Starting a career in public health during a pandemic

With one course remaining, Eva’s career in public health began sooner than she expected, during a global pandemic. “It was like being thrown in at the deep end,” she says. “Luckily, I’m still swimming!”

It’s been quite the journey for the Eva. From her initial indecision about her career direction, to discovering and enrolling in UVic’s Master of Public Health (MPH) program, receiving validation in the form of the James and Philippa Kerr Scholarship in Public Health, then moving straight from a practicum to a job coordinating projects for Fraser Health’s Emergency Operations Center and Infection Prevention and Control related to COVID-19.

“The opportunity to work for a health authority during a pandemic is a crystal-clear sign that I made the right career choice,” says Eva.