Nutrition
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Forward Thinking: An Extraordinary Teacher Taps into Student Passion as She Helps Prepare Them for Careers in Public Health
Suzanne Cole
Suzanne Cole absorbs the energy and optimism of public health students and shares it right back with them, consistently creating an environment of positive energy in the classroom. She encourages students to consider how course materials connect to professional goals, sharpening both their intellectual curiosity and their passion for population health. Read more
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Total Transformation: Focus, Execution, and What We Want to Do with Our Lives
Briana Nelson
In eighth grade, Briana Nelson decided to improve her fitness. With personal initiative and family support, a lifetime passion for nutrition was born. “It was a total transformation,” Nelson says, and her ability to focus and move herself forward toward big goals is helping her achieve great things as a student-athlete and as an ambassador for health equity. Read more
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Alum and Dietitian Team Aiding Wolverines While Separated from Athletic Teams
Caroline Mandel, MS ’96
Public health alum Caroline Mandel is director of performance nutrition for the University of Michigan athletic department. Since March 12, when all collegiate competition and practice ceased, she and her staff face a new challenge—keeping student-athletes healthy and well at home during a pandemic. Read more
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Inspired by Adversity to Create Better Health through Food
Brooke Callaghan
Inspired by her own brush with food insecurity, master's student Brooke Callaghan has committed her education, and her own personal time, to improving food access and trying to combat health risks associated malnutrition. Read more
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Never Stop Learning: Physician's Pursuit to Always Be Better
Mark Anderson, MD
What does an established physician have to gain from going back to school to earn an MPH? According to Mark Anderson, participating in the Population and Health Sciences program earns him the ability to stay pertinent in the advancing world of health care. Read more
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From Peace Corps to Public Health
Betsy Ford
Betsy Ford, Nutritional Sciences master’s student and Paul D. Coverdell Fellow, shares her experience working in the Peace Corps and how it led her to the University of Michigan School of Public Health. Read more
