Student & Alumni Profiles

Jaime Madrigano, MPH '05, Alumna

Today's public health professionals face a variety of challenges in a rapidly changing world. At the UMDNJ-School of Public Health (SPH), the students, faculty and staff are passionately involved in meeting those challenges head on, both as professionals and as volunteers. Our reach extends into a myriad of local and global communities through our formal affiliations, partnerships and collaborations.

We see needs in the faces and everyday lives of our friends and neighbors, and we place ourselves directly in the middle of their situations to address those needs. Whether through education, research, or service, we are fervently committed to improving the quality of life for all people.

Take, for instance, 2005 SPH graduate Jaime Madrigano, whose passion for serving others was kindled by death."My father died of a stroke when I was young," she explains. "What also shaped my life was watching a number of loved ones succumb to cancer. I always wanted to make a difference in medicine and realized that I could use my interest in mathematics and statistics to understand disease. The social justice aspect of public health made the field of epidemiology the perfect fit for me."