Promoting Health and Building Connection through Food
Lauryn Lin
A student in Health Behavior and Health Education, Lauryn Lin was a perfect fit for her internship this summer at the Washtenaw County Health Department.
Health Behavior and Health Equity,Alumni
Ask Lots of Questions: How to Lead Successfully in Health Care Finance at a Young Age without Formal Business Training
Sally Mason Boemer, MHSA ’93
Asking questions is how alum Sally Boemer learns and understands the complex systems she manages. In doing so, she brings out the best in her team and her organization.
Leading Health Care in Disruptive Times
Kelly Rakowski, MHSA ’93
As the health care industry is asked to reduce total spending while also delivering greater value, health care leaders across the field will have to step up, says alum Kelly Rakowski, by embracing change and looking in new places for innovative talent.
Analyst by Day, Anthropologist by Heart
Hollie Kicinski, MPH ’17
Anthropology showed her how the human body works in its environment. Nutritional Sciences taught her to interpret and apply data. Now Hollie Kicinski is bringing it all together to improve public health across the state of Indiana.
The "Well-Behaved" Advocate: A Career in Public Health Policy
Randel Richner, MPH '90, Health Management and Policy
As a nurse in northern Michigan, Randel Richner discovered she was interested not only in providing patients great care but in being their advocate. Today, she remains focused on improving health policy and health care for the future.
Preventing Sickness and Injury: An Occupational Passion
Karin Dove, MPH '16, Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology
Karin Dove knows the public health work she does will impact large populations of people. Data is her key tool in that endeavor, and translating the value of that data is one or her biggest challenges and joys.