Mackenzie
Kaminski
Epidemiologist
Fairfield County Health Department
Mackenzie Kaminski graduated from West Virginia in December of 2023 with her Bachelors of Science in Public Health and a minor in psychology. She is currently working as an Epidemiologist for a local health department and has plans to return to school in the fall to receive her Master’s in Epidemiology and to then continue to obtain her PhD with a research focus.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
A team of students in the fields of occupational therapy (2), pharmacy (1), nursing (1), and public health (1) have worked to develop a podcast called WVoice: A Health Sciences Podcast. Our focus is sharing the voices of people in WV about their healthcare experiences. People who experience homelessness, substance use disorder, immigration, smoking cessation, foster parenting, lack of access to transportation, and food insecurity, within the Amish community, within the LGBTQIA2S+ community, within the Appalachia community, and parents of adults with disabilities experience marginalization and…