Alyssa Edwards

Undergraduate: Case Western Reserve University (2020)

Graduate: Case Western Reserve University (2020)

About me: At CWRU, I pursued my Master of Public Health degree after spending time in Ghana in 2018 working at Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research and Korle Bu Teaching Hospital. I was funded through the National Institute of Health and Morehouse School of Medicine where I researched molecular and genetic biomarkers associated with resistance to malaria in sickle cell trait to find malaria protection therapies. While I enjoyed learning more about infectious disease, I found myself interested in the systematic differences between healthcare in different countries. The WMP will allow me to continue to pursue my passions in health inequities, disease prevention, and health education locally and abroad as a future physician.