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Keep that motivation at the center of everything you do and enjoy your journey!”</span></span></span></strong></span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span>Meet Dr. Maria Paz Salazar Ocampo, a Colombian physician from the Universidad de Los Andes, a student of the 2024-2025 Masters of Public Health program at Queen's University, and winner of the 2024 IPAC Canada Scholarship. </span></span></span></p></div> </div> </div> </div> <!-- End Display article for teaser page --> </div> <div class="col-lg-6 col-md-6 col-sm-6 col-xs-12"> <!-- Start Display article for teaser page --> <div class="post-block"> <div class="post-image"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <div class="item"> <a href="/article/student-profiles/kaitlynn-almeidas-story"><img property="schema:image" loading="lazy" src="/sites/phs/files/styles/medium/public/articles/Kaitlynn_LinkedIn_3%20%28002%29.jpg?itok=gdZD8_yj" alt="Kaitlynn Photo" typeof="foaf:Image" class="image-style-medium" /> </a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="post-content text-left"> <div class="post-title"> <a href="/article/student-profiles/kaitlynn-almeidas-story" rel="bookmark"><span property="schema:name" class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Kaitlynn Almeida's Story </span> </a> </div> <div class="post-meta"> <span class="post-categories"> <div class="field field--name-field-post-category field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/34" hreflang="en">Student Profiles</a></div> </span> - <span class="post-created">25 November 2019 </span> </div> <div class="post-body"> <div property="schema:text" class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>A Queen's MPH'16 alumnus, Kaitlynn Almeida <span><span>currently works as a Senior Specialist at Cancer Care Ontario. In her role, she is focused on performance management around provincial priorities for quality improvement, and collaborates with colleagues to proactively mitigate potential cancer system issues in Ontario.</span></span></p></div> </div> </div> </div> <!-- End Display article for teaser page --> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-lg-6 col-md-6 col-sm-6 col-xs-12"> <!-- Start Display article for teaser page --> <div class="post-block"> <div class="post-image"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <div class="item"> <a href="/article/student-profiles/allison-maiers-story"><img property="schema:image" loading="lazy" src="/sites/phs/files/styles/medium/public/articles/Allison.jpg?itok=1Rl3Zc6x" alt="Allison Maier photo" typeof="foaf:Image" class="image-style-medium" /> </a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="post-content text-left"> <div class="post-title"> <a href="/article/student-profiles/allison-maiers-story" rel="bookmark"><span property="schema:name" class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Allison Maier's Story</span> </a> </div> <div class="post-meta"> <span class="post-categories"> <div class="field field--name-field-post-category field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/34" hreflang="en">Student Profiles</a></div> </span> - <span class="post-created">17 July 2019 </span> </div> <div class="post-body"> <div property="schema:text" class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><span><span>Allison loved the math, logic and problem solving in her first degree in Civil Engineering, where she focused on water and wastewater treatment. But what she really wanted to know was why. Why prioritize treating this contaminant over another? What was the science behind this decision making? Completing a Master of Public Health at Queen’s was her way to answer those questions. </span></span></p></div> </div> </div> </div> <!-- End Display article for teaser page --> </div> <div class="col-lg-6 col-md-6 col-sm-6 col-xs-12"> <!-- Start Display article for teaser page --> <div class="post-block"> <div class="post-image"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <div class="item"> <a href="/article/student-profiles/christine-pentlands-story"><img property="schema:image" loading="lazy" src="/sites/phs/files/styles/medium/public/articles/Christine-Pentland.png?itok=pq0H6fsM" alt="Christine Pentland's Story" typeof="foaf:Image" class="image-style-medium" /> </a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="post-content text-left"> <div class="post-title"> <a href="/article/student-profiles/christine-pentlands-story" rel="bookmark"><span property="schema:name" class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Christine 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