Alumni,Health Management and Policy

Lisa Richardson

Fighting the Odds to Help Others Fight Cancer

Lisa Richardson

When Lisa Richardson began asking herself why black women died more frequently from breast cancer than white women, her public health training kicked into gear. She knew the question had to be answered—and she knew how to make it into a research question.

Danny Gessel

Improving Access through Strong Hospital Leadership

Danny Gessel

Health Management and Policy student Danny Gessel spent his summer interning at Ambulatory Care Services at Michigan Medicine, helping with the site activation of the new West Ann Arbor Clinic. In this Field Notes, Danny talks about the experience, as well as the importance of hospital administrators in moving healthcare forward.