Peer Mentoring

If you are an undergrad student and interested in learning more about graduate programs in Statistics, Biostatistics, or a closely related field, our members are here as a resource for you.  Our student members come from a variety of undergraduate and professional backgrounds and would be happy to share with you their reason for pursuing a graduate degree, how statistics plays a role in their education and future career goals, navigating the application process and selecting a school, and what graduate student life is like.

Bios for our undergraduate peer mentors will be posted soon!  In the mean time, click here to request a list of available student mentors.

Peer mentorship available for 1st year students: please consider reaching out to one of our peer mentors to get some advice/feedback about school, work-life balance, or even just to vent about how stressful grad school can be!  These students have been where you are and understand the stress and imposter syndrome that is common in graduate school.  Send them an email or meet up -- they would be happy to grab a coffee/tea/juice or just chat on campus sometime. Do not not let these students' impressive resumes intimidate you.  They volunteered for this because they both understand well how overwhelming the first year can be and would have benefitted from some peer support themselves.

John Zoscak | 2nd year MS Biostatistics Student  email
John began as an MPH Epidemiology student and switched after his first year into the MS Biostatistics program because he found himself more interested in the quantitative methods aspect of research.  Prior to starting a master's program at the OHSU-PSU SoPH, John completed a BA in Classical Languages, BS in Human Biology, and a DC (Doctor of Chiropractic) at the University of Western States.  John enjoys playing and watching soccer in his free time.

Jonah Geddes | PhD Epidemiology Student and Research Associate  email
Prior to accepting a position as a PhD student in Epidemiology at the OHSU-PSU SoPH, Jonah completed his BA in Biology at Harvard University and MPH in Health Policy and Clinical Practice at Dartmouth.  Since, he has been working as a quantitative analyst at the Center for Health Systems Effectiveness (CHSE) at OHSU.  Jonah's hobbies include rowing and hiking.

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