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The search for her career passion took Mica Blauw from South Africa to a lab in western Michigan and then Ford Motor Company. She finally found what she was looking for in her studies at Michigan Public Health.
“As an epidemiologist, these traditional tools for collecting, organizing, and interpreting data are our bread and butter—What diseases are out there? Who is getting them? Why are they getting sick?” Prevots says. “Public health is all about data in action, and we want to do research that ultimately has an impact on clinical practice and policy.”
I’m passionate about community. I think if you’re not actively investing in the place you’re in and trying to improve it, it will crumble.
I come from a scientific background. I studied biochemistry in undergrad. It helped me see how the human body functions at a micro level.
Through Innovation in Action, I connected to students across campus to find solutions to public health problems. It becomes a big part of your life when you're doing it.