I want to share the next episode of the Prez Paul Podcast: our changemaker series. This year, we are focusing our conversations around the idea of what it means to be a Nazareth changemaker.
In our latest episode of season two, I have a conversation with Nazareth professors Dr. Michael Chen and Dr. Lauren Brooks, along with their graduate assistant and recent Naz alumna Tatianna Trojnor-Hill. They had the prestigious honor of working with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to analyze racial and ethnic disparities in COVID-19 testing in a national sample of more than 2 million patients across the U.S. In addition to identifying significant disparities, they also found that geography and state-level political affiliations can predict individuals' risk of testing positive for COVID-19.
Guests:
- Michael Chen is an assistant professor in the Nursing and Public Health Department. He received a bachelor’s degree in economics and public health from Brown University and a Ph.D. in health services research and policy from the University of Rochester. Michael's research interests include maternal and child health, father involvement, and the development of theory-based explanations to inform health practice and public policy. Michael was born in Taiwan, grew up in Toronto, and has lived in Rochester since 2010.
- Lauren Brooks is an assistant professor in the Chemistry and Biochemistry Department, primarily teaching courses in clinical laboratory science. She received degrees in biochemistry, biological sciences, and chemistry from Virginia Tech, a Ph.D. in microbiology and immunology from the University of Rochester, and completed her internship for clinical laboratory science at Rochester Regional Health. Lauren worked in the Serology and Microbiology clinical laboratory at the University of Rochester Central Labs before joining Nazareth full time. She was born and raised in the Washington, D.C. area and has lived in Rochester since 2009.
- Tatianna Trojnor-Hill graduated from Nazareth College in spring 2021 with a bachelor’s degree in public health and international studies. She currently works as a project associate with JSI Research & Training Inc. and will be moving to New Hampshire for work at the end of this year. Tatianna’s interests include nutrition, food accessibility, and global health. She was born and raised in central New York and has lived in Rochester since 2017.
I invite you to listen and reflect on how changemaking is woven into so much of what we have been doing here at Nazareth for nearly 100 years, and how important this commitment is in our world.
Enjoy!
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