Francisco Olalde (22MHA)

Joined the Office of the Chief Medical Officer as a Vizient Analyst at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City, Iowa.

Jennifer McDougle (21MPH)

has been invited to present her work on “The Necessity of Promoting Wildlife Health with Public Health Interventions and the Prevention of Zoonotic Disease Transmission to Wildlife Officials” at the World Organization for Animal Health Global Conference on Emergency Management in Paris in April 2023.

Leah Wentworth (16PhD)

is director of research, support, and education at the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) in Altamont, New York.

Jenni Talbott (04MHA)

is the chief operating officer for McFarland Clinic PC in central Iowa.

Eric Hawkins (09MS)

is state epidemiologist at Indiana Department of Health in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Jamie Weber (09MHA)

is an attorney at Tschetter and Adams P.C. in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

Norma Miller (07MPH)

is a biological threat coordinator/biosafety officer at State Hygienic Laboratory at the University of Iowa in Coralville, Iowa.

Emily Loya (22BA)

is a clinical data analyst specialist at UI Health in Chicago, Illinois.

Emil Kalloor (16MHA)

is an operational reporting analyst at JPS Health Network in Fort Worth, Texas.

Eric Mooss (04MHA)

has been named CEO of Bryan Medical Center in Lincoln, Nebraska. Mooss is currently President of the Bryan Physician Network and will assume the new role on January 1, 2023.

Jared Lesher (15MHA)

is Chief Operating Officer at TriStar Greenview Regional Hospital in Bowling Green, Kentucky.

Larissa Luckel (13MPH, 13MHA)

is Director of Revenue Cycle Services at Revology in Iowa City, Iowa.

Bryce Damman (22MS)

is a Biostatistician at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.

Joe Promes (22MHA)

is a Consultant at Deloitte in Chicago, Illinois.

Austin Wu (21MPH, 20BA)

is a Public Health Advisor at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Bryant Conkling (14MPH)

is Associate Director of Public Policy at Gilead Sciences, a biopharmaceutical manufacturer, in Washington, DC. Conkling leads Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement strategy for the company’s oncology and Covid-19 product lines.

Abigail McCarthy (21BA)

is a Clinical Research Associate at Medpace in Denver, Colorado. McCarthy travels to clinical trial sites across the US to verify reported trial data is accurate, ensure subject safety, and confirm site compliance with approved protocols and regulatory requirements.

Samira Abdalla (22MPH, 21BA)

is a Community Resources Navigator for the City of Coralville in Coralville, Iowa. Abdalla connects library patrons who have unmet basic needs (such as food, health, transportation, housing) with community resources, and works with community partners to develop a Community Ambassador Program to reach segments of the population not currently connected to vital resources and services.

John Heinemann (12MHA, 12MPH)

was named one of the Corridor Business Journal’s 2022 Forty Under 40 which recognizes leaders for having significant impact in their business and community early in their careers. Heinemann is Executive Service Line Administrator of Children’s and Women’s Services at The University of Iowa Stead Family Children's Hospital in Iowa City, Iowa.

Hillary Chappo (16MHA)

was named one of the Corridor Business Journal’s 2022 Forty Under 40 which recognizes leaders for having significant impact in their business and community early in their careers. Chappo is Associate Director of Education and Accreditation at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City, Iowa.