Global Public Health
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Silk Road Native's Dream Repeats with Every Intervention
Pahriya Ashrap
When Pahriya Ashrap sees people in need, she imagines opportunities to help—whether she’s in an Ann Arbor lab or online with a math mentee on the other side of the world. Her simple, powerful dream of making a positive impact has motivated her on her long road to public health, where she works to build bridges of culture and science. Read more
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In the Field or in the Lab, One Researcher's Journey to Making Every Intervention Count
Aubree Gordon
When Aubree Gordon quit a doctoral program in biology, she at first felt like she was going off the road. Looking back at her long path to field epidemiology and the value of her vaccine research to people around the world, these difficult transitions begin making a lot more sense. Read more
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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. Read more
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Future Biostatician Discovers a Passion for Environmental Impact
Candice Ammori
The path to public health isn’t always direct. For master’s student Candice Ammori, an interest in the intersection of sustainability and biostatistics was sparked by a public policy degree, global research, a stint in the tech industry, and more. Read more
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Rooted in a Family History of Health Work
Clara Schriemer
Clara Schriemer discusses a path to global epidemiology sparked by her physician parents and piqued by public health professionals and field experience. Read more
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Keeping a Promise: Kalamazoo Native Inspired by Hometown Backing
Lyric Kleber
Bachelor’s student Lyric Kleber describes how pursuing public health will allow him to pay forward the generosity that helped him as a Michigan student with plans to give back to his community and the world at large. Read more
