Author Archives: Yooni Choi

About Yooni Choi

Yooni Choi is a graduate student at the University of Maryland School of Public Health. She is pursuing an MPH in Health Policy Analysis & Evaluation in the Health Services Administration Department. She is the recipient of the 2018 Academy Health Best Student Poster Award and the 2018 APHA Barbara Starfield Medical Care Award. In addition to being an MPH student, Ms. Choi also serves as the Project Manager supporting a five-year evaluation of the Delaware Contraceptive Access Now program. Prior to joining the University of Maryland's graduate program and evaluation team, Ms. Choi worked with the Healthy Generations Program at Children's National Health System in Washington, D.C. as a Family Services Associate in administrative and research assistance roles related to family planning, reproductive and maternal and child health services. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Physiology & Neurobiology from the University of Maryland.

Can teamwork make the dream work?

By | January 17, 2019
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In 2019, mental health and opioid use disorders remain major public health issues. The most recent estimates suggest that 40 million adults experience mental illness in the U.S. and nearly 8 million adults experience both mental and substance use disorders at the same time. Individuals with mental illness also face higher risks of co-occurring chronic health conditions and… Read More »