Ryan Sutherland, MPH, MPhil
Education
Aug 2022 – May 2026
Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
MD Candidate
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Dr. David and Colleen Leof Scholarship Recipient
Selected as a participant in Topics in Global Health and U.S. Health Justice electives
Co-Executive Director of the New Haven PAWS Project, New Haven-based foot care clinic specializing in care for the homeless
Solomon Fellow at the Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy at Yale Law School, palliative care research intern
Study Coordinator, Urology Department, Yale School of Medicine (Dr. Michael Leapman)
Student Advisory Board, Tsai Center for Innovative Thinking at Yale
Wilbur G. Downs Fellowship (Malaysia)
Yale Council on Southeast Asia Studies Grant Recipient (Ford Foundation)
Yale Alumni Association Public Service Award
Oct 2020 – Jul 2022
University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
MPhil in Development Studies
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Recipient of the Rotary Foundation Global Grant to pursue graduate studies
Director of the Cambridge Development Initiative (CDI), an NGO based at the University of Cambridge that works to strengthen ties to Tanzanian health care professionals, NGOs, media and other stakeholders interested in effective health interventions
Fellow, Harvard Public Health Review
Semi-finalist, Downing Enterprise Competition
Cambridge Judge Business School EnterpriseTECH participant
Presented conference presentation titled “Moving a Metropolis: Politics and (Un)intended Consequences of Relocating Indonesia’s Capital City” at Environmental Displacement and Migration: Drivers, Impacts, Solutions conference (The Centre for the Study of Global Human Migration, University of Cambridge) (Co-presenter: Viancqa Kurniawan)
Article titled “Democratizing Development Practices: Envisioning the Future of International Student-Led Humanitarian Aid” published in Vision (Cambridge University’s Student-led International Development Magazine) (Co-author: Sweetbert Anselimus)
Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT
MPH in Social and Behavioral Sciences, Concentration in Global Health
Aug 2018 - May 2020
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Recipient of the 2020 Dean’s Prize for Outstanding MPH Thesis titled “Tobacco Use, Knowledge of Tobacco Risks, and Perception of Smoking Behaviors Among Urban and Rural Youth in Indonesia”
Recipient of the Horstmann Merit Scholarship for academic excellence and potential in public health
Elected as Development Co-Chair of the American Public Health Association - Student Assembly; connected students to senior researchers, public health innovators, and funding opportunities
Served as Student Director of two community-run clinics (Poverty Alleviation through Washing Soles, Neighborhood Health Project) as well as Teaching Fellow for three courses (Sexual and Reproductive Health, Ethics in Public Health, and The Modern Unconsciousness)
Aug 2012 - May 2016
Emory University, Atlanta, GA
BS in Biology & BA in Music Performance
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Graduated summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Cumulative GPA: 3.91/4.00
Recipient of the 2016 Darrell R. Stokes Award for Excellence in Biology for excellence in biological sciences
Recipient of the Norman C. and Henry J. Miller Dean’s Achievement Scholarship
Research Experiences & Internships
Oct 2020 - Present
Yale Cancer Center, Yale University School of Medicine
Study coordinator for a qualitative study of patients with prostate cancer and physicians who diagnose and treat prostate cancer to better understand the perceptions of new prognostic technologies
Jul 2018 - Present
Global Environmental Health LAB, Universitas Hasanuddin
Researched school-based smoking behavior and attitudes at CONTACT Center for Non-Communicable Diseases
Community Alliance for Research & Engagement (CARE), Yale School of Public Health
Aug 2019 - May 2020
Created unified system to ensure equitable and dignified access to nutritious food for New Haven residents
May 2019 - May 2020
National Clinician Scholars Program, Yale University School of Medicine
Researched nonprofit hospitals’ community health needs, coordinated a Theater for Social Change project to highlight African refugees’ experiences of discrimination in healthcare settings
Aug 2019 - Feb 2020
New York University School of Medicine & Yale School of Public Health
Researched barriers and access to in-network mental health care for at-risk patients with private insurance
Democratic Governance and Poverty Reduction Unit, UN Development Programme
Jun 2019 - Aug 2019
Worked closely with the Indonesian Ministry of Health, senior policymakers, and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance in order to increase nationwide immunization coverage
Aug 2017 - May 2018
US Agency for International Development – Indonesia
Produced social media content, wrote human interest stories on public health and education, and drafted and translated press releases, credited as sole or contributing author on two published USAID articles
Work Experience & Fellowships
Oct 2020 – Jun 2021
Mentor/Case Investigator/Unit Lead, Partners in Health
The COVID Community Team is responsible for placing over 2 million calls to COVID-19 patients and exposed contacts in an effort to control the spread of COVID-19 in Massachusetts and connect those in need to resources.
Aug 2017 - Jun 2018
Received scholarship from the Indonesian Ministry of Education and Culture to study Bahasa Indonesia at Universitas Syiah Kuala in Banda Aceh, Indonesia
Darmasiswa Scholarship Recipient
Aug 2016 - Jul 2017
English Teaching Assistant, US Fulbright Student Grant Recipient
Developed and taught courses on international diplomacy, social justice, and gender equality in Madrid, Spain
Skills & Languages
R Programming, SAS, GIS, technical/grant writing, ethnographic data collection
English (native), Spanish (advanced), and Bahasa Indonesia (intermediate)
Selected Works
Works Featured In…
HPHR Journal (formerly Harvard Public Health Review), Yale Global Health Review, Yale Journal of International Affairs, Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine, Yale Daily News, Paprika!, Lullwater Review, fron//tera, Murmurs, Cambridge University International Development Society (CUiD) Vision, Journal of General Internal Medicine, Journal of Clinical Oncology, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Routledge (Taylor & Francis), American Public Health Association, Inside Sources, Hartford Courant, New Haven Register, Connecticut Mirror, Jakarta Post, Aceh Tribune, Serambi Indonesia, and USAID Exposure.
