highest Distinction in the Public Health Major

Food insecurity and the knowledge and use of UCSD’s food security safety net among public health students, February 2024: The Food Recovery Network (S.T.A.R.)

Project/Poster Title: Hungry for Help: The Impact of Food Insecurity on Academic Success at UCSD

Ehlen, Katheryn

Highest Distinction in the Public Health Major

Food insecurity and the knowledge and use of UCSD’s food security safety net among public health students, February 2024: Team A (Egg-cellent Evaluators)

Project/Poster Title: Food for Thought: Knowledge and Use of the Triton Food Pantry at UC San Diego

Fan, Gianina

Highest Distinction in the Public Health Major

Food insecurity and the knowledge and use of UCSD’s food security safety net among public health students, February 2024: Safety-Net Programs and Dining Dollars (Fantastic Five)

Project/Poster Title: Slipping Through the Cracks: Safety-Net Programs and Dining Dollars at UCSD

Flores, Kristina

High Distinction in the Public Health Major

Food insecurity and the knowledge and use of UCSD’s food security safety net among public health students, February 2024: CalFresh (Fauci Fan Club)

Project/Poster Title: One Swipe Away From Food Insecurity: A Review of CalFresh at UCSD

Ghalili, Aliya

Highest Distinction in the Public Health Major

Food insecurity and the knowledge and use of UCSD’s food security safety net among public health students, February 2024: CalFresh (Fauci Fan Club)

Project/Poster Title: One Swipe Away From Food Insecurity: A Review of CalFresh at UCSD

He, Cali

Highest Distinction in the Public Health Major

Food insecurity and the knowledge and use of UCSD’s food security safety net among public health students, February 2024: CalFresh (Fauci Fan Club)

Project/Poster Title: One Swipe Away From Food Insecurity: A Review of CalFresh at UCSD

Kaplanyan, Natalie

Highest Distinction in the Public Health Major

Food insecurity and the knowledge and use of UCSD’s food security safety net among public health students, February 2024: Team A (Egg-cellent Evaluators)

Project/Poster Title: Food for Thought: Knowledge and Use of the Triton Food Pantry at UC San Diego

Kezios, Jenny

Highest Distinction in the Public Health Major

Food insecurity and the knowledge and use of UCSD’s food security safety net among public health students, February 2024: Team A (Egg-cellent Evaluators)

Project/Poster Title: Food for Thought: Knowledge and Use of the Triton Food Pantry at UC San Diego

Khan, Purba

Highest Distinction in the Public Health Major

Food insecurity and the knowledge and use of UCSD’s food security safety net among public health students, February 2024: Team A (Egg-cellent Evaluators)

Project/Poster Title: Food for Thought: Knowledge and Use of the Triton Food Pantry at UC San Diego

Kitay, Rachel

Highest Distinction in the Public Health Major

Food insecurity and the knowledge and use of UCSD’s food security safety net among public health students, February 2024: The Food Recovery Network (S.T.A.R.)

Project/Poster Title: Hungry for Help: The Impact of Food Insecurity on Academic Success at UCSD

Li, Sixuan

Highest Distinction in the Public Health Major

Food insecurity and the knowledge and use of UCSD’s food security safety net among public health students, February 2024: Safety-Net Programs and Dining Dollars (Fantastic Five)

Project/Poster Title: Slipping Through the Cracks: Safety-Net Programs and Dining Dollars at UCSD

Lopez, Melanie

High Distinction in the Public Health Major

Food insecurity and the knowledge and use of UCSD’s food security safety net among public health students, February 2024: Safety-Net Programs and Dining Dollars (Fantastic Five)

Project/Poster Title: Slipping Through the Cracks: Safety-Net Programs and Dining Dollars at UCSD

Oginni, Oluwatomi

Highest Distinction in the Public Health Major

Food insecurity and the knowledge and use of UCSD’s food security safety net among public health students, February 2024: The Food Recovery Network (S.T.A.R.)

Project/Poster Title: Hungry for Help: The Impact of Food Insecurity on Academic Success at UCSD

Sadiki, Joseph

High Distinction in the Public Health Major

Food insecurity and the knowledge and use of UCSD’s food security safety net among public health students, February 2024: Safety-Net Programs and Dining Dollars (Fantastic Five)

Project/Poster Title: Slipping Through the Cracks: Safety-Net Programs and Dining Dollars at UCSD

Serrano, Daphne

Highest Distinction in the Public Health Major

Food insecurity and the knowledge and use of UCSD’s food security safety net among public health students, February 2024: Safety-Net Programs and Dining Dollars (Fantastic Five)

Project/Poster Title: Slipping Through the Cracks: Safety-Net Programs and Dining Dollars at UCSD

Tesfai, Kaleb

Highest Distinction in the Public Health Major

Food insecurity and the knowledge and use of UCSD’s food security safety net among public health students, February 2024: CalFresh (Fauci Fan Club)

Project/Poster Title: One Swipe Away From Food Insecurity: A Review of CalFresh at UCSD

Trinh, Amy

High Distinction in the Public Health Major

Food insecurity and the knowledge and use of UCSD’s food security safety net among public health students, February 2024: The Food Recovery Network (S.T.A.R.)

Project/Poster Title: Hungry for Help: The Impact of Food Insecurity on Academic Success at UCSD

West, Daisy

Highest Distinction in the Public Health Major

Food insecurity and the knowledge and use of UCSD’s food security safety net among public health students, February 2024: Team A (Egg-cellent Evaluators)

Project/Poster Title: Food for Thought: Knowledge and Use of the Triton Food Pantry at UC San Diego