From Taiwan to Ann Arbor
Shoou-Yih Daniel Lee
I always felt hungry for knowledge. Pursuing an academic career was completely foreign to me. I didn’t know anyone who had gotten a PhD. But I knew I wanted to learn.
I always felt hungry for knowledge. Pursuing an academic career was completely foreign to me. I didn’t know anyone who had gotten a PhD. But I knew I wanted to learn.
I tried being a chemistry major for a couple semesters, but then I failed physics. I tried pre-med, but I met a lot of doctors who didn't seem to enjoy their lives. I finally landed on biology of global health, which was a new major at my university.
"I think this next generation is about change. I'm hopeful that this group will take the resources that they've been given—and the challenge—and really work to be the changers that we need them to be."
The United States spends more on health care than any other developed country, yet the quality of health care and life expectancy in the US are well below its peer nations. That discrepancy is the impetus for Andrew Ryan's research.
I’m passionate about community. I think if you’re not actively investing in the place you’re in and trying to improve it, it will crumble.
While working in the Great Lakes as a marine ecologist, Russ Moll decided to take his understanding of data one step further by pursuing an education at Michigan Public Health.