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From Taiwan to Ann Arbor

Shoou-Yih Daniel Lee

I always felt hungry for knowledge. Pursuing an academic career was completely foreign to me. I didn’t know anyone who had gotten a PhD. But I knew I wanted to learn.

The Promises and Challenges of Big Data

Bhramar Mukherjee

Collecting data from millions of patients and figuring out how to process and use it occupies much of Bhramar Mukherjee's time.

The Best of Both Worlds: Using Applied Research to Keep Workers Healthy and Safe

Rick Neitzel

Rick Neitzel didn't always want to be an industrial hygienist or a professor. In college he explored programs in aerospace engineering and aviation safety before finally settling on a safety program. But it wasn't until he took a class on industrial hygiene that he knew he'd found his calling.

Fighting Homelessness in Ann Arbor

Hussain Ali

After spending his first two years at Michigan working with the homeless population in Ann Arbor, the junior decided to join the nearly 100 students who have begun majoring in public health as part of the School of Public Health's first undergraduate cohort.

From Metabolomics to Epigenetics, Nutrition Is about More Than Food

Karen E. Peterson

As professor and chair of the Nutritional Sciences department, Karen Peterson wants public health to have a greater role in preventing disease in children and in offering effective interventions when things have gone off track.

Abram Wagner

Abram Wagner, PhD '15

I tried being a chemistry major for a couple semesters, but then I failed physics. I tried pre-med, but I met a lot of doctors who didn't seem to enjoy their lives. I finally landed on biology of global health, which was a new major at my university.

From Taiwan to Ann Arbor

Shoou-Yih Daniel Lee

The Promises and Challenges of Big Data

Bhramar Mukherjee

The Best of Both Worlds: Using Applied Research to Keep Workers Healthy and Safe

Rick Neitzel

Fighting Homelessness in Ann Arbor

Hussain Ali

From Metabolomics to Epigenetics, Nutrition Is about More Than Food

Karen E. Peterson

Abram Wagner

Abram Wagner, PhD '15

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