California Epidemiologic Investigation Service Fellowship (Cal-EIS) Fellows
2026–2027
Pyramida V. Zabala, MPH
Pyramida is a Cal-EIS Fellow assigned to Amador County Public Health. She earned her Master of Public Health (MPH) with a concentration in epidemiology from the University of California, Davis. Before joining Cal-EIS, she contributed to epidemiologic research on gestational diabetes at Kaiser Permanente Division of Research and COVID-19 at San José State University. She also served as a Community Health Worker (CHW) training instructor, preparing future CHWs with the knowledge and skills to effectively support and advocate for their communities.
Pyramida's experience in both epidemiologic research and community health has given her a unique perspective that bridges rigorous data analysis with community-centered practice. She is passionate about using epidemiologic evidence to identify and address the root causes of health inequities, with the goal of informing policies and interventions that reduce health disparities and advance health equity.
Through the Cal-EIS Fellowship, Pyramida hopes to further strengthen her expertise in epidemiology and biostatistics while contributing to evidence-based public health practice that improves health outcomes for communities across California.
Tucker Harju, MPH
Tucker earned his Bachelor's in Molecular and Cellular Biology from the University of Colorado Boulder in 2022. Following his undergraduate degree, he worked as a microbiology research assistant at CU, where he studied the bacterium Shigella flexneri to identify specific protein functions capable of being targeted to prevent bacterial spread. Tucker went on to earn his MPH in Epidemiology from George Washington University in 2026. During his time in D.C., he continued his laboratory research by focusing on transmission-blocking malaria vaccines while also conducting epidemiological investigations that analyzed National Survey of Children's Health data for temporal trends on autism diagnoses.
Tucker is completing his Cal-EIS fellowship with the Humboldt County DHHS-Public Health branch and is eager to expand his perspective beyond an urban focus. He is drawn to rural public health to better understand the groundwork required to build meaningful and equitable health systems for often-underserved communities. Ultimately, Tucker aspires to serve as an applied epidemiologist or health officer who uses data to bridge health disparities. In his free time, he enjoys fishing, hiking the redwoods with his wife, taking road trips to state and national parks, baking, and playing with his two cats.
Sandy La, MPH
Sandy earned her Bachelor of Science in Public health with minors in General Biology and Psychology from the University of California, San Diego. She later completed her Master of Public Health with a concentration in Epidemiology at the University of California, Davis. Throughout her academic journey, she gained experience in both chronic and communicable disease prevention. As a Health Promotion Intern, she worked with adults diagnosed with prediabetes to support sustained lifestyle changes aimed at preventing type 2 diabetes. She also volunteered with an organization providing preventative care to community clinics in Tijuana, Mexico. These experiences sparked her passion for epidemiology and strengthened her commitment to using data to improve population health through evidence-based public health practice.
For her MPH Practicum, Sandy collaborated with a local health department to analyze respiratory virus surveillance data, including test positivity, disease incidence, vaccination coverage, and spatial distribution. Using epidemiological skills and GIS methods, she identified disparities across communities and helped generate evidence to support targeted prevention and vaccination strategies. This experience reinforced the critical role that local health departments play in protecting their community’s health and further motivated her to pursue a career in epidemiology.
Sandy is currently completing her Cal-EIS Fellowship at Napa County Health and Human Services Agency. She hopes to take the knowledge she has learned from the classroom and apply it to real world scenarios, further developing her skills in applied epidemiology. She is passionate about translating complex data into actionable ideas that support evidence-based strategies in order to create a meaningful impact on all residents in Napa County.
Nishitha Hundi, MPH
My name is Nishitha (I go by Nishi), and I am a fellow placed at the Monterey County Health Department in Salinas. I work in the Epidemiology & Surveillance Unit within the Public Health Bureau.
I earned my B.A. in Health Services and M.P.H in Epidemiology from the University of Pittsburgh. During my time at Pitt, I was involved in chronic disease research, statistical analysis regarding risk factors of cardiovascular disease, and behavioral health research in adolescent nicotine nd tobacco use. During my undergraduate years, I was an active member of Pitt Club Tennis, American Red Cross Club, and American Mock World Health Organization (AMWHO) Club.
For my Master’s Thesis, I worked on a literature review performing critical analysis on a multitude of research papers related to the determinants of arterial stiffness and effects of cardiovascular disease. I investigated the influence of load-dependent and structural factors, and how lifestyle modifications and other factors come into play.
My career interests focus on clinical trials research and disease surveillance. Hopefully, I’ll be back in school to earn my PhD in Epidemiology in the next couple years.
Pamela Rose M. Ramos, MD, MPH, CCRP
Pam is a Cal-EIS Fellow placed with the Tulare County Public Health Branch for the 2026-2027 training year. Originally from the Philippines, she practiced as a physician specializing in internal medicine and hematology. After immigrating to the United States, she worked in clinical trials, where her hands-on research experience sparked a deep appreciation for preventive medicine and inspired her to earn an MPH from UC Berkeley. Transitioning into public health represents a full-circle moment for Pam, allowing her to bridge her clinical background in patient care with population-level preventative medicine.
Her research interests focus on cancer epidemiology, environmental health, and the use of spatial data visualization to map and address regional health disparities. She recently completed a coastal water quality audit for the Surfrider Foundation in Santa Cruz and, during a rewarding internship with the California Department of Public Health Rural Public Health Office (CDPH-RPHO), she initiated an ongoing ecological analysis tracking pesticide exposure patterns and hematologic malignancies in Southern California.
Pam is eager to bring her technical skills to Tulare County to support local chronic disease surveillance, learn from her public health mentors, and contribute to data-driven policies that protect the well-being of her new home, California.
Melissa Cabana, MPH
Melissa earned her Bachelor of Arts in Public Health with a Minor in Journalism from the University of California, Berkeley, where she worked in violence prevention as a peer educator, was involved in public health research, and primarily engaged in work aimed at expanding resources and opportunities to underrepresented students. After completing her undergraduate studies, Melissa worked as a health program coordinator for a community-based organization in Stockton, California.
Melissa then went on to pursue a Master of Public Health (MPH) in Epidemiology at the University of California, Davis. While completing her graduate studies, Melissa worked as a Graduate Student Researcher with the UC Davis Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing, where she provided support on a multi-methods study of follow-up services for sexual assault survivors. Melissa completed her MPH practicum with the California Department of Public Health’s Chronic Disease Control Branch. Her practicum project focused on examining disparities in cardiovascular health outcomes in the California Asian American and Pacific Islander population.
As a Cal-EIS Fellow at the Alameda County Public Health Department’s Division of Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Melissa is excited to expand her applied epidemiology skills in communicable disease. Following the fellowship, Melissa aspires to continue working at the local or state level as an epidemiologist. In her free time, Melissa enjoys journaling, hiking, and trying new cafes!
May Nguyen, MPH
May received her MPH with an Epidemiology concentration from the University of California, Davis in 2025. She worked with CalFresh Health Living on her practicum, which revolved around assessing and recommending Early Care Education (ECE) and Out-of-School Time (OST) wellness resources. May completed her first-year Cal-EIS fellowship with the Del Norte County Department of Health and Human Services. She provided epidemiological support on a wide variety of public health projects such as the Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP), shared American Indian/Alaskan Native (AI/AN) birth and overdose reports with Humboldt County, and her major project: Maternal Risk Factors Associated with Infant Birth Weight in Del Norte County (2016-2025).
May will be entering her second year of her Cal-EIS Fellowship with the Healthcare Access and Information (HCAI) Department. She is looking forward to applying her epidemiological and public health skills to their projects around cardiovascular disease and treatments and working on developing her technical skills with SAS and Tableau.
Anna Sanderson, MPH
Anna is excited to join Cal-EIS as a fellow in the 2026-2027 cohort! She is placed with the California Department of Public Health’s (CDPH) Substance and Addiction Prevention Branch, supporting projects focused on cannabis and problem gambling.
Anna graduated from University of California at Santa Barbara, with a degree in Applied Mathematics. She spent over five years working in student services at UC Berkeley, where she observed how social determinants of health like poverty, mental health, and substance use impacted students' outcomes. This experience sparked her interest in public health and upstream interventions. She earned her Master of Public Health, specializing in epidemiology and biostatistics, from UC Berkeley in 2024. During graduate school, Anna worked as a graduate student assistant at CDPH’s Substance and Addiction Prevention Branch, primarily on projects related to xylazine, supporting research, outreach, and general program activities. After completion of this fellowship, she hopes to pursue a career as an epidemiologist at the state or county level.
Anna lives with her partner in the Oakland’s Rockridge neighborhood. Her hobbies include reading fiction of all genres, baking, and traveling.
Alyx Heredia, MPH
Alyx completed her bachelor's degree from California State University: Sacramento, majoring in Public Health: Community Health Education. While at CSUS, Alyx sat on the Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) committee and co-authored an article on utilizing appreciative inquiry to create an inclusive classroom. She worked at Sutter Health in the emergency department for seven years while achieving her degree.
After receiving her BSPH, Alyx continued on to study at UC Davis for her Master of Public Health in epidemiology. She focused her interests on vector-borne disease epidemiology in her extra-curricular courses and research. She collaborated with the Sacramento and Yolo Mosquito and Vector Control District to research Lyme disease prevalence patterns among western black-legged ticks in Sacramento and Yolo counties.
Alyx is excited to broaden her experiences while placed at the California Department of Public Health’s Chronic Disease Control Branch. Working with the Health Information and Statistics Section, Alyx looks forward to supporting state-wide health programs with her epidemiological experience.
Shreya Gautam, MPH
Shreya earned her Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences from UC Davis and recently completed her Master of Public Health in Epidemiology and Biostatistics at UC Berkeley. During her MPH program, she worked with the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment on projects evaluating the impacts of climate policies on disadvantaged communities across California. She also interned with the San Francisco Department of Public Health, where she helped update hospitalization and emergency department visit rates for maternal, child, and adolescent populations across San Francisco and created dashboards to track measures for various MCAH programs.
Shreya is excited to join the City of Berkeley’s Health, Housing, and Community Services Department as a Cal-EIS Fellow and looks forward to further strengthening her epidemiologic skills across diverse areas of public health. After completing the fellowship, she hopes to continue her career as a full-time epidemiologist at a local or state health department.
Jonathan Luke, MS
Jonathan Luke grew up in Auburn, CA, and has spent his academic and professional life striving to make California a better place for all that live here. He currently resides in the Sacramento area, where he lives with his wife and two children, ages five and one.
Jonathan received his BS in pharmaceutical chemistry with a minor in human development from UC Davis in 2017. During his time as an undergraduate, he spent time volunteering in the pediatric intensive care unit at UC Davis Medical Center, tutoring math and science in Yolo County Juvenile Hall, and volunteering in various surgical and pediatric neurology clinics where he strengthened his commitment for serving marginalized communities. Upon graduating, he spent several years conducting physiology related research at UC Davis's veterinary medical center before obtaining his master’s.
He obtained his MS in clinical epidemiology from Kent State in 2025. As part of his master's practicum, he interned at the California Department of Public Health and conducted research examining the association between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and adult-onset chronic diseases, in addition to the relationship between ACEs and perinatal psychiatric outcomes.
Blaire Rumsey, MPH
Blaire earned her Bachelor of Science in Public Health from California State University, Los Angeles in 2022. During her undergraduate studies, she completed an internship with the Pasadena Public Health Department. Blaire earned her Master of Public Health with a concentration in Biostatistics and Epidemiology from the University of Southern California in 2024. While completing her graduate degree, Blaire completed her practicum with the nonprofit organization Cancer Support Community, Los Angeles. For her capstone project, Blaire completed a secondary data analysis focused on analyzing the psychosocial aspect of quality of life and how it improved or did not improve after both current cancer patients and cancer survivors utilized psychosocial services using logistic regression analysis.
Blaire will be completing her Cal-EIS Fellowship with the Vaccine Preventable Disease Control Program at the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. As a Cal-EIS Fellow, she looks forward to applying for her academic training, expanding her skillset through hands-on experience, and ultimately pursuing a career as an epidemiologist at a local or state public health department in California.
Olivia Cho, MPH
Olivia earned her BS in Physiology from UC Davis in 2024 and her MPH in Epidemiology from UCLA in 2026. She is excited to work alongside the Community Assessment, Planning, and Evaluation Unit (CAPE) at Alameda County Public Health Department and enhance her applied epidemiology skills. Her capstone project estimated differences in lung cancer survival among disaggregated Asian subgroups, leading her to develop a strong interest in chronic disease research, risk factor prevention, and health disparity investigation. Her goals are to gain insights into the population health status and trends of Alameda County and understand the disease etiologies that disproportionately impact certain communities. She aims to leverage her research findings to inform targeted interventions and policies that address health inequities and ensure the optimal well-being of Alameda County residents.
June Barrera, DVM, MPVM
June is a veterinarian passionate about applying the One Health approach to address complex public health challenges, with a focus on zoonotic infectious diseases and spillover risk. She earned her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) and Master of Preventive Veterinary Medicine (MPVM) from the University of California, Davis.
During her veterinary training, June assisted with PREDICT, a project under USAID’s Emerging Pandemic Threats Program. She conducted disease surveillance for viruses with pandemic potential in Tanzanian livestock from communities with a high human-livestock-wildlife interface. For her MPVM project, she investigated biological and ecological factors associated with coronavirus prevalence in bats as part of a broader study aimed at assessing zoonotic viral sharing between humans and wildlife in the Udzungwa Mountains region of Tanzania. These experiences reinforced the importance of understanding the drivers of zoonotic disease emergence to inform effective health policy. They also inspired her to pursue the Cal-EIS Fellowship to advance One Health efforts and inform policy in her home state of California.
As a 2026–2027 Cal-EIS Fellow with the California Department of Public Health’s Center for Infectious Diseases, June works with the Veterinary Public Health Section, where she supports epidemiologic investigations, as well as zoonotic disease prevention and surveillance. She is excited to use her training in applied epidemiology to advance One Health initiatives and protect the health of Californians, animals, and the environment.
Hind Eliyan MPH, MS
Hind is a Cal-EIS Fellow with the California Department of Public Health, placed with the Marin County Department of Health and Human Services in the Community Epidemiology Program. She completed a Master of Public Health with a concentration in Epidemiology and a Bachelor of Science in Clinical Nutrition at the University of California, Davis.
Prior to joining Cal-EIS, Hind worked across academic, clinical, and community settings in both the United States and Palestine, where she contributed to research, teaching, nutrition programs, and student-led health initiatives. During her time with the Santa Cruz County Health Agency, she collaborated with local and state public health partners on projects related to communicable disease, family health, and emergency preparedness. Her work included supporting a syphilis community needs assessment, conducting surveillance data analysis, and collaborating on public health initiatives across communicable disease, family health, and emergency preparedness programs.
Hind’s experiences living and working in Palestine have shaped her commitment to understanding how structural, social, and political factors influence health outcomes and contribute to health inequities. Her interests include maternal and reproductive health, mental health, and applying epidemiologic methods to strengthen public health systems. Through the Cal-EIS Fellowship, Hind is excited to continue developing her skills in applied epidemiology while partnering with communities to translate data into meaningful public health action.
Samantha Morales-Torres, MPH
Samantha earned her Bachelor of Science in Neuroscience from the University of California, Riverside in 2022. During her undergraduate studies, she discovered her passion for public health while serving as a volunteer translator at a student-run health clinic and as Co-President of the Latino Medical Student Association Plus (LMSA+), where she advocated for health equity and community engagement. After graduation, she continued serving underserved communities through volunteer roles with Planned Parenthood, the Healthy Eating & Lifestyle Program (H.E.L.P.) for high school students in Moreno Valley, and Ventanilla de Salud (Health Window) at the Mexican Consulate in San Bernardino before beginning her career as a Bilingual Health Educator with Riverside University Health System–Public Health.
Working in local public health reinforced Samantha's passion for upstream prevention and inspired her to better understand how data can inform programs, policies, and population health outcomes. This led her to pursue a Master of Public Health in Epidemiology at Loma Linda University while working full-time, which she completed in 2026. Her MPH capstone project examined firefighter mortality during training exercises in the United States, evaluating how mortality rates varied by firefighter classification, age, geographic region, and season.
As a Cal-EIS Fellow, Samantha will complete her fellowship with the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health's Acute Communicable Disease Control Program, working within the Food & Water Safety Unit and the Respiratory & Enteric Viral Surveillance team. She is excited to explore a new area of public health, strengthen her applied epidemiology skills, contribute to disease surveillance and outbreak response, and support efforts to protect the health of Los Angeles County communities.
Adam Kazden, MPH
Adam developed his passion for epidemiology while earning a B.A. in Public Health at the University of Washington. As an undergraduate, he contributed to qualitative data collection and the design of a behavioral health intervention focused on chronic disease prevention. After graduating, he worked with the International Rescue Committee, serving newly arrived immigrants to the United States. He recently earned an MPH in Epidemiology and Biostatistics, along with a Certificate in Applied Data Science from UC Berkeley. During his practicum, Adam worked with Deloitte to support a large healthcare organization in redesigning its finance and strategy structure. For his master's thesis, he used NHANES data to examine the association between pelvic inflammatory disease and cardiovascular disease. His professional interests include sexually transmitted infections, infectious disease epidemiology, and improving access to care.
As a Cal-EIS Fellow with San Luis Obispo County, Adam is excited to contribute to wastewater surveillance, outbreak investigations, and other public health initiatives that support the health of the local community. He looks forward to strengthening his skills in epidemiology and data analysis while serving the residents of San Luis Obispo County.
Zerin Scales, PA-C, MPH
Zerin Scales earned a Master of Public Health in Epidemiology from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, a Master of Science in Physician Assistant Practice from the Keck School of Medicine Physician Assistant Program at the University of Southern California, and a Bachelor of Science in Biology with a concentration in Cellular and Molecular Biology and a minor in Leadership Studies from Hampton University. He is committed to bridging clinical medicine and applied epidemiology to strengthen infectious disease prevention and improve health outcomes for underserved communities.
Before joining Cal-EIS, Zerin served in public health roles during the COVID-19 pandemic, where he worked alongside CDC public health officers to manage potentially ill international and domestic travelers using CDC protocols to identify and prevent disease transmission. This experience led him to join the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health’s Division of HIV and STD Programs, where he served as a provider on the Clinical Field Team. He focused on reducing the impact of rising syphilis and congenital syphilis among women of childbearing age and people experiencing homelessness through a street medicine Test and Treat model. Concurrently, his MPH capstone examined the associations between early sexual initiation, STI testing, and contraceptive use among adolescents before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.
As a Cal-EIS Fellow with the Long Beach Department of Health and Human Services, Zerin is advancing his expertise in applied epidemiology by working alongside public health leaders and leveraging data to inform public health decision-making. Following the fellowship, he plans to lead efforts as an infectious disease epidemiologist within state or local public health or as a hospital infection preventionist.
Maya Rezende Tsao, MPH
Maya earned a Bachelor of Science in Public Health with a minor in Chinese Language and Literature from The George Washington University, in Washington, D.C. as a member of the BS/MPH program. In the spring of 2026, she graduated with her MPH from The George Washington University, concentrating in Epidemiology. Maya believes in the strength of uplifting community stories through strong epidemiological methods and data analysis to create interventions that properly serve historically overlooked populations. During her undergraduate education, she supported research on community and pharmacy-based pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV/AIDS interventions. Taking advantage of her location in Washington, D.C., Maya also explored fields with direct impact on county and state public health work through internships with United States Senator Mark Kelly, Roche Tissue Diagnostics, and Trust for America’s Health, coming away with a strong understanding of the multi-faceted contributors to people’s health.
During her graduate studies, Maya supported health policy work, working on improving access to PrEP and HIV treatment in the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia (DMV) area. Working with the Prince George’s County Department of Health, she served as a member of the communicable disease control team, identifying and classifying hepatitis cases for surveillance. She also contributed to the development of annual reports on three maternal and child health care programs administered by local health departments under the Virginia Title V Maternal and Child Health Block Grant. This work has sustained Maya’s passion for making health information and science accessible to all, and she strives to support approachable research through working with organizations like Facing Our Risk of Hereditary Cancer Empowered (FORCE), Grassroots Health, and GlobeMed.
Placed with the Orange County Health Care Agency, she is eager to sharpen her applied epidemiology and data visualization skills for future state or county work and serve the vibrant community here in the beautiful Orange County.
Will Swain, MSc
Will was born and raised in the SF Bay Area, growing up in San Rafael before attending UC Davis where he earned a B.S. in Microbiology and a minor in Global Disease Biology (2016). As an undergraduate, Will conducted research on the epidemiology of the zoonotic bacteria Bartonella and developed a fascination with vector-borne diseases and applying a One Health approach to his research interests. After graduation, he worked in the bacteriology section of the CA Animal Health and Food Safety Lab before moving to London in 2018. While there, he earned his MSc in One Health (Infectious Diseases) through a unique program hosted jointly by the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), opting to further examine the epidemiology of Bartonella, fleas, and community cat hosts for his thesis research.
Over the past several years, Will has spent time in Wyoming studying the transmission of chronic wasting disease (CWD) and population genetics of elk, contributed to the development of the USAID-funded One Health Workforce—Next Generation project after moving back to California, and worked closely on the ground with local university partners in Tanzania to study a massive catalog of tick specimens for Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV) while conducting additional graduate work with UC Davis.
Will is thrilled to be placed with El Dorado County’s Public Health Division for his Cal-EIS Fellowship. He is greatly looking forward to learning hands-on about the scope of day-to-day applications of epidemiology work at the local level and hopes to continue serving the public of California as an epidemiologist in the future, with a particular eye towards combating vector-borne public health threats.
Jaimie Millizent Lee, MPH
Jaimie Millizent is excited to join the General Epidemiology team within the Science Branch at Santa Clara County. As a Cal-EIS Fellow, she will be supporting data analysis for Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health (MCAH) projects focused on mental health, substance use, and suicide prevention.
Jaimie received her B.A. in Public Health with minors in Child Development and Data Science from UC Berkeley. She dedicated her time to promoting youth health and development, including evaluating Title V programs for the Texas Department of State Health Services, designing youth clinic assessments with the San Francisco Department of Public Health, and facilitating student-led school-based research through the Youth Participatory Action Research Hub.
She went on to earn her MPH in Epidemiology at UCLA where she completed training programs with the Maternal and Child Health Center of Excellence and the Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (UC-LEND) Program. Her graduate research focused on understanding trauma, including implementing trauma-informed care practices at Gateways Hospital and partnering with the California Department of Public Health and the Pasadena Public Health Department to evaluate associations between childhood adversity and perinatal depression.
Through her fellowship, Jaimie aims to strengthen her applied epidemiology and data analysis skills to advance behavioral and mental health equity for youth and families across California communities.
Kateryna Louchnikov, MS, MPH
Kateryna holds a master's degree in food science from Odesa National University of Technologies, where she led a two-year food safety, quantitative, and qualitative analysis in partnership with a leading Ukrainian food manufacturer. She later earned a second master's degree, an MPH with a concentration in epidemiology and biostatistics, from UC Berkeley.
During her internship at UC Berkeley, Kateryna assisted on a randomized controlled trial led by the University of Oxford in partnership with World Health Organization–affiliated entities, evaluating the effectiveness of Hope Groups, a psychosocial, mental health, and parenting support group intervention, among Ukrainian caregivers and families impacted by the war. She also received two grants from the California Consortium of Public Health and Informatics (CCPHI) and the Western Region of Public Health to support Ukraine-based research projects. Kateryna has authored scientific abstracts in Ukraine, contributed to and co-authored a publication in the Lancet Regional Health - Europe, and presented public health poster.
Kateryna will complete her fellowship at the County of San Diego within the Epidemiology and Immunization Services Branch, supporting both the Epidemiology Unit and the HIV/Hepatitis C Surveillance Program. As a Cal-EIS fellow, she is looking forward to enhancing her technical and research skills while improving population health and strengthening communities.
Kelly Chin, MPH
Kelly earned her Bachelor of Science in Public Health from San José State University before receiving her Master of Public Health in Epidemiology from the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health. During her undergraduate studies, she interned with the Santa Clara County Department of Environmental Health, where she analyzed hazardous materials compliance data to identify barriers to regulatory compliance among local businesses and developed recommendations to improve environmental health practices. During graduate school, Kelly completed an internship with the California Department of Public Health's Hepatitis C Epidemiology Unit, where she identified hepatitis C reinfections using laboratory surveillance data and conducted descriptive analyses to better understand the characteristics of affected populations. Through these experiences, she developed interests in environmental health, health equity, and applying epidemiologic methods to improve population health.
As a Cal-EIS Fellow with the California Department of Public Health's Climate Change and Health Unit, Kelly is excited to continue developing her skills in applied epidemiology and data analysis while contributing to efforts that address the health impacts of climate change across California. In her free time, Kelly enjoys traveling, exploring U.S. national parks, discovering new restaurants and coffee shops, and has recently taken up running.
Logan Peters, MPH
Logan received his Master of Public Health (MPH) with a concentration in Epidemiology from UC Davis, and his B.A. in Sociology from California State University, Sacramento (CSUS). During his MPH, Logan examined relationship between greenspace exposures and the health of Californians on behalf of UC Davis Center for Occupational and Environmental Health. Before graduate school, Logan spent four years with the CSUS Institute for Social Research, evaluating grant programs, enabling the off ramping of the carceral system, and supporting community violence prevention efforts. Logan will be completing his fellowship with Solano County where he will work across all domains of local epidemiology.