Even while wading through rafts of spreadsheets, profit reports, inventory assessments and analyses of retail store efficiencies, Lloyd Lyons, BA ’19, never loses sight of the real reason he is here, working as a manager of customer experience strategy for CVS Health. Lyons is one of the 95 students who made up the first cohort of public health majors at Michigan Public Health in 2019.
For Kaveh Ashtari, a Michigan School of Public Health senior working toward a Bachelor of Science in Public Health Sciences, a call to action usually involves helping people. For as long as he can remember, he has been compassionate and empathetic toward friends, family and even strangers.
David Fuller Jr. is a Master of Health Services Administration student who was also the 2022 recipient of the Unsung Hero Award. Through his involvement with Public Health Students of African Descent and his studies, he aims to be a thought leader who makes health equity a reality.
Undergraduate program alumna Julia Martienz-Hussein returns to Michigan Public Health to earn her Executive MHSA on her terms and take advantage of the experiential opportunities student-life has to offer.
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.
When Heather Auto chose to complete her MPH online, she expected a solitary digital journey to graduation, what she found instead was a flourishing online community and peer connections that have endured beyond graduation.