Pitt Public Health’s Center for Health Equity and Maternal and Child Health Center of Excellence recently celebrated students dedicating their education to advancing health equity, health justice and maternal and child health with a year-end event.
During the celebration, students were honored for completing certificates in maternal and child health and health equity, participating in the Health Justice Scholars program and serving as student leaders in the Maternal and Child Health Equity Scholars program. Honorees received certificates and small gifts in recognition of their accomplishments and commitment to improving the health and well-being of communities that have been historically disenfranchised. Certificate graduates also received honor cords to wear during the school-wide graduation ceremony.
The event was hosted by the Center for Health Equity and included remarks of appreciation from center leadership, including Theresa Chapple, PhD, MPH and Jason Deakings, PhD, MSPH.
As students prepare for their next steps, the celebration served as a reminder that health equity, health justice and social justice remain central to the mission of public health—and to the work Pitt Public Health students will continue to lead in their communities and careers.
-Julia Falgione
Health Equity Certificate graduates
- Kaitlin Sweeney
- Pearl Park
- Haliyat Oshodi
- Aditi Choudhary
- Julia Falgione
- Jorge Antonio Gumucio
- Swetha Ramkumar
- Delaney Kenyon
- Sasha Henderson
- Emily Herrold
- Lindsey Palmer
- Elyse Berman
Maternal and Child Health Certificate graduates
- Julia Falgione
- Roshni Gurung
- Amy Whitsel
Health Justice Scholars 2025-26
- Allison Barham
- Sara Barac
- Harsh Hiwase
- Stacey Johnson
- Misaki Kobayashi
- Desi Saether
- Leah Post
- Johnae Walker
- Bria Wright
Maternal and Child Health Equity Scholar student leaders
- Cristina Cortes-Coronell
- Julia Falgione