Happy Spring, everyone! My name is Jennifer Loza (she/her) and I graduated in the Class of 2020 with a degree in Global Disease Biology and a minor in Political Science. As a transfer student, I knew I wanted to make the most out of my limited time at UC Davis. Being a GDB major granted me the freedom to explore my interests in both public health and the sciences. I participated in the UCDC Program where I had the opportunity to intern in the House of Representatives with Congressman Eric Swalwell.

Hi, everyone! My name is Roshni Desai (she/her) and I graduated in the Class of 2021! I joined the GDB major at the end of my sophomore year and it was one of the best decisions I made during my time at Davis. The close-knit community of students and advisors truly helped me explore my various interests and step outside of my comfort zone. Being introduced to the One Health approach also had a huge impact on me, and is the reason why I wanted to work in global public health and continue promoting interdisciplinary collaboration.

I found learning about policy to be the most important takeaway for me from the GDB program. One key implication of this is that the world’s scientists and researchers and healthcare providers working on new ways to preserve health depend on a whole other sector of bureaucracy, government, and rulemakers to ensure that their discoveries become a reality. 

Hi, all! My name is Hana (she/her) and I'm a proud alumna of GDB! I graduated in spring of 2020 and then took a gap year working as an Assistant Clinical Research Coordinator at the UC Davis Health Division of Infectious Diseases. Currently, I'm in my second year of an MD/PhD at Johns Hopkins University. In the future, I'm hoping to specialize in rheumatology or infectious disease! The GDB major definitely had a huge impact on my career trajectory, especially the practicum project, which helped solidify my decision to go the MD/PhD route.

Hey Y’all! I graduated from UC Davis with a degree in Global Disease Biology in Fall 2016. Before coming to UC Davis, I attended various community colleges in Sacramento. At UC Davis, I was co-director for the Willow Clinic, a free, student-run clinic for unhoused individuals in the Sacramento area. Additionally, I started a mentorship program for pre-health transfer students designed to pair them with senior transfer students to ease the transition to UC Davis.

Hey GDB! I graduated Class of 2020 with a Bachelor of Science in GDB and a minor in Philosophy. I am currently a Clinical Research Coordinator at UCSF helping families who have experienced neonatal loss with autopsy, research donation, and organ donation. In my free time, I enjoy backpacking, snowboarding, and teaching my dog new tricks. 

Happy Spring! I'm Austin, a current MPH candidate at the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University with a certificate in History, Ethics, and Law (I'm graduating soon, hire me!). I did my master's practicum at the Glynwood Center for Regional Food and Farming in Cold Sprong, NY.

Hello fellow GDBers! My name is Claire Chapman and I recently graduated from UC Davis in Spring 2021. In addition to my lovely GDB degree, I also received minors in Medical Entomology and Public Health and the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Medal. During my time at UC Davis, I was involved in Science Olympiad at UC Davis, Regents Scholars Society, the University Honors Program, and Research Scholars Program in Insect Biology – all of which greatly shaped me into the person I am today. My undergraduate practicum research was under the guidance of Dr.

Hello all, my name is Andrea Guggenbickler (she/her/hers). My partner and I live in Woodland, CA with our three cats (Butters, Toast, and Doctor Professor Stripey Pants). I graduated from UC Davis with a degree in Global Disease Biology in 2018. During my time as a Global Disease Biology student I focused my research and studies on both GDB and public health efforts- specifically Herpes Simplex Virus 2 vaccine development research and menstrual hygiene product access research.

Hi current Global Disease Biology students! My name is Allison Berkowitz. As an alum, I can look back at my time at Davis and see I really was trying to figure out, what drives health? This took me on a wild journey of classes from Psychology to Nutrition to Sociology and even Economics, which I ended up double majoring in. I took a range of internships. Nutrition? Interned as a lab assistant and transposed French dietary details focused on maternal and children health in Niger, Africa under Dr. K. Ryan Wessells and Dr. Sonya Y. Hess. Political? Interned for Congressman John Garamendi.