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
Katherine Hoffman, MS ’18
It's March. An early-career biostatistician at a large medical facility, alum Katherine Hoffman is living through New York City’s explosive COVID-19 outbreak. As the statistician for a pulmonary and critical care team, she is quickly pulled into COVID-19 work. Her hospital is running out of ventilators. She is told to drop all other research projects for COVID-19 work. This is her story. Read more
Utibe Effiong, MPH ’14, Ekemini Hogan, and Obasi Okorie
It’s a painful statistical fact that Black babies die at higher rates than White babies—a fact all the more painful and tragic for those living with the realities of infant mortality. The difference in death rates is shared by developing and developed nations alike. But the trend can and must change. Read more
Renée Pitter, MPH ’09
An effort to spread health positivity among Black Michigan alums became a huge success. In the face of so many stories about health inequities and trauma in Black communities, a growing group of Black alums is moving their way to connection, awareness, health, and healing. Read more
Ryan Malosh
For months public health professionals have been clear that there is nothing magic about 6 feet nor about 15 minutes. Even brief contact, the CDC now acknowledges, can lead to transmission. How do we now think about 15 minutes of exposure? Read more
