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.
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
Distinction in the Public Health Major - TBD
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
Distinction in the Public Health Major - TBD
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