Health Communication

José Gutiérrez

Their Lives in Our Hands: The Privilege and Power of Patient-Centered Care

José Gutiérrez

Regardless of the role you play in health care, patients should be at the center of how we design our systems of care, says master’s student José Gutiérrez. To that end, Gutiérrez is committed to implementing administrative and physical structures in health care that are patient-centric.

Betsy Foxman

Thinking Slow, Living Resilient, and Making a Difference

Betsy Foxman

Professional science requires a host of nuanced problem-solving skills, which for prominent epidemiologist Betsy Foxman includes learning how to “think slow” and how tolerate failure—even when the world around us demands quick answers and indisputable facts.

Randel Richner

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.