Dr. Alyssa Sharkey

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Biography

Alyssa B. Sharkey is a Lecturer at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs, affiliated with both the Center for Health and Wellbeing and the Office of Population Research. She has extensive experience working as a consultant in global health for organizations such as UNICEF, the World Health Organization, and the Gates Foundation. From 2010 to 2021, she served as a Senior Health Specialist at UNICEF Headquarters, focusing on South Asia Regional Offices. Her areas of expertise include maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health, equity in immunization, gender-related barriers to health services, and health system strengthening through implementation research to enhance health program collaboration with health policymakers. Over the past 25 years, Alyssa has worked as a health policy analyst, program officer, and policy researcher in a variety of academic, research, and non-governmental settings in the United States and internationally. She holds a Master of Health Science and a PhD from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, along with a Master of Science in Medicine from the University of Cape Town in South Africa.

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Requirements for Princeton University

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
GRE General
TOEFL
Speaking
Required:27
IELTS
Speaking
Required:8
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree in engineering or science Strong background in mathematics, materials, physics, or related engineering
Application Checklist
  • Academic Statement of Purpose
  • Personal Statement
  • Resume/CV
  • Three Letters of Recommendation
  • Transcripts
  • Application Fee
Specialization Notes

GRE scores are not accepted. Ph.D. is the primary degree; students are not required to hold an M.S.E. prior to admission.