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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

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Kurt Biebuyck

DrPH
Social, Behavioral, and Population Sciences

Kaya Black Headshot
Kaya Black

MPHTM
Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease

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Meta Del Carpio-Morgan

DrPH
Social, Behavioral, and Population Sciences

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Codjo Djade

MPH
Epidemiology

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Casey Douma

MPHTM 
Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease

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Ellie Farrell

MPH
Biostatistics and Data Science

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Hayden Gankendorff

MPH
Environmental Health Sciences

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Manal Gupte

MPH
Epidemiology

Madison Jones
Madison Jones

MPH
Social, Behavioral, and Population Sciences

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Natalie Kamau

MPH
Epidemiology

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Aaron Koenig

MPHTM 
Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease

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Eli Kogan

MHA
Health Policy Management 

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Shilpa Kommineni

MHA
Health Policy and Management

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Alexandra Mack

MSPH 
Social, Behavioral, and Population Sciences

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Kelly Meyrath

MD/MPH
Health Policy and Management

Denys Symonette Mitchell
Denys Symonette Mitchell

DrPH 
Social, Behavioral, and Population Sciences

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Marie Josiane Moukoury

MPH
International Health and Sustainable Development

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Annette Rose Moukoury

MPH 
Health Policy and Management

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Maria Munoz

PhD
Social, Behavioral, and Population Sciences

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Paula Naharros

MPH
International Health and Sustainable Development

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Angela Philpot

MHA 
Health Policy and Management

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Amy Phou

MPH 
International Health and Sustainable Development

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Emily Yam

MPH
Epidemiology