Pollution Results
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Preventing Sickness and Injury: An Occupational Passion
Karin Dove, MPH '16, Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology
Karin Dove knows the public health work she does will impact large populations of people. Data is her key tool in that endeavor, and translating the value of that data is one or her biggest challenges and joys. Read more
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Research and Equity in Global Public Health
Chanese Forté
Growing up in the Atlanta metro area, Chanese Forté was fortunate to have the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention so close. Already being familiar with epidemiology she’s at Michigan Public Health, she can put all of her passions together – equity, worker health, chemical exposure, and cancer. Read more
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Networks of Support: The People and Places That Need Us Most
Allante Moon
A broad set of commitments helps Allante Moon stay connected to the community and keeps her focused on what she’s most passionate about—applying her talents and skills wherever they’re needed most. Read more
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Harnessing Atomic Power for Good: A Half-Century of Nuclear Energy Studies
James E. Martin
James Martin led a career spanning all the twists and turns of nuclear energy—weaponry to nuclear power and medicine. Within weeks of completing his undergraduate degree, Martin recalls, “I was chasing radioactive fallout clouds in Nevada.” Read more
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Walking Beans, Hair, and Reproductive Samples: From Pesticides to Public Health
John Meeker
As a teenager growing up in rural Iowa, John Meeker spent countless hours in the corn and soybean fields doing farm work to make money. “We would often be out ‘walking beans,’ where you go row by row through soy fields to kill weeds,” he says. He and his friends would receive an unmarked bottle of liquid and would either walk or ride a tractor as they sprayed. Read more
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The best of both worlds: Using applied research to keep workers healthy and safe
Rick Neitzel
Rick Neitzel didn't always want to be an industrial hygienist or a professor. In college he explored programs in aerospace engineering and aviation safety before finally settling on a safety program. But it wasn't until he took a class on industrial hygiene that he knew he'd found his calling. Read more
