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.
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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.
Building a Culture of Wellness in Michigan Schools
Christian Mackey
Christian Mackey is a Master of Public Health student in the Department of Nutritional Sciences at the University of Michigan School of Public Health.
Calling and Career: Shaping Public Policy to Improve Population Health and Advance Equity
Tianna Morgan
Tianna Morgan takes on difficult advocacy conversations because policy is central to everyone who works in public health, from environmental quality to communicable disease to food access. “Fundamentally,” she says, “policy is an intervention.”
Pursuing Clean Water for Marginalized Communities of Israel
Ruth Thomas
Ruth Thomas is a MPH student in the Global Health Epidemiology track, with a keen interest in international health and marginalized communities.
The Perfect Fit: A Career That Blends Hard Science and Social Science
Jessica Yaser
As an undergraduate student, Jessica Yaser realized she had constructed a competition in her mind between the hard and social sciences. She has discovered in public health a beautiful balance between the two.