Global Infectious Disease Alumni Spotlight

HOYA SAXA at Georgetown University
Global Infectious Disease (GLID)

Many alumni of the Global Infectious Disease programs are afforded opportunities in the federal, state, local, non-governmental, private sector, and academic job market. So far, our graduates have gone on to secure offers from graduate degree programs in veterinary school and medical school (including an MD/PhD joint degree program), and job offers from major consulting and contracting companies.


Meet our Alumni

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Seth Epling, M.S. in Global Infectious Disease 2023

Medical student, Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont

The M.S. Global Infectious Disease program opened doors to career paths I didn’t even know existed.

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Ariyand Aminpour, M.S. in Global Infectious Disease 2022

Project Lead (National Institutes of Health) at CRDF Global

As I begin a position that focuses on the administrative side of global health research, I know my Global Infectious Disease Master’s helped prepare me for this step in my career.

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Norma Quintanilla, M.S. in Global Infectious Disease 2021

Study Coordinator II at the National Center for Disaster Medicine & Public Health

In addition to providing an interdisciplinary approach to infectious disease science, the program allowed me to compose my thesis for publication and present it at the American Public Health Association this fall. 

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