Noah Yee Westfall

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Graduate Research Assistant
Health Policy and Management
Biography

Noah is a current PhD student in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health. He originally grew up in Denver, Colorado and moved to northern California to receive a BA in philosophy from Santa Clara University. After college he lived in Austin, Texas for a year working at a nonprofit advocacy organization addressing climate change, disaster recovery and immigration issues. He then received an MPH in health policy from George Washington University in 2022. He is passionate about researching the school environment, mental health outcomes, multiracial identity formation and ethics. He enjoys exercising outside, reading, and crafting in his free time.