Setareh (Seti) Akhavan

Joined 2018

BS, Public Health, San Diego State University

MPH, Community Health Sciences, UCLA FSPH (2022)

Current Program Manager, Rancho Research Institute (May 2023 - Present) 

Tiffany Chin

Joined 2021

MPH, Health Management and Policy, San Diego State University

Current Remote Care Specialist at KURA Care (2022 - present)

Alejandro Contreras

Joined 2017

BS, Criminal Justice, BA, Spanish, Masters in Public Administration, San Diego State University

Masters in Political Science, Brown University (May 2021)

Masters in Data Science, Brown University (May 2025)

Current PhD Candidate and Researcher, Brown University, Department of Political Science

Jeffrey Jimenez

Joined 2019

MPH, Health Management and Policy, San Diego State University

Current Community Data and Analytics Manager / Administrative Analyst 3 at County of San Diego

Dana Patterson

Joined 2021

MPH, San Diego State University

Current DrPH, Leadership in Social and Behavioral Sciences at Tulane University (Starting Fall 2025)

 Current Business Analyst, Incentives & Reporting at Alameda Alliance for Health (October 2024 - present)

Nguyen Phuong

Joined 2019 - 2020

MPH, Health Policy and Management, San Diego State University

Current PhD Candidate in Informatics at University of Iowa (2021-2026)

Melissa Ruiz

Joined 2017

BS, Public Health, San Diego State University

Current MPH Candidate in Biostatistics and Epidemiology at USC (Expected May 2026)

Current Project Administrator (Clinical Operations) at USC Keck School of Medicine, Alzheimer's Therapeutic Research Institute 

Isaiah Taylor

Joined 2017

BS, Kinesiology, San Diego State University

Doctor of Physical Therapy, University of Nevada - Las Vegas (May 2025)

Current Practicing Physical Therapist (Summer 2025)

Melissa Yakuta

Joined 2018

BS, Business Management Information Systems, San Diego State University

MS Big Data Analytics at San Diego State University (2022)

Current Senior Data and Research Analyst at County of San Diego - Health and Human Services Agency (2020 - present)