Class Notes: Spring 2025
Michigan Public Health’s 19,000+ alumni are making an impact across the globe and shaping the future of public health.
Alumni
Alumni Spotlight: Leading on a global stage
From Michigan to Brussels: Jasmina Cunmulaj’s inspiring public health journey
Ever since her time at the University of Michigan School of Public Health, Jasmina Cunmulaj, MPH ’22, envisioned being able to influence policy decisions and promote better global public health practices at an impactful level. Now, as the strategic partnerships and leadership manager at the European Public Health Alliance (EPHA), she is positioned to make those dreams a reality.
Inspiring creative solutions
Michigan Health Equity Challenge encourages student, community-led approaches to health disparities
The Michigan Health Equity Challenge, launched by Michigan Public Health, MolinaCares Accord, and Molina Healthcare of Michigan, engages graduate students in developing solutions to health inequities. Inaugural winners Melissa Zochowski and Mehak Bhansali addressed neurodivergent reproductive care and intimate partner violence.
On a PHAST track
Public health students’ experiences beyond the classroom prepare them for success
The Public Health Action Support Team (PHAST) at Michigan Public Health offers students hands-on experience in public health. During the most recent annual trip to Grenada, students worked on projects like promoting voluntary blood donation, enhancing Alzheimer’s care, and supporting disability services, demonstrating the vital role of experiential learning and community engagement in driving public health initiatives.
Class Notes
Michigan Public Health’s 19,000+ alumni are making an impact across the globe and shaping the future of public health.
Building inclusive DEI strategies, one block at a time
Theadra Fleming, MPH ’95
Inspiration can come from anywhere—a song, a once-forgotten conversation, a scene playing out at the grocery store. For Theadra Fleming, MPH ’95, inspiration for one of the most meaningful projects of her life—a quilt designed to celebrate the DEI 2.0 Strategic Plan Rollout—came from the brick pattern on the outside of her house.