Select Trajectories and Testimonials
“Collaborating with the Harvard-Brazil ECD initiative was transformative and pivotal in my personal and professional trajectory. From visiting SUS clinics throughout São Paulo with São Paulo Carinhosa to mapping out Child Protective Services in the city, these eclectic experiences gave me the practical understanding to ground the theoretical frameworks I would later learn in my MPH program. My experiences with the Harvard-Brazil ECD taught me the importance of intersectoral and interdisciplinary work, as well as the challenges that arise in attempting to do so. Moreover, through research with Dr. Charles Nelson, his collaborators at FMUSP, and the participants of the Núcleo Ciência Pela Infância, I was introduced to the seemingly unconventional path of physician advocates – a path that embodies the type of holistic medicine I wish to practice. As I apply to Ob/Gyn residencies in the fall, I plan to merge health policy work with my clinical practice, a passion I first fostered in Brazil, and hope to eventually find my way back to Brazil.”
2016-17 2015 2014 Summer Research Internship with Charles Nelson’s ECD collaborators at University of São Paulo Medical School (FMUSP)
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Summer Internship with São Paulo Carinhosa, the megacity’s ECD initiative overseen by the First Lady of São Paulo
Brazil Office Fellowship, focused on ECD initiative, including project planning, drafting grant proposals and organizing faculty visits
JASMINE FERNANDEZ AB ‘16, Neurobiology Harvard College
2019ongoing
2017-19 Master in Public Health at Tufts University School of Medicine focused on Health Service Management & Policy
Medical Student at Tufts University, planning on applying to OB/ GYN residencies
