M.S. Health Informatics Current Students | Department of Public Health Sciences

Degrees: B.S. Public Health (Healthcare Administration), CSU Sacramento (2025)

Professional Interests: Healthcare administration and operations, Clinical & Health Informatics, EHR

Background/Interests: He was a US Navy Hospital Corpsman with clinical and administrative experience. With a lot of his family working in healthcare, he was inspired to pursue a career in the field after his service. He chose pursue education in health informatics because of his interests in technology and healthcare, and largely because he wants to improve the way care is delivered. In his free time, he enjoys running, sports, and playing the drums.

Degrees: Bachelor of Dental Surgery/B.D.S., Kaloji Narayana Rao University of Health Sciences, India (2022)

Professional Interests: Clinical Informatics, Consumer Health Informatics, Healthcare Data Quality, Public Health Informatics

Background/Interests:  Her academic foundation in dentistry, coupled with practical experience with electronic health record systems, ignited a passion for health informatics. Her experience in managing patient data and participating in usability testing for healthcare technology further fueled her commitment to advancing healthcare quality. She is particularly interested in clinical decision support systems, predictive analytics for chronic diseases, and quality improvement initiatives. She aims to develop intelligent and socially responsible solutions that enhance patient outcomes.

Degrees: B.S. Informatics, minor Health Informatics, UC Irvine (2023)

Professional Interests: Consumer health informatics, clinical informatics, health data analytics

Background/Interests: Letsy's passion for health informatics ignited while advocating for her family’s health, where she witnessed how language barriers limited her parents' access to vital health information and benefits. As an undergraduate research assistant at UC Irvine, she helped address the unmet needs of childhood cancer survivors by designing sociotechnical solutions. These experiences deepened her commitment to addressing the system's equity gap, propelling Letsy's aspiration to attain a master’s in Health Informatics and continue serving underrepresented and underserved communities — particularly those with chronic illnesses, advanced age, limited socioeconomic means, and non-English speaking backgrounds. Her goal: improve healthcare outcomes for all.

Degrees: B.A. Mass Communications, UC Berkeley (2002)

Professional Interests: Radiology Informatics

Background/Interests: Tracie's background is primarily in radiology applications and enterprise imaging support. She is interested in acquiring additional knowledge and skills she can utilize to streamline integration between ancillary service lines to preserve continuity of care.  In her spare time, she enjoys traveling with her family.

Degrees: B.S. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UC Davis (2013); Master of Public Health, UC Davis (2019)

Professional Interests: Public Health Informatics, Healthcare Data Analytics, EMR Analyst

Background/Interests: Nebay’s initial exposure into health informatics was through his involvement in the performance of clinical research and witnessing various emergency department operations as a Clinical Data Research Associate (RA) at UC Davis Medical Center and Sutter Medical Center, and as an MPH student. As an RA, he has collected and transcribed clinical data and information of patients from EPIC for enrollment in innovative clinical studies. There, he has come to see patients as people that face many upstream determinants that can prevent them from having to get quality of care in the first place. Hence, he saw health informatics playing a vital role in stratifying patients by risk level to determine the level of attention from care provider, and use structured data, custom reporting and analytics tools to enhance people’s health across the full continuum of care. Experiencing firsthand the healthcare disparities and uneven distribution of basic health care services in less affluent communities, both abroad and domestically, Nebay strives for healthcare equality and equity especially in areas diverse in both cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds.

Degrees:  Bachelors of Science in Nursing (BSN), Cal State East Bay (2021) 

Professional Interests: Electronic Health Records, Predictive Analytics to determine patient outcomes.

Background/Interests: After earning her BSN, Snigdha made the leap into tech, where she discovered the powerful role technology can play in transforming healthcare. She became especially passionate about electronic health records (EHRs), focusing on how they can be made more accessible for public health and how data can be turned into actionable insights that drive better healthcare outcomes.

Degrees: B.S. Public Health, Concentration Population Data Science (2025)

Professional Interests: Preventative Medicine, Harm Reduction, Epidemiology, Community Health.  

Background/Interests: She is interested in many things, she loves the outdoors, the beach, painting, drawing and staying fit. She also has academic interests such as adolescence academic success, substance use among adolescents and adults, as well as the importance of culturally sound care. She got into informatics because she grew a passion for analyzing data, discovering associations, and utilizing different softwares.

Degrees: B.S. Communication Sciences and Disorders, CSU Sacramento (2020)

Professional Interests: Asiya Yama is a graduate student at UC Davis, beginning her Master's in Health Informatics in Fall 2025. She holds a bachelor's degree in communication sciences and Disorders from California State University, Sacramento (Sac State). As a Project Coordinator with the Refugee Reproductive Health Network (ReproNet), she has led initiatives supporting reproductive health for refugee communities. Her professional interests focus on public health and clinical informatics, aiming to leverage data to improve healthcare access and outcomes.