My First 10 Years In Public Health, With Sujani
The Public Health SPOTlight Podcast: stories, inspiration, and guidance to build your dream public health career
English - July 26, 2023 09:00 - 20 minutes - 14.2 MBSelf-Improvement Education Business Careers public health career health health career education higher ed self-improvement school job community Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
This episode walks through Sujani’s first 10 years of her public health career, as well as the highs and lows. This episode is inspired by a LinkedIn post that Sujani wrote that crossed 14,000+ views.
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What You’ll Learn from this Episode:
Sujani walks through her public health career (education, jobs, side projects, etc.) starting from 2011 to 2021!She talks about her MPH degree, public health jobs she had, interviews she failed, launch of her not-for-profit organization (the Tamil Health Association) and the birth of this company (PH SPOT).The ups and downs of these 10 years. What she did and didn’t do through these 10 years (for example, no formal education or certification, 55% increase in salary, the HUGE community she’s built around her, and more!)About The Public Health Career Club, PH SPOT’s membership community.
Today’s Guest:
Sujani Sivanantharajah is the founder and CEO of PH SPOT.
Sujani Sivanantharajah is a public health professional trained in Epidemiology. Her gift and passion lie in building relationships and using these relationships to create and cultivate spaces for people to find meaningful partnerships that can serve their communities. In 2017, this passion led her to build PHSPOT.org, a platform and community for public health professionals around the world to build their dream careers.
Sujani holds a Master of Public Health (MPH) degree from the University of Saskatchewan and an Honours Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Toronto.
Featured on the Show:
Sujani’s LinkedIn PageTamil Health AssociationThe Public Health Career ClubNot Your Average Productivity Course: Get more done in less time, without hustling - A 5-week course for women in public healthJoin The Public Health Career Club: the #1 hangout spot and community dedicated to building and growing your dream public health career.