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Discovering Biostatistics and Its Broad Applications
Katherine Hoffman, MS ’18
Katherine Hoffman was drawn to medicine and health care from a young age. When she realized that biostatistics would let her engage any other field in the health sciences, she decided to pursue it in graduate school and now loves to share the many ways a career in biostatistics can unfold. Read more
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Working to Ensure a Healthy Workplace and Environment at the University of Michigan and Beyond
Xin Zhang
Working at the University of Michigan’s Environment, Healthy, and Safety department, master's student Xin Zhang helps ensure a healthy workplace and learning environment for staff, faculty, and students on the Ann Arbor campus, including at the famous Big House. With her public health education, she plans to help protect workers in every industry. Read more
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Never Lose Sight of the People behind the Data
Rachel Jantz, MPH ’14
Rachel Jantz has wanted to care for people in her community since she was a child. She discovered in college that she loves data. Public health, specifically epidemiology, brought those loves together for her. As an opioids epidemiologist in Michigan, she works to connect human experiences and data to help people stay healthy. Read more
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Healthy Water, Healthy People
Khalil Hosny Mancy
Long before the dangers of global warming were clear to us, public health researchers were pursuing protective measures for our most basic and valuable environmental resources and linking that work to concerns about health equity and environmental justice. Read more
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Honoring the Legacies of Those She Loves
Carmelita Perrien Naccarato
Growing up, bachelor's student Carmelita Perrien Naccarato was surrounded by the untimely deaths of family members. But their stories became one of the driving forces behind her interest in health. Now at Michigan Public Health, honoring the legacy of those she loves inspires her pursuit of public health. Read more
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Supporting Education and Promoting Wellness
Kate Wilhelmi
Kate Wilhelmi started her career in working with students as an educator. Now she’s empowering students on their journeys in public health, and helping them stay fit along the way. Read more
