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Alumni
College of Health
Welcome home
You got your start here, and today you are part of a community nearly 30,000 strong who are changemakers around the globe. You, your insights and your experience matter. Regardless of when you graduated, the college, and this world, are better because of what you bring to it.
You enable our work by mentoring and hiring students, and supporting college initiatives. We strive to return the favor with educational, career and volunteer opportunities. We’re partners with purpose, and we’re stronger together, engaged in work that matters to people, families and communities in Oregon and beyond.
May 01, 2024
5:30 p.m. - 7 p.m.
Ask Alumni - Health Equity
Oregon State University College of Health alumni have a deep passion for removing societal and economic barriers in health. They work to eliminate health disparities via their career path and field of study to create better health equity — ensuring everyone has a fair and just opportunity to attain their highest level of health.
Join to learn and ask OSU alumni how they leveraged their skills and degree gained at the College of Health to succeed in a career where they are making a positive impact toward health equity in their respective fields.
This interactive Ask Alumni virtual event is a perfect fit for current and prospective students, recent graduates, parents and anyone else hoping to learn more about the career prospects that center around health equity through a College of Health degree.
Panelists
- Sydelle Harrison, ’17, MPH ’18, PhD ’23,
- Gabriela Esquivel, MPH ’23
- Amy Frasieur, ’02, M.S. ’10
- Sarah Segar, ’06
Events
Alumni stories
HDFS alumna is helping the nation’s most vulnerable children
Kylee Probert, HDFS PhD ’22, doesn’t like America’s childcare system, so she’s doing something about it.
Health management, MPH alum is driven by mission
Kelley Kaiser, ’93, MPH ’99, serves as senior vice president – chief administrative officer for Samaritan Health Services, a five-hospital, 80-clinic integrated delivery system that operates two insurance companies in the Mid-Willamette Valley.
An impactful career bringing health care into communities
From Oregon State to India to Tennessee, Amber Coyne, MPH ’15, is making a profound impact in infectious disease community outreach, prevention and treatment. Currently the Syndemic Coordination Director at the Tennessee Department of Health, she oversees the development and implementation of End the Syndemic Tennessee (ETS), which is a community-informed strategic plan to address the prevention of HIV, sexually transmitted infections, substance use disorder and viral hepatitis in Tennessee.
Watch a conversation with Amber about how her roots in public health and special interests in LGBTQ+ health equity, harm reduction and language justice propel her to find innovative ways to address public health risks and keep our most vulnerable populations safe.