Spotlights

This series showcases students’ APEx projects across the six academic departments. Watch the videos to listen to their reflections as they share their experiences, explore their passions, and apply classroom-based skills to real world settings.  

Apeksha Naik

Sociomedical Sciences student Apeksha Naik shares highlights and key takeaways from her experience working on childhood trauma and health promotion for Family PEACE Trauma Treatment Center in and around the Washington Heights neighborhood.

Chenyu Jin

Biostatistics student Chenyu Jin shares highlights and key takeaways from his project with Heluna Health and SisterWeb where he gained data science and project management experience.

Rocky Mak

Environmental Health Sciences student Rocky Mak shares highlights and key takeaways from her experience working on a project that tracks lead in drinking water in schools across New York State. During her APEx, Rocky worked with the data and was able to contribute to advocacy work.

Sarah Branoff

Population and Family Health student Sarah Branoff shares highlights and key takeaways from her experience with program implementation in a humanitarian setting.

Stella Roth

Epidemiology student Stella Roth shares highlights and key takeaways from her experience as a researcher on a National Cancer Institute/NIH funded project with the Cancer Epidemiology Education for Special Populations, where she worked on HPV in the Bronx.

Valerie Kim

Health Policy & Management student Valerie Kim shares highlights and key takeaways from her experience working at the Commission on Gender Equity.