University of Oklahoma

Lizzy Kosco

Lizzy is a junior majoring in International Business and Marketing with minors in Elections and Campaign Management and Pre-Law Studies. She is originally from Houston, Texas but went to high school in Malaysia and has been to 48 Countries and loves to travel! Lizzy joined AMWHO because she enjoys policy-making and debate and understands the importance of promoting public health. She enjoys watching OU football games, jamming on RockBand, and getting involved in advocacy and public speaking in any capacity possible.

Abbey Wegrzynski

Madalyn Grass

Madalyn is a senior from Tulsa majoring in Community Health and Pre-Med. She joined AMWHO to learn more about public health and health policy on a global scale. Madalyn likes Taylor Swift, public health, and her dogs (in that order).

Joyce Lee

Joyce Lee is a sophomore from Edmond majoring in Psychology and Pre-Med with a minor in Anthropology. She initially joined AMWHO at the recommendation of a friend, but she soon grew to love public health and its interdisciplinary nature. In her free time, she enjoys taking unnecessarily long naps and improving her abysmal cooking skills. She vehemently dislikes reproductive health stigma and Oklahoma's idea of sex education.

Fun fact: she has 12 piercings!

Jed Casauay

Hailing from sunny Coral Springs, Florida, Jed is a junior majoring in Biology and Spanish with hopes of one day becoming a physician. Having grown up in a family full of health care professionals, he joined AMWHO to gain a broader perspective on the medical field and its broader impacts within society. Outside of AMWHO, Jed can be found discussing rap and indie rock albums in great detail, trying to find new rock climbing routes, and destroying his competitors in Super Smash Bros Ultimate.

Kadie Wegrzynski

Kadie is a junior majoring in Public and Nonprofit Administration with a minor in Sociology, on the Pre-Law track. Kadie grew up in Edmond, Oklahoma, but her immediate family now resides in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. She joined AMWHO because she wants to better understand how the collaboration between society and law is necessary for sustainable change. She enjoys videography, trees, sunsets, and blue whales. 

Dylan Price

Dylan is a junior majoring in Psychology and Community Health with a minor in Chemistry, all on the Pre-Med track. He was born and raised in Lawton, Oklahoma, and lived there for most of his life before moving to Norman. He has been outside the United States two times, and he has been to at least three countries. Dylan joined AMWHO because he needed a ride from his roommate, but he stayed for the people and politics. He enjoys talking about recent events, playing Dungeons and Dragons with friends, and thinking of ways to fix the system.

Sully Marks

Sully is a senior from Edmond majoring in Economics on a pre-med track. He joined AMWHO to gain a global perspective on public health and health advocacy. Outside of AMWHO, Sully can be found rock climbing in the Wichitas, writing pop culture questions for OU’s College Bowl, and attempting to learn how to bake.

Tre Halsted

Tre is a freshman majoring in History and Pre-Law with the goal of becoming a criminal defense attorney. He grew up in Oklahoma City but lives in Moore, and is a massive fan of the Roman Empire! Tre joined AMWHO because he loves debate and public speaking, and can be most often found reading fantasy and historical novels or watching anime.

Deepa Ganesan

Deepa is a freshman majoring in Community Health and hoping to go to graduate school to get a Master of Public Health in Epidemiology. She has a part-time research assistant position with OU Outreach, helping to provide evaluation and training services for health and education agencies around the state. Deepa joined AMWHO to meet other students with a similar interest in global health and to see what it's like to participate in international medical care discussions. She enjoys listening to podcasts, watching bad movies, doing the crossword, and playing with her dog, Mango.

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Jeanette Hoang

Jeanette is a freshman majoring in Chemical Biosciences and Public Health with a minor in Medical Humanities and Pre-Med Studies. She was born and raised in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Jeanette joined AMWHO because of her past interests in competitive speaking events, like Mock Trial,  and her ongoing interest in medicine. She enjoys volunteering and competitive swimming. She is currently working up the courage to do stand-up comedy. Jeanette has a moderate dislike of pandas and bread.

Lydia Burger

Lydia is a freshman majoring in Microbiology with a minor in Nonprofit Organizational Studies. Lydia joined AMWHO by accident but enjoyed it so much that she stuck around. In her free time, Lydia enjoys engaging in political activism and collecting vinyl records.

Gwendolyn Downing

As the Manager of Hope and Resilience for the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Gwendolyn Downing, LPC, is passionate about changing culture, and not just in and across systems,  but in our homes and communities.  Under her leadership at the ODMHSAS, trauma services in the state of OK have grown from a few intervention specific pilot sites to a fully integrated state-wide trauma-informed system.  Gwen currently sits on the National Child Traumatic Stress Network’s Steering Committee, and Affiliate Advisory Group.  She is a national CE-CERT trainer, and a passionate presenter, who believes that hope is the core message regardless of the material.

Dr. Gary Raskob

Dr. Jenifer White

Jenifer White, Ph.D., is an International Psychologist, an arts-based researcher, and the founder of Project 1948. She is driven by global impact, committed to empower and advocate for keeping people safe. Strategic Leader with 13 years of experience, including seven years in International Development. Influential Advocate for upholding Human Rights, exercising Special Consultative Status on the Economic and Social Council to hold Foreign Governments and United Nations entities accountable for supporting innovative solutions. Data-Driven adept at risk analysis, and human-centered decision-making to strengthen organizational performance by program metrics, tracking and reporting by monitoring and evaluation (M&E) for results. She leads with intestinal fortitude, equally compassionate and pure in heart. Find her drinking a cappuccino or with her pup, Moscow.

Natalie Dickson

Natalie Dickson is an interdisciplinary global health scholar, with research interests lying predominantly in approaches to prevention, detection, and treatment of HIV/AIDS globally. As an undergraduate at the University of Oklahoma she double majored in African & African American Studies and Anthropology, and went on to obtain graduate degrees in African Studies (MA) and Community Health Sciences (MPH) at the University of California, Los Angeles. During her time at UCLA she worked in both Kenya and Tanzania on projects focused on women’s empowerment and education, as well as the attitudes, beliefs and knowledge of HIV/AIDS in rural communities. She now serves as an academic advisor at the University of Oklahoma, and maintains involvement with global health through literature and consulting.