Member Insight: Meghana Shamsunder Copy
Courtney Long
What sparked your decision to become an epidemiologist? It really came down to one class in undergrad and my interest in getting an MPH. As a BSPH student at UNC, I was able to take some master’s-level courses at Gillings. One of them was a graduate-level epi course I took as part of my nutrition curriculum—and I loved it. Data analysis felt much more natural to me than working in the lab. I had originally decided on getting an MPH along and a medical degree and decided, focusing in on an MPH i