Mariana Sarmiento from Colombia received her B.A degree, Magna Cum Laude, from Tulane University and graduated with a M.E.M degree in Environmental Policy and Management from the Yale School of the Environment (formerly Forestry & Environmental Studies) in 2011. Sarmiento is the 2017 recipient of the Mulago Foundation’s Conservation Fellow award.
Today, we are featuring the portrait of Brianna Jackson, a PhD nursing student at the Yale School of Nursing. . “I'm a proud Canadian and have called the province of Ontario home. Even though Canada and the United States are neighbors, I often describe my experience moving to the U.S. as transitioning to an alternate reality - that is, the same, but different!
Born in the Hague, Simone Buitendijk studied medicine at Utrecht University and received a M.Ph degree at the Yale School of Medicine in 1990, where she had evaluated medications taken during early pregnancy and its relationship to maternal attributes. She received her Doctorate in Epidemiology at Leiden University and her research was on IVF pregnancies and their follow-up.
In today's portrait, we are featuring one of Yale MacMillan Center's Fox Fellows, Moe Thuzar from Myanmar.
Born in Canada, Anees Chagpar obtained B.S. and M.D. degrees from University of Alberta, M.Sc from University of Saskatchewan, M.Ph from Harvard University, M.A from University of Louisville and an MBA from School of Management at Yale University in 2014. She is currently a Professor in the Department of Surgery at Yale School of Medicine.
This week, we are featuring the portrait of Mancy Tong, a third year postdoc at the Yale School of Medicine where she studies how the maternal immune system responds to infection and potentially causes pre-term birth. Mancy was born in Hong Kong, grew up in New Zealand, and came to New Haven three years ago.
Born in Cambodia, two year old SreyRam Kuy escaped from the Khmer Rouge but was severely injured during a bombing in a refugee camp in Thailand. She was treated by a Red Cross surgeon, which inspired her to later become the first female Cambodian refugee to work as a surgeon in the United States.
This spring, one of our incredibly talented international undergrads, Surbhi Bharadwaj, has been working on an exciting photo project for our office. In January, we put out a call to our international community asking those interested to sign-up to have their photo taken by Surbhi to be featured on one of our walls in the OISS office.
Born in South Korea, Yoobin Son received her B. M degree from the Curtis Institute of Music and Master of Music degree from Yale University in 2009. She also received her professional studies certificate and artist diploma from the Manhattan School of Music.
Born in Bamunanika, Uganda, Rose Nanyonga realized her dream of becoming a nurse with encouragement from a Northern Irish couple. She received her B.S. in Nursing from Arkansas Tech University and a M.S. in Nursing from Baylor University. In 2015, she was awarded a D. Phil by Yale School of Nursing. Her Ph.D thesis was on the topic of integrative examination of nursing leadership in Uganda.
