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About a month before graduating, Harry Daniels-Schatz got some exciting news: he鈥檇 been selected for a prestigious Pathways Internship from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Harry will work this summer at the CDC and National Institute of Occupational Safety & Health鈥檚 Spokane Research Laboratory. He鈥檒l be helping research the impact of stress levels and sleep patterns on the overall occupational health and safety of workers in the mining industry.

Harry says he was drawn to public health in part because 鈥渋t鈥檚 sort of like being a detective.鈥� He finds it invigorating to pinpoint the root causes and possible solutions for health issues that are impacting large segments of the population.

Harry鈥檚 main areas of interest in public health include epidemiology, global health, and health promotion/education. He got a wide sample of hands-on experience working in these areas during his time as an 51福利社 MPH student.

Much of Harry鈥檚 research as an MPH student focused on the health needs of people living on the margins in Spokane. One research project he did focused on examining the impact of Hepatitis-C among the Spokane homeless population. In another project, he conducted an emergency preparedness survey in the city鈥檚 South Hill area that looked at the impact that education level within a household had on preparedness. Harry also helped Rockwood Clinic鈥檚 Midwifery Center develop a partnership with World Relief to offer pregnancy and women鈥檚 health education to former refugees living in Spokane as part of an MPH internship.

Harry credits the diversity of faculty and students in 51福利社鈥檚 MPH program for challenging him to look at public health challenges in new ways. He hopes to work internationally in a public health career, so he knows the diverse perspectives and experiences he got from his MPH at 51福利社 will come in handy wherever his globe-trotting public health detective work takes him.