Field Notes

Alextia Armstrong, MPH '19, earned an MPH from the University of Michigan School of Public Health in Environmental Health Sciences.

A Love for People and the Planet

Alextia Armstrong, MPH '19

Alextia Armstrong earned an MPH in Environmental Health Sciences in the Environment, Sustainability, and Heath program. She interned at the Ann Arbor Water Treatment Plant, where she conducted water quality tests, analyzed data, and worked on a sustainability project with City Hall.

Jasmine Brown

New Horizons in Health Care

Jasmine Brown

When master's student Jasmine Brown interned in Detroit at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, she found she was able to broaden her knowledge of the health care industry and apply her skills to help solve challenges from a new perspective.

Jessica Uruchima

Gaining Knowledge and Memories in the Field

Jessica Uruchima

For her 2018 summer internship, Michigan Public Health master's student Jessica Uruchima traveled to Ecuador - the country of her birth - to collaborate on an international pilot study examining mother and child health outcomes.

Brittany McQueer, Shadi Larson, and Meghan Watkins

Liquid Gold: Supporting Healthy Lactation

Brittany McQueer, Shadi Larson, and Meghan Watkins

Master's students Brittany McQueer, Shadi Larson, and Meghan Watkins interned at Liquid Gold Concepts, a company founded by School of Public Health alumni, whose mission is to create hands-on tools for breast health and lactation education.

Madeline Levasseur earned an MPH from the University of Michigan School of Public Health in Epidemiology.

Data Analysis and Population Health

Madeline Levasseur, MPH '19

While earning an MPH in Epidemiology, Madeline Levasseur did a summer internship at the Kent County Health Department, working on multiple data analysis projects to help identify health factors at play in the community.