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Meet Your Peer Mentors

The WSPH Peer Mentor-Buddy Program facilitates meaningful connections between graduate students and their peers representing diverse backgrounds and experiences across all graduate programs at WSPH. 

 

 

 

The WSPH Student Government Association and the Office of Student Experience designed this initiative to assist new students in navigating the transition into graduate education and acclimating to life both within WSPH and the broader New Orleans community. 

Peer Mentors provide essential support and guidance related to academic matters, student life, community partnerships, and local resources, thereby enhancing students' overall graduate school experience and integration into New Orleans. 

If you have questions or are interested in the program email sphtmstudentexperience@tulane.edu.

2025-2026 Mentors

Kurt Biebuyck

DrPH
Social, Behavioral, and Population Sciences

Kaya Black

MPHTM
Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease

Meta Del Carpio-Morgan

DrPH
Social, Behavioral, and Population Sciences

Codjo Djade

MPH
Epidemiology

Casey Douma

MPHTM 
Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease

Ellie Farrell

MPH
Biostatistics and Data Science

Hayden Gankendorff

MPH
Environmental Health Sciences

Manal Gupte

MPH
Epidemiology

Madison Jones

MPH
Social, Behavioral, and Population Sciences

Natalie Kamau

MPH
Epidemiology

Aaron Koenig

MPHTM 
Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease

Eli Kogan

MHA
Health Policy Management 

Shilpa Kommineni

MHA
Health Policy and Management

Alexandra Mack

MSPH 
Social, Behavioral, and Population Sciences

Kelly Meyrath

MD/MPH
Health Policy and Management

Denys Symonette Mitchell

DrPH 
Social, Behavioral, and Population Sciences

Marie Josiane Moukoury

MPH
International Health and Sustainable Development

Annette Rose Moukoury

MPH 
Health Policy and Management

Maria Munoz

PhD
Social, Behavioral, and Population Sciences

Paula Naharros

MPH
International Health and Sustainable Development

Angela Philpot

MHA 
Health Policy and Management

Amy Phou

MPH 
International Health and Sustainable Development

Emily Yam

MPH
Epidemiology