Policy
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50 Years Later, the Future Awaits
Dean F. DuBois Bowman and Dean Jonathan Overpeck
Fifty years after a Michigan “teach-in” provided a blueprint and momentum for thousands of other events around the country, we must continue looking forward to new iterations of environmental consciousness and care as we seek to be part of the solutions to global climate change. Read more
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Why a Plan to Lower Prescription Drug Prices Should Not Be Piecemeal
Minal R. Patel and Joe Gerald
Presidential candidates and the current president have all talked about ways to lower drug costs, but experts know it is going to take more than politics to change how drugs are priced in the US. Read more
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Not Equipped: The Incarceration of Mothers and Limitations on Reproductive Rights
Sitara Murali
More than a third of incarcerated women worldwide are in US prisons, and 80 percent of those women are mothers. The US prison system is not equipped to provide basic health care to these women and must adapt quickly to ensure basic human dignity and access to adequate health care for a growing population of women. Read more
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Labor Organizing: An Unexpected Avenue to Health Equity
Leah R. Abrams, MPH ’17
Inequities in socioeconomic status or class are an essential cause of health differences in the US. On the surface, labor organizations might not appear to be about public health, but any group that aims to reduce social inequality is ultimately helping to reduce health disparities. Read more
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Vaccines and Wealth: Another Take on the Unvaccinated
Sharoni Bandyopadhyay
With outbreaks in thirty states, debate surrounding vaccine safety and vaccine refusal has stirred. How do we continue to keep everyone safe from diseases we know how to prevent and what role do wealth disparities play vaccine non-compliance? Read more
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Solitary Confinement of Adolescents: A Mental Health Crisis
Madison Polay, BS '19
Though an Obama-era executive order prohibits solitary confinement of juveniles in the federal prison system, in part because of negative mental health implications, state prison systems not subject to federal regulation continue to isolate minors. Michigan Public Health graduate Madison Polay explores the issue and the need for critical policy change. Read more
