NADrPH Member Spotlights

We have some amazing members here at the National Association of Doctors of Public Health! Check out our spotlight member of the week!

Kevin Kovach
Lauren Lapine Lauren Lapine

Kevin Kovach

With over 20 years of experience in public health, I’ve had the opportunity to serve in various roles, including health education specialist, emergency preparedness coordinator, epidemiologist, manager, and researcher.

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Maren Fuentes Levin, MS
Lauren Lapine Lauren Lapine

Maren Fuentes Levin, MS

I am a Mexican immigrant, grew up in California, and the first to graduate college in my family. I'm married and have 2 teenage boys (!) and love to read and watch movies.

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Dr. Lisa Harrison Gulla
Lauren Lapine Lauren Lapine

Dr. Lisa Harrison Gulla

I am a mother, educator, advocate and 30+ year public health professional. I have spent most of my adult life focusing on improving the health of the population that I serve be it as a Health Officer, Board of Health member, association leader, or professor.

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T. Justin Garoutte, MPH, CPH
Lauren Lapine Lauren Lapine

T. Justin Garoutte, MPH, CPH

With over eight years of experience in public health, I am passionate about promoting health equity and social justice with marginalized communities across New Mexico. I am pursuing my Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) degree in health equity and social justice.

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Dr. Tecoye E. Dinkins
Lauren Lapine Lauren Lapine

Dr. Tecoye E. Dinkins

I am a wife, mother, public health scholar-practitioner, and researcher. I enjoy population health, wellness advocacy, and community engagement.

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Dr. Rebecca Ofrane
Lauren Lapine Lauren Lapine

Dr. Rebecca Ofrane

I'm a doula, maternal health advocate, public health leader, mom, musician and most recently - DrPH! I just successfully defended and am graduating from Rutgers SPH in May.

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Dr. Kristen Mitchell
Lauren Lapine Lauren Lapine

Dr. Kristen Mitchell

I'm a Senior Program Manager at the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, Alaska Native Epidemiology Center. I a manage a CDC cooperative agreement with the purpose of supporting of the 12 Tribal Epi Centers on all the things!

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Andrea Lowe
Lauren Lapine Lauren Lapine

Andrea Lowe

Hi! I'm Andrea and I'm in my 2nd year of my DrPH program in Health Policy & Leadership at Loma Linda University. In my day job, I also own and operate my own consulting practice, Social Impact Studio Consulting, LLC.

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Dr. Jill Diana Chasse
Lauren Lapine Lauren Lapine

Dr. Jill Diana Chasse

I am a mom, a professor, and a maternal/perinatal health and psychology specialist. I have had my DrPH since 2016 and an IMD (Doctor of Indigenous Medicine) since 2020.

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Anthony Blake
Lauren Lapine Lauren Lapine

Anthony Blake

I'm currently the Director of Professional Programs at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. I work closely with the Dean for Academic Affairs to support our certificate, MPH, and DrPH programs.

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Kolawole Salami
Lauren Lapine Lauren Lapine

Kolawole Salami

I hold and MD, MPH and Vaccinology & Pharmaceutical Clinical Development Master Degree. I have 15 years experience supporting governments in LMICs to implement programs aimed at controlling infectious diseases of public health importance.

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Brent Barkett
Lauren Lapine Lauren Lapine

Brent Barkett

Then I heard God's voice saying, "Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?" And I said, "Here am I. Send me!" - As a former enlisted Marine and dad of two beautiful young women, my passion in life is helping Veterans and Kids.

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Sharon V. Munroe
Lauren Lapine Lauren Lapine

Sharon V. Munroe

I am a second-year DrPH student at the University of Texas Health Sciences Center School of Public Health. I came back to graduate school during the pandemic having had a few decades of professional work experience, including as a health writer.

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Dr. Okey K. Enyia
Lauren Lapine Lauren Lapine

Dr. Okey K. Enyia

As a scholar-activist and policy-maker, I enjoy mapping policy and research to rigorous organizing and civic engagement in order to build and sustain a robust constituency for meaningful social change. My dissertation was the first-of-its-kind to examine the Affordable Care Act and its impact on access to care for Black men.

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