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Janikah Brice

Name: Janikah Brice School: Brandeis University Major(s): Undecided Class Year: Freshman When and how did you get involved with YSI? I...

Janikah Brice & Emily Adelsberger

Apr 27, 20172 min read

Our New Clinic Structure

When there is such intense need for accessible and affordable primary care in an area like Pont Morel, it can be overwhelming to try and...

Emily Adelsberger

Apr 24, 20174 min read

Christian Brambila

Name: Christian Brambila School:University of Massachusetts Amherst Major(s): Public Health/Pre-Med Class Year: 2018 When and how did you...

Christian Brambila & Emily Adelsberger

Apr 20, 20173 min read

George Washington University

School: George Washington University Leader: Chloe Becker Why you (personally) joined YSI: I was lucky enough to be introduced to YSI by...

Chloe Becker

Apr 10, 20171 min read

Shannon Foye

Name: Shannon Foye School: University of New Hampshire Major(s): Nutrition and Wellness (Minors in Psychology and Gerontology) Class...

Shannon Foye & Emily Adelsberger

Mar 27, 20172 min read

Happy Blog-iversery

The YSI Blog has been up and running for one full year! Here’s a recap of what YSI has accomplished in that time: Took almost 200...

Emily Adelsberger

Mar 9, 20171 min read

Taylor Spurlock

Name: Taylor Spurlock School: Villanova University Major: Biology Class year: 2017 When and how did you get involved with YSI? I became...

Taylor Spurlock & Emily Adelsberger

Feb 23, 20173 min read

Public Health Curriculum

January 2017 has seen great progress in the development and standardization of YSI’s public health curriculum, as well as the structure...

Emily Adelsberger

Feb 21, 20173 min read

Session 1 Update

It's been a busy couple days here in Léogâne. We've been lucky with warm weather and a nice breeze to keep us cool during the busy days....

Julia Brown

Jan 2, 20171 min read

University of New Hampshire

Leader: Kevin Gutierrez Why you joined YSI: When I initially joined YSI, it was because a friend of mine told me she was excited to be...

Kevin Gutierrez

Dec 19, 20162 min read

Zachary Lawrence

Name: Zachary Edward Lawrence Board position: President, Board of Directors Occupation: Implementation Specialist for Elite Medical...

Zachary Lawrence & Emily Adelsberger

Dec 12, 20162 min read

The University of Vermont

Author: Jasper Flour School: The University of Vermont Leader: Jasper Flour Why you joined YSI: I wanted to immerse myself into a...

Jasper Flour

Nov 14, 20161 min read

Clark University

School: Clark University Year your chapter became affiliated with YSI: Fall 2015 Leader: Rachel Gaufberg Why you became a part of YSI: I...

Rachel Gaufberg

Nov 7, 20161 min read

Herlyne Das

Name: Herlyne Das School: Brandeis University Major(s): Biology and HSSP: Health Science Society Policy within the Pre-Medicine Track...

Herlyne Das & Emily Adelsberger

Sep 22, 20164 min read

Ashley Genza

Name: Ashley Genza School: UMass Amherst Major(s): Nutrition, PreMed Class year: 2016 - graduated Job: Mount Sinai Beth Israel Dept of...

Ashley Genza & Emily Adelsberger

Sep 15, 20163 min read

Kara Eisenberg

Name: Kara Eisenberg School: University of Massachusetts Amherst Major(s): B.S. Kinesiology Class year: 2018 When and how did you get...

Kara Eisenberg & Emily Adelsberger

Aug 28, 20165 min read

How Haiti Helped to Prepare Me for Study Abroad

Name: Niamh Mulrooney Major(s): Public Health Sciences and Pre-Medical Track School(s): University of Massachusetts Amherst Class Year:...

Niamh Mulrooney

Aug 15, 20162 min read

The Community Development Interview Process

Though public health has quickly grown to be our largest sector here at YSI, the organization was originally founded upon the goal of...

Frank Schulze, Emily Adelsberger, Gordy Smythe

Aug 2, 20163 min read