
The Inspiring Journey of a Spartan-Wolverine Psychiatrist
Nicolas K. Fletcher
Learn three interesting facts about Dr. Nicolas K. Fletcher’s circuitous path to his current occupation as a psychiatrist serving patients in Detroit.
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For PhD student Katherine Li, statistics are not just numbers on a screen but resources to better understand how to improve health. At Michigan, she is combining her health interests and math skills to ensure underrepresented members of the community are included in health and policy decisions.
Lu Wang’s research spans across many different disciplines, from healthcare to environmental health. This nexus of interests and research areas has led to critical work in personalized and precision health care, as well as a new opportunity to serve as co-lead of a new School of Public Health initiative aimed at applying this work to creating healthy and equitable cities.
Biostatistics master’s student Jenna Bedrava loves applying statistics to solve public health problems. Only recently did she discover she could have a career doing just that. Now she works on wastewater-based COVID surveillance and other high-impact research projects.
Precision health uses genetic and other biological data to bring traditional public health strategies to new levels. But precision health is about much more than genetics, says Sebastian Zöllner, professor of Biostatistics and co-director of the Precision Health initiative at the University of Michigan.
Two years after joining the first cohort of online master’s students, Delaney Preston reflects on how her life has changed because of her decision to pursue an MPH.