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My name is Roshini Selvakumar, and I am a senior at the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics. I was drawn to the Experiential Learning Program (ELP) because it offered a unique opportunity to explore health communications and the critical role it plays in public health and healthcare systems. I was especially interested in learning how complex public health information can be communicated clearly, ethically, and effectively to different audiences. Additionally, I was excited to connect with like-minded individuals who share an interest in public health and communication. My primary goal for the ELP was to gain hands-on experience in health communications while developing skills that would help me better understand how messaging influences public health outcomes.
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 Tell us about you…I’m Susan Karoubi, and I will be graduating in May 2025 from the University of Arizona in the College of Public Health with an M.P.H. in Health Behavior Health Promotion. I decided to participate in the Experiential Learning Program after following Let’s Talk Public Health on LinkedIn and Instagram over the summer of 2024, while researching sites where I could complete my internship. I could see the importance and joy in being able to combine public health information with graphic design and marketing, and being able to provide the general public with the reasons why public health is so important!
 It’s been over a year since my last letter. Like many public health professionals and organizations, I’ve been pivoting to adapt to the whirlwind of changes at the federal level. Over the past year, I’ve had to triple down on business development to strengthen Let’s Talk Public Health’s financial footing as public health funding continues to decline. That meant taking on more contract work – and honestly, that’s why you haven’t heard from us/me in a while. Anything that was not client work had to wait.
Our financial future remains uncertain, and I expect the same is true for many other public health professionals, organizations, and businesses. We’ll do what we can to keep producing free resources to help you creatively and effectively engage with communities, partners, and policymakers, and to continue offering opportunities for professional growth, development, and collaboration.  Join us via Zoom on December 10, 2025, from 12:00-1:00 pm EST to gain practical guidance and tools for developing public health communication and marketing processes and procedures to withstand the evolving public health and media landscape—including the impact of technology, government, policy, and low trust in public health and science.
 Executive orders and the proposed FY 2026 budget have initiated significant legislative and administrative restructuring in the US Federal Government in 2025, with some requested changes awaiting Congressional approval, that will alter the funding, scope, and structure of public health services. These changes primarily fall into three categories: restructuring and funding reductions for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), cuts and eligibility changes to the social safety net and health insurance, and administrative, policy, and regulatory shifts in global health policy and health-related and supporting federal departments and agencies.
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