Alumni,Nutritional Sciences

Kelly Rakowski

Leading Health Care in Disruptive Times

Kelly Rakowski, MHSA ’93

As the health care industry is asked to reduce total spending while also delivering greater value, health care leaders across the field will have to step up, says alum Kelly Rakowski, by embracing change and looking in new places for innovative talent.

Hollie Kicinski

Analyst by Day, Anthropologist by Heart

Hollie Kicinski, MPH ’17

Anthropology showed her how the human body works in its environment. Nutritional Sciences taught her to interpret and apply data. Now Hollie Kicinski is bringing it all together to improve public health across the state of Indiana.

Kendrin Sonneville

A Clinician's Experience, An Advocate's Perspective: Charting a Weight Inclusive Approach to Health

Kendrin Sonneville

Informed by clinical experience and the perspectives of the advocacy community, Kendrin Sonneville brings rigorous science to the pursuit of more weight inclusive approaches to health. Her work asks how we can promote health in a way that’s independent of body size, and promote health and nutrition without increasing weight bias, body dissatisfaction, and disordered eating.

Randel Richner

The "Well-Behaved" Advocate: A Career in Public Health Policy

Randel Richner, MPH '90, Health Management and Policy

As a nurse in northern Michigan, Randel Richner discovered she was interested not only in providing patients great care but in being their advocate. Today, she remains focused on improving health policy and health care for the future.