Hazal Kayalioglu is a second year MPH student in the School of Global Public Health and works as a Grants Coordinator at Columbia University Irving Medical Center. Prior to pursuing her graduate studies, she worked as an Epidemiologist for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Emerging Infections Program at Yale University’s School of Public Health, in collaboration with the Connecticut Department of Public Health. She was responsible for conducting population-based surveillance and research analyses of state reportable diseases. Her research focused on the evaluation of Hospital Acquired Infections and their species distribution, antifungal drug resistance, treatment practices, and outcomes. She received her BS in Public Health from Southern Connecticut State University. Hazal is completing her Applied Practice Experience within the ISEE lab on the Data Science Project.