{"id":202683,"date":"2021-10-19T10:31:51","date_gmt":"2021-10-19T14:31:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/?page_id=202683"},"modified":"2025-11-04T13:06:58","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T18:06:58","slug":"practicum-panel-week","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/careers\/for-students\/practmenu\/practicum-panel-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Practicum Panel Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SPH Practicum Panel Week is designed to help new students learn about the Practicum experience from students who have completed their practicum and from some of our most celebrated practicum preceptors! These panels allow students to hear about different certificate-based practicum, as well as those focused on Policy &amp; Advocacy, Community-Based Work, and Practicum in Governmental Public Health, and more! The Career &amp; Practicum Office hopes that, by learning from their peers, new students will better understand the Practicum process and be inspired to begin thinking about what their Practicum might look like.<\/p>\n<p>This year is the fifth annual Practicum Panel week, and we are adding two additional panels this year for students interested in Environmental, City &amp; Climate Health, and learning about public health in Pharma &amp; Biotech!<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #27104e;\">Practicum Panel Week 2025 Events<\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><strong>Monday, October 27th<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h6>Community-Based Work Practicum Panel 1:00-1:50pm L214<\/h6>\n<p><strong>Moderator:<\/strong> Chidinma Enweremadu<\/p>\n<h5>Student Panelists<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Susmita Bhandari, <em>Community Day Center of Waltham<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Erin Johnston, <em>Boston Court Appointed Special Advocates<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Sehar Sheriff,\u00a0<em>Rising Up Together<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/bu.joinhandshake.com\/events\/1833851\/share_preview\" class=\"button btn-arrow\" >Register Here<\/a>\n<h6 data-stringify-type=\"pre\">Practicum Preceptor Panel 5:00-5:50pm (on Zoom)<\/h6>\n<p data-stringify-type=\"pre\"><strong>Moderator:\u00a0<\/strong>Vivien Talon<\/p>\n<h5>Supervisor Panelists<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Stacey Kokaram (SPH Alum), <em>Assistant Director, Funded Projects,\u00a0MGH Center for Disaster Medicine<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Sam Gest (SPH Alum),\u00a0<em>Assistant Director, Violence Prevention &amp; Response, MIT<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Tithi Baul (SPH Alum),\u00a0<em>Director of Evaluation Research, Boston Medical Center: Psychiatry<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Stephen Murray (SPH Alum), <em>Director, SafeSpot Overdose Hotline, Associate Director of Overdose Prevention, Boston Medical Center CARE Unit<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/bu.joinhandshake.com\/events\/1833816\/share_preview\" class=\"button btn-arrow\" >Register Here<\/a>\n<h3><strong>Tuesday, October 28th<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h6>Governmental Public Health Practicum Panel 1:00-1:50pm L203<\/h6>\n<p data-stringify-type=\"pre\"><strong>Moderator:\u00a0<\/strong>Devdhar Joshi<\/p>\n<h5>Student Panelists<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Corryn Barter, <i>Mayor&#8217;s Office of New Urban Mechanics<\/i><\/li>\n<li>Olivia Ott, <i>Veterans Health Administration<\/i><\/li>\n<li>Danielle Parchure, <em>Town of Hopkinton<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Claire Netti,\u00a0<em>Office of Senator William Driscoll<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/bu.joinhandshake.com\/events\/1833856\/share_preview\" class=\"button btn-arrow\" >Register Here<\/a>\n<h6 data-stringify-type=\"pre\">Policy &amp; Advocacy Practicum Panel 5:00-5:50pm L203<\/h6>\n<p data-stringify-type=\"pre\"><strong>Moderator:\u00a0<\/strong>Eric Ngo<\/p>\n<h5>Student Panelists<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Sarah Keating, <i>Citizens for Juvenile Justice<\/i><\/li>\n<li>Helena Hailemichael, <i>Massachusetts Health Policy Commission<\/i><\/li>\n<li>Ashley O&#8217;Brien, <em>Mathematica<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Laura Morales,\u00a0<em>Alliance for Children&#8217;s Rights<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/bu.joinhandshake.com\/events\/1833837\/share_preview\" class=\"button btn-arrow\" >Register Here<\/a>\n<h3><strong>Wednesday, October 29th<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h6>Healthcare Management Practicum Panel 1:00-1:50pm L203<\/h6>\n<p data-stringify-type=\"pre\"><strong>Moderator:\u00a0<\/strong>IpshitaPillay<\/p>\n<h5>Student Panelists<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Corbin Steck, <em>Cleveland Clinic<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Josi Ocran, <em>Cambridge Health Alliance<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Niamh Lyons, <em>Boston Medical Center<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Mansi Agrawal,\u00a0<em>Northwell Health<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/bu.joinhandshake.com\/events\/1833848\/share_preview\" class=\"button btn-arrow\" >Register Here<\/a>\n<h6 data-stringify-type=\"pre\">Global, Immigrant &amp; Refugee Health Practicum Panel 5:00-5:50pm L203<\/h6>\n<p data-stringify-type=\"pre\"><strong>Moderator:\u00a0<\/strong>Aleyna Buyukguchu<\/p>\n<h5>Student Panelists<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Urvashi Nigam, <em>Massachusetts Department of Public Health<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Mansi Avunoori, <em>Boston Children&#8217;s Hospital<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Zena Mohammed,\u00a0<em>Justice Health Initiative<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Sydney Slocum,\u00a0<em>Boston Medical Center Immigrant &amp; Refugee Health Center<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/bu.joinhandshake.com\/events\/1833843\/share_preview\" class=\"button btn-arrow\" >Register Here<\/a>\n<h3><strong>Thursday, October 30th<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h6>Research &amp; Data Practicum Panel 1:00-1:50pm L203<\/h6>\n<p data-stringify-type=\"pre\"><strong>Moderator:\u00a0<\/strong>Krupa Patel<\/p>\n<h5>Student Panelists<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Olivia Glass,<em> Luminas<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Sophia Rust, <i>Pfizer<\/i><\/li>\n<li>Tyler Chang,\u00a0<em>MGH Center for Disaster Medicine<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Jenna Zabroski, <em>Cancer Epidemiology Education in Special Populations (CEESP)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/bu.joinhandshake.com\/events\/1833841\/share_preview\" class=\"button btn-arrow\" >Register Here<\/a>\n<h6 data-stringify-type=\"pre\">International Student Practicum Panel 5:00-5:50PM L203<\/h6>\n<p data-stringify-type=\"pre\"><strong>Moderator:\u00a0<\/strong>Shubha Dinesh<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Rhea Fernandes, <em>Pfizer<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Mai Hussein, <em>Cancer Epidemiology Education in Special Populations (CEESP)<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Jannatul Naym, <em>Boston Public Health Commission<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Brice Hirwa, <em>Boston Medical Center: Department of Psychiatry<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/bu.joinhandshake.com\/events\/1833832\/share_preview\" class=\"button btn-arrow\" >Register Here<\/a>\n<h3><strong>Monday, November 3rd<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h6>Environmental, City &amp; Climate Health Practicum Panel 1:00-1:50pm L203<\/h6>\n<p data-stringify-type=\"pre\"><strong>Moderator:\u00a0<\/strong>Grace Connors<\/p>\n<h5>Student Panelists<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Samantha Mager,<em> Brookline Health Department<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Emily Hernandez, <em>Vital Village Network<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Grace Reynolds, <em>MassHealth<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Reetha Mylaru,\u00a0<em>BUSPH Department of Global Health<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/bu.joinhandshake.com\/events\/1833866\/share_preview\" class=\"button btn-arrow\" >Register Here<\/a>\n<h3><strong>Tuesday, November 4th<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h6 data-stringify-type=\"pre\">Public Health in Industry Practicum Panel 5:00-5:50PM L203<\/h6>\n<p data-stringify-type=\"pre\"><strong>Moderator:\u00a0<\/strong>Bella Kareh &amp; Abigail Cheng<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bill Janinis, <em>Boston Scientific<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Taylor Corey, <em>Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Sarah Rose Slate, <em>Pfizer<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/bu.joinhandshake.com\/events\/1833874\/share_preview\" class=\"button btn-arrow\" >Register Here<\/a>\n<div class=\"col-sm-8\"><a href=\"bu.edu\/sph\/careers\/practmenu\" class=\"button btn-outline\" >Return to Menu<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SPH Practicum Panel Week is designed to help new students learn about the Practicum experience from students who have completed their practicum and from some of our most celebrated practicum preceptors! 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