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Victoria Zurakowski

MPH in Maternal and Child Health

Pronouns: she/her

Email:

vzura@uic.edu

About

Victoria is a first-year MPH student studying Maternal and Child Health. She is interested in reproductive justice and advocacy for women. Her future career goals align with working in sexual health curriculum development for K-12 school-age children to make it more inclusive and accessible across the US.

Victoria completed her Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry and Psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2023. This past year and throughout her undergraduate career she worked for the Center for the Improvement of Mentored Experiences in Research (CIMER) as an Event & Program Coordinator.

Fun Fact: She is a dual citizen of Ireland and grew up as a military child

Selected Publications

Asher, P., Dvorak, D., Marín-Spiotta, E., McDaniels, M., Pfund, C., Russo-Nixon, K., Thomas, D., & Zurakowski, V. (2022). Mentorship Education for Field Geology (Entering Mentoring Series). W. H. Freeman & Co. https://cimerprojectportal.org/Content/PDFs/completeCurricula/Overview_Mentorship%20Education%20_%20Field%20Geology%20_%20Final.pdf

McDaniels, M., Hau, J., & Zurakowski, V. (2023). Online Mentor Training During the COVID Crisis: A Follow Up. [Manuscript in preparation]

Selected Presentations

  1. Hau, J., Zurakowski, V., McDaniels, M., & Pfund, C. (2022, September 29 - October 1). Creating Dynamic Learning Communities in Synchronous Online Workshops During a Public Health Crisis [conference session]. AAMC Biomedical Research Training Conference Chicago, IL, United States.