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Graduate Ambassador
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Mohammed Najeeb Naabo
MPH Health Behavior Health Promotion
Take every opportunity to connect with faculty and colleagues. The relationships you build will carry you through the challenges of graduate school. Do not hesitate to ask for help when you need it. Finally, remember why you started; keeping your long-term goals in mind makes the difficult days much easier to manage.
Ambassador Email
mnaabo@arizona.edu
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Hometown: Ghana
Why did you choose public health?
Coming from a medical background, I was trained primarily to diagnose and treat disease. But as Sir William Osler, who is regarded as the father of medicine reminds us; a good physician treats the disease while a great physician treats the patient who has the disease. Pursuing my MPH in Health Behavior Health Promotion allows me to take that even further, to better understand the human behaviors that contribute to disease and to integrate that understanding into clinical practice. At the same time, it equips me to look beyond the individual and address the systemic and environmental factors that influence health outcomes. Public health gives me the tools to bridge both perspectives: caring for people while working to improve the systems that shape their lives.
Why did you choose MEZCOPH?
I chose MEZCOPH because of its strong focus on health equity, border health, and serving underserved populations. The college’s mission resonated with my own goals of bridging gaps between developed and developing health systems. Also, the supportive faculty and diverse student body made it the right place for me to grow.
My Public Health Interests are:
I am especially interested in chronic disease prevention and management and how behavior change interventions like diet and lifestyle modifications can improve outcomes. I am also passionate about global health and advancing equity between high-resource and low-resource settings.
Interests/hobbies outside of school:
Outside of school, I enjoy playing soccer and hiking. I also like exploring Tucson, learning about its culture, and trying new foods.