Come learn about different DrPH career options from established members in the field!

The DrPH Coalition is hosting a series of career conversations for DrPHers. May's session will focus on Think Tanks. Think Tanks are organizations that pursue a combination of research and advocacy, to varying degrees.

Our speakers will share their experience with their current and past roles and provide advice to those seeking entry into their fields of expertise. They will highlight skills and tools that helped them in their process and share what a typical day in their role is like. Come prepared with questions and be ready to meet fellow DrPHers!

Speakers: Dr. Anita Chandra, DrPH & Dr. Tonyka McKinney, DrPH

Speaker Bios:

Dr. Anita Chandra is vice president and director of RAND Social and Economic Well-Being and a senior policy researcher at the RAND Corporation. Throughout her career, Chandra has engaged government and nongovernmental partners to consider cross-sector solutions for improving community well-being and to build more robust systems, implementation and evaluation capacity. 

Dr. Tonyka McKinney, DrPH is a Senior Health Equity Researcher at Mathematica and a Fellow in the Satcher Health Leadership Institute at Morehouse School of Medicine. She completed her Doctor of Public Health degree from the University of Georgia. As a student at UGA her studies focused on the management of public health organizations. She has more than 14 years of experience serving as a consultant and contractor to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and most recently, before joining Mathematica, held a position as a Health Equity Project Manager with CDC Foundation.