Whitney Peoples, the school’s inaugural director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, has taught, researched, and published on matters at the intersections of race, gender, and health. As a field of scholarship and practice, public health has always been close to her work.
Max Salvatore's recent work with the University of Michigan School of Public Health has helped model the impact of COVID-19 on India's population.
Public health isn't just one thing—it really is everything! Everything around us relates to public health in one way or another. When young people in high school and undergraduate studies see how their interests relate to population-level health, it draws them in.
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.
Jody Gray’s career at Michigan Public Health began over 40 years ago, when she was just 19-years-old. Now, as the Program Administrator for our Summer Session in Epidemiology, she’s helping the school stay on the leading edge of public health.
As a member of the Michigan Public Health Community, Jenny Crawford has become actively involved in the school’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion initiatives by being an advocate for change and creating space for healthy discussion.