Child Health Results
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Liberation through Public Health
Gabriel Lee Johnson
“As I interpreted for my mother throughout the recovery process, the inaccessible language used by doctors and nurses illuminated the challenges my mother and many others face as deaf individuals within the health system,” Johnson says. Read more
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Putting a Passion for Public Health into Service in Central America
Madison Van Epps
College held held lots of possibility—and some uncertainties—for Madison Van Epps. Her life aspirations converged when the University of Michigan School of Public Health launched an undergraduate program and she joined the first cohort. Read more
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Works in Progress: Population Health Is Personal
Elizabeth Ann Mosley
That year in Uganda was “the most challenging and the most fulfilling year of my life,” Mosley says. “And as much as it got me interested in global health issues, it reaffirmed my desire also to be deeply engaged here in the States with public health issues.” Read more
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Combining Advocacy, Policy, and Research to Make an Impact in Public Health
Julian Roby
Whether he’s working alongside lawmakers in Michigan’s capital, community members in Ohio neighborhoods, or researchers and psychologists in Chilean schools, MPH candidate Julian Roby is putting his public health education into action to become an agent of change around health disparities and health policy. Read more
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Two Interns in Lansing, Two Amazing Experiences
Sandra Giramahoro Coyne and Jelena Verkler
In this Field Notes, Master of Public Health students Sandra Giramahoro Coyne and Jelena Verkler talk about interning last summer at different divisions of The Michigan Department of Health & Human Services in Lansing, where they put their epidemiology skills to good use. Read more
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Nobody Is Born a Parent: Building Up Fathers, Families, and Communities through Community-Based Participatory Research
Cleopatra Caldwell
Caldwell is sometimes asked what parenting has to do with public health. “Everything,” she says. “Individual, family, and community health are all about relationships and social support—all of which are vital to the public’s health.” Read more
