5 Key Takeaways from The Exchange: Public Health Approaches to Ending Gun Violence
Explore some of the compelling themes to address gun violence that were highlighted at The Exchange: Public Health Approaches to Ending Gun Violence.
Health Management and Policy
A judge in Texas is using a recent Supreme Court ruling to say domestic abusers can keep their guns
April Zeoli
Health Management and Policy faculty member April Zeoli co-authors this article published in The Conversation, discussing a recent ruling where a judge in the Western District of Texas struck down the federal law that prohibits access to guns for people subject to domestic violence protection orders.
Why is the FDA seeking to ban menthol cigarettes? 4 questions answered
David Mendez and Rafael Meza
The FDA has opened the public comment period for the agency’s proposed ban on menthol cigarettes. As experts on the behavioral and public health aspects of smoking, Michigan Public Health professors David Mendez and Rafael Meza explain the role of menthol in smoking-related illness and death.
Expanding Access to Understanding Health Management and Policy through Online Learning
Michael Rubyan
The expansion of higher education into the online environment has the potential to increase access for students and open doors for innovations in teaching. A seasoned expert in developing online courses in public health, Michael Rubyan shares some of the techniques and tools he has leveraged to make learning public health in the virtual classroom a unique and engaging experience.
Leadership to Inspire Global Change
Julio Frenk, MPH ’81, PhD ’83
Julio Frenk’s career has oscillated between health care and higher education. He currently serves as President of the University of Miami and for six years served as Mexico’s Secretary of Health. Whether in the academy or in policymaking, the unifying theme to that career, Frenk says, has been trying to give back through service.
Systemic Racism, Policing, and Public Health Advocacy
Q&A with Payton Watt and Jamison Koeman
It can take a long time to develop new policy, and some advocacy roads lead to dead ends. But good advocacy work always makes a difference. As racism, policing, and police reform were becoming the national public health story of the summer, student leaders led a remote advocacy initiative to continue bringing public health insights to the discourse.