Announcing the 2025 Bloomberg American Health Fellows

The Bloomberg American Health Initiative at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health is pleased to announce its ninth cohort of Bloomberg Fellows—60 individuals from across the country who are working to address some of the nation's most pressing public health challenges in five focus areas: addiction and overdose, adolescent health, environmental challenges, food systems for health, and violence. 

Each fellow works for an organization engaged in making progress in one of these focus areas. Fifty fellows will receive full scholarships to pursue a Master of Public Health degree and ten to pursue a Doctor of Public Health. This years’ fellows come from 59 different organizations from across the country including The Burlington County Special Services School District, the Rapid City Police Department, and The National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependency.

The cohort brings the total number of fellows in the Bloomberg American Health Initiative to 448, covering 43 states, Washington, D.C. and 2 territories, and involving 351 organizations in these areas.            

The 2025 Bloomberg Fellows and their organizations are:

MPH Fellows

Addiction and Overdose

• Elizabeth Brewington - Raleigh, NC - The North Carolina Association of County Commissioners
• Eden Buell - Eugene, OR - Chestnut Health Systems, Lighthouse Institute
• Gregory Campbell - Springfield, MA - Baystate Health
• Patrick DeLeon - Bethesda, MD - Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
• Claire Gray - Washington, D.C. - National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Agency Directors
• Michael Musharbash - New York, NY - NYC Health + Hospitals
• Taylor Owens - Washington, D.C. - HealthHIV
• Kaia Renouf - Oakland, CA - CA Bridge
• Tiffinee Scott - Baltimore, MD - The National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependency-Maryland
• Caroline Sica - Easton, MD - The University of Maryland Medical System
• Carolyn Smith - Austin, TX - Texas Department of State Health Services
• Mariah Smith - Trenton, NJ - New Jersey Department of Health, Office of Opioid Response and Policy
• Daniel Soucy - Washington, D.C. - National Alliance to End Homelessness
• Lauren Su - Rockville, MD - U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• Faerl Torres - Albuquerque, NM - University of New Mexico Office for Community Health
• Christopher "Kyle" Vance - St. Louis, MO - Missouri Institute of Mental Health
• Ana Woodburn - Bend, OR - Deschutes County Health Services 

• Kobe Thammavongsa - Anchorage, AK - Southcentral Foundation 

Adolescent Health

• Michael Bsaibes - Houston, TX - Spring Branch Community Health Center
• Stephanie Carroll - Decatur, GA - DeKalb Public Health
• Asmaa Deiranieh - San Diego, CA - UC San Diego Center for Community Health
• Bobbie Downs - Westhampton, NJ - Burlington County Special Services School District
• Timothy Doyle - Rapid City, SD - Rapid City Police Department
• Michelle Fiscus - Rockville, MD - The Association of Immunization Managers
• Phia Halleen - San Francisco, CA - Bay Area Community Resources
• Rachel Katz - Washington, D.C. - Equimundo
• Katherine Lopez-Medina - Upper Marlboro, MD - The Arc Prince George’s County
• Tessa Nelson - Denver, CO - Spring Institute for Intercultural Learning
• Chelsey Rice-Davis - Washington, D.C. - Office of U.S. Senator Chris Murphy
• Brandi Richardson - Stamford, CT - Community Health Center, Inc.
• Michelle Stevens - Fairfield, CA - Solano County Family Health Services 

• Lizz Wenzel - Saint Paul, MN - Minnesota Department of Health 

Environmental Challenges

• Mallery Quetawki - Albuquerque, NM - University of New Mexico, Community Environmental Health Program
• Daniel Ryan - Paicines, CA - U.S. National Park Service
• Justina Thompson - Philadelphia, PA - The City of Philadelphia, Office of Sustainability 

Food Systems for Health

• Kerstyn Afuso - Kokua Kalihi Valley - Roots Program
• Cody Bloomfield - Albany, NY - Hunger Solutions New York
• Ana Bonilla Martinez - Philadelphia, PA - Penn Medicine Center for Health Equity Advancement
• Sanjuana Castorena Mares - Washington, D.C. - Healthy Americas Foundation
• Hamida Chumpa - New York, NY - Laal NYC
• Nicola Norman - Baltimore, MD - Black Yield Institute
• Jenna Van Bruggen - Sioux Falls, SD - Center for Family Medicine
• Anna Vanderpoel - Tumwater, WA - Washington State Department of Health
• Lucía Zegarra - Washington, D.C. - American Heart Association 

Violence

• Elena Jackendoff - New York, NY - Everytown for Gun Safety
• Megan Lynch - Brookline, MA - The Brookline Center for Community Mental Health
• Colleen Moore - Baltimore, MD - LifeBridge Center for Hope
• Naomi Ostrander - Evanston, IL - The Center for Neighborhood Engaged Research and Science
• Elisabeta Reynolds - Baltimore, MD - Baltimore Police Department
• Angelica Terepka - New York, NY - New York City Health + Hospitals 

DrPH Fellows

Addiction and Overdose

• Jacqueline Perez - Arlington, VA - Fors Marsh
• Rebecca Perry - Durham, NC - RTI International

Adolescent Health

• Dana Goodale - Monmouth, OR - Polk County Family and Community Outreach Department
• Carmen Thornton - Washington, D.C. - American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
• Estelle Raboni - New York, NY - New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
• Kizzy Williams - Toledo, OH - Advocating Opportunity

Environmental Challenges 

• Emmie Mediate - Reston, VA - Health Care Without Harm

Food Systems for Health

• Yasmeen Lee - Chapel Hill, NC - Food Insight Group
• Lucas McKinnon - Honolulu, HI - The Hawai’i Good Food Alliance 

Violence

• Adjoa Jones - Los Angeles, CA - Black Women for Wellness