Numerous Willamette students have gone on to earn advanced degrees related to public health, including the following:

Mara Hansen Staples ’06
Mara has a master’s degree in Global Health and Population from Harvard School of Public Health and is now a partner at Impact for Health. She previously worked at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, where she held roles in health economics and development policy, and improved coverage of primary health care through health financing and better engagement of the private sector. 

Hayley Freedman ’09
Hayley has a Master of Public Health degree from the University of Sheffield (United Kingdom) and the University of Copenhagen (Denmark). She currently works at the American Cancer Society as a program manager for the Global Capacity Development and Patient Support team.

Erica Blum-Barnett ’07
Erica received her Master's in Social and Behavioral Sciences from the Harvard School of Public Health.  She is now the Operations Manager of the Human Rights Clinic at Denver Health, which provides forensic exams for people who are applying for asylum in the United States. 

Taylor Etzel ’14
Taylor finished her master’s degree in Epidemiology at Brown last year. She focused mostly on prenatal endocrine disrupting chemical exposures found in common household and consumer products, as well as child development. She is now a PhD student at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health focusing on exposure science and environmental epidemiology.

Other Willamette graduates have worked in health-related jobs, including these:

  • Supervisor, Native American health program
  • Early intervention specialist, Birth to Three Developmental Center
  • Behavior technician for children with autism
  • Recovery coach for adolescent eating disorders
  • Marketing and communications coordinator, AED Institute of America
  • Researcher, Health Communities Institute
  • Agricultural chemical registration specialist, state government
  • Coordinator, county tobacco prevention and education program
  • Health and rehabilitation technical coordinator, international program for people with disabilities
  • Learning coordinator, Institute for Healthcare Improvement
  • Project manager, state Meth Prevention Program
  • Community program manager, online health and wellness platform
  • Senior research associate, state Center for Health Policy
  • Clinical research coordinator, Parkinson’s Center of Oregon
  • Research manager, Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine
  • Research assistant, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
  • Sales manager, Apria Healthcare
  • Peace Corps worker focusing on public health projects, Ghana, Senegal, Liberia, El Salvador

Willamette University alumni hold numerous professional credentials, including:

  • Doctor of Chiropractic
  • Doctor of Dental Surgery
  • Doctor of Medical Dentistry
  • Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine
  • Doctor of Optometry
  • Doctor of Osteopathy
  • Medical Doctor 
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