Rafael Fernandez, MPH is the COVID19 Vaccination Program Manager at NJ Department of Health and Human Services . He's an epidemiologist with 20+ years of experience across epidemiology and infection control. He has a demonstrated history of working in the communicable disease and infection control industries. He conferred a Bachelor of Arts in Economics at Hunter College and then a Master of Public Health at Drexel University Dornsife School of Public Health.

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Chapters:
@0:00 Teaser
@1:10 Episode Start
@2:51 Raphael Fernandez, MPH Intro
@5:42 Path into being an infection epidemiologist
@12:40 First job in Epidemiology post Master of Public Health
@19:12 Path into infection control
@30:55 Starting a fitness business
@36:41 Bachelors in Economics at Hunter College
@39:20 When did you learn about public health? 
@42:00 Knowing wanted to be an epidemiologist 
@45:40 Advice getting into infection control
@49:00 Advice about not burning bridges
@53:18 Push to start fitness business
@57:49 Manager at Kings County Medical Center
@58:42 New York State Department of Health
@1:02:22 3 infectious disease outbreak investigations 
@1:08:36 Senior Consultant at Deloitte Consulting
@1:15:22 Covid19 Vaccine Program Manager at NJ DHHS
@1:20:34 Health coaching, developing course on vitamin & supplements 
@1:28:25 What is public health?

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