MPH - Maternal and Child Health Track
September 21, 2025
Uthaylah Al-Arab
Uthaylah is a second-generation American-Lebanese student born and raised in Lebanon. Her research interests include climate change, wildfire smoke, epidemiology, and the effect of nutrition on maternal and child health. She plans on applying to medical school after completing her MPH to practice pediatrics. She would use her knowledge from the MPH program to equip…
September 11, 2025
Ruby Lucas
Ruby Lucas is a PhD candidate in the Department of Epidemiology at the University of Washington. They received their MPH in Epidemiology (Maternal & Child Health Track) in 2022 and BA in Public Health from the University of California, Berkeley in 2019. Their research interests include mixed-methods and community-engaged research to examine psychosocial and environmental…
February 13, 2025
Madalitso Khwepeya
Madalitso Khwepeya is an MPH student in the Department of Epidemiology. She had previously obtained her Master's and PhD degrees in nursing science from Taipei Medical University, Taiwan. Her work experience spans from core nursing clinical practice, where she held a deputy in charge of the maternity department position in Malawi for four years, to…
September 13, 2024
Luciana Lenth
Hello! I am a PNW native, originally from Portland, OR. I attended undergrad at Santa Clara University where I majored in public health science and women's and gender studies with a minor in biology. I also ran cross country and track at the collegiate level. I am passionate about maternal health, specifically the medicalization of…
September 12, 2024
Aileen Andrade-Torres
With a background in nursing, I have over 7 years working in human subjects’ research experience most of which was in a supervisory role that oversaw a clinical research coordinator team. My work has focused on studies exploring environmentally-mediated health outcomes, particularly within Hispanic/Latinx communities in the San Francisco Bay Area, CA, and Yakima Valley,…
July 30, 2024
Maryam Tanveer
My name is Maryam Tanveer, and I am an MPH student studying Epidemiology on the Maternal-Child Health track at the University of Washington. I also hold a BSPH in Public Health and a BS in Cell and Molecular Biology with a certificate in Gender-Based Violence from Tulane University. My main research interest is understanding injury…