Connor Simper

B.S. Health, Society, and Policy

Philosophy Minor
I have a diversity of education a
Personal qualities
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issues of public health. At the U

compass to lead me to do good by others. This means I am also neurotic, and I will ask as many questions as I
need to solve the problem at hand.

Research and Academic

take HSP classes from all over c
classes outside of my major. I h
I have a diversity of education and research experience. The main reason I chose Health, Society, and
Policy (HSP) as my major is because I want to challenge issues of public health. At the University of Utah I had
the opportunity to take health related classes from theresearcher
departments of Sociology, Economics, and Health
Promotion & Education to name a few. I also took special interest classes in computer science, math, and
in thethrough
philosophy. I spent a summer doing Number-Theory research department
the Department of ofMathematics
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am currently a research assistant for a professor in the Department of Kinesiology studying tobacco use. I am
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given responsibilities from photo-editing and environmental photo-editing
to analyzing data. and environ
I am currently working at PEAK fitness where I often have the opportunity to apply my academic and
academic
research experience. One of my responsibilities is to find articles.
ways to increase healthy-lifestyle awareness among
students and help create a tobacco free campus. I enjoy working to create healthier communities, and I hope
to continue to do this with issues of addiction. I currently work at PEAK fitness
Outside of the Classroom
is to find ways to increase lifesty
I am an advocate. Over the last year I have becomecampus. In
involved in three my job
organizations: I am
Utah Aidsable to
Foundation,
Running forward, and Utah Naloxone. Each organization has the goal to help individuals live healthier lives.
Last December, I completed the training to become an problems,
HIV Harm Reduction and I hope
Counselor. to continu
My interpersonal skills
have  developed greatly as I volunteer at Utah Aids Foundation as a counselor. I am currently completing the
training to become a Harm Reduction Navigator to counsel IV drug users and conduct needle exchanges. My
interests are in helping people on the margins of society.
When counseling clients at Utah Aids Foundation, I try to have a conversation. I have a list of question I
have to ask them, but they can tell me anything. Sometimes that means comforting someone who has been
abused or talking to a teenager about having safe hookups. I enjoy connecting with people.

Future Goals
I want to take my education and efforts abroad. This February, I will apply for the Peace Corps, hopefully
departing for service upon graduating in the fall. I expect my undergraduate education will lead me to foreign
lands, graduate school, and beyond.

"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life

you've imagined."

― Henry David Thoreau