Turning health and technology skills into in-demand careers

College of Public Health and Human Sciences

Panelists:

Casey Collier, ’19, is an Epic software analyst at St. Charles Health System in Bend. He received his B.S. in Kinesiology from OSU-Cascades in 2019. While on campus, he had the opportunity to be a part of the first Honors College cohort and enjoyed spending time with the OSU Cycling Club. After graduation, he wanted to integrate his interests of health and technology into one career and currently is in a role where he gets to build, maintain, fix and support the electronic documentation tools used by clinical staff. Outside of work, you can find Casey in the gym or out on the trails biking, running or skiing.

Priyamvada Kumar, MPH ’20, is a research analyst II with the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health in Los Angeles. She received her MPH in Epidemiology from the College of Public Health and Human Sciences in 2020. Her focus areas have included infectious disease epidemiology, reproductive and child health, and immunization. Currently she assists in processing electronically reported HIV case reports from different sources and sites, which includes data conversion, decoding, mapping, data validation and cleaning, and case matching with enhanced HIV/AIDS reporting system (eHARS).

Johnna Peters, ’22, is an associate in the Public Health Associate Program (PHAP) through the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) stationed in Corvallis with the Benton County Health (BCH) Department. She graduated from the College of Public Health and Human Sciences with a B.S. in Public Health in 2022. As a community health assessment (CHA)/community health improvement plan (CHIP) epidemiologist with BCH, she currently collaborates on the development of the first Tri-County CHIP in Linn, Benton and Lincoln County.

Kajsa Sundberg, ’20, is the Epic principal trainer for Inpatient Orders, EpicCare Ambulatory, Rehab and MyChart at St. Charles Health System in Bend. She received her B.S. in Kinesiology (with minors in biology and chemistry) from OSU-Cascades in 2020. She is a single mom of two boys – the oldest is a U.S. Marine and the youngest is in high school. In her limited free time, she enjoys exploring the PNW wilderness with her three Husky dogs, traveling and cooking for friends/family.

Demetria Thompson, MPH ’19, is the systems thinking strategy advisor for OCHIN in Portland, and has a passion for improving health and wellness through collaboration, strategic planning and process improvement. She received her MPH in Public Health from the College of Public Health and Human Sciences in 2019. She has over eight years of experience using quality and process improvement methodologies to drive operational and strategic priorities in hospital, clinic and health care technology settings.