Getting to Know the Activist Lab: Andree Entezari.
Andree Entezari Program Coordinator, Activist Lab
Breakfast: Two eggs with tomatoes, Noon Barbari (Persian flatbread), some jam.
Hometown: Indianapolis, Indiana.
Extracurriculars: “I’m in a soccer league that plays every Sunday at MIT and our record is 1-1-2. We’re trying to make the playoffs!”
The Activist Lab is home to three unique, grant-funded training centers. LPHI, NEPHTC, and SHIELD provide high-quality educational opportunities for public health professionals near and far. The Activist Lab couldn’t develop, maintain, and nurture the relationships necessary to succeed without the dedication and creativity of our staff. Meet Andree, a training center program coordinator in the Activist Lab.
What does your role entail in the Activist Lab?
As a Program Assistant, I work on various projects for the three training centers housed within the Activist Lab which focus on continuing public health education for professionals throughout New England. I do a lot of communications and outreach work for the training centers’ courses and events. For example, since many of our clients who take our courses overlap with other public health partners in New England, I work with those organizations to promote relevant public health trainings via social media, email, and on our website.
What drew you to the Activist Lab?
I applied because the Activist Lab seemed like a place with the perfect mix of community outreach, education, and training in the field of public health. There is a great deal of variety and passion that I really admire about this group. Now that I’m here, I’ve gotten to see the breadth of work the Lab takes on first hand in this community and with the public health workforce throughout the region. Within my role, I’ve been proud to leverage our relationships with the network of other regional training centers throughout the country and increase collaborative efforts in providing useful public health education for professionals throughout New England and the US.
What are you working on?
Right now, I’m finalizing our monthly email that’s being sent out to our clients for the New England Public Health Training Center next week. In this newsletter are upcoming webinars, trainings, relevant news/events coming from our community-based training partners in the region, and other regional trainings being offered online. These newsletters provide a convenient update to our clients with relevant education and trainings in the public health field.
What are you looking forward to most from this experience?
What I’m most looking forward to with this experience is learning what it takes to appropriately and effectively manage public health programming. In my short time here thus far, I’ve learned that creating a sustainable approach to this work and aiming at consistent collaborations can be very impactful to the populations we serve. Wanting to promote public health in the field is one thing, laying out a plan for your programming that is successful, creative, and can be replicated is something I am striving to learn more about.
What do you want the SPH community to know about the Activist Lab and your role?
I’d like the SPH community to know the overlap that exists between the Activist Lab and other departments here at the school. Much of the work we do within the Activist Lab focuses on real-world impact and training in public health. I hope that SPH students, faculty, and staff see me as a resource to learn more about the training centers so we can collaborate and be better educators and service providers in our communities.