EPRC Students
Katherine Reilly, BS, MPH Candidate. is a second-year MPH student in the Behavioral, Social and Health Education Sciences department at Emory University's Rollins School of Public Health. She graduated from Fairfield University in 2019 with a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and minors in Health Studies and Women, Gender, and Sexuality studies. Prior to joining Emory Prevention Research Center (EPRC), Ms. Reilly served with the Jesuit Volunteers Corps and the National Health Corps serving vulnerable populations as a community health assistant and patient navigator at a non-profit and a federally qualified healthcare center. In 2020 she received her certificate as a Freedom From Smoking Facilitator through the American Lung Association. At the EPRC, Ms. Reilly is a health coach for the Smoke Free Homes Study. Her research interests include health equity, chronic disease management, and access to mental health services.
e‑mail: katherine.reilly@emory.edu
Jennifer Segovia, BS, MPH Candidate is a second-year MPH student in the Behavioral, Social, and Health Education Sciences department at Emory's Rollins School of Public Health. She graduated from Georgia State University in 2021 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Public Health. After graduating, Jennifer works as a Healthy Equity Communications intern at the American Heart Association. As a graduate research assistant at EPRC, she assists with the BreatheEasy Georgia Homes coalition. Her research interests include health equity, mental health, and social determinants of health.” e‑mail: jennifer.segovia@emory.edu
Michelle Joseph (she/her)., MPH Candidate is a second-year MPH student in the Behavioral, Social, and Health Educations Sciences department at Emory University’s Rollins School of Public Health. She graduated from Shepherd University in 2019 with a Bachelor of Science, majoring in Business Administration and Biology, minoring in Chemistry. Post-graduation, Michelle worked as a patient advocate in Dallas, TX. As a graduate research assistant, she assists with various evaluation projects at the EPRC. Her research interests include health care access within rural communities and minority populations. e‑mail: michelle.joseph2@emory.edu
Yemariam Eyob, BS., MPH Candidate is a second-year Health Policy and Management Department student at Emory’s Rollins School of Public Health. She graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign in May of 2021 with a degree in Community Health with a concentration in Health Education and Promotion as well as a minor in Sociology. Before joining the EPRC, Yemariam taught a wellness course at the Nicholas House Inc and interned as a health educator for the Fulton County Board of Health. At the EPRC, Yemariam supports communications for the Breath Easy Smoke-Free Homes program and the EPRC as a graduate research assistant. Her research interests include evaluation, data visualization, child health, and poverty alleviation/eradication. e‑mail: yemariam.eyob@emory.edu
Kayla Anderson, BA., MPH Candidate is a second-year MPH student in the Behavioral, Social and Health Education Sciences department at Emory University's Rollins School of Public Health. She received her Bachelors of Arts in Psychology with minors in Public Health and Dance from Boston University in 2019. Post-grad Kayla served as an AmeriCorps member for one year at Covenant House Georgia. She continued her work with them as a Resident Advisor and then Case Manager, to work toward ending youth homelessness and encouraging youth self-sustainability. Kayla joined the EPRC as Graduate Assistant under the direction of Dr. Alexandra Morshed for a sun safety adaptation study. Her research interests include mental health, health equity, homelessness, program implementation for underserved populations, and the arts as a vessel for public health. e‑mail: kayla.anderson@emory.edu
Naomi Esther Nguena O’Neil, BS., MPH Candidate is a second-year MPH student in the Behavioral, Social and Health Education Sciences (BSHES) department at Emory’s Rollins School of Public Health (RSPH). She is also in the Maternal and Child Health (MCH) certificate program through Emory’s RSPH MCH Center of Excellence network. She graduated from Mercer University in 2022 with a Bachelor of Science in Public Health and a minor in Sociology. Mrs. Nguena O’Neil joined the EPRC in May of 2023 as a graduate research assistant working with Dr. Alexandra Morshed and Radhika Agarwal on a sun safety adaptation study, Go Sun Smart Georgia (GSSG). Her research interests include maternal and child health among Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC), preventive/perinatal health education, infant mortality, access to care, and sexual and reproductive health. e‑mail: esther.nguena.o'neil@emory.edu