Ryan Health
Kara Manuel is a Health Prevention Specialist at Ryan Health since July 2021. Previously, Kara worked as a Data Video Coder at Michigan Medicine from July 2019 to March 2020 and served as a Research Assistant at the University of Michigan Cancer Center from October 2017 to April 2018, where responsibilities included performing cell cultures, organizing samples, and processing blood samples while contributing to research on liquid biopsy approaches to prostate cancer. Kara holds a degree from the University of Michigan, completed in 2021.
Ryan Health
Ryan Health (formerly The William F. Ryan Community Health Network), is a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) based in Manhattan that has been providing high-quality, comprehensive and affordable primary and specialty care to New York’s diverse and underserved communities since 1967. Ryan Health’s tagline, “Caring for New York. Here for you.” unites its network of 18 not-for-profit sites. These includes seven community health centers, seven school-based health centers, four community outreach centers, and a fully equipped mobile medical van, which together share a common mission, supported by the founding principle that healthcare is a right not a privilege. Ryan Health’s staff of nearly 600 play an integral role in caring for over 46,000 patients annually. For more information on the healthcare services Ryan Health offers, visit www.ryanhealth.org.