Public Health Personal Statement

The maintenance of health depends on promotion of wellness as to combating of disease. Studying and practicing medicine over the years, I learned the absolute need for, and intrinsic rewards of broadening my perspective of health related issues affecting the community. Treating individual patients in clinical practice alone cannot apprehend the large goal. I have a profound interest in well-being of children, women, family planning, preconception care. With my recent relocation to America, the challenge of a new beginning gives me the opportunity of health education in the MPH program. The program aligns with my lifelong commitment and career goals. The notion of public health was seeded while volunteering for National Service Scheme (NSS) over the years of my undergraduate course. First camp was held in Ambegar village, Maharashtra, on situation of substance abuse and awareness of

After relocating to Berkeley, my first true introduction to public health came from GRADS Peer Advisors at Dream Office, UC Berkeley School of Public Health.

I got inclined towards UC Berkeley because Berkeley SPH offers dedicated courses for different areas of study while most of the other universities offer a generalized course in public health. MCH Department of UC Berkeley has faculty members with excellent reputation in their fields. I came across several ongoing projects and various publications of MCH faculty. I am interested in doing research in mother child dyads and measure to improve their mental health, child abuse and HIV/AIDS, which goes parallel to Prof. Julianna and Prof. Sylvia Guendelman research interests.

I aspire to have a positive impact by sharing my medicine experience and bicultural background to the student body. I look forward to studying and research at UC