to public health introduced historical roots, past failures, and critical thinking for current public health issues. Life Mailman I want to be a Social Epidemiologist working at either a governmental or non-profit organization examining chronic disease prevention and aging from a social lens. I am immensely interested in conducting research that pertains to community participatory research to examine contextual factors contributing to health disparities in minority populations along with social behavioral aspects of disease transmission. FATIMA RIAZ Hometown Islamabad, Pakistan Department, Degree, Certificate Environmental Health Sciences, MPH, Global Health Life before Mailman I got my BS in Applied Biosciences from Islamabad, Pakistan where I headed/founded the first public health-themed student organization in the country. I also dabbled in advocacy, leading a national polio awareness campaign with the WHO and the Global Poverty Project. Why Mailman? My favorite TV show growing up (Will & Grace) had lead characters that attended Columbia and that was my impetus for joining. I'm joking! Okay, half joking. My interest lay in global health and Mailman/New York was an absolutely winning combination. Life at Mailman Ironically, the first semester AKA the dreaded "core" (short for hardcore) was my favorite. There's something about the challenging pace and broad width of the first semester that really gets you acclimated to the vastness of the public health field. Life after Mailman I'm currently working with UNICEF in the Division of Communications and Public Advocacy, and am finding that quite to my liking. I've also worked with the World Bank's Water and Sanitation Program (WSP) and wouldn't be averse to a career in the WASH sector- particularly in emergency
to public health introduced historical roots, past failures, and critical thinking for current public health issues. Life Mailman I want to be a Social Epidemiologist working at either a governmental or non-profit organization examining chronic disease prevention and aging from a social lens. I am immensely interested in conducting research that pertains to community participatory research to examine contextual factors contributing to health disparities in minority populations along with social behavioral aspects of disease transmission. FATIMA RIAZ Hometown Islamabad, Pakistan Department, Degree, Certificate Environmental Health Sciences, MPH, Global Health Life before Mailman I got my BS in Applied Biosciences from Islamabad, Pakistan where I headed/founded the first public health-themed student organization in the country. I also dabbled in advocacy, leading a national polio awareness campaign with the WHO and the Global Poverty Project. Why Mailman? My favorite TV show growing up (Will & Grace) had lead characters that attended Columbia and that was my impetus for joining. I'm joking! Okay, half joking. My interest lay in global health and Mailman/New York was an absolutely winning combination. Life at Mailman Ironically, the first semester AKA the dreaded "core" (short for hardcore) was my favorite. There's something about the challenging pace and broad width of the first semester that really gets you acclimated to the vastness of the public health field. Life after Mailman I'm currently working with UNICEF in the Division of Communications and Public Advocacy, and am finding that quite to my liking. I've also worked with the World Bank's Water and Sanitation Program (WSP) and wouldn't be averse to a career in the WASH sector- particularly in emergency