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Alumni Mentor Opportunities


M-CHAMP—(Available to second year students)

The goal of the UCB Maternal and Child Health Alumni Mentorship Program (M-CHAMP) is to provide students with the opportunity to develop their professional skills outside of the classroom, and to explore real-world public health settings and situations to help them begin to build a professional network. The program works by pairing a current MCH student with an alumnus or MCH Advisory Board Member. The student and the alumnus are matched based on mutual interests and the mentor’s expertise. The mentor-student relationship is informal, with monthly contact in person, via phone or email. This gives alumni a way to remain connected to the MCH program, and to “give back” to the MCH Community in a tangible way by offering their expertise and insights about the field to new professionals.
 
  M-CHAMP is designed to support the development of leaders in MCH and make a lasting contribution to the public health field by:
  • Providing an opportunity for students to integrate what they are learning in the classroom into a real life setting.
  • Enhancing students’ knowledge of public health issues and hot topics in the field of MCH by providing regular contact with current alumni.
  • Allowing alumni to serve as “professional advisors” in variety of areas including, course selection, project work, identification of career paths, networking skills, and supporting students as they develop their theses.
  • Enhancing alumni access to a diverse pool of potential employees, and providing a renewed connection to the MCH program and the broader school of Public Health.
  • Strengthening the reputation and promoting awareness of the MCH program and the SPH locally, nationally and internationally.

Second year MCH students who are interested in having a mentor should contact Wendy Hussey at whussey@berkeley.edu.




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