Michigan Public Health is built on diverse perspectives and community voices. We engage with countless fields and diverse populations, and together we help drive forward the dialogues that guide the future of public health.
SPOTLIGHT
Organ Donation: Hesitations and Encouragements
Kashvi Gupta
Most Americans support organ donation, but only about half are registered as donors. Empirical data can help us understand our hesitations, but for many of us, becoming a donor is also an emotional decision. Read more
The Impact of Parent-Child Separation at the Border
Hurley Riley
More than 2,300 children were separated from their parents at the US-Mexico border between May and June 2018. University of Michigan experts weigh in on how the trauma of long-term separation from their parents effects a child’s development. Read more
Organ Donation: Public Awareness and Popular Media
Kashvi Gupta
As transplant surgeries become ever more successful and more socially accepted, demand for transplants goes up. But popular media do not always reflect the organ donation process accurately. Read more
Diversifying Agriculture for Healthy Diets
Andrew Jones
Uniform, high-input farms, the hallmark of modern intensive agriculture, have produced an abundance of food unimaginable at the start of the last century. But a healthy diet remains out of reach for billions worldwide. Read more
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Treating Hypertension: A Public Health Success Story
Edward J. Roccella
One of the most successful public health programs in the past century provides an example of what can be accomplished when the government, the private sector, academia, and community organizations work together. Read more
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Engaging the Communities We Inhabit
Spencer Walz
Despite advances in the field of mental health, uncertainty is still felt throughout many public mental health systems. Volunteering in the community has taught Spencer Walz that healing exists on a continuum. Read more
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We Are Guinea Pigs in a Worldwide Experiment on Microplastics
John Meeker
Much of the hundreds of millions of tons of plastic waste in our oceans is made up of microplastics. They are now turning up everywhere, and we know virtually nothing about their impact on human health. Read more
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5 Strategies to Incorporate on the Path to Creating Value in Public Health
Rola Kaakeh
Where does true value lie in order to achieve the most impact? A health care consultant who completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Michigan Public Health offers her advice on creating value. Read more
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What Colleges Must Do to Promote Mental Health for Graduate Students
Daniel Eisenberg, Meghan Duffy, and Carly Thanhouser
Daniel Eisenberg, Professor of Health Management and Policy, joins University of Michigan colleagues Meghan Duffy and Carly Thanhouser to discuss the mental health issues graduate students face and how academic institutions can better support them. Read more
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Epidemics and Pandemics: From the First Mile to the Final Inch
Larry Brilliant
On July 18, 2018 Michigan Public Health alumnus Larry Brilliant joined the 2018 Summer Session in Epidemiology at the University of Michigan School of Public Health to present the annual Philip S. Brachman Memorial Lecture. Read more
