<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><post link="https://sph.umich.edu/news/2026posts/on-the-heights-august-2026.html" display="true" featured="true"><title>On the Heights: August 2026</title><subject/><subtitle/><description>Stay informed with the latest from the University of Michigan School of Public Health community in our monthly digest. Faculty expertise in action, new research, policy advocacy, and community engagement highlight our continued commitment to advancing public health and creating positive change.</description><pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 14:24:10 -0800</pubDate><tags><talking-about>Pollution</talking-about><category>Alumni</category><faculty>Kate Bauer</faculty><talking-about>Food Policy</talking-about><talking-about>Health Care Policy</talking-about><category>Health Management and Policy</category><talking-about>Child Health</talking-about><talking-about>Epidemiology</talking-about><faculty>Holly Jarman</faculty><talking-about>Smoking</talking-about><talking-about>Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology</talking-about><faculty>Paul Fleming</faculty><talking-about>Environmental Health</talking-about><talking-about>Occupational Health</talking-about><talking-about>Biostatistics</talking-about><faculty>Anand Parekh</faculty><talking-about>Research</talking-about><category>On The Heights</category><talking-about>Policy</talking-about><talking-about>Health Equity</talking-about><category>Environmental Health Sciences</category><talking-about>Health Care Management</talking-about><talking-about>Food Safety</talking-about><faculty>Matthew Boulton</faculty><talking-about>Vaccines</talking-about><category>Epidemiology</category><category>News</category><category>Biostatistics</category><other>postdoc</other></tags><image><img src="/news/2025posts/images/On-the-Heights_03_final.jpg" alt="Stylized illustration of the University of Michigan School of Public Health."/></image><imagelarge><img/></imagelarge></post>