Meet the Research Team

Bree Hemingway, PhD, MPH, CHES, (She/Her) CHILLab Mentor	Jamie Felicitas-Perkins, PhD, MPH, CHES, (She/Her) CHILLab Mentor	Reener Balingit, MPH, CHES, (She/Her) Senior Graduate Student Researcher
Maggie Hawkins, MPH, CHES (DrPH Student)	Maliha Hussain, MPH (DrPH student)	Taryn Medina, MA (DrPH student)
Savannah Dale, MPH	Noel Perez, MPH, PhD	Jean Wang, MPH

Graduate Student Research Team

Savannah Dale, MPH (SHE/HER)

Savannah Dale is a dual degree student at Claremont Graduate University working towards her Master of Public Health in Applied Biostatistics and Epidemiology and her Master of Arts in Applied Social Psychology. Savannah’s research interests focus on evaluation in educational spaces, persuasive messaging in public health, and systemically rooted health disparities. In addition to her graduate studies, Savannah works as the Community Outreach Coordinator for the School of Community & Global Health, and as an Evaluation Research Assistant for Cobblestone, Applied Research & Evaluation.  Her free time is full of her chosen family, friends, board games, and cats.

Maggie Hawkins, MPH, CHES (SHE/HER)

Maggie Hawkins (she/her) has 40 years of experience as an advocate, educator, organizer and trainer with various human rights, health, and educational organizations. Currently, Hawkins is adjunct faculty in the Master of Public Health Program at California State University Los Angeles. She holds an MPH degree from the University of Southern California and is presently a DrPH student at the School of Community & Global Health at Claremont Graduate University. Her primary areas of study are women’s, adolescent, and LGBTQIA+ health equity.

Maliha Hussain, MPH (SHE/HER)

Maliha Hussain is a Doctor of Public Health student at Claremont Graduate University with a concentration in Leadership and Management. She received her master’s degree in public health from Wayne State University and completed the Albert Schweitzer Fellowship addressing sexual health literacy in Muslim and Arab populations. She has worked in federal and county government to improve access to primary care and affordable housing. Driving her professional interests is the core value of justice. She is particularly committed to advancing maternal health through strategic integration of policy and research.

Taryn Medina, MA (THEY/SHE)

Taryn Medina is a Doctor of Public Health student at School of Community and Global Health with a concentration in Leadership and Management. They graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with her undergrad in Youth & Community Studies with a concentration in special populations and a minor social work. As well as earning a MA in Autism and Developmental Disabilities and obtaining a Critical Disability Studies portfolio. They are receiving their DrPH to help advocate, organize, and implement better funded and quality community-based services for disabled Texans. Their research interests include unmet needs and barriers to care for disabled individuals, aging with disability, long term workforce, Community Health Workers, transitions into adulthood, and violence against disabled individuals within community living.