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\n \u00a0Larissa Puro<\/span>\n \n May 11, 2017<\/span>\n <\/div>\n \n \n
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Passionate about preventive medicine and quality health care, Sinthu Sathia Kumar knew what she wanted from her education: a 360-degree picture of public health. As an undergraduate at University of California, Irvine, she studied public health sciences and learned the biology of disease. To get a better sense of health care she wanted to explore public health policy, so she chose to concentrate on that facet of the field in her Master of Public Health<\/a> studies at USC.
\n\u201cI realized that all change begins on the policy level,\u201d she said \u2014 whether it\u2019s improving a community\u2019s access to healthier and affordable food options or changing how clinic administration runs its daily operations. She credits professor of clinical preventive medicine, MPH Health Services and Policy Track Director Michael Cousineau, DPH, \u201cwho constantly challenges the way we think about health policy and motivates me to keep researching for areas of improvement.\u201d
\nKumar said her biggest accomplishment at USC was interning at Children\u2019s Hospital Los Angeles My VOICE Adolescent Transition Program. With mentorship, she facilitated focus groups, co-authored research papers and helped implement a rheumatology transition clinic at Los Angeles County + USC Medical Center to ensure continuity of care for adolescents living with chronic illness as they transitioned from pediatric to adult health care systems.
\nAs president of the MPH Student Association, Kumar said got to know her peers and faculty through social and service events \u2014 and in two years gained lifelong friends and mentors.
\n\u201cSinthu\u00a0is one of our strongest MPH students,\u201d said MPH Director Luanne Rohrbach, PhD, MPH, associate professor of clinical preventive medicine at the Keck School. \u201cShe has been a stellar leader of the student organization, overseeing the board of seven officers, helping to organize innovative events for students, enhancing communications between students and faculty, and providing suggestions that will improve the program.\u201d
\nThe most important takeaway from her time at USC was \u201cto never be afraid to network,\u201d Sinthu said. Her internship opportunities, work experience and leadership roles arose from networking with fellow Trojans. She learned to pursue opportunities she knew she would excel at and learn from.
\nAfter graduating she plans to work as a health care consultant or a program manager to continue addressing quality in health care.
\nShe urged future graduates to share their passions with professors and fellow students to gain friendships and find work and volunteer opportunities.
\n\u201cI consider my two years in this program one of the most exciting times of my life,\u201d she said. \u201cIt was great being around like-minded individuals who were so passionate and dedicated to health care.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":1734,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":true,"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[38,114,81,61],"class_list":["post-1733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-release","tag-administrative","tag-commencement","tag-department-of-population-and-public-health-sciences","tag-education"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nCommencement 2017: Sinthu Kumar, Master of Public Health 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