Innovation

Kelly Rakowski

Leading Health Care in Disruptive Times

Kelly Rakowski, MHSA ’93

As the health care industry is asked to reduce total spending while also delivering greater value, health care leaders across the field will have to step up, says alum Kelly Rakowski, by embracing change and looking in new places for innovative talent.

Chanell Cook

A Pioneer in the Family and in Public Health

Chanell Heslop

Thinking hard about health throughout the lifecycle and about the implementation of research led Chanell Heslop to public health. Collecting and applying data to solve population health issues keeps her moving.

Master's Student Kashvi Gupta standing outside the University of Michigan School of Public Health

Physician, Innovator, Advocate

Kashvi Gupta

Kashvi Gupta didn’t like needles and hated the smell of the hospital. As a physician pursuing a degree in public health, she knows that her own bold steps and her encounters with patients will change her.

Lisa Richardson

Fighting the Odds to Help Others Fight Cancer

Lisa Richardson

When Lisa Richardson began asking herself why black women died more frequently from breast cancer than white women, her public health training kicked into gear. She knew the question had to be answered—and she knew how to make it into a research question.