Managing director
InnovateHealth Yale and the Sustainable Initiative at the Yale School of Public Health
Region: San Antonio, '12
Fatema Basrai, a San Antonio 2012 TFA alum, noticed the close connection between education and public health as a third grade teacher. Today, she works at the Yale Institute for Global Health to support the creation of innovative health solutions.
Co-Founder
Education in Sight
Region: Greater Chicago–Northwest Indiana, '09
Education in Sight’s co-founder George Dong (Chicago ’09) says that spending time in rural China opened his eyes to the fact that rural and underserved students also suffer from uncorrected vision problems that drastically affect their learning outcomes.
Family Medicine Doctor, Primary Care Doctor
Duke Health
Region: Houston, '07
Alum Annie Dotson took her experience in the classroom to a career in health, where she focuses her research on pregnancy and young children.
Chris Brownson
Region: Los Angeles, '93
Chris is a former corps member (Los Angeles '93) and a licensed psychologist. After his two-years teaching, he promptly returned to my alma mater, the University of Texas at Austin, to pursue graduate work in counseling psychology.
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Indiana University Health
Region: Baltimore, '95
Dr. Peter Jenkins is a 1995 Baltimore alumnus and current Assistant Professor of Surgery at Indiana University Health.