Alumni Fellows - Texas Public Health Fellowship
2022-2023 Texas Public Health Fellowship Alumni
Rachel Allred
PhD, MPH
Fellowship Placement: Birth Defects Epidemiology and Surveillance Branch - DSHS Central Office
Future Plans: Host Site-Birth Defects Epidemiology and Surveillance
Karla Bautista
MPH
Fellowship Placement: Fort Bend County Health and Human Services
Future Plans: Fort Bend County Hackett Center for Mental Health
Belinda Bernal
BS in Public Health
Fellowship Placement: Hidalgo County Health & Human Services
Future Plans: UTHealth SA Cell Systems & Anatomy Graduate Program
Rachel Clear
MPH
Fellowship Placement: TB/HIV/STD Section - DSHS Central Office
Future Plans: PhD Program in Tropical Medicine at Tulane University
Alex Estrada
MPH, CPH
Ector County Health Department
Future Plans: DSHS PHR 2/3 - Epidemiologist
Jacob Fraga
BS in Public Health
Fellowship Placement: Tuberculosis Elimination - DSHS PHR 11 (Harlingen)
Future Plans: BSN Program at UT RGV
Alyssa Gonzalez
BS in Public Health
Fellowship Placement: Public Health Emergency Preparedness Program - DSHS PHR 11 (Harlingen)
Future Plans: Masters in Public Health
Earl Greer
MPH
Fellowship Placement: Tuberculosis/Community Health Improvement - DSHS PHR 4/5N (Tyler)
Future Plans: PhD Program at the University of California Los Angeles
Ricardo Gutierrez
MPH
Fellowship Placement: Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology - DSHS Central Office
Future Plans: Joining the Public Health Workforce
Jacqueline Hussey
BGS
Fellowship Placement: DSHS PHR 7
Future Plans: Host Site DSHS PHR 7 Preparedness Health and Safety Specialist
Osato Irorere
BS in Public Health
Fellowship Placement: Health Literacy - Fort bend County Health and Human Services
Future Plans: University of Incarnate Word School of Osteopathic Medicine
Emmanuel Legarreta
BS in Public Health
Fellowship Placement: Community Health Improvement (Health Disparities) - DSHS PHR 8 (San Antonio)
Future Plans: PhD Sociology in Portland, Oregon
Ryan Logan
BS, BA, EMT
Fellowship Placement: City of Laredo Health Department
Future Plans: TTUHSC El Paso Paul L. Foster School of Medicine
Ebonie Lopez
MPH
Fellowship Placement: HIV/STD Program - DSHS PHR 11 (Harlingen)
Future Plans: Denton County Public Health
Layla Lustri
MPH
Fellowship Placement: Environmental Epidemiology & Disease Registries Section - DSHS Central Office
Future Plans: Joining the Public Health Workforce
Arnold Martinez
BS in Public Health
Fellowship Placement: Waco-McLennan County Public Health District
Future Plans: Joining the Public Health Workforce
Srinidhi Murali
BA
Fellowship Placement: Independent Fiscal Support and Oversight - DSHS Central Office
Future Plans: MPH Program in Health Policy & Management at Columbia University
Yazmeane Pena
MPH
Fellowship Placement: Zoonosis - DSHS PHR 1
Future Plans: Joining the Public Health Workforce
Luke Pickerill
MPH
Fellowship Placement: Regional and Local Health Operations Analytics Group - DSHS Central Office
Future Plans: Looking to join Epidemiology Workforce in Anchorage, Alaska
Karla Ruelas
BS in Public Health
Fellowship Placement: Public Health Emergency Preparedness Program - DSHS PHR 11 (Harlingen)
Future Plans: Joining the Public Health Workforce
Tryton Shelp
MPH, CPH
Fellowship Placement: Tuberculosis Program - DSHS PHR 8
Future Plans: Joining the Public Health Workforce
Jackson Smith
CPHT, CMC
Fellowship Placement: DSHS Texas Center for Infectious Disease
Future Plans: DSHS TCID
Justin Sujith
BS
Fellowship Placement: Tuberculosis Program - DSHS PHR 8
Future Plans: Joining the Public Health Workforce
Sameera Taylor
MPH
Fellowship Placement: Chronic Disease Epidemiology - Fort Bend County Health and Human Services
Future Plans: Contractor in Infection Control
Leobardo Teutle Flores
CCMAFellowship Placement: Brazos County Health DistrictFuture Plans: Joining the Public Health Workforce
Ifeanyichukwu Ukaumunna
MPH
Fellowship Placement: Leadership - DSHS PHR 4/5N (Tyler)
Future Plans: Joining the Public Health Workforce
Victoria Vatankha
MPH
Fellowship Placement: Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology - Fort Bend County Health and
Human Services
Future Plans: Harris County Public Health Substance Use Epidemiologist
Paola Vidal
MPH
Fellowship Placement: Clinical/Surveillance Immunization Program - DSHS PHR 11 (Harlingen)
Future Plans: PhD in Immunology and Molecular Pathogenesis at Emory University