<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/blog/2023/niharika-pathak.php" dsn="blogs"><type>Internal</type><external_link/><featured/><category>The Charger Blog</category><pubDate>07/11/2023</pubDate><title>New MHA Grad: 'I Am Proud of the Great Impact Our Projects Had'</title><description>As an intern with the New Haven Health Department, Dr. Niharika Pathak ’23 MHA helped educate and protect the public during the COVID-19 pandemic. She is confident her team’s efforts helped increase vaccination rates and promoted healthcare access during a particularly critical time in public health.</description><hide-description/><author>Dr. Niharika Pathak ’23 MHA</author><author-details/><hide-author/><date>July 11, 2023</date><image><img src="https://newhaven.edu/_resources/images/health-sciences/news/2023/niharika-pathak-internship.jpg" alt="Dr. Niharika Pathak '23 MHA"/></image><image-caption>Dr. Niharika Pathak ’23 MHA (center).</image-caption><hide-image/><tags><tag>News</tag><tag>news-all</tag><tag>news-blog</tag><tag>year-2023</tag></tags></item>