ALUMNI
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Our students and faculty have some noteworthy accomplishments. Follow the link to the latest edition of the MPH NEWSLETTER (.pdf)
Read About our recent Alumni:
Claudine Cordray, DVM has recently launched a new community health resources website.
"After completing my MPH studies at the University of Illinois -Springfield, I embarked on a mission to create a much-needed website focused on improving community health, but from a fresh and unique angle. The result: www.OurHealthcares.com, an advertisement-free website where one can quickly and easily discover local healthcare-sponsored health events. As well, one can connect to reputable health information and view the latest CHNA's (community health needs assessments) for their area.
More and more healthcare organizations are offering free or low-cost health screenings, seminars, support groups and other events in response to the health needs of the communities they serve. OurHealthcares.com showcases these organizations, and in doing so, hopes to encourage other organizations to get involved. Membership is always free for any government organization posting a link on their website.
Please visit www.OurHealthcares.com (http://www.ourhealthcares.com/) today to find out what is happening in your neighborhood, and do pass this website along to others. We encourage community organizations, colleges, churches, businesses, and all healthcare organizations to post our link on their websites. Healthy communities are the foundation of a healthy nation, and we all have a role to play.
A special thanks to my professors at the University of Illinois- Springfield College of Public Health for my superb education in the vitally important yet often underappreciated field of Public Health."
MPH Alumni (spring 2010), Ajay Myneni studies the linkages between undermining of residential structures and indoor levels of radon using Geographic Information System (GIS) analyses. During 2010, he received competitive travel scholarships from the ESRI and American Public Health Association (APHA) to present his research at the annual conferences of each association.
Mohammed Zillur Rahman received a Master of Public Health (MPH) 
degree from the University of Illinois at Springfield (UIS) in 2008. He also received a B.S. in Agricultural Engineering from Bangladesh Agricultural University and a M.S. in Civil/Environmental Engineering from Southern Illinois University (SIU), Edwardsville.
Mohammed is an Environmental Protection Engineer in the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (Illinois EPA). He is also a Captain in the U.S. Army Reserve and currently serving in Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. This is his second tour of duty. As part of his job during deployment, CPT Rahman is involved environmental management including solid and hazardous waste management, supervising an Incident Response Team to protect soldiers’ health and environment.
Mr. Rahman is married to Hasina Khatun and they have two sons, Rafid (14) and Nafiz (9). They live in Springfield, IL. Mohammed enjoys reading books and helping community in his free time. He is the Vice President for Reserve Officer Association (ROA), Chapter 39, Springfield, IL.
