Monica Getahun Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Evaluation Fellow Monica Getahun is a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Evaluation Fellow. She has experience in health and human services program planning, HIV/AIDS research and community planning, and community health needs assessment and engagement. At OMG, Monica is supporting an evaluation of the Hartford Community Schools Initiative, which partners with middle schools and nonprofit providers to promote healthy outcomes among children and families, and an evaluation of the Healthy School Program initiative for the Alliance for a Healthier Generation. Also, she is on the evaluation team of the CITI Foundation's Post-Secondary Success Program; the Farms to Families Initiative in Philadelphia; and of Manna's meal delivery program for chronically ill patients. Finally, Monica is on the design and implementation team for the the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Childhood Obesity Throught Leaders' Forum. Before coming to OMG, Monica worked as a health planner of HIV/AIDS care and prevention services as a part of the federal government's efforts to provide services to those under or uninsured and living with HIV. Prior to this, she worked at the University of Pennsylvania's Center for Clinical Biostatistics and Epidemiology as a research coordinator on an NIH-sponsored cancer trial. Monica has a Masters of Public Health from Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, and a Bachelor of Science in Biology from Philadelphia University. Also, she has taken courses in non-profit management at the Fels Institute of Government at the University of Pennsylvania. < Return to Staff Listing