MEET OUR STUDENTS
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Student Project Leads
Sevana Manukian: MPH student 2016-2017 - Original team member!
Author and lead on the 2017 Environmental Health Survey for the MPH prospectus.
Presented KL Envi Health research at:
UC Global Health Day 2018 at UC San Diego -- poster link
Albany Medical College Medical Student Investigation Day 2018
What’s next? Medical school at Albany Medical College
Ana Maria Guerrero: Landscape Architect undergrad, Garden Team Lead 2017-2018!
Senior thesis working on community-engaged design for the KL community garden. Oversaw first construction of the garden in the backlot.
Presented KL Envi Health research at:
UC Davis Undergraduate Research Conference 2018
Senior project -- link to final booklet and link to thesis
What’s next? Working in Oakland
Tiffany Jow and Daniel Moher: undergrads in Neurobiology, Physiology, & Behavior and Environmental Toxicology, respectively, 2017-2019
Senior project analyzing pesticide application data (2011-2016) between Knights Landing and Capay Valley communities.
Presented KL Envi Health research at:
UC Davis Environmental Health Sciences Center Annual Research Retreat 2018-- poster link
UC Davis Undergraduate Research Conference 2018-- poster link
UC Davis Undergraduate Multidisciplinary Sustainability Research Symposium 2018-- poster link
UC Davis One Health Symposium 2017 (Poster About KL One Health Center)-- poster link
Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry Conference 2018-- poster link
What’s next? Danny is working as a Program Analyst at US Environmental Protection Agency. Tiffany completed her Masters in Community Health and Prevention Research at Stanford University.
Jason Tang and Eva Pardo: MPH students 2018-2019
Developed Clinic Survey 2018. Analyzed data from 2018 and 2013 Clinic Surveys. Eva additionally advanced our pesticide mapping methodology. Eva Pardo is also working on a community-based KL lights project that aims to improve lighting and safe spaces in KL.
What’s next? Jason is in medical school at California Northstate University College of Medicine. Eva is a research assistant at the UCSF Office of Community Engagement.
Katie Rivas: Global Disease Biology undergrad 2018
Senior project creating an overview of Knights Landing access and utilization of Health Care including a literature review, data from the 2017 Environmental Health Survey, data from the 2013+2018 Clinic Surveys, and finally data from the Knights Landing One Health Center.
Mary Lee: MPH student 2018-2019
MPH practicum focused on connecting resources for the Knights Landing Family Resource Center.
Presented KL Envi Health research at:
UC Davis Health Quality Forum 2019-- poster link
What’s next? Working on MD at UCLA.
Juan Cruz Ruiz Malagon: Chicana/o Studies undergrad, Mental Health Team Lead 2017-2019!
Senior thesis and leader of the KL Wellbeing project. Special focus on interviews and developing a mental health program at the Knights Landing One Health Center.
Presented KL Envi Health research at:
13th Summer Institute on Migration and Global Health (2 posters)-- poster link
What’s next? Graduate Student Research in Division of Global Public Health in the Department of Medicine at the University of California, San Diego.
Sarina Rodriguez: 2018-2019 - Epidemiology / Access to Care Team Lead 2018-2019!
Presented KL Envi Health research at:
UC Davis Health Quality Forum 2019-- poster link
UC Davis Undergraduate Research Conference 2019-- poster link
National McNair Conference @ UCLA 2019-- presentation link
Jonathan Ho: 2018-2019 - Garden Team Lead 2018-2020!
Transitioned into Garden Team leader after Ana Maria. Major victories include helping with community engaged design process, fundraising, building a student volunteer team, and helping to coordinate garden construction projects. Additionally, conducted temporal analysis of access to care survey data with Sahitha and Eva to establish changes after the clinic was opened.
UCD Blum PATA grant and Strauss Foundation Grant Recipient - $17,000-- link to video summary
Sahitha Somepalle 2017-2020
Major contributor to pesticide research team along with Tiffany and Danny. Additionally, conducted temporal analysis of access to care survey data with Jonathan and Eva to establish changes after the clinic was opened.
Juan Zarate: Mental Health Team Lead 2018-2019!
Wellness team 2018-2019. Led collaborative efforts to establish a framework for community-led mental health resources and procured smoking cessation resources for the KL One Health Center.
Kukuli Banda: Global Disease Biology undergrad2018-2019
Senior project designed women's environmental health research idea for future research. Presented KL Envi Health research as part of Access to Care Team at:
UC Davis Health Quality Forum 2019-- poster link
Andrew Sy Masters in Hydrology Student 2019
Designed irrigation water usage survey for future pesticide fate and transport modeling in irrigated agricultural-intensive communities.
Student Volunteers
Team Players 2016-2019
Chi-Hai Kalita (Masters in Environmental Policy and Management Student served as team player in 2019)
Raiza Pilatowsky Gruner (PhD student led effort to plan and document 2020 townhall)
Yasmina Choueiri (PhD student helped to document the history of water in Knights Landng)
Kayvon Jabbari (MPH student helped to develop the Environmental Health Survey with Sevana) - Original team member!
Mark Pinon - survey input extraordinaire!
Xabi Martinez (Empower Yolo ASSETS connection and Garden Team)
Matthew Bridges (Yolo County Migrant Health Project)
Andrew Yap (Lead planner of the first annual Health Festival 2016)
Maria Peralta
Amanda Milici(Built water justice idea for future project installing public water stations)
Dr. Deeb-Sossa's CHI141 class from 2018 helped administer the Clinic Survey for 2018!!
Garden Team 2017-2019
transitioned into independent One Health Center Committee in 2020
Jimena Perez
Mariaidalena Iniguez
Citlalli Castellon
Karla Espinoza
Alberto Saavedra (creator of Garden Documentary)
Emotional Wellness Research Team 2017-2019
Zuleica Hernandez
Natalie Hughes
Fabiola Hernandez
Liz Romero
Pesticide Data Team 2017-2019
Guillemette Calderwood (Pesticide analysis)
Presented analysis at
Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 2018